Topic: Future of the G.L.C.O.A.T.
After much careful consideration, in-person discussions with the Lemons staff, and talks with the co-drivers, I have decided that, when the car is finally driveable, it will go to a Lemons race...
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...as a Pace/Parade lap car.
I know that a great many people will be saddened not to see it being properly hooned on the track. The bottom line is that I bought what appeared to be a homemade automotive oddity on Ebay, expecting a cobbled-but-hella-cool hooptie. When it was delivered, I discovered I'd purchased a stellar, one-off exotic car of utterly amazing craftsmanship and mind-numbing ingenuity! It's unfinished, and there's lots still to be completed, but in order to preserve the only model in existence, I cannot bring myself to endanger it in an actual crapcan race. One simple mishap could destroy thousands of dollars worth of extremely-difficult-to-duplicate heavy fiberglass panels, custom light lenses, and unique suspension parts. That's IF no one blows the exotic twin 12A rotary engines up, or cooks the complicated and difficult to repair inboard brakes.
I have been really torn about this for a while. I didn't want to seem like a scheming fraud who merely used would-be drivers as a cheap loan source in some bait-and-switch game. My reputation as a Christian and a stand-up individual is important to me. I spoke with the other drivers, and offered to either refund them with interest, or let them race one of my other cars, while alternating in the octocar as needed for pace laps during full course yellows. All but one is staying on board, and he totally understands and refused the interest on the refund. He just doesn't really have time to be a part of this right now, as much as he'd like to.
Being a true car guy and genuine racing fanatic at heart, it wasn't easy for me to change the plan, but I think it's the right thing to do in this case. The genius who spent years (and nearly $100k) creating this masterpiece might roll over in his grave if it was crashed while being flogged in a $500 car race. I prefer to preserve, restore, and document its existence, then pass it along to someone with much deeper pockets, and use the money to pay off some debt. Its value is many times what I paid for it already, based on responses and offers I've received since posting pictures of it upon its arrival. Perhaps I will send it to Barrett Jackson upon its completion, or maybe Jay Leno et. al. will make me an offer I can't refuse. Either way, I'm going to do my best to finish it the way I imagine the builder wanted it to be.
I hope this community understands. I think that you will, once you've studied it in person. I'm now shooting for Summit Point in June, and I'll take any help I can get in getting it finished by then! I will continue to provide updates here, and on www.speedycop.com
-Speedycop
Future Fleet: 1957 Ford Prefect 1942 Buick 1959 Bugeye Project GLCOAT