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Cheers,

Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends

| Never driven one but they were good enough to justify a one make national
| racing series in the UK a couple of years back.
|
| MS


| > What was the crx like? I'm pondering buying one as i need a new car
since
| I
| > wrote mine off.
| >
| > --
| > Cheers,
| >
| > Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.
| >
| > http://www.racesimcentral.net/
| >
| > Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends
| >


| > |


| > | > Actually, I went the other way.  I drive a six-year-old Saturn sedan
| > | > in real life (couldn't throw it sideways with a catapult) and have
| > | > found great enjoyment pushing around Trabants, Fiat 500s and 2CVs in
| > | > BreakNeck.  Nothing like putting a CH pedal to the, uh, plastic and
| > | > having the simulated vehicle leap to a top speed of, say, 53 mph!
Or
| > | > hitting even a modest grade and watching the gears drop from 4th to
| > | > 1st.  Most kidding aside, racing woefully underpowered cars rewards
| > | > precision and, for all its other shortcomings, the Saturn, while
| > | > hardly speedy, does respond to precise commands.
| > | >
| > | I finally learned what it meant to be smooth when I bought a '72
| Mercedes
| > | manual *** 240D. When you got speed up on that thing you didn't
want
| to
| > | give it up for anything!
| > |
| > | Big heavy sedan, skinny hard tires, no power, but on the other hand a
| > superb
| > | chassis and suspension. You could actually powerslide the thing in the
| > snow,
| > | and with absolute confidence and precision no matter how bad the road
| > | conditions.
| > |
| > | Since then I've owned and Alfa, a CRX and even a Maserati, but I still
| > miss
| > | that old Merc.
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

-Tony-

Late 80's eh....Luxury. My last car was an early 80's Nissan but don't tell
anybody else here about that will you! <G>

MS

WOW. Absolutely beautiful car Tony! I'd love to hear a .wav file of how it
sounds!

Nice ride!  How long have you been working on it?  I wouldn't have a CLUE how
to restore a car... :(

Eldred
--
Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
Own Grand Prix Legends?  Goto  http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

-Tony-

Nice! I had a 67 289 fastback with a 4 barrel, 4 speed and front disc
brakes. It was actually a pretty oddly optioned car.
It wasn't a GT, but had all the GT components with the exception of
the stripes and grille lights. No Pony interior either, but I don't
remember if that was standard with the GT anymore.
I dug the original build sheet out from under the front seat to verify
that options were factory installed.

I kept the build sheet when I sold the car, as sort of a memento.
I wonder if the guy read about them being stashed there and went
looking for it? :-)
I also still have a set of original 67 Shelby tail lights (Cougar
style with sequential indicator) and rear valance.
I was going to put the scoops and lights on my car to make it look
like a Shelby then decided to keep it factory correct.

I was so into Mustangs in my late ***s-early 20's that I knew most of
the factory and color codes just by looking at them.

Tim

Man am I glad I live in Phoenix...

I have a '70 GMC 1/2 ton short-wheelbase pickup with a nearly-stock (prolly
around 230 hp but LOADS of torque and no gas mileage =) Chevy 350 V8...it
also has a stoutly built Turbo 400, a 3.73:1 ratio open-style rearend, and
10-year-old BFGoodrich Radial T/As...if I stomp on it on a nice dry smooth
road I can make both of them spin (right more than the left, but it is kinda
odd how it doesn't seem to be as much as it should...and I've looked inside,
doesn't look like a posi to me, and it's been in the family all 30 years...)
for about twenty feet and it will make one heck of a loud chirp (at partial
throttle...at full it downright shakes the thing up =) when it bangs from
1st to 2nd gear...that's on a dry, smooth, high-traciton surface and
assuming the *** is warm (it shifts smoother and a little slower then)...

Let's say that I pull up to a stopsign with a gutter crossing the street in
front of it, and there's water in it from someone washing their car...if I
give it more than 25% throttle the rears just light up =)

Thankfully, rain is a rarity...what's snow? =D

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Kirk Lane


ICQ: 28171652
BRT #187

"Yeah you won't find me
I'm going MIA
Tonight I'm leaving
Going MIA
Getting lost in you again
Is better than being known"
                     -Foo Fighters, "MIA"

You know, one of my dad's friends is building a Mustang from that vintage
(one of those very first body styles, cant remember the year) with a really,
really tricked out 5.0...twin turbos and a custom built fuel injection
system (at least it looks like it to me...basically a standard 5.0 fuel
injeciton setup except it's made out of big ol' shiny pipes =)  That should
be cool...

--
Kirk Lane


ICQ: 28171652
BRT #187

"Yeah you won't find me
I'm going MIA
Tonight I'm leaving
Going MIA
Getting lost in you again
Is better than being known"
                     -Foo Fighters, "MIA"

Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
That's Racing! Motorsports
Pompano Beach, FL

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Mark Jeangerard
www.soundchaserweb.com
New Mexico, USA