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Race Report--Portland Historics/Now wheels

To: BillB@bnj.com, fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Race Report--Portland Historics/Now wheels
From: N197TR4@cs.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:06:35 EDT
A few years ago, Bob Yarwood made some wheels available. I think they were 
based on the old EMPI style wheel made for Volkswagen, but drilled to TR specs.

Do you know if he still sells these?

Someone was asking about these wheels when I was at Mosport.

Joe

> With a huge effort by Bob Yarwood and Keith Sears, Peyote was ready for
> the Historics after the disaster at Sears Point. Total damage was much
> worse than I first thought--the frame was bent front and back, plus it was
> bowed like a banana. Probably a lot of the bending was from initial
> construction, but it's straight now. Two broken wheels, extensive body
> damage, and lots of new suspension stuff. Anyway, it's done, and the new
> front suspension is pretty cool. We used late TR4 components to add in the
> 3 degrees of caster. It makes the steering MUCH heavier, and I don't know
> if I'd do it again, but it's quite stable. 

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