WIDE BODY SPEEDSTER PHOTOS...

I think there should be a place to just look at one particular type of car without looking through everyone's individual files. Post pics of your WIDE BODY here :) I love these cars!!

" Candy " that I built and now owned by Syl

This flared project to be completed over the winter for Carlisle 2011

I redid the interior, show bar etc. on this VS with ghost flames

I've had mine for about 3 years, and it is too much fun.

Had mine since 1988 - when it delivered in a crate from CMC.

https://www.speedsterowners.com/files/download.asp?subfolder=/Wide57/356 p.jpg

Only the blue one is really mine. I was just the temporary caretaker of the Orange Crate and Black Betty.

Can anyone explain the apparent differences in the wide body styles that I see? One version has the flare over the wheels and the other style rolls out from the body with out the secondary flare at the wheels.

Jim, the small flared cars you see here are CMC's or Fiber Fabs. The large flared cars posted are the VS Super Wides. I think Kirk at Vintage has been doing these for about 5 years(maybe longer). The Super Wides seem to have better resale value too. Only negative in my opinion is that you are adding 200 plus pounds from a standard car. The wheels are huge, which means weight and traction. I was not satisfied with the 1915cc I ordered my car with. I upgraded to custom 2275cc with real headers. That did the trick. I think many would agree that 2110 should be the minimum with the Super Wides.

Here's a couple shots of mine.

Number one is Barry Crone's HANGARD. Beautiful car, great setting.
Joe Soltis' car is the second one; many, many modifications to standard. Again, a beautiful car.
I believe the the third one is the back half of Bill Drayer's Blackie. I love that thing. It's mean. (He's redone his pipes a couple times -- this might be someone else's car, but I don't think so. The picture was taken in 2007.)

Adding to what Marty said about the difference between the flared versions. Vintage and JPS sell both a superwide and a wide version. The wide is slightly less flared than the superwide, but both are different from the CMC flared version.

Here are a few shots of my 2004 VS Wide Body Speedster purchased in July of last year.

As many of the cars I've read about on this site mine needed some sorting out as the previous owner was not very mechanically inclined and there was a lot of deferred maintenance. After doing a complete brake job, shift linkage adjustment, installing a new steering stabilizer, front anti-sway bar, rear camber compensator, new tires and a full wheel alignment she drives great.

Rich

I am posting these shots as a "Before" since "El Diablo" is currently at VS getting a face lift and should look a little different in a few weeks...the "After" will come soon.....

When I'm in a perticularly fiesty mood, I will take ol Debbie for a spin, I think she qualifies for this thread...

Rich H - you car looks awesome in that color! NICE!

Vince---what are you having done to your wide body at Kirks?

Vince, I think the Iron Ass Arkansas guy is call'n youz fat ~

Jack...finally getting my Beehives for one thing..
El Diablo is over 20 years old and the original assembler obviously wasn't as good as Alan and some of you other wrong coasters, so there were issues that needed tending to...
rear deck lid, new top, windshield to name a few items that will be replaced.....He will still look basically the same, but with a twist..

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Here a couple of more recent images of Merklin's magic as represented in my car.

http://www.mautofied.com/auto-classifieds_100316758_Full-Size-Trucks/listing/100316758/

sorry... couldn't stop myself!

P.C.H. Addict - running thru the canyons & on the beaches.

Cabanaboy - stirring it up !!

Hey Rich are those polished Centerlines with knock-offs? I LOVE that look and it looks even sweeter on the tub.. Sweet color too just like my brutha from a diff mutha said!

Adding to what Troy said above, mine is a JPS with mild flares. I first saw this style of body (in the flesh as opposed to all those ads that CMC used to run in magazines) at Vintage in 2000. They were packaging up a kit to be shipped. It was referred to as a "S2" body back in 2000. Ultimately, I bought the same body style from John Steele. That is when John told me that he and Kirk both got their bodies from the same source in Ensenada, Mexico.

I was attracted to this style body because I had seen several original bathtubs, back in the day, racing at Watkins Glen. The faster ones had pushed out the fenders for wider racing tires. It left an indelible impression on a then-young lad. Now I got my own.