I will never forget seeing a Saab just like yours actually flip over and
spin on it's top like an upside down turtle doing about 35 mph down a
straight at Summit Point Raceway. I still have not figured out how that
could occur. Are they that bad of a car, especially on a race course?
I have to admit that the special you have is a neat racer. I just haven't
quite come to figure out your affinity to the saab family sedan ;^).
Mike C
----- Original Message -----
From <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: RE: racing Austin A35 link
> hmmm, with 847cc's and 3 cylinders i'll more likely than not be the
> smallest displacement car out there!!!
>
> chuck.
> nutt'in like a 45 year old saab.....*grin*
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
>> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Date: 03/01/2005 1:36:25 PM
>> Subject: racing Austin A35 link
>>
>> If you want to see the car whose guts were used to create the original
> bugeye
>> Sprite, check out this one at the Goodwood Revival last year.
>>
>> http://www.mgussin.freeuk.com/MotorRacingMovieFiles/Movies.htm
>>
>> This is the clip that inspired me to completely rebuild the A35 into a
> vintage
>> racer. Should take the rest of the year, but looks like it will be a ton
> of
>> fun when its done.
>> Plans include a hot 948 w/ribcase/3.9 diff, oil cooler, sway bar, front
> discs,
>> headers/glasspack, and of course, a rear mounted Jaguar deflector. (see
> the
>> video above)
>> It'll probably never beat a single car, but they'll still have to let me
> in to
>> play with them. There also won't be much pressure to beat the world when
>> you're driving a funny looking little bugger like this. The pressure
> will be
>> on everyone else not to get beaten by this English VW.
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