Hey Paul,
I live in College Park, MD and
will likely be attending races mostly on
this coast too, although I DO have an
ambition to run at Laguna Seca someday.
At 02:20 PM 1/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>David,
>I remember the in dash tach, Blue Streak tires and the firm ride. My
>brother's car had the automatic gearbox. That was a fine engine! Where do
>you live? We are in North Carolina and race essentially on the right coast.
>
>Cheers, Paul
>
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>>From: "David R. Mapes" <dmapes@erols.com>
>>To: pmeis@wfubmc.edu (Paul Meis)
>>Subject: Re: Rules, eligibility, etc...
>>Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2002, 11:49 PM
>>
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Yep, my experience of the Formula S
>> Barracuda is that its one of the best balanced
>> all around performance packages to come out of
>> Detroit. If you ordered the F/S package you
>> needed to add only the disk brakes and a 4 speed
>> for a complete production racer package. My
>> car's origional owner ordered the brakes, but
>> I'll have to take care of the 4 speed issue my
>> self (there were only about 500 4 speed Formula S
>> cars produced in '66). The F/S package got you
>> HD shocks, 0.870" front torsion bars (up from
>> 0.820" for the std suspension), an 11/16" front
>> swaybar, 16:1 ratio aluminum steering box, 6 leaf
>> rear springs, 14"x5.5" wheels with 6.95" Goodyear
>> Bluestreek tires, 235 Hp 273 Commando engine, and
>> an in dash tach. That's probably more than you
>> wanted to know about an old MOPAR, I tend to gush
>> on ocasion.
All the Best! Dave ;->
Lame Horse Racing
- '66 CP (Vintage Road Racer to be) Formula S Barracuda (AKA GoldFish)
- '66 CP Rust-er-Mustang Coup (AKA Ol'Beastly)
- '91 Plymouth Sundance (145,000+ Miles and counting, Just
runs too good to replace)
- '97 Jeep Cherokee (Oh-M'Gosh! Three Recalls!)
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing... College Park, MD
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