Looking for Authenticity How far to go?

[LMH]

I don't want to bash Evan, especially when he can't come on the site and defend himself. I suspect the car sat a long time and wasn't driven, which may have partially led to the brake issues. (that plus incorrect comp pads were installed, which doesn't work on a street car)
I HIGHLY suspect the new owner knew what proper brakes should feel like though!

Larry

[patrickt]

Agreed. Evan is at the top of the list of guys I miss that have either gotten too old/feeble, or who got the boot from here because they were too "high spirited."

[Blue66]

Evan seams to be in a lot of peoples heads Like the song goes that was yesterday and yesterdays gone

[RodKnock]

The media thinks the terminology “alternative facts” entered our lexicon in the last year or two. But Evan actually invented the term many years before.

[Chicagowil]

David- I think you hit it right on the head, you want what you want, The desires of each owner is all that really matters. As someone on this thread stated, you have to be thick skinned to be in any hobby!

My first Porsche was a rusted out 914. At the time they were not worth much and were barely accepted in the Porsche club. I looked at every bit of history and info I could find about the car's design. I discovered that Porsche had played with many ways to get larger rubber under the car. There were a few that they built that just used the flair off of the 911 ST. Since I had extensively modified the under chassis to repair and strengthen it, I decided to weld on flairs rear flairs off of a 911 speedster ( supposedly Dennis Rodeman's car when he wanted the Turbo look).

I liked the look, I could mount 8" wide rear Porsche wheels with 7" in front on and had a nice handling 914. My 1st Porsche event with it was insulting. A guy said "those are not original- you should have used the 914 GT flairs". When I showed him the article (had it in the car) and explained they wee real Porsche flairs, he shook his head and said "you don't get what we are about". I looked back at him and said he did not get it. Dr Porsche was the original hot rodder! He was constantly modifying every car to make it better perform, not make it just be like every other car.

I did not renew my membership needless to say! Without going on too long (TOO LATE), I decided I would build cars to what I like and you can build to what you like. To quote the old saying "Opinions are like feet- we all have a set. Just can't smell them since the are so far from our noses".

Build it and they will come David!

There is something to be said for the smaller 289 configuration. It does tend to spin fast vs the larger SBF configs. Just like the Chevy Z28 302 (oops, I mentioned the "C" word on a Cobra site) the rod/piston ratio was, in both cases, about perfect.

Good luck! (by the way, I like the plan. had a similar thought on my next one myself).

[Dumpling]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Ya think? "Napoleon complex" is a theorized complex occurring in people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, and carries the implication that such behavior is compensatory for the subject's stature. The term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives. In psychology, the Napoleon complex is regarded as a derogatory social stereotype. Ripped from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex

Napoleon was actually taller than an average Frenchman of the day.

In modern units, Napoleon was actually 5 feet 7 inches tall. When compared to average height in today’s France, it really isn’t much, however, in 19.th century, average male height was less than 5 feet 5 inches. That means Napoleon Bonaparte was actually quite tall for his time.

Although Napoleon was sometimes considered short even during his lifetime, this stems solely from the fact that he was always accompanied by bodyguards, who had to be taller than the average. When compared to his guards, he logically looked smaller, thus earning him the nickname ”The Little Corporal”.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Dumpling

Napoleon was actually taller than an average Frenchman of the day.

Hmmmm, that must have been how Baum got the inspiration for his Munchkin Country....

[fastd]

The English painted Napoleon smaller than actual to belittle him.