Inspired by the "overloaded towing" thread:
Dusterbd13 wrote:Flight Service wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kDAK4jBKmow I'm not saying a 4 cylinder Escort kicked a Camaro's ass, but....that was berkeleying fantastic!!!! where do you find footage from that era of racing? what search parameters? being a muscle car guy, I love the Camaro, but just incredible racing.
I hate we never got those cars. If you haven't seen old video of Jim Clark driving a Lotus Cortina you need to check it out.
spitfirebill wrote:Dusterbd13 wrote:I hate we never got those cars. If you haven't seen old video of Jim Clark driving a Lotus Cortina you need to check it out.Flight Service wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kDAK4jBKmow I'm not saying a 4 cylinder Escort kicked a Camaro's ass, but....that was berkeleying fantastic!!!! where do you find footage from that era of racing? what search parameters? being a muscle car guy, I love the Camaro, but just incredible racing.
"Crystal Palace race" pulls up some good ones on YouTube. The track is closed now, so any racing there is vintage. The video clip is at the track, I believe.
spitfirebill wrote:Dusterbd13 wrote:I hate we never got those cars. If you haven't seen old video of Jim Clark driving a Lotus Cortina you need to check it out.Flight Service wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kDAK4jBKmow I'm not saying a 4 cylinder Escort kicked a Camaro's ass, but....that was berkeleying fantastic!!!! where do you find footage from that era of racing? what search parameters? being a muscle car guy, I love the Camaro, but just incredible racing.
We got the Ford Cortina. Which are nice. I almost bought one when I lived in SC.
EastCoastMojo wrote:paranoid_android74 wrote:Chain tension is a bit loose.
It's a gold plated Trick Star, the chain can be as loose as it wants!
I towed the weeniemobile, brake failure....
If there is more than one of them this one was the cali plate "iwshiwr"
bentwrench wrote: I towed the weeniemobile, brake failure.... If there is more than one of them this one was the cali plate "iwshiwr"
Not from here was it?
Maybe from here?...
Wait...how many of these things are there? Big huge weiners seem to attract the chicks. I might need to get one
Wait, that sounds wrong
In reply to paranoid_android74:
Hey, it even looks like the mufflers under most of my cars! That's, uh, patina...yeah...
Donebrokeit wrote:
How many of these were made, I know where there is one sitting behind a "rims" shop in Youngstown.
Duke wrote:Donebrokeit wrote:If *ever* there was a LeMons candidate...
That's 'Exactly' what I was thinking !
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Looks easy enough to replicate; a pair of old oil burning furnace tanks, and slabs of sheet metal..... hmmmmmm
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