If they have the paperwork to prove the provenance, this would make a fun Historic racer.
If they have the paperwork to prove the provenance, this would make a fun Historic racer.
Would like to see if they have the original log book...
I used to love watching the SSGT races back in the day, especially the Camaros and Mustangs coming through NHMS turn 3 with their left front brakes on fire about 3/4 of the way through the race...
The pictures do show letters from Guildstrand Engineering, and the stamp on the roll cage, so it should be the right car
It's been driven by some big names, namely Bertil Roos, a Formula 1 driver.
Yes to seeing more former Showroom Stock cars in historic/vintage racing. As other noted, good provenance, too.
As someone born too late to experience Showroom Stock racing, I hope it's as awesome as I think it is.
In reply to Colin Wood :
It really was cool: very tight racing–definitely didn’t want to miss those races at the Runoffs–plus all the day’s coolest cars and top drivers.
And this all went down with bolt-in cages, stock exhausts and skinny tires. (Oh, and no cheating, either.)
And some related rating from a past issue: Looking for an inexpensive track machine? Why not a Rad-era race car?
The TL;DR: Why not race something from the ’80s like SCCA Showroom Stock, IMSA Firehawk, etc.?
David S. Wallens said:Yes to seeing more former Showroom Stock cars in historic/vintage racing. As other noted, good provenance, too.
I would love to compete in my old Showroom Stock C Miata. I used to drive it to the track, race it and then drive home. The car had a couple of podiums at the RunOffs before I bought it.
You had to drive like an animal in those cars......so much fun.
This might be a stupid question, but does HSR or SVRA or some other vintage racing series have a class for Showroom Stock?
I'd be interested in watching.
I'm not in the market but that seems like a fair price for what you'd get.
Colin Wood said:This might be a stupid question, but does HSR or SVRA or some other vintage racing series have a class for Showroom Stock?
I'd be interested in watching.
If not a specific class they do have places for them to run–so, for HSR, likely Group 2, 3 or 5.
More info here: 2024 HSR Street Stock Category Rules & Classes
My 2nd and 3rd cars were both '84 Camaro sport coupes. This looks like fun, assuming the clock still works? (And they said '82 was the only year for a black interior? I could swear my red Camaro had a black interior. Maybe it was grey?)
Part of the irony here is today's rarity of these cars is partly influenced by the fact that they were all mercilessly beaten to a pulp when they were racing. I feel like no other era of race car was considered more disposable in pursuit of trophies than these things.
I think we're also going to see a huge value bump in the not too distant future in the final era of pre-homologation showroom stockers. There were some seriously cool cars in thse fields. Their greatest enemy will be their complexity I think. They were built to a ruleset, but not a set standard, so there's a lot more variation in parts, technology and methods than you see with the homologated cars. I think the key to smart shopping there will be to buy a car where the shop that built it still exists.
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
... and some of them migrated to today's American Sedan class, which was born because racing a third-gen on stock brakes, suspension, and interior with a bolt-in cage was just nuts (but in the most entertaining way).
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