That car started life 15 miles from me here in South Florida. When I helped
that
owner it was just a body shell minus some parts.
I hope you'll bring it to a VDCA event and join our little group of TR racers.
www.vintagedrive.com
mike jackson
Jeff Snook wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The Devin TR2 that Bob Colaizi has been restoring has been sold to Casey
> Putsch who is getting it finished to race here in the Midwest for the 2005
> season. He stopped by our shop and looked over my Devin TR3 to get some
> ideas. I thought he would benefit from membership in the FOT so am nominating
> him for admission to this group. Here is his bio.
>
> My car is a 1954 TR2 based Devin that is red with a yellow stripe and powered
> by a TR4 engine.
>
> The car has some minor racing history both as a triumph, then as a Devin. The
> previous owner had most of the restoration done, but gave up well before
> finishing. I will be finishing the restoration as tasteful and period to the
> mid 50's as possible, with great care in the preparation for vintage racing.
>
> For the 2005 racing season I will have just graduated (fingers crossed of
> course) from Ohio State University with a degree in Industrial Design.
>
> I am currently working as a Ferrari mechanic at NJB Automotive.
>
> I have been heavily involved for 3 years in the Formula SAE racing team here
> at the University, serving as both the head designer for all cockpit related
> items, operator of the engine dyno, as well as head test and competition
> driver. The team competes internationally against about 140 other colleges
> from every continent.
>
> I have raced a prepared car in Autocross or Solo II for 7 years and raced
> 100cc pipe karts for 2 years.
>
> I've grown up around vintage racing and developed my passion from an early
> age.
>
> I worked my way up in the car world by being able to make cars better and
> eventually sell them for more, thus buying a bigger better car and so on. In
> the last 7 years, I have gone from a $1500 '87 VW Golf to an '88 VW
> Scirocco, to an '81 DeLorean, to a Manta Mirage and a '86 Porsche 944, to an
> '82 Ferrari 308 and an '87 Porsche 944. I have also had a '65 Ducati 350 cafi
> racer that I then restored to buy my '93 Ducati 907ie that I have currently.
>
> The Devin comes into play since this is my last year of driving for OSU I
> must continue my passion for driving and I want to race for the love of it, so
> vintage is my path. I learned of a Lola Can-am car that I was trying to buy so
> I sold the Ferrari to get money to work with. Unfortunately that car did not
> come to pass and that sent me searching for some car that I could fall in love
> with and race as well as drive on the street a little. In my searching I
> stumbled upon the Devin. I quickly fell in love with it and am VERY excited
> about next season. Although I had bought and sold a lot of cars, I only own
> things for the love of it and I always sell them better than I bought them.
>
> I have worried that in being so young I will be looked down upon by more
> seasoned veterans in vintage racing. However, I hope that everyone will see
> that I am both genuine and sincere. I realize that I don't know everything and
> hope that both my car and I will be welcomed next season.
>
> I have copied him on this email so Mark can add him to the list.
>
> Vroom, vroom, and welcome to another Devin TR racer!
>
> Jeff Snook
> http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
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