Vintage is as Vintage does!

"Oran J Sands III" (merlyyn) 06/07/2014 at 15:47 • Filed to: None

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So there's no end to the number of magnificent cars in today's SVRA paddock here at The Track. I could've shot pics and drooled all day. Except my feet gave out. Remind me to get new shoes. The was barely any grass to be seen on the inside of the track as the tents and trailers covered all of it. And the garages were full as well! So let's look at some more vintage race cars!

If they were still making these Plymouth would be around today.

Ex-Dan Gurney FIA Cobra

Denny's. Grand Slam.

Deceptively fast 2000cc BDA Chevron. Went from 7th to 2nd.

"All parts fallign off this car are of the finest English workmanship"

Ardun heads!!!

Wish I had an audio recorder! They were in the process of warming it up.

Formula Junior?

Awesome ass end.

Philbert/Phartnagle > Oran J Sands III 06/07/2014 at 22:42

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Crack Pipe?

Philbert/Phartnagle > Oran J Sands III 06/07/2014 at 22:44

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Short ass version?

dustythewind > Oran J Sands III 06/08/2014 at 22:02

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The geometry of the velocity stacks on this was quite interesting. They were offset and at different angles - presumable for clean airflow for each of them. It was great to see this out on track.

dustythewind > Oran J Sands III 06/08/2014 at 22:03

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This guy pulled on during it's last race right where I was sitting - oval turn 4. Not sure what happened.

dustythewind > Oran J Sands III 06/08/2014 at 22:04

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Not sure how "original" this GT40 was, it had a RoushYates engine in it. Still cool to see out on track. The museum had the brown and green GT40 out on track today (Sunday) too.

Oran J Sands III > dustythewind 06/09/2014 at 09:00

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That was fairly common back the day. The variation in stack length made for wider power band tuning. Owned by a buddy of mine BTW. We'll post videos sometime this week.

Oran J Sands III > dustythewind 06/09/2014 at 09:01

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Dan Gurney's FIA Cobra. Chris bought it about a month or so ago. Had his mechanic go thru it thoroughly before bringing it out. I'll see if I can find out what happened.

Oran J Sands III > dustythewind 06/09/2014 at 10:42

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Busted water hose.

dustythewind > Oran J Sands III 06/09/2014 at 12:58

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Awesome!

quarterlifecrisis > Oran J Sands III 06/10/2014 at 08:30

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Thanks for posting! I'm upset I couldn't get up there this weekend, but moving 700 miles away, and going back for both the GP of Indy and the 500 kind of put a damper on things this year. I truly hope this event continues on!

Oran J Sands III > quarterlifecrisis 06/10/2014 at 08:38

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Everyone is saying it was quite successful so it looks on for next year!