Drove a couple hours through snow squalls in Ohio yesterday to buy a d@mn dirt track race car. My wife is not too happy, but the deed is done.
It is some kind of GM metric front clipped car with a running 355 Chevy, a Saginaw trans and a Ford full floater 9" rear end. It came with extra wheels, trans, springs, shocks, distruibutor, gaskets, a set of "3 bar" rear suspension components and some other stuff. Guy was asking $2200.... I got him down to $1700. I have to remind myself that I considered paying more than this for just a roller last summer that was beat up even worse.
This is going to be fun, but knowing myself, this will turn into a major project.... Just have to keep reminding myself that this is going to be raced in the "bomber class" and will get beat up nearly every race. I am doing it just for "fun".
I will need to cut off the tubular upper A-arms and re-install stock stamp GM parts and will have to switch out the aluminum intake for a cast iron unit along with replacing the headers with cast iron exhaust manifolds to stay within my tracks class rules. I may build a new body.... I may not as they get trashed pretty quickly at the start of the season.
