Maybe I'm a cynic but I'm with Stan. All this whiny bitchy "I'm a dreamer" stuff is kinda BS IMO. I guess I'm less of a dreamer and more of a do'er. And building with junk that you have laying around "cause they built with what they had back in the day" is wrong wrong wrong. An overseas competitor showed up with a dangerous pile of junk once with a blown hemi in it that was very very far from every passing tech. I asked him what he was thinking by bringing this "car" to try and race and he said "well this is how they built them in the old days" and I said um, no... take this thing outta here and don't come back until it's in a state that will actually pass tech.
Hope and dreams won't get you through tech and down the course. My $.02.
Nathan, as I read the entire thread leading up to No13 vacating this forum, I am a bit surprised at some of the negative comments. Does it matter what a persons motives are if he or she chooses to dream then at some point try and follow that dream? Your example of a guy bringing a sh*t box to tech and expecting it to pass only serves to provide a real life learning experience for a newbie who may not have done sufficient homework. When Kelly finishes his car, he will take it to tech and find out if his ideas pass. My guess is he will have the Nish guys look it over first and that will be a good thing. If he has someone with LSR experience look at his car locally, maybe to the surprise of some, Kelly presents an SCTA legal car. We have not seen his completed car yet.
You guys have me worried. I am currently building a new lakester and using a ton of old Formula Continental parts to get it done as inexpensively as possible. No junk yard parts yet but will try and find some good used parts I need at swap meets (modern day junk yards?). I think I will just build the car without posting progress here because at my age, I am just too thin skinned to handle all the flaming.
Kelly, if you still read this thread, keep building and stay in close contact with the Nish family or anyone else in your area with experience. Above all, have fun with the project.
John