andkilde
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 12:12 PM |
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Originally posted by Peteff
If that's a frogeye I want it. I love those cars.
Eeek!
The previous owner should be put on trial beside Saddam -- poor bugeye 
Don't look at the pictures Pete, they'll break your heart.
ta
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 12:25 PM |
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Too late
 You're right he should.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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sgraber
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 02:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andkilde
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
If that's a frogeye I want it. I love those cars.
Eeek!
The previous owner should be put on trial beside Saddam -- poor bugeye
Don't look at the pictures Pete, they'll break your heart.
ta
Yes, it is shameful... But thankfully now that a guy like Turbo Time is getting involved, I am certain that he will get it cleaned up nicely.
Graber
[Edited on 7/22/05 by sgraber]
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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turbo time
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 04:21 PM |
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HAHAHA , You guys have no idea how close you actually are... The reason that the car has been sitting there for 15 years, and the reason that
I'm getting it so cheap is because the previous owner (who built the car) is in prison for the rest of his life, and his buddy (whose yard the
car was kept in as a favor) is moving and finally has decided to get rid of it because enough is enough...
The Projects: www.absurdcars.com
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 05:15 PM |
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See, there is still some justice left  .
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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kreb
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 02:33 PM |
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Hey Kent! How come no progress on your middie? You can't take it that far and leave it in the weeds! (Well actually you can, but it'd be a
shame)
https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1966_FiatAbarth_1000SP1.jpg
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Alan B
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 03:02 PM |
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Off topic in way, but then again not really....
I had a inspiring and motivating weekend. I got taken for a ride in Dennis Brunton's Super Stalker...
It is the fastest car I've ever been in...by a long way.....prior to the ride 0-60 in around 6.5 to 7 secs was my fastest....so as you can
imagine 4 secs in very very quick.
So, anyway that's why I was quiet this weekend....
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sgraber
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 04:10 PM |
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Ah the Stalker: Brunton's Stalker is a wonderful American re-interpretation of the Seven. Had I not started my own middy build, I would have
bought one right off.
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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turbo time
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 05:35 PM |
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quote:
Hey Kent! How come no progress on your middie? You can't take it that far and leave it in the weeds! (Well actually you can, but it'd be a
shame)
Heh, it's just the stupidest little things I suppose. I just need the shifter cables done up, but I keep putting it off for absolutley no
reason. I'll finish it, it's just a matter of procrastination at the moment.
Well, and in general, I have always been far more excited about actually building the car projects than about driving the end result. Just me I guess,
a week of driving any one car is plenty for me, then I'm bored and ready for another.
[Edited on 25/7/05 by turbo time]
The Projects: www.absurdcars.com
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kb58
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 06:54 PM |
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... and in general, I have always been far more excited about actually building the car projects than about driving the end result.
You know, deep down, I wonder if I have this same problem. Is it that you like building cars or are afraid to drive something that may kill you? I
think it's both for me...
[Edited on 7/25/05 by kb58]
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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kreb
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 10:41 PM |
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That's a thought deserving of it's own thread. My good friend Ted Saton is constantly building cars, yet never races them and
doesn't even drive them that much. I think that building and driving stimulate different things within us, and some are just more tuned in to
one than the other.
Personally I'm in a quandary. The Stalker is mighty quick, and I absolutely love it on the track. Part of me wants to get my license and take it
to actual race events rather than just track days, but then I'd have to spend more money, clutter the car up with a full cage, and run the
chance of stashing it outright.
So my idea is to build a full-race locost, using a boosted Miata donor, but.... will I really want to subject that to the rigors of a track? Once
I've got several hundred hours into the thing? I guess that the answer is yes, if only from a financial standpoint. I've got about $15k
into the Stalker, whereas my Miata Donor cost me about $500, I run a steel fab shop, so that and the alum will be cheap - I can probably build the
sucker for $2k to $3k depending upon how much I put into things like rubber, wheels and engine management. It'll still be tough to send my
"baby" into the "killing fields".
btw, it's difficult to get the power from the naturally aspirated 3.4 Stalker to the ground in an auto-X situation, much less the supercharged
3.8. While I could use the extra power on an open track, in an auto-x you almost need to be an expert driver to extract the most from the Super
Stalker without squandering your speed in clouds of wheelspin.
https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1966_FiatAbarth_1000SP1.jpg
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Alan B
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 12:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kreb
....in an auto-x you almost need to be an expert driver to extract the most from the Super Stalker without squandering your speed in clouds of
wheelspin.
Which is exactly how I'd describe Dennis...his numerous FTDs are combination of great car and great driving...
However, I totally agree...more power needs more driving skill....no doubt in my mind..but in the right hands it can be used..
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kreb
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 01:34 PM |
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I'm sure that being one of the fastest flat-trackers in South Africa for years "eased" Dennis' transition to autocross 
The really fast guys in auto-x almost seem to skim the surface. Everything is threshold - braking, turning, accelerating; they're at the extreme
limits of adhesion constantly, so the tires literally "walk the line". It's a real pleasure to watch. (sigh) someday.........
https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1966_FiatAbarth_1000SP1.jpg
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