Yeah Rex, instead of going 200 mph right
out of the box on narrow tires, you choose
a more honorable appoach :):)
Highlight of WOS was you going 200
awesome
isnt it more fun to be on the verge of a
spin 100% of the time??
Joe
Quoting Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>:
> And to think Rex, you did it all with "wide" tires..... How
> many times did you hear "get rid of those Corvette wheels &
> tires - They'll never work" ;-) Great job with a beautiful car.
> Ed
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:32:39 -0600
> >From: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
> >Subject: RE: build vs buy
> >To: "Rex Svoboda" <svoboda@marsweb.com>,
> <land-speed-digest@autox.team.net>
> >
> >Rex:
> >everyone who "rolls their own" has something that is unique,
> and a very
> >personal expression. There is a big flock of those on the
> salt, but yours
> >always stands out.
> >
> >I'm sure if you build a comp coupe, it will be a head-turner,
> as well.
> >Russ, #1226B
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> >[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Rex Svoboda
> >Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 8:24 PM
> >To: land-speed-digest@autox.team.net
> >Subject: build vs buy
> >
> >
> >List:
> > Having spent some 12 years designing, building, changing,
> >redesigning, rebuilding and finally finishing my project car
> - 631
> >Mclaren M6 backyard replica I can testify to what Neil says:
> with
> >emphasis on 'you need an understanding and supportive wife'.
> The
> >project events that support the build method are; when the engine
> >started for the first time and "she" comes alive, when the
> car is on a
> >track for the first time and it does left, right,go, stop
> without any
> >problems, when the car passes tech for the first time at
> speed week
> >(major nervousness ) and you get to paste that blue sticker
> on the
> >window, getting out of the car after the rookie run, and
> after making a
> >pass in September, not thinking I had made the 200 mph mark
> (which has
> >been a personal goal since day 1) ,and having Ed saunter up
> to the car
> >and calmly announce "well, you did it.." If you bake the
> cake yourself
> >,whether it's a fancy cake or not, it sure tastes good when
> you get to
> >take a bite at the Bonneville Salt Flats Raceway.
> > I have to go get some napkins, a thought about a new comp
> coupe just
> >came to mind....
> >
> >Thanks SCTA and USFRA
> >Rex
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