![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:06 • Filed to: Racing | ![]() | ![]() |
No more paved pits and no more fancy garages.
Seemed to work back in the day.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:19 |
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Last summer I visited the pits on a demolition derby, looked kind of like this, except more hammering and welding.
The best thing was a car with 2 rails under the hood that had holes in it. Those holes where marked: 205, golf, fiesta... so you could throw in whatever engine you had lying around.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:23 |
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Things will never be the same unfortunately.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:27 |
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True but one can dream.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:29 |
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Hmm that’s something I’ve never done at a derby. Good idea I’m usually too busy getting drunk at those types of events.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:40 |
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How about: No huge support vans either. The only spares you can bring are the ones you can strap to the race car.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 07:57 |
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I was googling for more old pit action pictures and noticed that “f1 pit 70's” will give you a lot of scantily clad ladies. Here’s one nice picture (without ladies). I’ll remember this trick when I have my own historic formula.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 08:03 |
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Lol and thats a sweet pic. Reminds me of my quad days.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 08:08 |
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OR you could allow the cars to be more than slightly different and not immediately ban any sort of innovation.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 08:18 |
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But that would make sense.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 08:23 |
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Could you imagine the chaos if the engine somehow started?
![]() 06/15/2016 at 08:43 |
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Is that the fuel tank up front? Seems safe.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 09:53 |
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I could be an oil tank too. The fuel tank might be hidden under the seat. Hard to say.
![]() 06/15/2016 at 23:09 |
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You’d get a lot more rally wagons. Not that that’s a bad thing, my friend has an AWD Caldina wagon that’s pretty much exactly the same size as a Celica and fits all the same drivetrain. Put a cage in for the front two seats, stack the whole back end with parts. Put on a full length roof tray and you get another 2 and a bit metres of storage space, keep the factory towbar and you can take whatever you can fit on a trailer (tow vehicle if you kill the car?)... I’ve thought this through far too much.
![]() 06/16/2016 at 07:01 |
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F1 wagons? Sweet!
![]() 06/20/2016 at 08:26 |
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Or on the sides of the driver. Better for weight distribution and for driver cooking.
![]() 06/21/2016 at 08:01 |
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Remember the 2000s? Remember anyone other than The Michael winning?