It’s nice to see old race cars driven well.
Years ago I read an article in R&T about the Laguna vintage weekend. Most of the folks with expensive rare classics were lapping the track like a fast parade, and some of them were appalled at a group with an original Testarossa who were pushing it hard — winding out to redline, drifting the corners, and basically driving it like it was intended to be driven. The owners turned out to be a family who said “We built it up from a pile of junk. If we wreck it, we’ll rebuild it again. Right now we’re having fun with it!”. I thought that was a great attitude.
Twice I've been fortunate to attend the Monterey Historics - I've never seen anything less than folks driving hard. It makes me wince to see someone throw a '66 427 Cobra around a track like it's stolen, but it is also amazing. I don't have that kind of money and likely never will (come on money market account!), but the folks who own these things, at least these days, drive them very hard and there are a number of them that do end up crashed.
That said, there is a lot of on-track courtesy and full-blown door-to-door usually doesn't happen in the classes with super expensive cars. However, the classes that contain old MGs and moderately old Porsches are often packed and those dudes aren't screwing around, they are in it to win it and door to door, rubbin' is racing, scratches and bent fenders, are the order of the day. Don't race with those dudes if you want your car to be pristine afterwards.
You can't have too much light in a working garage. Paint the walls and floor white.
With liberty and justice for all...must be 18, void where prohibited, some restrictions may apply, not available in all states.
I've still got my first truck, car, and airplane.
1) 1953 Dodge M37 Weapons Carrier with big block Chevy given to me in 1962
2) 1955A T-Bird bought in 1965
3) 1946 Piper J3 bought in 1965
Adam Carolla has talked about this in the context of one of his old Porsches that he races.
As I remember the numbers, it's worth about $2M. If he wrecks it, it can be rebuilt from a VIN tag for <$500K. I might be low on the value and high on the rebuild cost, per his discussion. So it's impossible to total it. On the other hand, it's also essentially impossible to find a company that will write an insurance policy for racing it.
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Not another dime.
I picked up THESE last year for our garage and it made a huge difference compared to the old fluorescent and incandescent fixtures. The garage is a 2 car garage from the early '60s with a ~7' ceiling.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
I recommend listening on something with good speakers...
A night run performed on the unlimited air racer 'September Fury' during the 2008 Reno Air Races. This was done to check for any coil issues which couldn't be seen during the day. You can see a few that weren't working correctly by the dead cylinders.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?