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JBarryD wrote:

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I agree absolutely.
If you are going to put in money and effort, build the car to be worth something, even if you put a Yankee motor in for the hills, it will still be worth serious proper historic money.
As a bitsa, or a special, it is practically valueless.

Anyone who's car has come from the States should be tripping over tweaked Pintos ( or perish thethought, being "economical" with their interpretation of the regulations.)
Never thought of flogging them to hillclimbers.
What a good wheeze.
Thanks Rollo.
I also have two US Pintos available for very small money, but as you told him first and thought of it, I'll try not to under-gazump you.

Now Graham, I didn't want to go this far, but we need more Historic cars, so if you don't toe the line here......What is your wifes' name ?



BD

These US-spec motors are a mixed blessing. You get one "free" with your cut-price, $2/£ race car, but then can't use it for anything other than a doorstop. Mind you, I'm going to strip the one that came with mine to see how different it actually is. The brand new, Mark Mercer-built spare, which we did strip, had steel crank and rods, racing pistons, thin flywheel and small clutch, not to mention the gigantic inlet/exhaust ports and the too-short valve stems. Then there was the carb internals....! So that's how they get 152 bhp!

As for under-gazumping, let's talk about it. I'm not desperate to sell mine, but you probably have hundreds lying around from your "cornering the market in Historic Tigas/Royales/anything that's not nailed down"! On the other hand, perhaps we should run a series for US-spec cars. That way, all these Americans, who can't agree how to move forward with S2 in the States, can ship their cars over here and commute to the races. Imagine an Anglo-American Challenge series at Silverstone/Brands/Donington..........?

Enough for now. I have a car to get ready for Silverstone. See you all there!

Rollo