Rally prep! Gambler 500-Illinois 

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 09/08/2017 at 13:54 • Filed to: RallyMetro

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Some of you already know that I got sponsored by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to run the Gambler-500 Illinois to promote for them. I’ve been working hard, with some help from my friends, to get the RallyMetro prepped for the event.

To get it street legal, I hung the turn signal and marker lights back on it, in a very professional manner that totally didn’t involve strapping and self-tapping screws. The previous owner, XJDano, gutted the housings to convert it to brighter H4 sealed beam headlights. I went a step further and cut the cloudy lens away for more light to get through.

I patched a couple floors in a rally-approved fashion ... random metal I had laying around, laytex house caulk, and more self-tapping screws. No expenses spent!

We discovered that the front left wheel bearing was completely shot I dropped the spindle off at my favorite local indy shop to have a new one pressed on. I’ll pick that back up this afternoon

This weekend I need to reinstall the spindle, and the Stateline Rallycross stickers should be here today too.

I can’t wait to rally!!

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 09/08/2017 at 14:17

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Man I wish my dad would have kept his Geo Metro instead of scrapping it so it could have been used to do stupid stuff like this. Looks like fun!

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/08/2017 at 14:53

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Rallycrossing it has been an absolute ball! It’s way more fun to drive than it has any right to be. It’s so tail-happy! Handbrake turns on the dirt are just the best.

I’m really excited to try this next adventure and run the Gambler.

EL_ULY > shop-teacher 09/08/2017 at 16:00

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yeeeeeeeessssss!!!!!!!!!

shop-teacher > EL_ULY 09/08/2017 at 16:06

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Dis gone be good!

Brickman > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/08/2017 at 16:12

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Same, but my family had a Ford Festiva. Now I wish I had it too do stupid stuff on.