Almost finished

[Ruby911]

Nice work Mark, very well done

- Farrell

[Jim Garfield]

Finished. Right. For this year, maybe. Details look good, as usual, and I am so impressed that you can talk Connie into riding with you in the beast.

[karlusmagnus]

Yeah, finished for today.
Your car reminds me a little of Grace Jones - beautiful :-)

[Mark Morrissey]

Thanks Tom and Farrell and the rest of you guys too! Jim, my wife has been a very tolerant lass in regard to this hot rod... she deserves way better that what she ended up with but it's too late for that now.

[John Z Goriup]

Mark,

I can easily understand becoming cynical, and God knows there's a Hell of a lot of things that can make for terminal pessimism these days, but I don't believe the indifference bit for one moment..........no one creates such a seminal and pitch-perfect early 911 being indifferent. A car that good only comes about through deep caring & involvement.

Curious observation about Grace Jones...........I always thought of her as spiky, black, angular, and thoroughly unpleasant,......not at all like your car.

Great job, Mark !

[70SATMan]

On the other hand, have you just named my car? 'Grace' I think I like it.

If you do, you'll have to misadjust one of your Cibies slightly

Chick's got "Crazy Eyes" and has always freaked me out a bit.

You've really touched something magical there Mark. Leave something for the rest of us mkay?

[Mark Morrissey]

JZG, I put that old sig. line on one day after a particularly bad week. I sometimes wish I could be those things, but I'm really not

Michael, John... everyone... I so appreciate the positive comments from all you guys... I'm sure you realize that most of my inspiration came from this very forum.

and speaking of being finished... or not... now those 16 inch Fuchs are looking too big to me.
Here we go again.

[Jim Garfield]

Here we go again.

I knew your resolve would not last, but I expected longer than a day........

[nickR]

Nice work Mark. Waiting for the next instalment...

[Nine17]

I sometimes wish I could be those things, but I'm really not

Dude, you are so not a cynic, nor a pessimist, nor indifferent -- the "next level" is the absence of any of those signs of childish immaturity and selfish inhumanity. If you didn't put your family first, you wouldn't be driving a backdate, now would you? You've got your head on straight.

I like the stance with the 16's. This car isn't a replica (or a fake); it's an idealized homage to your dreams, like the name of the Japanese prototype constructor Dome: Kabushiki Kaisha Dōmu (a child's dream). Dream big.

-- David