There’s just no way to shortcut the process of sorting a new race car. This is especially true when dealing with an endurance car.
A little while back, we decided to slip a Camaro V6 into our endurance racer Miata. You might think that’s an extreme solution that could lead to some difficulties, and you’d be right.
Sorting usually …
Same thing I do with all my cars. Fix it up, run it till something breaks, then replace it with a stronger part. Rinse. Repeat.
Hi Tim; Some years ago I heard of an old car enthusiast that was going to a 'retirement home' and dumping all his long gathered treasures, I grabbed lots of useful things (wet or dry sandpaper books, transmissions etc) and noted there was a small grove at the back of the property. There was an old race car that had sat for a decade or so more or less protected by shredded tarps.
The car was built to current FIA rules to compete with the Talbot's, Delahaye's and Delegue's he had seen when in the military there in Europe
The war interfered with his racing it here and it was soon obsolete. The new owner here got it to run on the Pismo beach where it was briefly the Daytona West with it's long, straight beach. at one point, high speed runs were stopped so the car was abandoned, I've carefully refurbished it to maintain it's original character but for safety upgrades to allow it to vintage race. I was promised pictures and better history but the never got them, he was more concerned with his health and of course his leaving his long term home insured that finding anything was remote. I hope to run it at Buttonwillow track days soon.
I'll gather pictures if you're interested.
Michael Rogers
Hi Tim; Some years ago I heard of an old car enthusiast that was going to a 'retirement home' and dumping all his long gathered treasures, I grabbed lots of useful things (wet or dry sandpaper books, transmissions etc) and noted there was a small grove at the back of the property. There was an old race car that had sat for a decade or so more or less protected by shredded tarps.
The car was built to current FIA rules to compete with the Talbot's, Delahaye's and Delegue's he had seen when in the military there in Europe
The war interfered with his racing it here and it was soon obsolete. The new owner here got it to run on the Pismo beach where it was briefly the Daytona West with it's long, straight beach. at one point, high speed runs were stopped so the car was abandoned, I've carefully refurbished it to maintain it's original character but for safety upgrades to allow it to vintage race. I was promised pictures and better history but the never got them, he was more concerned with his health and of course his leaving his long term home insured that finding anything was remote. I hope to run it at Buttonwillow track days soon.
I'll gather pictures if you're interested.
Michael Rogers
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