Hi Folks! Just bought a Mk1 Mexico today!! Can anyone please give me advice on: 1. Turreting, is it really necessary? (doing road rallies, but would like a...
What year Mex is it? If it is an early car with rear dampers at 45 deg bolted to a bracket under the boot floor, then I would turret it. If it is a later car...
Glenn, many thanks for your reply. I guess mine must be the early model (underfloor bracket). September 1973 (My Mk2 had the damper top bolt inside the boot). ...
Interesting to hear you need a firewall for road events!!! A few places used to make pop-rivet-in firewalls that could be installed in road cars without all...
Glenn Wallace and Simon Heighway are talking about Mark II Cortinas or something, and they natter on about shocks and firewalls and stuff, including turrets....
Satch Carlson
satch@...
Jan 17, 2007 8:09 pm
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Turrets move the rear shock absorbers to a vertical position and also create more room for longer suspension travel. ...
Satch, Early Escorts had their rear shocks inclined toward the centerline of the car at what appeared to be a 45 degree angle. For competition work, the ...
Lenpicton@...
Jan 17, 2007 10:40 pm
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... As is the usual case with internet pleas for help, Satch, nobody will answer you forthrightly. All these "hidden agendas", you know how rallymen are,...
Calm, Satch, calm. Aftermarket shock towers which, by relocating one end of the shock, can significantly extend the life of shocks and the amount of abuse the...
. . . for my education on turrets! The Saab 96 and 97 did, indeed, have a more conventional up-and-down set-up for the rear shocks (Koni adjustables, in my...
Satch Carlson
satch@...
Jan 18, 2007 7:59 pm
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I was afraid we were going to have to add gun emplacements to the roof of our vintage rally cars to fend off hordes of angry locals with firebrands and...
My Minnesota amigo Tim Winker, aka Wink Timber, aka That Wanker, offers up the most egregious pun in rally history: "I was afraid we were going to have to add...
Satch Carlson
satch@...
Jan 20, 2007 5:35 pm
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(And from the corner of the room, from the kid with the dunce cap on, comes a big spitball aimed at Satchie...) Dude! Did my Rheinmetall 120mm post go right...
Here is the final info on the SCCA RoadRally Event of 2007. Plan ahead and plan to be just east of Pittsburgh on the USRRC's traditional third weekend in...
R. Bruce Gezon
smuncher@...
Mar 29, 2007 7:21 pm
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I have heard of Targa Tasmania, but who the heck is Eric Bana? ... Tim Winker, publisher VintageRally.net The Source for Vintage and Historic Rally Information...
... Don't watch many recent action movies, do you? ;-) He was the star of Hulk, Troy (as Hector), and Munich. So he's got plenty of $ to play at motorsports...
Some faint respect for his Classic class entry perhaps could be given in that he has owned his Targa Tasmania crashed vehicle, an Australian produced Falcon...
I never met Phil Frank but I surely enjoyed his creation - Nigel Shiftright. Phil and Nigel will be missed. --Scott Morris, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Terry...
I will be out of the office starting 09/11/2007 and will not return until 09/14/2007. I will be checking my e-mail less often than usual. Please contact me on...
john_atsma@...
Sep 14, 2007 12:14 am
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Historic SAAB to compete at Elkhart Lake Vintage Rally A rare 1950 SAAB 92 is set to compete in a renactment rally in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, home of Road...
Tim: Keep us posted on what happens. And good luck. Doug Mepham ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Doug Mepham
d.mepham@...
Oct 3, 2007 10:02 pm
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Jon Davis has come down with the crud, so has bowed out of the Elkhart Lake Rally. I have contacted one person, but with such late notice I don't know if he is...
After a scramble to locate a last-minute replacement for the ailing Jon Davis, Marty Adams filled in as driver. Marty is a Saab dealer in Iowa (Meyer Garage...
The vehicle details for SMO 745 are: Date of Liability 01 06 2008 Date of First Registration 21 05 1959 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity...
About 2 weeks ago I asked for confirmation as to whether Austin Healey SMO745 had been re-registered as Austin Healey DG95. Initially the Coys auction sale,...
What: EuroSunday presents the euro500rally The euro500 rally is a European car rally winding thought 500 miles of North California's engaging, sinuous, and...
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