[Roadsters] SoCalTT Report and Pics

[Linda J]

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 at 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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