Topic: Team-ing with bad ideas gets 2011 back-up car!
As It's my birthday this week (and today) I thought I would abandon sanity.
We've a perfect platform for heroic fix on the apron now - to be revealed at ButtonWillow
- so why not accept the "free" Austin America "race car" that was on the boards a few months ago?
http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=6291
Reasons NOT:
1. it was about 4 hours away.
2. the guy that had got it for free wanted too much baksheesh
3. we ~have~ a CAR.
4. I need all the time b4 B-W to build I can find
5. It's an Austin America.
Reasons For:
1. It's Free (or almost, baksheesh isn't always free)
2. It's ONLY four hours away
3. we NEED a backup motor, and a whole car would be better, even though our current car isn't even british
4. We could borrow an engine from Spank.
5. It's an Austin America
Result:
1. It's in my second favorite storage spot. Unfortunately all-too connected to me.
2. I've made Spank Jealous
3. I have a new-to-me Halon bottle/fire system, and an 8 gallon ATL/Fuel Safe tank!
Notes:
the car has infinite spring rate - the suspension is bolted SOLID
It has fiberglass everything, and poorly done glass at that
the cage needs a door bar, relocating the rear braces, anti-intrusion forward and a few gussets to please the inspectors
there is no trace of an engine, except for the oil stained... everything
It will win IOE w/o ever getting off the trailer, w/o a theme
Anyone have the following?
Rabbit front end or whole rabbit (or other VW of similar simple nature), running
honda engine, not about to grenade
miata subframes and running gear
Goldwing engine complete enough to run
spare sanity?