Car Restoration - what will you rebuild "some day"?

[Hajo]

so you had to modify yours to make the factory hp of mine?  

 you can't get a gt or an ss with a supercharger from the factory either.

 aaaannnnnnddddd finally....they left out the mustang and camaro to avoid embarrassing cadillac and dodge.  

 BTW.....as much as i'd LOVe to take the gt to the strip.......i won't, 'cause virtually EVERY nice caR i've owned, i ruined through drag racing.  

I already dusted a Camaro SS with 426hp under the SS badge on his fenders.  Nice Camaro, was all black, automatic.
When I was in second just pulling into 3rd...he quit.  What is says on the car don't make it so   He was already a fender behind 
Frenchy....track racing cars I love also.  I prefer the old trans am series cars.  BTW Dodge Viper owns the track lap record at Neurbering

Me......I'm just an old 1/4 mile street and strip racer.  I've won a trophy or two with the R/T.  Old now, no need to prove anything anymore  

[CAP1]

My '79 Trans Am SE...
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...dreaming of getting it restored to this...
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Been dreaming about it for the past eight years. 

 got a customer has a white one. am/fm/cb. 6.6 liter auto. beautiful car, but in need of restoration. he wants to someday, but he's not touching it till he;s got the money to just go nuts on it.

[CAP1]

I already dusted a Camaro SS with 426hp under the SS badge on his fenders.  Nice Camaro, was all black, automatic.
When I was in second just pulling into 3rd...he quit.  What is says on the car don't make it so   He was already a fender behind 
Frenchy....track racing cars I love also.  I prefer the old trans am series cars.  BTW Dodge Viper owns the track lap record at Neurbering

Me......I'm just an old 1/4 mile street and strip racer.  I've won a trophy or two with the R/T.  Old now, no need to prove anything anymore  

 i used to have dozens of trophies that i took with my 83 and 89 mustangs.

 if you had him by a whole fender, at that point, he'd either launched poorly, or left it in "D". that said, they're (from what i'm seeing/reading) running 13.0's to 12.9's. wait.....those numbers are for manual trannies. i don't know if the camaros are faster or slower with automatics. the stangs are about .2 faster with auto trans than they are with manual........

[Rob52240]

i almost hate to admit this....but i kinda wish that was the escort we got over here.......

Why?  The brit version was cool, the domestic escort wasn't anything to drool over.  Put 650BHP in one and it's the coolest car on your block.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I'm definately going to restore my first car, although that's going to be a HARD project as they're in rust flakes all over the ground now:

[nrshida]

i almost hate to admit this....but i kinda wish that was the escort we got over here.......

Why?  The brit version was cool, the domestic escort wasn't anything to drool over.  Put 650BHP in one and it's the coolest car on your block.

Lolz, it's not an Escort or a normal production car, it's an RS200 Group B Rally Car. The one in the picture was a homologation road car. It's got a 1.8 litre 400 hp turbocharged engine in the back, transmission in the front and full time 4WD.

[icepac]

It's not the viper that owns the "production car record at the ring" but rather the race tires they used masquerading as street tires.

I saw a viper with no track days that had only 3,000 miles on the car and the front tires were worn to the cords.

The michelin pilot sport cup tires are showing up on cars posting fast times because they have a treadwear of 80.........which means they are closer to a full race compound than a street compound.

They also come with a starting tread depth of 5.5/32 vs the 9/32 of the rest of the world's performance tires.

Nurburgring times mean squat until the tire issue is standardized or we will soon see cars with treadwear numbers of 45 which only last 1,000 miles on the street.

[RTHolmes]

1984-1986 Ford Escort RS 200.

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awesome little car, you could pick them up for next to nothing in about 88-92. theres one that used to run at Pikes Peak, had 750hp iirc 


its predecessor is my Plan B if I cant find a celica:

[Hajo]

It's not the viper that owns the "production car record at the ring" but rather the race tires they used masquerading as street tires.

I saw a viper with no track days that had only 3,000 miles on the car and the front tires were worn to the cords.

The michelin pilot sport cup tires are showing up on cars posting fast times because they have a treadwear of 80.........which means they are closer to a full race compound than a street compound.

They also come with a starting tread depth of 5.5/32 vs the 9/32 of the rest of the world's performance tires.

Nurburgring times mean squat until the tire issue is standardized or we will soon see cars with treadwear numbers of 45 which only last 1,000 miles on the street.

I have michelin pilots on mine although not that version.  It's got a high speed rating but also a street rating.  really I don't care if the Viper had snow shoes on.
It set the record.  Which will of course be broken by something else.  No matter what there will always come something bigger, badder and faster.  Been that way
forever.

[Hajo]

i used to have dozens of trophies that i took with my 83 and 89 mustangs.

 if you had him by a whole fender, at that point, he'd either launched poorly, or left it in "D". that said, they're (from what i'm seeing/reading) running 13.0's to 12.9's. wait.....those numbers are for manual trannies. i don't know if the camaros are faster or slower with automatics. the stangs are about .2 faster with auto trans than they are with manual........

Cap the stock R/Ts are running 13s.  12s' with drag tires.  Auto vs. Manual.  My heroes ronnie sox and dick landy.  they won once or twice 
They drove manuals.  Autos are for those that have no foot and hand co-ordination

[CAP1]

Cap the stock R/Ts are running 13s.  12s' with drag tires.  Auto vs. Manual.  My heroes ronnie sox and dick landy.  they won once or twice 
They drove manuals.  Autos are for those that have no foot and hand co-ordination

 ok. so they're running with the camaros. 

 i still prefer my manual transmission too......but if i were gonna pick up one of these newer stangs to drag race, then i'd jump on a 6 speed auto. they're .2 faster.

 and then i'll regret it when i manage to hand grenade the tranny   

[saggs]

Not exactly a restoration...

but someday I would like to kit-build one of these...



or one of these...



I go back and forth as to whether I like the Cobra or Daytona better...  guess I just better get both.


If I had to pick something for a restoration, or resto-mod.. It would probably be a Pantera L

[Hajo]

ok. so they're running with the camaros. 

 i still prefer my manual transmission too......but if i were gonna pick up one of these newer stangs to drag race, then i'd jump on a 6 speed auto. they're .2 faster.

 and then i'll regret it when i manage to hand grenade the tranny   

Ain't it the truth! 

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Not exactly a restoration...

but someday I would like to kit-build one of these...

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or one of these...

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I go back and forth as to whether I like the Cobra or Daytona better...  guess I just better get both.


If I had to pick something for a restoration, or resto-mod.. It would probably be a Pantera L






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I'd go with the Daytona ... Cobras are everywhere :/

[saggs]

I'd go with the Daytona ... Cobras are everywhere :/

Yeah, I think you're right.  speaking of kits.

Has anyone else been following Factory Five's latest kit?

Project 818

basically a mid-engined 2 seater roadster using Subura WRX engine and running gear, weighing in at >1800lbs (818kgs) and around $15k for a complete build. (assuming you buy a wrecked WRX donor for > $4k.

I think the "R" version is hideous, but the "S" version ain't to bad looking (really my only issue is the Camry headlights they use seem out of proportion, but being a kit you could mod it)  and a 250hp turbocharged boxer, in the middle of a 1800lb car sounds like A LOT of fun.