David,
Welcome aboard.
There's a pre-war Austin race car for sale just notrht of me in Kenosha
, Wisconsin. Kenosha was the home of Nash.... as in Nash Healey. I'll
see if I can dig up the ad and forward the particulars...
WST
Flounder
David Laver wrote:
> > If you would, please send your team name, car(s) type, and general
> > geographic area.
> >
> > (if your not on a race team, send me the details anyway...we can
> make just
> > about any car into a racer.....)
>
> No team name - I thought I'd wait until at least one of the cars I
> pass on the
> track also goes the distance. Sara tells me they just give up in
> disgust
> rather than actually breaking but I think she's just being kind.
>
> Based in London - Blackheath to live (workshop in the house - she read
> a book
> on dog training that said to make a space for mess rather than try to
> eliminate
> it and end up with a little bit everywhere) and a share in a railway
> arch in
> Rotherhithe. She tries to do the same with budget - I tried for a
> while to
> slip a little expense past her every month but the calculator came out
> and that
> was that - three weeks holiday booked that very week clashing with
> some nice
> car events. Try to do as much for cash and barter as I can.
>
> 'Race' car - 1935 Austin 7 'Special'. Built in the kitchen in the
> year before
> wife. Home made ali body with 1.5 seats and a boat tail. Several
> engines -
> none good. Did one driving test then had three years doing house up.
> Competed
> for first time in speed events last year. Steep learning curve but
> plenty of
> good advice - especially from scrutineers on how to stay alive.
>
> Under construction - 1935/37 Austin Aprilia. My hope is that a 1340cc
> hemi
> head V4 should make some differance to an Austin 7's rate of
> progress...
> Engine is taking a while to build. Hope it will look like a Zagato
> Alfa
> shrunk in the wash and make a nice road car in addition to offering a
> stimulating afternoon of sport on tracks and hills. Will take a good
> while
> longer but I'd rather get it right, do as much of it myself as
> possible, and I
> think I've a fair bit more to learn from the more standard Austin.
> I'm
> helping a friend build another Austin 7 special in the arch and am
> collecting
> bits for another two cars for other friends. Proper little factory !
>
> Team name - perhaps 'Pie & Mash Pootlers' after the East End
> 'delicacy' (more a
> tradition) still obtainable in the cafe round the corner from our
> arch. The
> pie is eels, cheap, and remembered with great affection by those who
> haven't
> had any for fifty years.
>
> Her car - 1965 MG Midget - has always looked pretty but has taken a
> number of
> mods to make it fun, not all done yet. Likely to go when the car
> above is
> complete.
>
> My car - 1974 Fiat 1800 Coupe - never looked even close to nice but
> great fun
> to drive, its hiding at a friend's house to prevent her scrapping it.
> Likely
> to go when anyone offers money for it.
>
> Our car - 1991 Lancia Dedra 2000 Turbo. As modern and sensible as I
> would go,
> as unusual and sporty as she would go. It took a while to appreciate
> after
> the free revving tactile Fiat but its a fantastic car, especially for
> journeys
> which is mostly what she is interested in having a car for. It also
> goes silly
> speeds without upsetting passangers.
>
> Dream car - Lancia Auralia - at last I am actively looking !! Likely
> to be a
> running restoration that ends up as a fine driving non original car
> worth so
> little that I don't feel embarrased racing it. She's hoping it will
> be a
> perfect restored car sold to me at a fraction of cost that gets
> babied. I'll
> keep you all psted. Would love to do 6 hours at Spa but will need a
> couple of
> years collecting signatures to get there. Will be my daily driver to
> ensure it
> doesn't seize up. The Fiat started sulking when the MG was being
> driven and
> the Austin 7 was being worked on to compete. Maybe this car will
> displace the
> MG if the MG sulks at lack of use. We've got a lot of offers to look
> after the
> MG !
>
> David
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