badhoopty wrote:every year i talk myself a little more into swapping out the ws6 in the garage for a c5 z06.
I didn't notice this comment earlier, but I would tell you to do it. The WS6 is a very sweet car, but the C5 Z06 in a completely different league. There is a night and day difference in all performance and handling aspects between the two cars.
Diamond Dave wrote:I watched it as well, pretty fun bunch of guys. I wold love to see the museum one day.
I thought I'd share a resto-mod thread of my '86 Buick Grand National with the vintage car freaks here. First, the back-story; I'm 46 now, but 2 or 3 years before the Turbo Buicks hit the scene, I was reading about the pre-intercooled GNs in Popular...
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Very nice car!!
I've always had a lot of respect for these Buicks. A friend of mine back in Illinois had a couple of them.
His brother even raced them quite successfully.
A David and Goliath story.
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Chuck
Does anyone know if a Buick Grand National body was ever made or better yet still being made? I've got a Turbo Regal and would to have a matching R/C car.
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In response to the original topic...I did a bunch of research tonight and managed to turn up info on a particular toy RC that was sold at Wal-Mart, made by Motormax Hi-Riserz, an '87 Regal. It was a silly low-rider POS with a Regal body on it, but I...
Jason and I spent some time at his LHS today and asked him to bring along his cars that he is planning on running at the Nationals. Enjoy guys. Stay tuned for more pics.
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Hoop on the left throwing the infamous tuber together ...
it definitely passed the durability test... :?
i kinda snuck it onto the track sunday morning, the darn slipper was too loose to get any traction but yet i still tried to clear the...
I may be semi intoxicated now...... but when I watched this sober I teared up! I am 100% completely honest!!!! And I am not afraid to admit it! Man I wish I could have been there to be part of that crowd! I believe it would have been an honor! i...
Has anyone visited Associated (the facility)? I was wondering if there were any historical vehicles on display? Either on road or off road? If there is or if someone lives out that way, take some pics and post please. I have often wondered what...
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thank you for that
i just have not got that far yet sorry
marty
will have pics of the winning car and the body i bought from the 95 oval champions drove by wood racing (mike wood sr/jr) plus an extra goodies. here is the link for a little history of the car and wood racing. mike wood went on to work for trinity...
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here is the pic of the car and trophy blown up as best as i can. 243457409_1556227924713857_2813255854984466769_n.jpg
I figured I better start a proper thread for this one so it gives me a place to post pictures on the progress as I create a Buggy Master replica from his 1990 Radio Operated Automobile Racing Organization, Nationals winning car.
Here are the...
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They're in the RCCA archives. I believe that Flip still has them on his site-