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[NJ SpeedZone]

Dirt Trackin!!! One of the 4.

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[993]

Off to the Sonoma historics in a month.

A nice letter from Monterey.

Hello,
I am extremely pleased to confirm that your car has been accepted to participate in this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, August 15-18.
Our mission is to preserve the integrity of vintage racing and your efforts in this area are greatly appreciated. This is the defining characteristic of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and we appreciate the time and energy that you take to ensure that your car is period correct and authentically prepared.
Additional information and an invoice will be forthcoming to ensure your experience is first-rate.
Best,
Gill Campbell
CEO & General Manager
 

Testing is going well...

 

 

 

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[993]

After a 10 month restoration the Camaro ran at laguna Seca last weekend.

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http://www.youtube.c...h?v=OlwUzOLARYw

 

Drop in an yell "track" if you see us running at the Monterey Reunion this August

http://www.mazdarace...rsports-reunion

Here are the cars in our run group.

1982 Porsche 956, Porsche 962-117, 1988 Porsche 962-C Kremer, 1987 Porsche 962,

1982 Porsche 956, 1986 Porsche 962, 1989 Aston Martin AMR1, 1991 Mazda RX-7,

1992 Mazda RX7-92P, 1990 Mazda 787, 1988 Nissan 300 ZX, 1990 Nissan GTP,

1980 BMW M1, 1985 Ford Roush Mustang, 1985 Ford Mustang Roush,

1986 Ford Roush Mustang, 1991 Ford Mustang, 1991 Roush Ford Mustang,

1984 Mercury Capri, 1985 Mercury Capri, 1988 Ford Merkur Coupe,

1986 Protofab Camaro, 1988 Protofab Corvette, 1988 Protofab Camaro, Chevrolet Beretta,

2003 Chevrolet Corvette C5R, 1988 Argo JM-19c2Coupe, 1982 March 82G,

1988 Audi 200 Quattro.

 

 

[Bob Emott]

A Black 2000 Lincoln Ex Limo Company Towncar with 695,000 miles on it...   I bought it from the company after I quit driving.   It is in great shape with no scrapes or dents, no rattles, no oil smoke, and it gets 9.5 miles to the gallon...   I am retired and living on social security, and only need a car to drive 3 miles to get to and from town for grocery shopping...LOL...   I drove the car for the last 5 years that I worked and put about 300,000 of those miles on it....

[TSR]

Bob,

I love those big Lincoln Towncars, they were my favorite at Avis or National rental cars in the 1980s, you could stomp on them all day and they loved it. Just did not like to brake too hard twice, fading was instantaneous so you had to time the traffic lights!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Had many Mustangs over the years and my last was the one I should have kept.... '67 Fastback with a 351W that was a little warmed over. Now for fun I drive a '72 Early Bronco painted the match..... sandstone with "cracks" (Bedrock Bronco).....Zolatone paint, mild 302, Granny tranny with 6:58 first gear, 4.56 gears, lockers front and rear and 3.5" long travel susp .... ran 35" tires till a few years ago when we started hunting in Montana... now I run pizza cutters on it as the 12:50x 35's will get ya killed up there in the mountains and that black Montana mud that is more like Vaseline!

My street car is 2.0 hamster powered Kia Soul and a Ford Escape V6 and for towing/ camping we just found a like new '96 Ford F250 with a Power Stroke and only 75,000 miles on it......

[993]

that Bronco is sweet.

my 99 F250 PS with 80k towing the race car is a tough truck to replace.

 

a 70.5 Z-28 RS 350/360 M22 4.11 12 bolt 33k mile bumble bee...

has been over nighting in my garage recently.

all mine needs is gear vendors over drive and a gasoline credit card.

https://www.youtube....jA&feature=fvwp

[raisin27]

Fun topic with lots of interesting rides. Here are mine............52 Ford Customline, 60 Ford Starliner, 72 Gran Torino, My daily driver is an 06 Lincoln Town Car

 

 

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[HarV Wallbanger III]

993... I almost bought a new 70 Z-28 and also looked at a low mileage 69 Boss 302 but being 18 ..... my ins. man told me how much and I backed off both.... I wish I had either now!

 

Raisin  that 60 SL is a cool car too! There is a knucklehead here where I live that "made" his into a low rider and sun car only as he took the top off complete!! Not many left and to do that he should be hanged! 

[Gator Bob]

Dirt Trackin!!! One of the 4.

Cool Jay! New Egypt? 

 

I wondered ... how much weight does these cars gain?

[Gator Bob]

Off to the Sonoma historics in a month.

A nice letter from Monterey.

Hello,
I am extremely pleased to confirm that your car has been accepted to participate in this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, August 15-18.
Our mission is to preserve the integrity of vintage racing and your efforts in this area are greatly appreciated. This is the defining characteristic of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and we appreciate the time and energy that you take to ensure that your car is period correct and authentically prepared.
Additional information and an invoice will be forthcoming to ensure your experience is first-rate.
Best,
Gill Campbell
CEO & General Manager
 

Testing is going well...

 

 

 

 Beautiful machine ...

Long list of questions ... I'll be back.

Start with ... tell us about the blue tape ...  and the black ducting at the rear.

[993]

 Beautiful machine ...

Long list of questions ... I'll be back.

Start with ... tell us about the blue tape ...  and the black ducting at the rear.

 

Thank you and it is amazingly easy to drive too.

At least compared to my 911 track car.

If you are looking at the car without the body....

Blue tape was my car #11 for the day at the drags.

