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Of course he is right about the Seven. It's all that and more. He totally missed the idea of a seven with his statement "That made it the best road trip ever. And a road trip I'd never do again" Seven owners say " wow, that trip was awesome, I can't wait to go again" He should be testing minivans, or 4 door sedans with puny engines and a soft ride.:auto:

Not an Ariel Nomad, but we used to call them Dune Buggies. Here is one my son and I built when he was in high school. Nowhere near the horsepower of an Ariel, but plenty of suspension travel, and a TON of fun in the dirt.

I looked at my old correspondence with Brian Anderson from when I got my Kit, and he said they used 18" Pro Circle Track driver, and 16" Pro Drag for passenger. I am not sure if the passenger is 16", I thought they were 14", but you can measure your width and get what you need. As it turned out , I found the ribcage bolsters were too high on the Pro Circle Track 18" seat. They rubbed under my arms, so Brian sent me an 18" Pro Drag seat as a replacement, the side supports are lower. The current Ultrashield website pictures of the Pro Drag seats show a much lower side bolster than my seats (2004 era). My seats look more like the current Pro Circle track, with a slightly lower, and less curved bolster. p.s. All the seats we are discussing are 20 degree layback. In addition, my notes say the seat headrests were cut down 6" from normal, which made them custom. Here are some pics of the original seats ( pro CT driver), and the current driver's seat( Pro Drag). You can see the difference in the side bolsters. Original Pro CT Replaced drivers seat Pro Drag If the height of the drivers seat puts your head too high, perhaps the seat is on some riser blocks. I have my passenger seat bolted to the floor pan, and I have 1" square tubing below my drivers seat to raise me up. Without the rise, I could not see the right front fender. I also increased the height of my windscreens about 2". I got some lexan, and laid my old screens on the new sheet, added about 2" across the bottom, and cut out new screens. It really helps a lot on the wind in the hair. With the old screens, and no hat, my hair would HURT after a ride.

The seats in my Ultralite are Ultrashields.https://www.ultrashieldrace.com/ As I remember, they were 20 degree layback drag seats, with the top of the back cut down in height. !8"wide driver, 14" wide passenger. I am at work , but I can see if I have any more info at home tonight. Brian had Ultrashield make the seats special, and the covers were special too.

DOUG SMITH IS ON HIS DEATHBED AND KNOWS THE END IS NEAR. HIS NURSE, HIS WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS, ARE WITH HIM. HE ASKS FOR TWO WITNESSES TO BE PRESENT AND A CAMCORDER TO RECORD HIS LAST WISHES. WHEN ALL IS READY, HE BEGINS TO SPEAK: "MY SON BERNIE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THE MAYFAIR HOUSES." "MY DAUGHTER SYBIL, YOU TAKE THE APARTMENTS ON THE EAST END." "MY SON, JAMIE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THE OFFICES IN THE CITY CENTRE." "SARAH, MY DEAR WIFE, PLEASE TAKE ALL THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER." THE NURSE AND WITNESSES ARE BLOWN AWAY, SHOCKED BY THE EXTENT of HIS HOLDINGS, AS MR. SMITH SLIPS AWAY. THE NURSE TURNS TO MRS. SMITH and SAYS, "MRS. SMITH, YOUR HUSBAND MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY HARD-WORKING MAN TO ACCUMULATE ALL THIS PROPERTY FOR HIS FAMILY." SARAH REPLIES, "WHAT PROPERTY? THE A**HOLE HAD A PAPER ROUTE!"

Sounds good, but lacks that tinny, hollow sound of a real Model A. My first car was a 1928 Model A Coupe. I had a buddy who also liked Model A's, and he built a dragster with a model A engine with a Funk overhead cam conversion. Fast, but nowhere near as fast as a BDA.

I believe that the fronts should have the rear lower than the front of the fender, and in the rear of the car, do the opposite, ie the front is lower than the rear of the fender. On my car I put the front of the rear fenders even with the bottom of the body.

When I corner weighted my car at a track day, it was 1430 pounds, full tank, no driver. Pretty much a stock WCM Ultrlaite.

good looking car, correct color too.

Awesome first post, welcome to the usa7s forum. Your Ultralite is great, the fit and finish look terriffic. It is good to see another S2k join the ranks here. Where are you locted, it's not in your profile?

