Pointy Fin Convert

Jay Laifman (Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com)
Tue, 26 May 1998 16:17:28 -0700

Ok, call my hypocritical, call me whatever you want. I just went and saw a Series II that was on Jarrid's list as "95% restored, excellent running condition, $2,000 obo." First, I realize Jarrid only copied what was on the net. So, this has nothing to do with him. Second, the car was more like 60% restored and it all had to be done over. But, the fins looked pretty good. Am I sick? Anyway, I never did like the small fins from the side - sort of looked like a big flat piece of paper (no offense to the small finnians). But, the pointy fins gave the car that nifty flowing look. So, if the Series III I found, which I am going to see on Saturday, is as straight as I hear it is, and I can find all the early extra pieces (its just a shell), I am probably going to go with it. I did also find a Series II that is also really straight, but was disassembled to restore - so there is no telling what is there or missing.

Does anyone know if the Series III-V seats will bolt straight in, or if something needs to be adjusted? I also keep my seat all the way back on the Series V. I am worried that I might have a problem on the earlier cars. We shall see.

Jay