In a message dated 11/12/03 12:52:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
WSpohn4@aol.com writes:
> >If you lived within 60 miles of your race track, and could buy a vintage
> >car that you could both drive to the track and race, which would it be?
> >In other words, which car might be the best combination of street
> >reliability and track performance?
> >
>
> Forget it!
>
> It wouldn't be long until you'd be wanting to do mods that would preclude
> street use.
>
> Been there, done that. If it is a good track car, it usually makes a lousy
> street vehicle, and if it is decent to drive on the street, it is almost
> always
> a boring track vehicle.
>
>
The exception is a proper pre-war car, but then finding a group and a track
with 60 miles that races pre-war would be a task in itself (alas...), unless
you live near Lime Rock, for example.
Kevin Clemens
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