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Damn Sweet! Jon takes it to the next level with his car!! Well, I think Kevin had a bit to do with it.

Congratulations to you guys - that is a fantastic little car. I can only imagine what it's like to drive.

James

Truly a beautiful and incredible build. I supposed it would be in bad taste to ask what the build cost was... I guess if one has to ask you can't afford it! Congrats on a fantastic car! I look forward to seeing it in person at Shasta next year.

I'm speechless. This is so incredible. What a work of art.

I think I will just go hide my cars..........

That is a level of workmanship I will never achieve.

Great job guys!

Jon...Incredible car. I remember back in the 90's (maybe 1996?) oogling over your roadster at Solvang. The new incarnation is phenomenal !! I'll be back in HB over the Winter Holiday...would love to see her in real life.

And...I'd just like to say how lucky the roadster community is to have a guy like Kevin who is helping to bring our roadsters to life!

Eat your heart out Ted!

Kurt wrote:Eat your heart out Ted!

GoPro that fun run!!!

spriso wrote:Very cool-- love the speedometer!

Michael

Thanks Michael... That speedo almost didn't happen as it was almost as difficult to find a unit to steal the parts from as it was to modify it into the roadster case. Would have preferred to use an Autometer gauge as the donor but couldn't find one so we ended up using a unit made by Steward Warner.

Roman wrote:Damn Sweet! Jon takes it to the next level with his car!! Well, I think Kevin had a bit to do with it.

Thanks Roman…Yeh, Kevin had more than a bit to do with it and I can’t tell you how nice it’s been to deal with a builder who was on the same page as me at every turn.

jamesw wrote:Congratulations to you guys - that is a fantastic little car. I can only imagine what it's like to drive.

James

Thanks James…I’ll have to get back you regarding the way it drives as Kevin hasn’t tossed me the keys yet. He says it has something to do with the final tune but I’m starting to think I should be chalking the tires or checking the odometer?

Gregs672000 wrote:Truly a beautiful and incredible build. I supposed it would be in bad taste to ask what the build cost was... I guess if one has to ask you can't afford it! Congrats on a fantastic car! I look forward to seeing it in person at Shasta next year.

I honestly haven’t totaled it up yet and even if I did I’m sure that I’d forget as much as I would remember but I will say that Kevin has been awesome to deal with and has treated this car like his own from the very start. Which is why I fully expect to see a grown man cry when it finally does leave his garage for good.

fj20spl311 wrote:I think I will just go hide my cars..........

That is a level of workmanship I will never achieve.

Great job guys!

Thanks Phil and Skyman….It was Phil’s and Ron Hamilton’s FJ cars that gave me the bug to build a car like this and I came very close to buying Ron’s car back in 2005 or 2006 so hoping this one fills the void.

datsun65 wrote:Jon...Incredible car. I remember back in the 90's (maybe 1996?) oogling over your roadster at Solvang. The new incarnation is phenomenal !! I'll be back in HB over the Winter Holiday...would love to see her in real life.

And...I'd just like to say how lucky the roadster community is to have a guy like Kevin who is helping to bring our roadsters to life!

Thanks Dan and you are correct, I finished this car (the first time) back in 1998 and I had originally started that build with my dad but unfortunately he passed away before we could finish it. He and I had originally intended to do an implant back then so I feel pretty good about finding Kevin and finally getting it done. (And I will be in town over the Winter Holiday so come by any time!)

The game plan is to put some break in miles on the new engine and then run her over to the Dyno for some final tuning along with some RWHP numbers which I don't mind saying has had us all giddy with anticipation since day one!

Thanks again for all of the positive comments and we will be sure to post the numbers here once they come in!

Jon
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Very beautiful car, Jon. Congrats.
I remember Kevin hammering on Mark's car's stuck solenoid with a jack on the Winter Fun Run last year, so nice to see he has the full spectrum of skills!!!!!LOL. Very nice!
Fully expect to see the car on that Fun Run around Feb or so.

Linda

What was wrong with the original R16?

Great work Kevin and company...I like the polished plumbing and the gauges are icing on the cake. Will the RX-7 be able to handle the VE-T? Ted's has a FORD setup, HA!

just kidding man I'm jealous over here. I'm waiting for numbers too!

Alvin wrote:What was wrong with the original R16?

The original R16had nothing wrong with it. it is sitting pretty in my engine bay. It replaced my H20. Kevin did the install and did a beautiful job on the engine bay redoing the wire harness and Eliminating useless wires, relays and other nonessentials. He cleaned it up real nice. Now I’m proud to open my hood.

Each time Kevin does a new build he seems to out do himself. Each car is Beautiful and unique. Although I think Jon might need a pilot license to drive this one

Wow, what an amazing car! Congratulations on a superbly well executed vision. Have you made any mods to the suspension to handle the (obviously) increased power and torque? Along with others, I can't wait to see the numbers.

Mike

Alvin wrote:What was wrong with the original R16? I'm waiting for numbers too!

I was kind of avoiding this topic so as not to upset the purist's but the only problem with the original R16 was that for me it fell short by about 300 horsepower. (Sorry guys but I already have a 2 liter and it still didn't quite get me there.) It just so happened that Chris was in need of a new engine for his 1600 so not only does another roadster live but I don't have to drag that R16 home...yes!

mikeb wrote:Wow, what an amazing car! Congratulations on a superbly well executed vision. Have you made any mods to the suspension to handle the (obviously) increased power and torque? Along with others, I can't wait to see the numbers.

Mike

Thanks Mike, Kevin installed the modified Mazda rear end and also added an additional traction bar to the drivers side so from everything we have read it should be good to at least 400 horsepower but we won't know for sure till we put it to the test.
Jon

Last drives before the car was delivered. Making sure everything was right so Jon could really enjoy this car.



Such an amazing car. I heard it was driven to work this morning.. Something tells me not much got done around the shop this morning when it rolled up..lol