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Re: Modified Roadster

To: Joe Amo <jkamo@rap.midco.net>, Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Subject: Re: Modified Roadster
From: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 06:22:51 -0700
U-Haul may have used the same car when they put a hitch on a modified
roadster and tried to tow their new little trailer at 200.  Went 147 or so
and left it at that.

Wes

on 11/30/03 10:52 PM, Joe Amo at jkamo@rap.midco.net wrote:

> pretty cheap red hat compared to many,
> proving how having the "right stuff" can get the job done
> with alot less money and effort than many of us dish out
> over time
> 
> also proving that "its not what you know its who you know"
> ACTUALLY maybe it proves that "who you know shows what you know"
> 
> they did a fine job, for rookies
> 
> Joe :)
> 
> Doug Odom wrote:
> 
>> John, Remember the car. It was on display at the SEMA show later that year.
>> Was
>> in with the FORD racecar group. Got a good look at it there. Did not like the
>> roll cage at all. Did not look safe to me. They used plate on top. Do also
>> remember that it had a Roush trans-am SBF. Said to have 600 HP. Leased from
>> Roush for 20K. It came with a engine tuner to take care of it. I think it was
>> just a way to buy a red hat for 20K.   Doug Odom in big ditch
>> 
>> John Beckett wrote:
>> 
>>> Anybody know anything, like who built, the #203 D/G Modified Roadster that
>>> Bobby Unser drove in '93?
>>> 
>>> JB
>>> #79, C/GCC





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