Archive | January, 2009

Evolution of the car

More work tomorrow on the car to get it ready for the Battle at Primm. A perfect time to do a retrospective on the evolution of the car.

Straight off the showroom

Skid bought it for $300 from a guy who was about to …

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Three weeks to Battle at Primm and we’re hard at work

Bustin' ass

It’s three weeks to Battle at Primm and we’re working like crazy to get the car ready. Scott, Bob, Richard, Cary, Skid, Shawn and I showed up at Creech’s mountaintop retreat today. We installed the transmission, then the engine, then …

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Transmission in hand

Bob and Richard do the heavy lifing

Bob and Richard doing the heavy lifting…

We picked up our rebuilt transmission from Steve Bradford with Bradford Racing Products in Prunedale. He used the Super Beetle case and most if its innards, and modified the gearing per SCORE spec. …

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Herding cats for the BAP

Dakar

Seth “I *am* Logistics” Schrenzel is starting to marshall the troops for the Battle at Primm Feb. 13-15 in Southern Nevada. We shouldn’t, technically, need a chase truck, (three laps on a 10 mile course), but we still need to …

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Getting ready for the Battle at Primm

Battle at Primm logo

We’re ramping up for the Battle at Primm Feb. 13-15 out in southern Nevada. Richard took our transmissions to Steve Bradford with Bradford Racing Products in Prunedale. We expect to have at least one transmission ready to go shortly.

Richard …

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