I was lucky to be able to spend several months driving the car. I loved the interior room and the styling. It attracts a lot of attention every where you go, but there were some things I wanted to change. I wanted the original Healey type hood with the scoop and I wanted a chrome grille. Both of these were options when the kits were new.

It drove OK, but I wanted better handling. There was a lot of body roll and understeer. The chassis seems to flex a lot, too. I'll be trying to add some torsional strength, if possible.

I also wanted more power. The last few years I've been driving a 1700 lb T Bucket with about 350 HP at the crank. I've gotten used to that performance and wanted more out of the Sebring. Of course if I add more power, I'm going to have to improve traction. It won't handle what's in it now.

I also hated the wheels that came on the car. I spent months searching for wheels that would fit, but there was no way to fit wheels that I like. I wanted wheels with some lip in the front and there were just none available that fit. The body is just not wide even with the flared fenders. I have a plan to correct that, but it's radical.

I'll be changing the entire rear suspension. Plans are for either a torque arm or a 3 link. I'm also going to redo the front suspension. Coil overs at all 4 corners. It'll be getting 4 wheel discs, too.

There are a few other things, but I'll get into them later. My vision for this car is for what the Europeans would call a GT (Grand Touring)car. That would roughly be a high speed touring car, not a racer and because it's a roadster, I might as well add Spyder to the name.

So let's officially kick off Project Sebring GT Spyder!

I've actually been working on the car for a couple of weeks. I'll be posting more shortly with pics.