Buying the car
Back in September, I started seriously looking for a racecar. I was spreading the word earlier in the year that I'd be looking to buy someone's used equipment after the season was over. I got a call from Roger Friedman about his son's car. I spent some serious time considering it, but in the end had to tell Roger that - while he was selling a very nice racecar at a reasonable price - it would be biting off more than I could chew if I were to buy it from him.
I had made some friends in the racing world, the Hudsons, who were expecting a baby. John decided he was either going to be "100% into racing" or "100% out". And, he was kinda worn out from all the hard work it takes to keep the car running two or three nights a week. He was selling a similar deal to the Friedmans, but then I mentioned that I didn't need and probably couldn't afford a car with such a nice motor under the hood. John put together a package that was just perfect for me. He pulled his primary motor and put in his backup motor and sold the package to me at a price that was just right. The backup motor isn't built out of "cheap" parts, it's just built out of less expensive parts. It should last the season with little or no maintenance. But it probably won't be setting any qualifying records - even if it had a track champion sitting in it.
I drove down to their neck of the woods and took some pics of the car, checked it over and wrote John a check on Sept. 28th, 2002. His in-laws were nice enough to let me store the car in one of their pole barns until I got my garage cleared out and organized for storing it there.
The following pics were taken that day at John's in-laws.
The car head-on
More of the car... the sheet metal is showing its age. I plan on replacing all the body panels.
The car from the rear
Side view
The power plant - 410 cubic inch Chevy small block, carbureted, runs on alcohol
And me... in the car. :)
I owe the Hudsons a great big thanks. John and Steph have expressed an interest in seeing their car run during the next year or two, occasionally stopping by the track to give some setup advice and things of that nature. I look forward to having their company and perspective.
RacinG73
I had made some friends in the racing world, the Hudsons, who were expecting a baby. John decided he was either going to be "100% into racing" or "100% out". And, he was kinda worn out from all the hard work it takes to keep the car running two or three nights a week. He was selling a similar deal to the Friedmans, but then I mentioned that I didn't need and probably couldn't afford a car with such a nice motor under the hood. John put together a package that was just perfect for me. He pulled his primary motor and put in his backup motor and sold the package to me at a price that was just right. The backup motor isn't built out of "cheap" parts, it's just built out of less expensive parts. It should last the season with little or no maintenance. But it probably won't be setting any qualifying records - even if it had a track champion sitting in it.
I drove down to their neck of the woods and took some pics of the car, checked it over and wrote John a check on Sept. 28th, 2002. His in-laws were nice enough to let me store the car in one of their pole barns until I got my garage cleared out and organized for storing it there.
The following pics were taken that day at John's in-laws.
The car head-on
More of the car... the sheet metal is showing its age. I plan on replacing all the body panels.
The car from the rear
Side view
The power plant - 410 cubic inch Chevy small block, carbureted, runs on alcohol
And me... in the car. :)
I owe the Hudsons a great big thanks. John and Steph have expressed an interest in seeing their car run during the next year or two, occasionally stopping by the track to give some setup advice and things of that nature. I look forward to having their company and perspective.
RacinG73