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Subject: Project car ideas?
From: CLAY MCLENDON <clay_mclendon@goodyear.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:13:06 -0500
Hello everyone,  I recently moved up North (Maryland from Georgia), and I am
wanting to buy a project/autocross car.  It needs to be cheap (around $1000),
and parts should be readily available and cheap.  I also plan to use this as a
backup car so it needs to be in reasonable shape and remain street legal (for
the time being).  I want it for tinkering/upgrading.  I was wondering what
everyone thought would be a good choice. I was thinking of maybe a VW GTi ('83
or '84),  1st gen RX-7,  or maybe a Porsche 914 or something.   I would like to
set up the car to be in Solo II, Solo I, with the occasional road race, track
day, or maybe even a hillclimb. I currently drive an AWD 323 GTX so I might
lean more towards RWD for a weekend racer, but at the same time, I really like
the GTi for parts availability and reliability.  I've already read some of the
interesting articles in Grassroots, I just wanted some real world insights.

Oh, does anyone know of a good local region?  I am in Cumberland, Md (western
Md), and new to the area.
Thanks in advance,


clay mclendon

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