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Offline desotoman

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Re: Introduce Yourself
« Reply #2670 on: April 28, 2013, 01:41:49 PM »

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Offline gmcsixer

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« Reply #2671 on: April 29, 2013, 03:04:21 AM »
hey everyone, my name is Shane and i joined the land racing forum so i could gather all the information i could about racing. a little about me, i used to live in Burbank California and moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona where i'm attending college. One of my goals in life is to race a GMC powered roadster at ELMO and the salt flats. I have the engine and the ambition, and i suppose the rest takes time. Im here to learn, so i'm all ears.

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« Reply #2672 on: April 29, 2013, 10:23:00 AM »
Hi Shane

Welcome to LSR , first thing is do some soul searching to really make sure you can build a car all the way through.
There is a endless number of racing machines that were started but never got done & run, as it takes quite a commitment to do this - money to do the car right - space to build - tools - talent - time !! and a lot of heart for when things are not going too well and you wan't to through in the towel.
The great thing about this forum is you can get a ton of support and knowledge here to help you get it built
What class do you plan on running in with your GMC powered ride

Enjoy the ride, Don
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Offline gmcsixer

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« Reply #2673 on: April 29, 2013, 03:12:33 PM »
Thanks for the welcoming Don. I want to run a vintage street roadster class with my GMC 270. I have a question for you though. If you were in my shoes, what would be a good class for me to run to get my feet wet?
Shane

Offline Stan Back

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Re: Introduce Yourself
« Reply #2674 on: April 29, 2013, 04:10:56 PM »
XO/STR -- no need to build two cars.
Past (Only) Member of the San Berdoo Roadsters -- "California's Most-Exclusive Roadster Club" -- 19 Years of Bonneville and/or El Mirage Street Roadster Records

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« Reply #2675 on: April 29, 2013, 05:18:42 PM »
Hi Shane

Boy that is all up to you, you might feel uneasy with your head out in the air at 100mph plus and would want a closed car'

Also depends on your building skills for making parts from scratch, the roadster class's are full of cars and i have always liked the Tanks

A GMC tank would be pretty neat too and you could build it so you are inside, it is all a personal choice

That is what is so neat about racing on the salt and the dirt , as there is just about a class for what you like for a racing machine

Some people really like the build process and some just buy a ride, that is up to you my boy

Have fun along the way, and enjoy each day as that is what it is all about

Don
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Re: Introduce Yourself
« Reply #2676 on: April 29, 2013, 11:38:04 PM »
Shane, best info gathering dates will coincide with the meets at El Mirage and Bonneville.  Before you pick a class, attend the races, talk to folks and get a rule book.  You will find the folks at the races are a lot of the same folks from this forum. 
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« Reply #2677 on: April 30, 2013, 04:01:22 PM »
Hello to all. I'm Steve Mohr, from Georgia with entry 1953, an A/CBFALT Studebaker. I ran at Maxton and just this past weekend at Wilmington Ohio. Have 2 club hats from each.

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« Reply #2678 on: May 02, 2013, 09:25:39 AM »
hey,  I'm Keith Platt from GA.  I have a 53 stude build in process.  it's your standard gutted rust bucket on a semi modern nascar chassis.  I have been working on this project for a few months.  I went to Wilmington last weekend for the first time.  it was incredibly cool.  Steve's run was very impressive.

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« Reply #2679 on: May 03, 2013, 11:42:06 PM »
Welcome aboard Abide!
Will you be starting a build thread on your car? We would love to see it.
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« Reply #2680 on: May 08, 2013, 04:38:38 PM »
probably.  I have some pictures at http://studepidity.blogspot.com/.  I need to get some more recent pictures.  thanks for the interest.

-keith

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« Reply #2681 on: May 11, 2013, 10:55:18 PM »
Hey all!
I joined this site to get more information and help with a project that was created last year. 
A V-ROD Night Rod with a hayabusa front end with a street tire in the back.
We ran this last year for the 1st time at bonneville.  We had our gearing all wrong.  I think our top speed was about 126mph.  (every one starts some where right?)

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« Reply #2682 on: May 12, 2013, 12:57:52 AM »
That is a good first attempt.  There are a lot of people here who can help.

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« Reply #2683 on: May 13, 2013, 07:00:49 PM »
hello everyone !!  my name is billy..been reading & thinkin on the forum,,now ready to start my adventure in the build of a belly tanker to start in willmington ohio then on to the great white dyno as they say !!  :-D

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« Reply #2684 on: May 13, 2013, 09:55:58 PM »
Hi Billy

Welcome to the salt bunch, what class do you plan to run with what kind of engine?

I have been a tank fan since the late 50's at the dry lakes, and got to see Markley run 289 in 63 at the salt flats with that small ci hemi ' Priceless '

I hope you do a build log on your racer

Don
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