He used to have C/MS record at 207, George Potter got there before I
did...................
Ed
(Sunburn & 80 degrees in the desert)
ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 02/10/2000 7:22:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> crothfuss@coastalnet.com writes:
>
> <<
> Rich,
>
> The stock Opel GT had a 1.9 liter inline 4. With an iron head and block
> the thing is nearly indestructable. Unfortunately the head doesn't flow all
> that well without a bit of carefully thought out porting. The GT bodies are
> the biggest headache, since the panels are all welded in place. Seen lots
> of botched body repairs on these cars that were ugly as home made soap.
>
> If you really want the low-down on STOCK Opel GT stuff Eric Pare' at
> Orphan Motorsports is the man to talk to. Eric has the largest stock of
> Opel replacement parts on the East Coast and has quite a collection of rare
> Opel automobiles. (My favorite is the Opel Diplomat with a factory 327 Chevy
> engine!) You can get hold of Eric at (910) 326-6028 or e-mail him at
> <elpare@coastalnet.com>. Now that I think about it, he may also have a line
> on some early Desoto parts too.
>
> There's a guy up on the ridge behind me who had put a 350 Chevy in a GT,
> then in one weekend he pulled it out and started putting a rotary in the car
> out of an RX7. By the end of the weekend the RX7 had the 350 in it (and had
> a new paint job) while the Opel had been pushed into the back yard where
> it's sat ever since. He never did say what changed his mind, but I suspect
> it was too much gin.
>
> Chuck "Walkin' out to get the paper in bare feet again!" Rothfuss
> ECTA #9
> Pole Cat Hollow, NC
> >>
> Rich,
> Bill Ward, from somewhere on the Left Coast, was been running a SBC
> powered Opel, driven by John "Jet-Car" Paxton, for several years at the salt
> in Modified Sports, currently (as of late 98) holding the B/BMS Bonneville
> record at 241 and the D/MS Bonneville record at 222.........Ardun Doug in CA
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