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ill take the audi if i still have it (looking unlikely  ) think itll run 16's |
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You're right looks great fun!  Must nick the ol' man's tidyest Volvo 940, you can stick a small block Chevy in a rear wheel drive Volvo you know!  ;D ;D Mind you, I'm currently watching hte highlights of today's stages of the Paris> Dakar, and thinking that I want to find an old Mazda B1800 or Toyota Hilux and enter that as well! ;D ;D ;D ;D (I'm not sure an Imp could accommodate 4 wheel drive! ) I reckon we should set up a Retro Rides Dakar team, I reckon if we all donated whatever change we found down the back of the couch we'd have enough funding! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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good plan with the volvo.  i wonder about putting a v8 into the old merc.that'd be cool. I'm sure if all us retro riders put our heads together we could sort 4wheel drive for the imp. ive got this mental image of one doing a ton over the dunes. |
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It wouldn't be fair to do it to the locals though, if I took my Imp through Africa it'd overheat it's way through so much water there'd be a drout accross Africa! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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that would be quite irresponsible of us really,given the state of world affairs at the mo.
shame though i was about to apply for a passport ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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richy
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Flatheads forever....
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Put me down for Shaky!!! If I'm running the '32 (and I want to drive it to the 'strip) Shak's the nearest by far!
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Well my Imp runs 10 minute quarter miles! So there! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D HAHA!!!! Mine's quicker than yours Rev'  Reckon mine'll do it in 9 & a half ;D ;D |
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Got to say York because I can get there in no time, and I've been before and it's a total blast.
However I found the alternative of sprinting more fun, there are a lot more venues, you get a greater variety of interesting machinery and it's not always the same distance. Meaning that while car you might beat me over a quarter mile I might beat you over an eighth.
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i ran my fastback (the old marina blue one... 1600 twin carb) at Santa Pod a couple of years back. Slow and hell and a HUGE laugh - got a 22.1 second 1/4 mile! It's actually on the Bug Jam 16 (i think) video... except they got bored and cut halfway through the run funnily enough i was up against a mate in an identical car - marina blue fastback, 1600 twin carbs. we'd had a bit of a weight-save mission so he'd taken the back seat out i think, i'd had a brainwave and removed the spare wheel.... he got a 22.15 or summat, it was that close (and slow) coming up to the timing line that i got my camera out of the glovebox and took a photo of him whilst 'racing' oh and i've not voted.... cos they're all good to me! Santa pod is best facilities but it's usually hard to get more than one run in on a RWYB day, they pack it so tight - makes it pretty poor value. |
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2005 17:41:22 GMT by Pillock
Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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daft strip thrashBenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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I'm not too worried about 1/4 mile times - I learned my lesson at RCS last year... I chickened out of taking the Merc up the strip cos I thought I'd be waaay too slow. Then I saw a guy in a stock Renault 4 blasting up it with a huge grin on his face! Think he got 28s or something but he looked like he was having a ball! ;D
Regardless of what engine I have under the bonnet, I'll be taking it up the 1/4 mile next time!
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Slow times can be good! Remember those guys at RCS with identical £50 Mk4 Escorts that went head to head all day long - as the day got longer more bits of trim were ripped off and more dodgy spray-painting applied to the cars!
OK, so they were clocking 19-secs, but it gave the crowd a real laugh!!
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HAHA!!!! Mine's quicker than yours Rev' Reckon mine'll do it in 9 & a half ;D ;D Just you wait! If I take all the extra weight out of it (doors, lights, windows, drivers seat and all that rubbish) then I'll be getting 8.5 minute runs! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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me and benzboy should put our teutonic bests down together.that would be cool.especially if we both did monster burnouts then ran 25s. ;D looks like the rc show would be a good day to abuse our cars. |
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we could all meet up at retro and run then that way we'd at least get more runs in |
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daft strip thrashBenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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me and benzboy should put our teutonic bests down together.that would be cool. You're on!! Hopefully I'll have the V8 under the bonnet by then, so I can destroy my diff on the first run! |
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and you'll destroy me.ha ha.
the old girl doesnt accelerate she "progresses".
we'll have to arrange an hourglass to time my runs ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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we could all meet up at retro and run then that way we'd at least get more runs in Retro Rides can take over the strip for a while |
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daft strip thrashBenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Do places like Santa Pod do block-bookings? If so, it'd be really good to have an RR strip thrash! If there's enough of us it wouldn't be too expensive would it?
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richy
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Flatheads forever....
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Talking of which, would you lot mind if I was to bring the '32 Ford rather than the Cortina or the HA van?
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Must nick the ol' man's tidyest Volvo 940, you can stick a small block Chevy in a rear wheel drive Volvo you know! 
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Reckon mine'll do it in 9 & a half ;D ;D
