Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/23/22 1:45 p.m.
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What does Grassroots Motorsports and Classic Motorsports contributor Carl Heideman do in his spare time? Rebuild old-school Formula Vee cars, apparently.

Like many projects, this one started a few years ago after a chassis, a body and “pretty much all of the Zink bits but none of the VW bits” was acquired via Facebook marketplace.

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Cedricn
Cedricn New Reader
2/23/22 5:01 p.m.

Cool, will check it out!

Vintage V is actually one of the most crowded racing series in sweden. I rented one for a weekend and it was so much fun(the red with the white nose) , will buy one if i ever get my hands on fast one. It was on historic dunlop racing, which is what makes this car. Slicks is a strange choice for these types of cars..

Tom1200
Tom1200 UltraDork
2/23/22 6:09 p.m.

The newer cars use a much different rear suspension and are quite a bit more streamlined. I've driven both modern and vintage Formula Vees. While the slicks make up a huge portion of the quicker lap times it's the whole package. Modern FVs are probably 10 seconds a lap quicker than the vintage cars.

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