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Originally Posted by sperry
I was waiting for that suggestion... from you. 
And I know you're kidding, but just to address it anyway, with the exception of that historics series for 'em, where would I go racing? Plus... I get the feeling keeping a 1989 Chevy Lumina cup car running is going to require either a ton of money, and/or fabrication skills I don't have. I mean, if I bend a control arm that was made by hand by some dude in Charlotte NC 20 years ago... I'm not finding the part at Kragen. Which is why I want to stick to production based cars. |
Just to address the stock car suggestion: it's actually a sweet idea. I don't know where you'd race it, but in terms of purely being a track car they're pretty good values. It doesn't have to be an expensive buy like an old Cup car that has nostalgia $$$ tacked onto the price. There are plenty of old cars out there from the minor series, like Featherlite Southwest tour, etc...
You don't have to worry about minor stuff like bending control arms, you can get new ones straight out of the Coleman (or any other stock car vendor's) catalog. Pretty much any moving part on most of those cars is easily replaceable. And stock car parts are pretty cheap, because there's 23453587602348 guys racing some kind of stock car in the US. Drop a SBC 350 in it, and you've got solid power that'll run for a long time. And I know your tall ass will fit inside one.