The black hoses to the rear go to the cooler and fan for the rear end.

Lance Smith the guy with me in the photo restored the car, transports and services it at the track.

http://huntington-cars.com/

More on the car at this link.

http://www.thirdgen....d-race-car.html

[Gator Bob]

 

 

a 70.5 Z-28 RS 350/360 M22 4.11 12 bolt 33k mile bumble bee...

has been over nighting in my garage recently.

 

 

Engine? RPO = CRT?

Solid lifters w/ Holley or Q-Jet?

Aluminum Rect. or D port?

 

Bumble Bee stripe ??? lol

[Gator Bob]

Fun topic with lots of interesting rides. Here are mine............52 Ford Customline, 60 Ford Starliner, 72 Gran Torino, My daily driver is an 06 Lincoln Town Car

 

 

Starliner is real sweet and those wheels (magnums?) set the car off!

[raisin27]

Starliner is real sweet and those wheels (magnums?) set the car off!

 

Thanks, The '60 Liners have been a favorite of mine since I can remember. I do have 2 sets of wheels and tires for mine, the Magnum 500's ( I think Magnums look good on anything!) and a set of stock hubcaps and tires.

 

Raisin

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[Gator Bob]

Well it looks 'right' with the caps 'n rings.... but Great with the 500s

[Tim Neja]

I see your Ford--and raise you a Chevy!! 

 

Here's my favorite "driver"!! A very nice classic 62 409hp 409 Impala!!  

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[Jairus]

Wow, missed this thread.
But, back when Nesta first posted it I was between rides.
Currently I own and drive only one car. A classic 1958 Ford Ranch Wagon with not one straight body panel.
No rust but it does have a big 390 V8 and can out-run the 4-wheel drum brakes in a hurry.

 

She's not perfect but she's paid for, warm and comfortable and has all the tunes I could wish for while cruising...

Hang ten!

[Gator Bob]

Tim, Back in the day my friend had a 63 Impala SS with 70 LT1, M22 and 5:13s ... on the street.  Same Red w/ black bucket int.

Cool cars. I never drove a 409 car.

I had a 65 dual quad Riviera GS .. at 85 and up... I could walk away     Super Turbine 400 w/ dual vane convertor

 

Jairus, Total retro  ... I had that gas pedal and the little one for the high beam switch on a Opal 'K" (?) Wagon. IIRC 

[993]

Engine? RPO = CRT?

Solid lifters w/ Holley or Q-Jet?

Aluminum Rect. or D port?

 

Bumble Bee stripe ??? lol

 

Hey Bob yes mostly as it came from the factory.

Solid lifter, mostly stock except for an aftermarket Holley and headers, stock exhaust mainifolds came with the car.

I've still have 2 911s but  fun and kinda patriotic to drive a muscle car.

I was looking for a low mile C5Z and when I found it this Camaro was parked next to it.

So I made a package deal and took them both.

The car is about a #3 on this list.

http://www.hagerty.c...eport?vc=157676

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[Brian Davis]

This is my toy

 

 

 

 

 

and this is my daily driver. 89 golf. has about 130k on it although the odometer only reads 110k

 

[Michael Rigsby]

Jairus,

 

Love the Ventures 8 track tape.  Kool stuff!!

[raisin27]

Wow, missed this thread.
But, back when Nesta first posted it I was between rides.
Currently I own and drive only one car. A classic 1958 Ford Ranch Wagon with not one straight body panel.
No rust but it does have a big 390 V8 and can out-run the 4-wheel drum brakes in a hurry.

 

She's not perfect but she's paid for, warm and comfortable and has all the tunes I could wish for while cruising...

Hang ten!

 

Love 58 Fords!  Cool wagon.

 

Raisin

[The Groove]

Depends on the weather?

[A. J. Hoyt]

Jairus, I love the old wagons and Raisin and I share a passion for the 1960 Ford. When I found out that they still made the 2 door body style in 1960, I started looking for my "surf wagon". It took 15 years but I found it (where else?) in Hemmings and bought it sight unseen, flying one way to South Carolina (the guy had about 25 '60 Fords in his yard) and dragging it back to CA behind a moving truck with a dolly. He said he found this one in a barn and had been in there for about 20 years, all the parts and mechanisms worked, it was blue, had a (seized) V8 and a manual transmission - everything I wanted! The glass was original and astonishingly clear for a car that age.

 

I spent over a year scraping the SC clay off the bottom (preserved the electrocoat!) and rebuilding it, painting it a three-tone blue, put the shifter on the floor behind a modern 302 V8 with headers and the lot. We named it "Vigo" (the CARpathian, from Ghostbusters II, "You are like the buzzing of flies to Vigo!") and I even put the trim letters from a VIGOr in place of the FORD letters on the tailgate.

 

I saw a picture of it on the internet taken by a member of the Fairlane club at a pizza joint. (That's an original '60 Starliner next to it.) I did a little bit of Photoshop magic on the image (to get rid of some dents, expand the rear glass, fender skirts, removed door handles, drop it to the ground, etc.) as shown below:

 

 

My wife drove the kids to school every day in So. CA - absolutely a daily driver, and we used to take it to the beach often. People in So. CA "got it" and knew it was a surf wagon. I drove it to work here in CO and people that saw me drive up in it asked me if I was homeless (they don't "get it").

 

One day, I would like to follow through and finish customizing it properly, with air ride, a proper aluminum big block (man, it will fit easily!), 6 speed manual, and hardtop doors (a Ford Nomad?).

 

Keep the shiny side up and the grungy side down,

 

AJ