But can you remember Buster Browns?
But can you remember Buster Browns?
I had the same stuck throttle issue once racing dirt oval. It was in a heat race, once I fell out of a qualifying position I pulled off. But until that time I did the same kill switch trick. Unfortunately there was a delay from when you threw the switch + when the car fired up-so it made it a bit tricky....
Maybe “off road trail legal.” Surely not “crash tested-emission tested NHSTA street legal.”
Bigger brakes? Better handling due to less sidewall flex?
Now now be fair. Thats a game both sides play.
It almost will make it worse. Salty water will get in more places than solid salt.
The magazine was Sports+ Exotics. Which they unfortunately dropped.
Back when BaT was fun blue collar site for the average shumck, the Peerless was the “brown manual diesel” of the site.
The answer is obvious-although bad. Build a SUV.
(One of) The movie cars is at a gas station in Westbrook ,Ct. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2852398,-72.4472228,3a,37.5y,164.3h,98.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sy5YFoCrRi0IK6_GhhQMLlw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Pinto’s got quite a bad rap-but they really weren’t that bad a car for the era. Lots of power from the 2.3 (compared to Datsun + Toyotas that were mainly 1.6-1.8) you could-and should- beat the living shit out of them. I know a few that had a life that EVERY shift was a powershift at 6k-for many many miles. They…
Ok Torch-spill the beans. This is at least the 3rd time you’ve posted NSU’s as an opening picture. (There are maybe 7 of us that noticed). What’s your thing with NSU’s?
Don’t care how good you are-theres other ways you can get screwed. Speeding on pit road with 50 to go? Bad pit stop? He sure seems to have shitty luck on pit road. I DO see him driving his ass off. But it would suck if he had any bad luck at all.
Don’t forget-in 1972 the rating went from gross (at flywheel) to net (at rear wheels.)