Ok, first thing, both me and my partner are newbies at Land Speed Racing. Although we both have been lurking around this site and building a car for a year now, I know we have a LOT to learn. Hopefully, the immeasurable amount of knowledge on this board will keep us pointed in the right direction. The comaraderie and sharing of knowledge is certainly one of the main draws for us to this type of racing. All the strange cars and weird people are fun too!!
For some background, I am a retired machinist with a life long interest in things motorized: muscle cars, Tri 5 Chevys, race cars, Street Rods, Harleys, Bobbers...you get the picture. My partner in this adventure is a self-employed auto-bike mechanic. After years of working for Ford and Harley Davidson, he now has his own successful business. He also is a life-long enthusiast and his list of cars and bikes probably wouldn't fit on this page! Suffice to say we are "like-minded".
The car we are building is a '53 Studebaker with some type of standard small block Chevy or SB2. We will be running gas in competition coupe.
Hope this serves as a decent intro to you guys. Although our car won't be ready this year, we plan to be there to observe and look forward to meeting some of you.
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'53 Studebaker
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