Happy Birthday !!!

Dissassembly is complete. I started the fiberglass work this afternoon. In my haste to get this on the road in 1989 I chose not to glass the upper and lower tubs together. This is finally going to get done. I wonder if it will make a difference?

Pretty much the same technology your Home Depots and such match your house paints. Back in the ’70’s we mixed paint and matched colors using a beam scale and added colors by weight. Did you know you can make Corvette White even whiter?

Roy, I can read, and yes, there is time to play with the car between runs. Adjust tire pressures and what not. You may even see some folks with remote infrared thermometers checking tire temperatures.

Ditto on the helmet.Roy: Bill might correct me but my understanding of how to find your correct Auto X tire pressure goes as follows:1. Pump up your tires to your best guess of what you think it ought to be for the run. 6-7 pounds over normal might be a good place to start.2. Draw a line across the tread to the outside sidewall on each tire with…[Read more]

Shu, how about posting that link for the ultra cheap helmets? At that price I won’t have to fight with my son over mine.

They fit me easy last time and I have a big head. I don’t think mine is as big as Bill’s though. 

 Roy,I looked at that yesterday – I have a xl head ( almost xxl ) according for the charts ( 24 1/8 ) – anyway – I found DOT approved open face helmets on ebay ( new ) for as low as 19.00 plus 10.00 shipping in all colors. Take a look – I plan on ordering a Matte black unit w/ visor for like 23.00. I figured – cheap enough.I am sure they have on…[Read more]

Coming along nicely!

Green with envy on the quality of your work. This is going to be one sweet ride.

She is looking good. Very nice.

Yes, they do…but I.m not sure how big they go.

Very impressive, Gabor! You are a craftsman.

Roy: pretty sure the “wire wheels” in the car in that ad are of the snap-on variety.To your other points, yes. That’s exactly where I am going with this. I envision a TD Replica Goon Squad monitoring the TD Replica market for “scabs” and then dropping by any “scabs” homes for a “friendly chat.”That is exactly how I see things going down. Thinking…[Read more]

Mmm. “Real chrome wire wheels,” it has. The price is funny to us, but if you look at the world of replicas–where Cobras regularly go for that kind of coin, Healeys top $20k, ancient Ford-based XKs are in the mid teens and even older pan-based Speedster builds command $15k–it makes me wonder: why are our cars typically the cheapest out there, by…[Read more]

Paul,

Not in it for the win…in it for the FUN. 😀

It’s so cool I kind of want to try it. I’m running a Mac so it’ll require commandeering my wife’s machine . . .

Holy crap! Seems so out of character from everyone I’ve dealt with here, and even everything I’ve read going back from before I started posting.Sorry you had to deal with that, Paul. And especially sorry the culprit was not identified. Hope he reads this thread & gets the idea.

And the answers. As usual, Bill is mainly right. Here’s what I got back:
First,
it is pretty much impossible to keep up with all the kit cars than have
been and continue to be on the market. While some kit cars may not
provide any
advantages over the donor car, some can have considerable advantages in
performance. A production car can have a…[Read more]