[photoeditor]

Holy CRAP!

magnificent, truly remarkable.

pm enroute

[}{arlequin]

Originally Posted by photoeditor

Holy CRAP!

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[Rob in VA]

Originally Posted by }{arlequin

like, get used to being passed again?

I'll let Kurt pass me at the top of the esses if he can best my speed of 141mph.

[Parenn911]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

Thanks to a loving wife that “Just wants me to get it finished already” and has gone to great lengths to create shop time for me I have been busy on the car this fall. Fiberglass, safety systems, dash, controls, ,linkages and drive train are all mostly done.

The wheels were a frustrating 10 month long drawn out saga best saved for sometime when I feel like putting myself in a bad mood which means never. They are the Jeff Alton 17 inch rims, 9 and 11, They are light! I forgot to weight them before mounting tires but they are in the hand light. I had them made with the centers unfinished, fresh off the CNC. A cleaning and a clear coat is all they got. The rims are polished. I might go full black out or frost them in the blast cabinet later.
Figuring out the tires and getting them the other hand has been the antidote to the long wheel frustration thanks to Paul at Radial Tire. We track rats are all lucky to have Paul and Radial tire nearby!
Right now I have 4 different size tires mounted up just for test fitting thanks to Paul. I called Paul and discussed with him what I had in hand. He did some thinking and checking and then had me bring the wheels in after I measured some clearances with the rims on the car. He mounted up some of his picks and sent me home to try them on. Looks like 245 up front and 315 in the rear will work. I could go a bit wider in front and back but Paul is wondering about getting enough heat in them with a stock 3.6 in a light car. If I put more motor in the car later I can go wider with the existing fiberglass.
There are about 100 things left on the list, alignment being one of the biggies. I roughed it out for camber to check the tires for now. I will dial it in with strings. Someone told me HBL does alignments for PCA members cheap so after I am done it off to HBL for Bobby to check my work and fix what I messed up.

There are about 250 things I could have, or in hindsight, should have done better. I guess “track ready” and “done” are two different things. It will never be done. Please don't tell Teresa.

Windshield is clear and not polychromatic. I left a filter on the camera and it plays games with the plastic.

The crew at work.
Girl in brown hair "No, the front wheel goes here next to the puppies"

Blond girl. "I would put the puppies next to the blue and pink sunflowers"

The boy. "When do the plans say I get to use a power tool?"

Wow, absolutely stunning work!! Makes pros and overachievers jealous.....

Great update and photos, btw, our cars are never really "done".

[HoodPin]

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[}{arlequin]

HAHAHAHA!!!i!


needs a pic of kurt w/ a hook in his mouth....

[86911TLCAB]

Great looking car Kurt.

[racer]

Sure is purdy.. Jack Olson my ass.. this car rocks! The 3.6 is just for show we all know it will have the 912 motor in it when you're done, right?

[Jazzbass]

Originally Posted by racer

Sure is purdy.. Jack Olson my ass.. this car rocks!

Who compared this car to BBII? Please let me know...


... so I can ban them.

[Vicegrip]

Originally Posted by roundel

... Have you terrorized the streets of your 'hood yet?

did the open wheel F1 thing when it was sans skin. I live on a dead end and did a couple mellow passes and one 90% WOT lick. (In Ensign Sulu voice) Oh my.

Originally Posted by Lupin..the..3rd

.... I'm still surprised how quickly you made it all come together....

Now that's funny!

Originally Posted by Richard Curtis

Absolutely. Drop-dead. Gorgeous. Can't wait to see it.

does der Vorganger get first crack at publicizing it?

I seem to have spoiled that a bit here but you get whatever you want. Your work with Der V is tip top and much appreciated.
soft focus only please the paint was intended to be grainy or high orange peal and most of it is. it is hard to get the texture even and i ran out of patience with paint. I put it together and rolled it outside to do some work on a bright sunny day. Took a good long view look at it and got a bad case of "Oh crap. Now I have to drive that thing! I had not gotten that far before.

Originally Posted by AJ986S

The article must start with this picture:

Hey now, that looks like 2 cars worth. Pre heat the Tig to 6500 deg. Blend in the nuts and bolts only after grating in the fiberglass. Drizzle paint after it cools. Cover with Lexan. Now where is my blender, mixing bowl and plasma cutter?


Thanks for the kind words folks. This thread started out as a spin off from a post in another thread and my original low key just show up at the track with a little bit better than a 912 home made on the cheap plan does not look like it is gonna happen at this point. One more update before going Code Brown and tire walling it in T5. "Vhat iz this thing you speek ov, throttle modulation?"