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Deman usa; I was a tad out of line here with my post, and wish to beg your forgiveness. I was upset over where inflation is taking our costs and certainly not over your price for this car. it is well set up , and as such may well be seen as a great bargain especially after we see where prices go next month. Good luck with your sale, it is a very nice offering. john PS I hope that you were not offended.

Once over torqued a bolt or stud becomes a time bomb waiting to blow! And going down the highway it could easily kill several people. NEVER re-use a bolt or stud or nut that has been over torqued!!

OUT OF MY PAY GRADE!! or logic, would rather keep my shekels. I have an old ugly Manx clone with a 2010cc and a vnt turbo (about 225 hp) that is far more fun on the non paved back roads at lower safer/speeds and can easily be maintained by an old fool. for 1/10 the cost. and certainly more usable. But I still have the superformance S1.

welcome to the new world order. I have a nearly 20 year old Toyota hybrid and 26lbs of "factory" Manuals that tel you how to replace " modules" only, the wiring is really just a block diagram. The dealer "mechanics" can hook it up to a computer that will tel them what to do. (So it is easter-egging with a sniffer dog (the computer) leading him to the possibly right module. Yes it will likely go 300k but if "you" are properly "serviced" by the stealership it will cost in the neighborhood of 150k. As a former tech-y i find that carbs are not so bad. As are roll-up windows and road maps.

thank you all-- i am done- will only answer questions from now on.

To clarify my post. I do not have answers, just observations and questions. Such as -- isn't the shift from a manufacturing economy to a "service" really a shift to a "servant" economy where we serve those who have and we do not get or need anything? And yes a polite debate serves both parties as the solution usually is more near the center. And by the nature of our bond (The 7) we are consumers of offshore goods (in my case South African Chassis and drive from US and Japan), and even the locost that are fab-ed here, most have at least some imported parts. I do personally think that tariffs are wrong, Yes we should discourage unfair trade and limit our exports to those who violate our patents and steal our technology. I also believe that a US company who has their products made offshore is gravely wrong in thinking that there is any long term gain involved. Histoey has shown that the "cheap labor" will soon setup a competing facility (or possible take yours to produce the same or very similar product. We (the US) should be buying imports without tariffs when the trade is fair and not buying at all when there is shenanigans involved. And protect our freedom at any cost as it is our life. And there shall be no grifting by our representatives. We should all be held to the standard of protecting our country first, and next support the fellow free empires.

I was born before "pearl harbor", was taught to read by my immigrant mother before 5, was working part time on the family farm by 5, was an entrepreneur before the teen years, 4 years in the military, worked in the physics industry, and was an electrical contractor. Also a reasonably successful investor (recognized Enron as a ponzi scheme while it was still a "reputable corp.". You?we are all right. After WW2 we as a nation were on the top of the heap, we had the highest Gross National Product of any nation in the world! The USA exported more than it imported and most of the advancements and inventions were made here. Money was being made, small manufacturing companies were scattered all over, it was "paradise". The war effort caused all this to be. Then came the profit taking years, with more successful companies buying out their competition or somehow running them out of business things became cutthroat, even small tradesmen started using lesser quality parts and material and that led to trying to reduce the cost of labor even more. We all started buying imported stuff of lessor Quality because we could afford it more easy. soon we found that we were buying transistor radios (using US developed technology) made in Japan, and accepting the fact that it wasn't worth fixing them. so just throw them away when they quit. Now every person's goal is to become rich in a short period by servicing (lets use the farmer's definition) the public. Meanwhile the former third world countries have improved their quality to the point that it exceeds ours, and we have no export markets for our over priced substandard products. YES a tariff will not fix that (just male it worse), but instead it will raise the foreign presumed value of their products and if the tariff is removed the value is establish and that will still be the cost to us. I am/was a patriot and partisan, and do believe the the current procedures are wrong both realistically and morally. But the problem lays with "we the people" and a political solution will only solve a small part. We the people need to unite (as we did in WW2) and find the things that will rectify part of our problem. (not likely) and finally what is wrong with buying a far better quality, far cheaper electric auto from China if they were actually our friend. (but we bought nothing from either Japan or Germany when they were not. At any tariff. Sorry for the long wind. you may freely cuss me.

