A look into my ongoing adventure in motorsports. Laughing is not only encouraged, it's inevitible!
Well, I ignorantly overwrote my home page with my videos page. So the last couple years of history are gone. I do have a backup somewhere that should get most of it back, but what an opportunity to redo the website. SO that's a work in progress. Most of it is still the old stuff, but it should all work together.The Roadster Gallery
Miscellaneous pictures of the roadster...Some progress, some fun
- October 2008
Stumbled upon two '66 roadsters, one all there with fresh 2L/5spd (SU), one very parts car, filled with boxes of parts. Needs some hydraulic work, then we'll see how she goes.
More pictures
- September 2008
Made the Midwest RoadTrippers Fall Mississippi run. Joined one guy in Milw, then out to Madison/Belleville to meet some more, then some real fun driving to Dodgeville. Said goodbyes and came home, the rest went on to the Mighty Miss. Great to see and meet some new roadster fanatics. A number of road stories were generated! PS: The engine build is back on (when I get some time!)
More pictures
- September 2008
Got the graphics together and on. See the Roadster Gallery for the latest pics. Names could be a bit bigger, but I am ecstatic about the 33's. I think they are an absolutely fabulously accurate repro of the original. Still no race engine. Will be missing the Fall Vintage race. Looks like no racing at all this year. At least I've been able to drive it on the street a bit.A New, New Beginning
- January 2008
After last season's frustrations, A fellow roadster racer has convinced me I need to build a real race engine - 12:1, cam, real header, things like aluminum, titanium, lottomoneyum. But what the heck, why not? So the chase begins to about double the power, and hopefully build a chassis that can handle it. Oh, I mean double it to 120hp! Parts are being sourced, and we can hopefully get it up early to mid summer.
Track Time
- Sept. 15-18 - Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival w/VSCDA
- August 22, 2007 - First Track Outing
I have never had so much fun, and yet been so frustrated as I was this weekend. I met more new people, and had more laughs this weekend than I have in all my previous year's racing combined. I have also never been so frustrated with a car's performance. (OK the Mid-Ohio brake debacle probably). But the car just had no top end power, and though I could keep up / make up ground in the corners, I just waved (literally) as they passed me back on the straight. A couple videos here.
After a lot of work, carb rework, ignition troubleshooting and replacement, etc, etc, I get the car out for some serious track time. More troubles with the fuel cell connections, etc, but I get in a lot of track time, and the car holds up very well. Fun and easy to drive. Special thanks to my pit neighbors with the Z's who loaned me one-way valve to stop fuel spilling out of my cell, and generally kept me up and going.
More pictures...The Vintage Venture Begins
- April 2007 - A new race car enters the fold
While looking around for a vintage Datsun 510 or 240z (missed a good one), I run across an ad for a Datsun 1600 Roadster. It had been raced for the last ten years off and on. Never thought I would go open-top, but here I am. Still streetable, and very fun on the street, it is in good shape, with a bit of mechanical updating required. Let the work begin! More pictures...