[Wichita-SCCA] Feb WAIL and interesting cars

["-(©¿©)-Dave G"]

77 Mustang, born 302 cid  4 speed, reborn 351W 5speed, banana  yellow, 
chrome wheels,long haired driver, 16 "Moving Violations" in 6 months, 
traded in for '79 mustang 2.3L turbo, joined military, swapped drivers 
license between 3 states, lived happily ever after.
Dave G. #4



Greg Laws wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> I wish to thank Jason Rogers as Wail Editor for thinking of me for a 
> Member Profile article in the February Wail.  I can't imagine why he 
> picked me but I can only think that it was because he had a big chunk 
> of empty space to fill in the off season and he knew that I like to 
> type a lot!  <grin>  Anyway, thank you Jason ... it was an honor.
>  
> In reading the piece I noticed that a couple of questions and answers 
> had been left off -- purely for reasons of available space, relevancy, 
> or lack of interest I'm sure.  Just for fun however I thought that I'd 
> throw out one of his questions and my answer to see which car YOU 
> might consider the most interesting on the list of interesting cars 
> that I've owned.  Or maybe you've owned one or more cars yourself that 
> would merit interest or that has an interesting story that you'd like 
> to share. 
>  
> This is the dead of winter and we're all getting bored!  Jump in -- 
> the water's fine!
>  
> *What's the most interesting or best or fastest car you've ever owned?*
>
>         Wow.  Here's the list, you decide:
>      
>         1989 Pontiac 455-HO Special Edition Trans Am  (the car that
>     became an "urban legend")
>         1965 Chevrolet Impala SS. Del Blades-built 402, Muncie rock
>     crusher, 4:11 posi, best ET 1/8 mile: 7:86 sec
>         1966 Chevrolet Nova SS 2-dr 350 hp, Muncie, 12-bolt: a 13-sec
>     car on street tires.
>         1967 Chevrolet Nova SS 2-dr 300 hp, PowerGlide.  built engine
>     to maybe 360 hp and road raced engine in Camaro
>         1969 Chevrolet Nova SS 2-dr 396, 370 hp, TurboHydro 400:  ran
>     1/4 mile on slicks in the low 12's
>         1968 Dodge Charger, 440, 375 hp, TorqueFlite, 2:02 rear gear. 
>     Never did find full top end speed but it was over 160
>         1964 Buick Riviera w/455 V/8
>         1967 Plymouth Barracuda 273 HO, 4-speed
>         1941 Ford pickup
>         1968 Rambler station wagon
>         4 different Chevy pickups: 1950, 1951, & 2 of 1953
>         1959 Plymouth Fury, 2-dr, 318 w/6-pack, TorqueFlite
>         1971 Chevrolet Vega Panel Express
>         1968 Rambler station wagon
>         1967 Porsche 911S Targa
>         1965 Porsche 944
>         1965.5 Porsche 944
>         1967 Porsche 944 automatic
>         1969 Porsche 944 Turbo
>         1971 Valkyrie kit car built for EM, MiDiv class champion 1985
>         1964 Volkswagen Bug, modified to run 17-sec et's
>         1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass 2-dr, blue w/white vinyl  (Carolyn's
>     car when we married)
>         1967 Austin Healy Sprite
>         1980 Chevrolet Monza 2-dr HB with 307 V/8, Muncie 4-spd,
>     yellow w/black stripes
>         1987 Renault GTA (2 of them, one is a parts car) MiDiv class
>     champion: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
>        
>
> Enjoy,
> Greg Laws
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