I'm Baaaaakk...

[coop]

Hi everyone. I just joined this group after having been away from all Z groups for a long time. It's nice to see all the intelligent chatter here. Just completed my three year project, a 1971 SCCA ITS/Vintage race car. On its first race at Laguna Seca in October, it scored a win and then two P2s the next day. The fastest lap it recorded was 1:43.9 which is two seconds under my old best time. Not bad for a 37 year old car. Stop by and see some of the pics of its construction that I've posted with my profile. Hope to talk to some of you soon.

Coop :laugh:

[kinfish]

Welcome to the group!

Congratulations on your success on the track. Your car looks structurally sound with the roll cage and all the other add-ons.

Great photos of the build cycle. Did you paint the car in your garage?

[coop]

I built up a hanging paint/sand blasting booth with plastic, card board, duct tape, etc and used forced conditioned air to pressurize the thing and a large fan with filters to evacuate it. I can't paint well but I can sand and buff with the best of them.

This car was actually a piece of junk that was given to me by a friend. It had to be straightened along with much rust removal and metal replacement and repair. I wouldn't do it this way ever again because it took 4 times as long to build as my last car. However, it would be a shame to use a perfect frame and trash it in a racing accident.

Coop

[Carl Beck]

Hi Coop:

Good to see you here. The new car looks great! .. Where have you been between Z's.

You wouldn't have an extra LeMans wheel laying around would you? I need one more for the BRE Baja Z.

Actually you really should have newer wheels on that car, thoes old mag.'s aren't as trustworthy as they were 36 years ago:finger: I know where you could get rid of themROFL

kind regards,

Carl B.

[coop]

Hey Carl.

I bet lots of folks would like to get their hands on those wheels. At least one of them can be seen on Frank Leary's FAR Performance car that is pictured somewhere on this web site. I met Frank at the Portland Rose Cup Trans-Am race where he was racing his turbo 280-ZX. I bought the wheels a few years after he died. :disappoin

Been very busy with stuff like staying married, buying a new house and actually making the payments as well as slowly building the car. Did manage to run a couple of enduros in an RX-7. Fun but slow.

I'm planning on running a vintage event in April at Laguna Seca. Thought I'd tone it down a bit since the last race really put a strain on the brakes. Lap times are so fast now that I don't know how much longer this old car can take it. :eek:

Coop