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Santa Inez 3.0 Just for fun
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this requires a tetanus booster before working on it ... this is a car that needs EVERYTHING
rblongboarder
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Maybe that shell could be used to build a track vehicle.. with a welded tube cage ?
WOW, what a shame...there are those steel wheels again.
well at least one of them, the other 3 look like turbines
Minivansomeren
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I had the same thought. Not something I can take on now but it would be really fun to track one of these. Not without significant stiffening welded in… But a chassis like this would be the perfect (cheap) starting point.
Well, someone has pulled the trigger, it is listed as pending. Which one of you crazy characters is picking this up?
rblongboarder
Well-Known Member
I am not the buyer...
But if you're building a track car, I think this is the proper starting point... you're not taking a viable, maintained car and tearing it down to to find the starting point... it's the other side of the coin... you're starting at the bottom with a neglected shell, raw possibilities and dreaming up something new.
In a couple of years, you could have something like this... Shawn's 2800 racer:
I had a chance to check out Shawn's 2800 at the LA car show JDM vs Euro and it was amazing.
But if you're building a track car, I think this is the proper starting point... you're not taking a viable, maintained car and tearing it down to to find the starting point... it's the other side of the coin... you're starting at the bottom with a neglected shell, raw possibilities and dreaming up something new.
In a couple of years, you could have something like this... Shawn's 2800 racer:
I had a chance to check out Shawn's 2800 at the LA car show JDM vs Euro and it was amazing.
Minivansomeren
Active Member
Wow. I mean that is some fantastic work. Looks like he cut away the whole front fender structure, replaced with a tube frame, fabricated a clamshell?I am not the buyer...
But if you're building a track car, I think this is the proper starting point... you're not taking a viable, maintained car and tearing it down to to find the starting point... it's the other side of the coin... you're starting at the bottom with a neglected shell, raw possibilities and dreaming up something new.
In a couple of years, you could have something like this... Shawn's 2800 racer:
I had a chance to check out Shawn's 2800 at the LA car show JDM vs Euro and it was amazing.
That is waaay nicer than what I was envisioning. Which would basically be that rusty shell with a roll cage and a race seat maybe even leave the patina and add a couple numbers. Good enough to have something unusual for local track days.
But what Shawn has is really inspiring, and obviously could get him into the top levels of vintage racing. Maybe I’ll aim higher if I ever get the time/money/storage space to make this happen!