Andy's Challenge Builds - Good Times Racing

I think the other option we discussed will be more competitive...

pimpm3 said:

I think the other option we discussed will be more competitive...

You mean a bicycle?

Robbie said:

pimpm3 said:

I think the other option we discussed will be more competitive...

You mean a bicycle?

But it has a clock clock in the dash so I can remember when I started the quarter mile. Actually bidding for an employee who likes old weird cars and currently just rides a motorcycle everyday. 

Plan is still in place, not sure if I’m flying or driving yet. 

In reply to Andy Neuman :

I really hope my employee actually wants the Mercedes or I might have a 1980 Mercedes 240d. They caved to my $400 bid. 

In reply to Andy Neuman :

If not, J35-swap with Miata trans, and add flares?

In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :

It's a Mercedes, so a V12 is more appropriate.  Two J35s!

In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :

Totally. And then you don't need to fool around with a trans swap. Just run front and rear transverse engines.

In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :

In reply to Andy Neuman :

My best friend in high school had a Mercedes 240D. It was 0-60 in never. 

In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :

I should drop the spitfire off at your house with the rest of the budget money for a challenge car. 

Working on cleaning the next few weeks, scrapping the rest of the van finally, it’s hard to move without wheels. 

I should bring the Mercedes as the ultimate gastropod, nothing would represent a snail better. Just need to see if any of my friends have time to come to participate with it. 

Fired right up, super rusty, throttle doesn’t return, smokes, tires are so old I can’t find anything resembling a date code. 

Copart killing me with fees again, $55 storage fee. They give me 3 days to pick it up after winning, even though it took 2 to determine I actually won. 

I’ve spent money worse ways. 

I bet someone would pay more for the diesel engine and trans than they would for the whole car

In reply to Andy Neuman :

Why do you always buy the rustiest vehicle you can find?

In reply to Stampie :

#becausePennsylvania

In reply to Stampie :

Stampie said:

In reply to Andy Neuman :

Why do you always buy the rustiest vehicle you can find?

In light of the conversation we had in May during may visit, I literally laughed out loud!

Thanks for that.

Paint will clean up nice.

My number 1 entry is Jeremy’s CAM camaro but I’m trying to get one of my friends to come with me and enter this as a second car. I told Pat earlier in the year I wanted to drive one of the oldest cars I could find to the event. At 40 years old that probably is starting to push the envelope for affordability and drive ability. Found some $40 tires for it, the lack of 14’s is surprising. 

For looking like it was primered this is going to come out pretty nice. 

Bye bye free candy van

Almost forgot to get the gas pedal. 

I don't miss that van

In reply to Indy-Guy :

I thought about the same thing when I saw this Mercedes. 

In reply to Stampie :

The 1980 Mercedes is less rusty than the 2007 express van. I’m going in the right direction. My RX7 0 rust.

In reply to Andy Neuman :

I notice the trend of rusty vehicles run/ran but 0 rust vehicles have no chance of ever running. 

Scrap is terrible right now, received $152 for the van. I used to get $90 for a Miata Shell. Even last year I received $200 for Infiniti.