Always enjoy your enthusiasm for this type of event. I want to try on some day
myself, when I trust the car more. Glad you had fun!
Linda
On Oct 9, 2014 6:08 AM, "O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS)" <Fergus.OFarrell@ngc.com>
wrote:
>
> The list has been quiet, so something to share.B Too Many Words as is
> typical
> with my submissions.
>
> Completed a backroads driving event this past weekend.
> SoCalTT.B ~200 miles of twisties per day for two days.B LA to Southern
> Central
> California Coast (Lompoc / Vandenburg Village area)
> Avoid all freeways at all costs.B Imagine doing a search for the location of
> all signs which read "twisties for nextB XB miles", then just connect the
> legs.
> One could call it a rally but there is no competition.
> One could call it a tour, but put a bunch of people in pre '75 sports (and
> other) cars and they all start wildly chasing each other, so
> "non-competitive"
> is probably more apt.
>
> Great time great weather. (stayed below triple digits, and once your t-shirt
> back is soaked, does it really matter?)
> Great roads, some gorgeous and some unusual vehicles.
> B B Nash Metro with an MGB engine and a slushbox due to his age and
> mobility,
> (but this guy drives 205mm of tread on his 155mm tires... you do the math)
> B B MB Pagoda with a Buick V6,
> B B Myers Tow'd with a Corvair engine (and only ~150lbs of weight on front
> wheels - can you say PLOW!)
> B B Opel Ascona with a GMV6
> B B a cool (modern) Lotus Super Seven that we all got to see for 40-60
> seconds
> each day (in 10 second bursts) while he passed us, cornering at what seemed
> like fighter jet speeds.
> The 4-5 later model Porsche entries were permitted due to low reg numbers.
>
> A brace of gorgeous Alfas from the SF Bay area.B A really nice BMW 1600 4
> door
> "newclasse" that was a sleeper from the outside but nicely upgraded engine
> compartment.
> A brace of 510's showing the whole spectrum:
> B B Orange with a rotary and dual exhaust, sounding much like a 2-stroke
> Yamaha
> RD400
> B B Red with an Autech SR20 (Ted Hedman, the photographer of the pics at
> link
> below)
> B B Mint green with aB Rebello L20B
> B B Dark green bluebird with an SR20DET
> B B My homely roadster, (I didn't drive with the above group) of course
> running
> topless.
>
> I began the ride with premonitions due to a previous cooling system "event"
> which I thought boded doom for the roadster driving in extended heat.
> Turned out it was completely baseless, car ran like a dream and was pushed to
> 4-5.5krpms for most of both days. (self-imposed redline)
>
> The only speed-induced "off" of the route was by the modern Porsche crowd,
> proving once again that if you run in a group and start round robin
> tournaments of "oh yeah, well watch this..", eventually someone will either:
> * Get in over their head talent/equipment/rubber wise, or
> * Encounter an offcamber turn when they are not prepared
> No harm done, except some significant paint scratches from barb wire and
> bruised egos.
>
> snapshots here:
> https://socaltt510.shutterfly.com/
>
> Cheeks are sore from 9 hours of grinning for 2 days.
>
> Happy Roadstering,
> Fergus O
> Renewed invigoration in roadster projects, plus
> Newly added tasks on roadster project list
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