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Subject: [Fot] 1969 GT6 For Sale
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:56:12 -0400
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I suppose it?s possible.  Dave Randolph did tell me his dad was into the GT6s. 
Dave lived up in the state college area.  Here?s what?s in the logbooks, 
though, from Lee Walsh:


"I have the two log books which are contained in an SCCA three ring binder 
along with a 1978 SCCA rule book.  The first log book was issued to John Kania 
on Sept. 30, 72.  The first event was an SCCA drivers school on that same date. 
 The last log entry with John Kania as owner was in August of 1976.  A log 
entry shows ownership of the car transferred to Norman Stokes and Mark ???? pm 
April 15, 78.  Last event in the first log book was on July 27,79.

First event in the second log book was dated August 4, 79 and continued under 
same ownership until the last race on October 26, 84.

Next entry was June 16. 2016 when I took the car to Mosport.  I continued to 
use the same log book for the subsequent races at Palmer (Whiskey Hill Raceway) 
 July 29, 16,, Put In Bay on August 29, 16 and finally the BlackHawk Farms 
event on June 15, 17.

SCCA photos of the original car are in the log books."

On Oct 27, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Bruce Lapierre <fasttr4 at aol.com> wrote:

Scott, did this car start out in the Cleveland area with a twin, street car, 
run by Jack Randolph?
 
Bruce Lapierre - Ex #46 TR4
 
 
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Subject: [Fot] 1969 GT6 For Sale

I alluded to this in my parts email earlier today - I bought this car two years 
ago along with another GT6 and the parts stash.  The guy I got it from, Dave 
Randolph, bought it through an SCCA newsletter ad in 1984 or 1985, restored it 
and trimmed it out for street use but rarely used it.  I bought the package to 
get at the parts, and sold this car to Lee Walsh, who some of you might know.  
Lee ran it last year at Palmer, Put-in-Bay and Mosport, and this year at the 
Kastner Cup.  Lee is getting out of racing - the fun tracks are all too long a 
drive from NH, and I have committed to buy the car back from him.  Mainly, what 
I want to do is see it stay on the track and in good hands.  It has SCCA 
logbooks back to 1972 and regular entries through 1984 - it?s a real race car - 
and is an exceptionally clean car.  I did some work on it before I turned it 
over to Lee, and can say that it is totally rust free, straight and appears 
never to have been hit.  The underside is extremely clean, if not as shiny as 
the bodywork.  There is a full cage as well as the typical race modifications 
for a GT6.  A couple of unusual aspects - the GT6 transmission, usually a weak 
point, has been replaced with a close ratio Muncie box, which shifts really 
well.  This could be readily reversed but I don?t know why you would want to.  
The car has a fiberglass bonnet, and you can see the rear fender flares - not 
extreme but not original.  I have a correct steel bonnet in fair condition we 
could talk about.  On the last lap at the Kastner Cup the engine developed a 
rod or front main bearing knock and Lee pulled in early, so the new owner is 
going to need to pull the engine, probably turn the crank and put in new 
bearings.  I would describe the engine as mild race prep, strong but probably 
needs more cam to move up - it idles too well for a race car!  The only 
performance comparison I can make is that Lee was about 4-5 seconds behind my 
times at Palmer.  

Price is $10,000.  Car is currently in New Hampshire and will eventually come 
to Philadelphia unless someone wants it sooner.  I have lots more photos and 
info. Hypothetically you could run this as a street car - Lee had a plate on it 
and the lights all work - but it?s a fabulous deal for racing and has the 
modifications and history necessary for same.  You will be hard pressed to find 
a cleaner car.  Since these photos were taken, it got new Toyo R888s, a racing 
seat, new belts and some other work.

Scott Janzen
215-817-9315

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