[Fot] Vintage GT Challenge at ROAD AMERICA

[robert bownes]

I'd take it for the engine alone if I had a way to get it home. :/


On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net> wrote:

> The overdrive by itself is probably worth the $400.00.
>
> I bet it doesn't sit very long before someone snatches it up.
>
> Joe C.
>
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> Subject: [Fot] Vintage GT Challenge at ROAD AMERICA
>
> Amici...
>
> Not sure if there was anyone else, but Tony Drews, John Fridirici and I
> raced with SVRA at ROAD AMERICA last week end.  Tony went FAST, I went half
> fast, and poor Fridirici trashed a fresh engine on the first lap of the
> first
> session.  Not sure, but I suspect a 'repaired' head could not take some
> added
> compression.  Racing is not for the faint of heart.
>
> A Datsun mechanic dropped by our paddock during the week end, and indicated
> he has a TR6 engine, tranny, and overdrive unit in his shop that is from a
> project that never went ahead.  He wants to get rid of it for $400.  I have
> not seen it, have no idea of its condition, and have no commercial interest
> here.  If anyone wants to check it out, he is located near Milwaukee,
> Wisconsin.  His name is Dean Champeau, and his telephone number is
> 262/367-3483.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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