Health care is definitely capitalistic, except for VA, medicare and medicaid which are government, which is also controlled by the capitalistic. But mrmustang is right for necessary service providers. For the rest a quick trip across the nearest border (and away from this third world country) should yield the right to the vaccine. john a former patriot

totaly agree, it is time to stand up and speak.

remember the movie-- "Manchurian candidate" ?

Just because I understand it does not mean it is right. I also understand murder and inappropriate possession of classified documents. Right is right and wrong is wrong. I do apologize for my butt head.

thank your grifter-and-thief.

and a great many of the parts removed are one use and have to be replaced at substantial cost! (too many accountants in the engineering dept.)

back in 1964 I quit buying collision insurance carry liability only. If you pay them do do your work it costs more and doesn't get done right. Over the years , the savings have helped me retire in glory. john (any solution to are health care problem that includes insurance companies--is not a solution!!)

Balance my boy! When you loose balance you lose control.

I have one off kit car patterned after a 1960 Lola MK-1 on a Rotus chassis, with a 13b turbo-ed rotary. that at 84 I am not going to finish. that will go soon. John

I grew up in Michigan. The US navy sent me to White Sands Missal Range, rust is the one of the reasons that i live in the desert (what's PB Blaster?).

Bruce; I don't have one but data is wisdom, and I have a couple of years left if all goes well. and my superformance S1 is an orphan with very little data preserved, so many parts are going to be 'home fabricated". thank you. john

My Superformance has a cut down c Camero rear end. There are only two downsides that i notice. The near 5k paid for it, and the "posi" is ill suited on such a small car. Neither bother me, as a previous owner stood the cost, and a light tap of the foot-feed solves the sharp corners. But now it is embarrassing to own a car manufactured in eldoinio musk's parent country.

A "7" is a center balanced car with very little "polar inertia". Where you set on the pendulum is what gives you the driver "the feel". The two extremes would be a short WB pickup and a corvair/ early vw where the tail wags the dog. Any configuration will work with the weight and center of gravity just slightly to the rear and the lower the better. From there on it can get complicated. I have gone fast with a rear engine "sand rail" but much faster with a 55%/45% rear to front "mid engine" both because of the balance and lack of polar inertia. Ps- the "7" is easy to adapt to because you the driver are just to the rear of the center of gravity. just imagine what it would be like to "road race" a top fuel dragster even with less power. john

Think it was back in the 50s that we used a lot of semi-clear zipper tube. Haven't seen it in a long time, but it and color coded wire made modifications and trouble-shooting easier, and provided good chaff protection. lacing is more permanent but does give a lot of rigidity to the loom. (but is difficult with 83 year old fingers). so now it is-- bundle with black tape and either spiral wrap or split loom. or both.

A VW or dune buggy with an SU carb. ultra simple, parts are available and the SU does nearly everything that FI would. I have a crappy Manx clone with top, doors and heat. One of the engines is vnt-turbo-draw thru SU. (no controls except the foot-feed) AND fun to drive, will go places a jeep can't, plus handles well enough to be competitive at Pikes peak back when it was dirt. (will amaze one on asphalt too). BUT WAIT no anti-loc brakes, no GPS, and no AC. I hate modern because it IS NOT "reliable" But would really love a new auto to finish out my remaining years-- that could be trusted to get me "there". My research has shown me that-- "if" I bought a new truck and got a 99k mile warranty it would stand a 25% chance of not leaving me stranded. dare anyone to show the exception. Perhaps my 2007 yota highlander will be the exception. (but it could be in the beloved 25%) Perhaps I will pull "butt-ugly" into the shop for a fresh engine, disk rear brakes and an added AC. BTW it does have electronic "points" but there is always a couple sets of points and condensers in the tool kit. I "like" but do not "like" a "please take me to a dealer". john

I have looked at my ford 5.8 throttle bodies and glanced at my 48 weber side draft and it is easy to decide which to use. (bigger, cheaper, and readily available TPS. My experience with webbers isn't all that good That the "look" is valuable. john

I live in golden valley az (about 300 miles from LA) have 30 acres and room in my shop for emergencies. It is a long miserable trip from LA but is on the way for those escaping. john

I am following this topic as I have an old haltech (e6ex i think) that uses ms dos, and I haven't established the windows 10 will get the job done. Thanks to all here as for me every day is a learning experience.