Lemons/ChumpCar choices

TomFreeman · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:43 am

Yeah - Mike is doing well in the $ side, but his expense is in time spent. You have to pay the piper in at least one of those categories if not both.

I've had the "For what I have in this $500 car, I could have bought a <insert cheap racecar here>!" discussion many times with several people. The $ distribution across the team is a big help. For those of us that don't have a tow vehicle/trailer, the team is the ONLY way I can do this. If it weren't for Remchak, Colin, Walter, or Kendt dragging around whatever beater I'm driving, I'd never be able to do this.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:03 pm

TomFreeman wrote:

The $ distribution across the team is a big help. For those of us that don't have a tow vehicle/trailer, the team is the ONLY way I can do this. If it weren't for Remchak, Colin, Walter, or Kendt dragging around whatever beater I'm driving, I'd never be able to do this.

I think this is the big thing for Jeremy, Bobby and I is the spreading the cost out and the fact that none of us have a tow vehicle. Two other team members that aren't THSCCers both have trucks and we have access to a friends trailer in the short term. My father is always able to find deals that no mere mortal human can find and he is on the hunt for a trailer, I am trying to talk him into becoming a 6th driver at some of these events and giving it a shot and not just sitting in the pits! :shock:

He is afraid his diminutive stature (6'7") is going to make it hard to build a car where the rest of us are hovering in the 6' range :mrgreen:

steve remchak · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:02 am

JohnByers wrote:

TomFreeman wrote:

The $ distribution across the team is a big help. For those of us that don't have a tow vehicle/trailer, the team is the ONLY way I can do this. If it weren't for Remchak, Colin, Walter, or Kendt dragging around whatever beater I'm driving, I'd never be able to do this.

I think this is the big thing for Jeremy, Bobby and I is the spreading the cost out and the fact that none of us have a tow vehicle. Two other team members that aren't THSCCers both have trucks and we have access to a friends trailer in the short term. My father is always able to find deals that no mere mortal human can find and he is on the hunt for a trailer, I am trying to talk him into becoming a 6th driver at some of these events and giving it a shot and not just sitting in the pits! :shock:

He is afraid his diminutive stature (6'7") is going to make it hard to build a car where the rest of us are hovering in the 6' range :mrgreen:

seven inches? please, let me know when you have a real challenge to deal with John.

our first car had VK & Bernie for height, Walter for breadth and Kendt & Tom for depth. easily 18 inches in all directions. good thing i am easy to get along with.

and Tom, really? Les is a wuss. we know that don't we? Mrs. Robinson ruined him i think. :twisted:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:58 am

Bernie Baake wrote:

Not so, I was documented up the wassu and still got nailed for fifty laps...They really don't like 4th gen F body GM V8's. You only thought they had it in for BMW's

Dude, you tried to claim you got a freakin' T-56 for $100! If you would have left the AT in there I bet you would have went thru relatively unscathed.

Just bring a Honda, they will ALWAYS thing the headgasket will blow and it will if you let it overheat.

clinehall · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:50 pm

steve remchak wrote:

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good thing i am easy to get along with.

That's funny.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:36 pm

steve remchak wrote:

seven inches? please, let me know when you have a real challenge to deal with John.
:twisted:

Dunno, I Figured it would be in a 924.... But we shall see lol

I am just ready to start turning some wrenches on the car!

steve remchak · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:54 pm

JohnByers wrote:

steve remchak wrote:

seven inches? please, let me know when you have a real challenge to deal with John.
:twisted:

Dunno, I Figured it would be in a 924.... But we shall see lol

I am just ready to start turning some wrenches on the car!

oh i'm sure the P-car will be challenging. good luck.

Sean O'Connell · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:46 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Nah, I'm a big pansy. But I just imagine judges doling these absurd penalties can cause some heated debates....and then I imagine Remchak rolling in the dirt with a broken budweiser bottle with some jerk judge

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if you knew Steve you'd know he only drinks from a can, but that is a funny image.

my best advice is follow Mikes method. he has the right idea, known good spares from a running driving car are the way to go other wise you'll end up pissing in the wind, and wind up right back where you started after hours of work.....

Scott Lusted · **Joined:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:52 am **Posts:** 215

Mike,

You seem to have the right luck when looking for cars! I have been looking for integra's for about a month without much luck. Can you share some search wizdom? I have been using claz.org.

-Scott

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:35 pm

Scott Lusted wrote:

Mike,

You seem to have the right luck when looking for cars! I have been looking for integra's for about a month without much luck. Can you share some search wizdom? I have been using claz.org.

-Scott

Claz used to be good but crazedlist.org is pretty good now IMHO

JohnByers · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:49 am

Still seriously considering other cars, but here is my fathers collection of 924's. And yes one is known to actually run right now :lol:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:54 am

There is probably a reason that 9 out of 10 of these cars you see are rusting away in someones backyard.

Just sayin'....

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:56 am

That looks like Bret's yard, just with a different marque.

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:04 pm

Ya dont forget the old mercedes and I know there are some old air cooled bugs around there

hey john y not a bug?? i got a body here at work, pops can build us a motor.

Vincent Keene wrote:

That looks like Bret's yard, just with a different marque.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:08 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

There is probably a reason that 9 out of 10 of these cars you see are rusting away in someones backyard.

Just sayin'....

Can't argue with that statement.

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