Update on all our DC area F Guys

Still working on the 928, looking for a win at the PCA Parade this summer....

 

.....waiting patiently for the weather and salty roads to clear. Not much new with my car. New weatherstripping, new Alpine headunit.... Fresh zaino....

 

Salt....... AAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHH Salt !!!!! want......drive......Countach......argh....

Oh well..... Thank God for the MR2.

I have been digging out from the metric tons of paper and accounting work getting the new business underway.....almost on autopilot now sop I can come out and play a little more.

When you around for lunch Antony?

 

Hey Antony,

Moved to Virginia, still have the 308. The M3 has been converted to a Dinan Stage 2 M3, its a veritable rocket now. Waiting for Dinan to finish their E-46 supercharger! Signed up for Skip Barber open wheel race weekends this spring to finish my national SCCA liscense. I put the 348 Challenge idea on hold but have wrapped acquiring a Stohr chassis with a Suzuki Hyabusa engine. Looking forward to getting on the track with it.

How are you?

 

Just got my car back from FoW and a major/belt service and.....

 

Hmmm, so Steve, is it you or is it the Countach that apparently melts like a slug from a little salt?? Neither of you looks like a slug...

 

Many people think I look like a slug, and yeah, actually they do (the Countach that is)..... very strong and well built car for a small manufacturer using peasant labor in a small country 20 years ago, but I would like the wear and tear on it to be inflicted by me, not needless exposure. There's a lot of steel in the chassis and suspension pieces and I would like them to rust out no faster than they otherwise would.

Moisture? Not preferred but no big deal. Salt? Big Deal.

After I retire it from hardcore driving (many years from now) I want it to still be sound.

 

In hibernation till springtime when I can bring the bike out...and the car can enjoy salt free roads.

 

(Steve: Don't worry --- you could always wreck it again and make an insurance claim, thus both dispensing with the salt concerns and getting a new front end and paint job.)

I just dropped the TR off on Saturday to have new rear calipers installed --- I figured that this year I would actually have braking ability for a change. Ordered a new pair of front tires from Tire Rack, set to arrive in mid-March. The Candy-Blue powder-coated Turbo Twist wheels look spectacular and will be installed on the Porsche 928S4 shortly -- still finalizing selection for the lug nuts, center caps and valve stem caps.

Currently awaiting the arrival in late February of Brian Wise's GORGEOUS red/black 1972 Dino 246GT, which will be living at chez Grenier until question mark.

Other than that, just busy righting legal wrongs.