> Well, Brad, you and anyone else in Portland that week who would like to
> see how the ORIGINAL mounts need only crawl under my trailer anytime
> during the week that the Hardly Boys RaceSpit 4 is there and not on the
> ground! That's assuming that the RaceSpit 4 makes the trip, but I'm still
> planning on bringing it!
Well, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting...............!
> For those Spitlisters (ok, YOU settle on a better name for us!) who are
> not aware, the Hardly Boys RaceSpit 4 is a circa 1964 Spitfire 4 that,
> apparently with the help of a junkyard Mk.2, factory literature and a
> decent-for-the-period checking account, was built into a real SCCA GP
> race car probably in the mid- to late 1960s. For reasons unknown, it
> remained very unmodified past that initial build (following virtually every
> step of the 1st edition of the Comp. Prep. Manual and using a great deal
> of the "approved" parts listed in same) until literally abandoned in a
> garage in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
I'm kind of partial to Spitels myself. Now for the public to hear, when
was the last time the Hardly Boys RaceSpit 4 driven??!!
> Then buddy Rik Schlierer and I got hold of it, undid some really ugly and
> useless modifications, cleaned and painted just about everything, rebuilt
> almost nothing (other than to replace gaskets, seals, and the like), and
> proceeded to autocross the car off and on ever since.
>
> Lots of fun, still very little investment (having a barn full of usable
> spares, not to mention what came with the car when we got it, really has
> helped)! But yes, it still has the "old style" competition, dearched rear
> spring and camber compensator. Works for us!
Just to forewarn you, I DO expect a ride around the track in the
RaceSpit while at Portland.
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