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181. Re: Vintage racing (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 09:08:39 -0500
Hey gang, if anyone is going to Gingerman this weekend for Joe Marketti's vintage weekend look me up. I will be doing the track announcing. Cheers, Larry Dent
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00038.html (6,213 bytes)

182. Re: Corvettes? (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 09:19:36 -0500
Buy a Sting Ray (63 to 67) that is preped and sorted, and with a STRONG, legal engine, and an M 22 rockcrusher box. Don't get cute with 365 engines (327 is legal, and you can use the upgraded crank,
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00039.html (7,046 bytes)

183. Re: SCCA Roll Bar (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 08:29:43 -0500
Dont confuse a roll bar that has passed tech inspection with what we were discussing as "An SCCA approved roll bar" as we are looking at two different animals here. The SCCA approved roll bars were (
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00055.html (7,411 bytes)

184. Re: GT6 suspension mods (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 08:36:32 -0500
It might be my old car. I built a GT 6 many years ago. I went over to Group 44 and spent 2 days in the shop while Lankie and Bryan F tought me everything they knew about building the car. One thing I
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00056.html (8,922 bytes)

185. Re: GT6 suspension mods (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 08:42:36 -0500
See my longer message on Gp 44 and the GT 6, but I know for a fact that Gp 44 did NOT use anything but standard diff and hubs, but the trick was the heim ball in the middle of the spring eye, and tha
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00057.html (8,778 bytes)

186. Re: GT6 suspension mods (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:21:51 -0500
Hell, with people like Lowel Blossom running an all aluminum engine in his Lister, why worry about a little thing like that?????
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00063.html (8,328 bytes)

187. Re: GT6 suspension mods (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:21:10 -0500
Incidentally, Just spent an hour on the phone with Bob Tullius talking about vintage, among other things. Jag wanted a presence at Goodwood so Bob took one of the GTP cars, had Lanky come down to Seb
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00082.html (7,941 bytes)

188. Re: GT6 suspension mods (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:34:10 -0500
Jack, Good senseable response and I have to agree with your basic ideas and goals. I think one of the problems with Vintage is that each group has a different set of goals in the area of preparation.
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00084.html (8,288 bytes)

189. Re: GT6 suspension mods (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:38:21 -0500
I recall the story of Smoky Unick who built a 7/8 th scale stock car for When the templates would not fit, Smoky said, Hell put the templates on that there car in the parking lot. Sure enough, the te
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00086.html (7,776 bytes)

190. Re: 350 for towing? (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:24:51 -0500
Depends on the size of the trailor, weight of contents and car. I pull my 24 foot heavy duty trailor, with tool box's, cabinets, spares, racing fuel (10 gal) wench, battery and sports 2000 with a 22
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00139.html (8,751 bytes)

191. Re: 350 for towing? (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:31:51 -0500
I think that Ford Diesel is the unit made by International Harvestor and is one of the best, long lived unit on the road. Friend of mine was a Chief Engineer at I H and swears by the unit, HOWEVER he
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00140.html (8,571 bytes)

192. Re: 350 for towing? (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:21:58 -0500
HA HA HA. So I can't spell already. So whats new??? L.D.
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00153.html (7,575 bytes)

193. Re: Incident at Pre Historics (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:53:30 -0500
Officials have only one way of stopping a car with a mechanical problem, and that is with the meatball, mechanical black flag. That is normally given at the start finish line and at most tracks at a
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00173.html (8,331 bytes)

194. Re: CHR @ Gingerman (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:30:57 -0500
I was there as the track announcer and am sorry to say that only about 30 some cars were there on Friday. Several of these pulled out Friday night as they were just doing a final test/adjust before h
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00197.html (7,099 bytes)

195. Re: trailer stuff (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:38:13 -0500
No, there are MANY mfg's of trailors, many in the Goshen IN area. Look around CAREFULLY and you will see BIG differences in construction. Flat fronts push air. You can get wedge fronts, bubble fronts
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00198.html (7,756 bytes)

196. Re: engines for sale (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:53:45 -0500
I have a fresh, new Ivey twin cam complete with carbs, clutch, flywheel, legal for vintage in an Elan. Dyno time only, about 157 HP, good torque, etc. I paid $8500 plus shipping and considered it a b
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00232.html (6,560 bytes)

197. Re: 2 cent parts (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:25:03 -0500
An old racer friend of mine, now racing on that big race track in the sky, always said, "racing builds a high tolerance for disapointment". Larry Dent
/html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00246.html (6,617 bytes)

198. Re: Pacific NW Historics (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 08:20:44 -0500
The race was a great success in spite of several bouts of rain. Trashed two lovely cars but no one was hurt, thank heavens. Phil Hill is 80 now and is a delight to be around. I spent some time with h
/html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00053.html (6,531 bytes)

199. Re: Pacific NW Historics incident (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 13:51:01 -0500
I delt with the driver in question after the smoke and dust cleared. I too did not like the situation. Larry Dent, Chief Steward for the Historics.
/html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00060.html (7,923 bytes)

200. Re: Pacific NW Historics incident (score: 1)
Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 13:56:18 -0500
Hi is sitting out several and he will work one race. Any more questions???? Larry Dent, Chief Steward, SOVERN
/html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00061.html (8,014 bytes)


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