berzerkeley has a new home...
Picked it up today.... need to find a big wing to make it into a hillclimber this winter!
Article on project build here... http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/projec ... rzerkeley/
'00 BMW Z3 M Roadster
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1993 CSP #88 Miata -Elvira
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1989 Red Devil F500
2004 Volvo V70 2.5 Turbo Towwagen
What's Next?
WHAT! What happened to the Bandit.
Wicked cool ride. You've got to bring it to couple of autocross events so us lowly people can check it out. 
Very cool! Keep us updated!
I heard the Bandit was sold. Watched it run at Crow Mountain Hillclimb. He said he was getting something else. So now we know. 
Can't wait to see this on the hill next year. 
here's the story:
Post subject: BANDIT IS GONE....Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:27 pm
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Location: Simpsonville, SC
It's true. Bandit is gone.
Bandit has been a wonderful machine and has been a true relationship story.... - George Bowland helped me locate it in Ohio in a garage in pieces covered in mildew. - Jeremy Cox who brought Bandit back for me while returning from a wedding in PA - TJ and I looked at it the first time and wondered what on Earth we were thinking to buy it. First night in my garage, I got in it around midnight and almost got stuck and spent the night in there. Original owner was 135 and 5'4". - I got to know the original owner and designer, Jerry Kieft. He was so much help along the way. - Steve Hampton of Chap Racing helped rebuild it and get it on hills to where I could compete. There are few crew chiefs around that can push you like he can and manage car, elements and environment. He is a brilliant engineer. - Steve Eckerich for help with licensing, getting car legal and advice on getting quicker. He's pretty good that way... - John Finger rebuilt the motor once to help me get to an event. - Morgan Wilson of PHA gang talked me into coming up and running Polish Mtn. Hillclimb with Bandit. Wonderful guy and met many more great guys. - I enjoyed running with great people like Stan Vann, Dave Cutchins, George, Willie, Richard Franklin, Scott Franklin, Gary, Dave & Scott, Barry, John Finger, Lars, JK and Chris, Steve & Vicki, Mark, John B., Eddie, Bill, Larry, Ray & Sheila, Darryl, Mark R., Craig, Nick and Rick Hallman and many others. - My wife and son supported me and helped me campaign Bandit to three SCCA Southeast Division Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. While George mentored me and kept my rear out of the trees, my wife helped me keep my feet on the ground... I never had an off, finished in top 5 at every event I ran and managed my first King of the Hill at Crow Mountain last year. Even managed to run Bandit on the Robin Hood Rally with Per this year. - A giant thank you to George. We spent many lunches and emails and phone conversations on lines, set ups and driving strategy. If you run a winged hillclimb special, there is no better source for help...and if you need a friend, he is always there... even when you do something stupid like taking the wings off.
The car was sold to Morg Wilson who is rebuilding it and taking it to a bigger power plant with 300+ HP. I wish him well with it and he has promised to come run some events down south with it next year. I am glad it is back to the North from whence it came.
What is replacing Bandit? I hate to keep you waiting and wondering but ... I am waiting and wondering too! There is a big hole in my garage and my heart right now. We'll see ...but count on TJ and I both running hillclimbs and other events next year and in separate cars and classes. I look forward to letting you know something soon. Thanks for all the support from SCCA and SCR, CCR and Highlands Club in the process of acquiring this piece of history called Bandit and helping me enjoying it so much. The car was wonderful, the events were unforgettable but the relationships formed were the best part of my experience. Thanks to you all.
http://www.highlandssportscarclub.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3005
Omigawd. Da Mohawk is in a new ride. It even matches Elvira.
Yay! Berzerkeley lives!
Hey Tim,
Why not just delete the canoe instead of collapsing it?
Okay, back to our regularly scheduled thread already in progress. Mr jones: Does the Berzerkeley move under its own power (can't open thread. Problem on my end)?
I don't know... a gentleman (?) by the name of Ted Theodore is now the proud owner.. he's a member of CCRSCCA,SCRSCCA and of HighlandsSportsCarClub (Asheville) ... what I did is rip his post off our web site
try here (go to message boards) (thread title: the bandit is gone)
Hillclimb? Um, you do know about it's unfortunate tendency to, well, threaten to invert?
Any other pictures of Bandit?
And what about it's tendency to invert?
For the love of god, come back to Polish with the Berzerkley next year! I want to see that beast!
(worked a corner there every year the event has run)
jstein77 wrote:Hillclimb? Um, you do know about it's unfortunate tendency to, well, threaten to invert?
I was thinking the same thing,rolling in a flat parking lot is one thing-into a rock/tree quite another.
carguy123 wrote:Any other pictures of Bandit?
And what about it's tendency to invert?
Narrow track width + high CG = propensity to test the strength of the roll cage.
jstein77 wrote:carguy123 wrote:Any other pictures of Bandit?
And what about it's tendency to invert?
Narrow track width + high CG = propensity to test the strength of the roll cage.
At least the cage is nice and strong...I think. That phase of the project was before my time.
I still love and hate the Berzerkeley with equal measure. Someday I'll do something similar, but with a Goldwing driveline and RWD.
Well , the Bezerkely is making great progress! Rear suspension was rebuilt with shock on each side, seat is lowered and car is MUCH more stable.
Phase 1. autocrossing ( sorting out minor issues and dialing it in)
Phase 2. a hillclimb or two ( after adding a wing and a few goodies. Stay tuned..)
It's an amazing little machine. Keeping Bandit tummy side down was a challenge but a lot of fun... but I'm a hillclimber at heart. (That means there are some screws not only loose but left out of the original assembly.) See what I mean here.. http://vimeo.com/16254970
I think the Bezerkeley can do well on mountain runs ... still doing R&D in some areas. I will keep the Grassroots Motorsports readers posted! Thanks for your interest! Ted
Okay TeddyTed, bring that thing to an SCR-SCCA event so I can bum a drive! In exchange, you can drive the Jensenator. Or maybe we can swap off at Wolf Ridge.
Awesome Ted!! If my car isn't finish . . . I need to bum a ride from you and in the Jensenator
Oh, so your old car is Morg's new car.
Hope he keeps himself out of trouble this year.
