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April 17, 2009 12:38 p.m. Winston New Reader

Sharing is more fun than not, so what the hey. Here it is:

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/reader-rides/1013/

I'm going to keep the build log in the Reader's Rides section since Mr. Baxter has worked so hard on making that section user-friendly. This is just a "heads up" that it's over there.

Hey Tim (Baxter) -- can we get a checkbox or sorting tool of some sort so that we can pull all of the challenge cars up in a list in Reader's Rides?
April 17, 2009 12:43 p.m. Winston New Reader

P.S. I just updated the backstory with a lot more detail, but it seems like that may take a while to show up.
April 17, 2009 12:49 p.m. Nashco SuperDork

A formidable competitor! Well, you know, once it can move under it's own power and all.

Looks like you've got a long road ahead of you, good luck and keep us posted!

Bryce
April 17, 2009 12:56 p.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork

Wow! I love me some Lotus goodness.

So are you going to the Florida or California events? (hey it is Houston, he could go either way)

A donor MR2 or Miata might get you rolling again after some welding of course ;)
April 17, 2009 1:09 p.m. Winston New Reader

fiat22turbo wrote: So are you going to the Florida or California events? (hey it is Houston, he could go either way)

Florida. The drive is shorter, and it's the original Half the fun will be seeing/meeting all of the folks I've read about over the past nine years.

fiat22turbo wrote: A donor MR2 or Miata might get you rolling again after some welding of course ;)

Oh yes, there will be welding. If the parts car I'm going to see this weekend pans out, I will eventually have some 4AGE goodness screaming behind my head.
April 17, 2009 1:09 p.m. Jensenman MegaDork

Cool! Is there maybe some Subaru power implanting in its future? Or perhaps an Audi longways transaxle setup?

EDIT: I see 4AGE plans. That's cool, too!
April 17, 2009 1:26 p.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork

Ah okay, that is a good thing and a bad thing:

Good: I won't have to try and beat it with my 924

Bad: I won't be able to get beaten by it in person.

Well, stop posting here and get out there and get moving on it!
April 17, 2009 1:28 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

Winston, yes, we'll be breaking out Challenger efforts in some way or another. I need to get to work on that.
April 17, 2009 2:20 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

Yeah, quitcher sitting around there Timmy, it's not like you have other things to do than organize Challenge car builds.
April 17, 2009 2:37 p.m. JFX001 Dork

I'd like to make a vote for TDI powar.
April 17, 2009 2:44 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

= secks. Very nice.
April 17, 2009 2:53 p.m. Apexcarver UltraDork

is that the car modernbeat was going to stick the ferrari V8 into? did he give up on that XP project?
April 17, 2009 3:02 p.m. Winston New Reader

Apexcarver wrote: is that the car modernbeat was going to stick the ferrari V8 into? did he give up on that XP project?

Yes and yes.
April 17, 2009 4:33 p.m. HeavyDuty New Reader

Why don't any of my neighbors have a free Europa shell to give me?
April 17, 2009 5:08 p.m. Winston New Reader

HeavyDuty wrote:

Why don't any of my neighbors have a free Europa shell to give me?

Probably because they like you
April 17, 2009 5:54 p.m. ignorant PowerDork

Winston wrote:

HeavyDuty wrote:

Why don't any of my neighbors have a free Europa shell to give me?

Probably because they like you

That above exchange has to get into the magazine.. too funny
April 20, 2009 10:22 p.m. ckosacranoid HalfDork

by the way, a theme for this could could be fun. white color, with ex-drivers painted on it, name of an anime series, and this is one o the cars driven in he show. i think the car looks bad ass myself and would not mind one though.
April 21, 2009 8:46 a.m. Xceler8x Dork

I'm thinking Gulf Livery. It has the look to pull it off. I'd go for because we may not see a GT40 at the Challenge.

My first slot car was the Gulf GT40.
April 21, 2009 8:59 a.m. DILYSI Dave UltimaDork

I love the idea of Gulf Livery.
April 21, 2009 9:07 a.m. Apexcarver UltraDork

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBBfWQObFc (ex-driver for reference)
April 21, 2009 9:15 a.m. Winston New Reader

Y'all may or may not know this, but the Europa was Lotus' pitch to Ford for the LeMans car that they wanted to build to beat Ferrari. Colin Chapman insisted that the car be called a Lotus-Ford, which probably had something to do with the fact that Ford eventually chose Lola's design -- which was named the GT-40. The rest is history.

So yes, Gulf livery would be very fitting and I have considered it. But that's probably not what the car will get.

(ckosacranoid -- I do in fact own the eX-Driver DVD collection. I LOVE the cars in it, and the detail to which they are animated. Caterham 7, Europa, Lancia Stratos, GC8 WRX... ahhh. And the story/dialogue is pretty good too.)
April 21, 2009 7:36 p.m. ckosacranoid HalfDork

cool, someone else that likes that anime also....
April 21, 2009 7:43 p.m. Appleseed Reader

Flat black with skulls. Everything looks better in flat black with skulls.
May 4, 2009 12:43 p.m. silence New Reader

hmmm... sniff, sniff, sniff... lotus.....mr2.....do i smell a rwd setup with 3sgte power??!!
May 4, 2009 12:53 p.m. Strizzo Dork

you're in houston? what part? need any help/someone to drink your beer and watch?

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