Those "technological advances" look a lot like our Shuttle Craft , which were actually tecnhological advances.

I use over-the-glasses motocross goggles. This pic also shows the leather flying cap I use in cold weather. I am wearing a baseball cap under the flying cap, but no longer need that. I found that covering the top half of the goggles with black electrical tape does a great job of shading the eyes. I also have a baseball cap to which my wife attached an under-the-chin strap gastened together with velcro, but it has been supplanted by the tape on the goggles.

I can't get excited about this or an Atom. Cars without a skin look like dune buggies. I built a Chenoweth dune buggy, but I put the fiberglass front and sides on it, and it looked a lot better than the Velocity

I meant the almost unconscious touching of the various controls, particularly with the left hand. The finger pointing and the thumbs up were for the audience, the other touching is "built-in" to his brain.

That was one interesting video, it is like his hands have a mind of their own, and are continuously running the pre-flight checks.

This demonstartes a good reason not to paraglide, and the need for a spare parachute.

Thanks for sharing, good ideas.

I got some insulation from Jegs or Summit, (been too long ago to remembe accurately). It was faced on one side with aluminized foil, I placed it around the passenger footwell (the exhaust side) and inside the cockpit, under the corrugated plastic liner. It has worked very well, the passenger side does not get too warm.

Carpenter bees are a real problem. To get rid of them, you have to inject chemical into the burrow, then plug the holes. The holes are almost always 3/8 diameter. The stuff you inject into the hole is an abrasive powder that gets on the bee's body and gets into their joints and locks up the joints. You plug the hole after you have injected the powder. Do this in the evening, when the bees are all back in the burrow. I had these in my deck and the powder worked very well. here is a link to one source: http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/carpenter-bee-control-kit-p-3987.html

I have an Ultralite, and from assembling most of it, I can say that two years is way longer than is necessary to build any car. Don't miss out on an already built car, there are always lots of things for you to work on. For roominess, I believe the Ultralite probably has the most room of any that I have sat in, It has lots of room for the feet, and an 18 inch wide drivers seat if you want, and most all the parts are easily sourced here in the USA I second Davemk1's comments on the S2000 engine and transmission, they are really bulletprof. And tell your wife that one good thing about tying up a spot in the garage with a car build is that she will always know where you are.

I suggest you google "dash mounted rearview mirrors" for a source. I bought one from a local hot rod shop, so maybe Speedway or Summit or some place like that may have one.

None of his classmates liked Tyrone because of his stupidity and clumsiness, especially his teacher, who was always yelling at him, "You're driving me mad, Tyrone." One day Tyrone's mom came to school to check on how he was doing. The teacher told his mom honestly, that her son was simply a disaster, getting very low marks, and that she never had she seen such a stupid boy in her entire teaching career. Shocked at the feedback, the mom withdrew her son from school and moved out of Detroit, relocating to Cleveland. 25 years later, the teacher was diagnosed with an almost incurable cardiac disease. All the doctors strongly advised her to have heart surgery, which only one surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic could perform. Left with no other options, the teacher decided to have the operation, which was successful. When she opened her eyes after the surgery she saw a handsome young doctor smiling down at her. She wanted to thank him, but could not talk. Her face started to turn blue, she raised her hand, trying to tell him something but quickly died. The doctor was shocked, wondering what went wrong so suddenly. Then he turned around and saw our friend Tyrone, a janitor in the Clinic, who had unplugged the life-support equipment in order to connect his vacuum cleaner. Don't tell me you thought Tyrone became a heart-surgeon?

I gotta tell you, I blew coffee out of my nose at the bear hunting joke.

Now he has to see a carpenter to get his car repaired.

The Amish are "Non-violent" people! BUT IT PAYS TO KNOW GERMAN An Amish Farmer walking through his field notices a man drinking from his pond with his hand. The Amish Farmer shouts: "Trinken Sie nicht das Wasser, die he und die Schweine haben hineingeschissen!" Which means: "Don't drink the water, the cows and pigs have shit in it!" The man shouts back: "I'm a Muslim, I don't understand your gibberish. Speak English, Infidel!" The Amish Farmer shouts back in English: "Use two hands, you'll get more!"