The next drag racer gears up!
 

My daughter Amanda turns 8 in early July so we've been on the hunt for a car for her. We pulled the chute on one this weekend, and just came back from Richmond, VA last night. It's an '02 Halfscale, turn key operation from a very nice family who's daughter only put 8 passes on the car over the last 5 years. She is aging out, and so now it's Amanda's turn.

Nothing better than the big smile! Like the other post author stated - "this is why we do this". I'll be spending many nights getting this car ready, but wouldn't have it any other way.

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Handing the baton to the next driver:

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I really don't like pulling when it's snowing, snowed almost all they way down, and most of the way back,

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Gave a mean look to the left going through DC, wondering why more of my $ is going to taxes instead of racing....

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When we got home, big brother Benjamin gave the thumbs up to little sis' new car!

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She loves her shiney wheels - especially the 'Flower' versions on the front - and the Shark Nose!

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The first late night of many to come, all tucked away in the garage awaiting the reconfiguration of the side-pull to a center-pull and the install of the HP Pea Shooter engine. Then the graphics etc.

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We are offering to run a friend's son in the car using the gray body until Amanda ages in, hopefully they will get hooked like the rest of us!

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It seems to be the perfect car for us, needs some updating - but we have plenty of time to get it done. Car came with a bucket of spare parts, new racing suit / shoes / arm restraints & neck collar, weight tanks, new tow dolley, new starter (which was great, ours is falling apart!), offset spindles, fuel jug, 6 quarts of Royal Purple racing oil, even a spare body!! I couldn't pass it up, well worth the drive since it was our first 'road trip' together. We really had a fun weekend.

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That sooooo rocks Marlin. We will need REGULAR updates [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]


Congrats!!!

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Fantastic,

(Family) What it's all about.

Ryan

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fantastic,

(Family) What it's all about.

Ryan </div></div>

X2, Thanks for sharing [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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Ha! They were already bickering about who's car is newer, (they are both '02 models!), nicer, faster, etc..... Racers! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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Congrats to the new racer! The pics tell the whole story.

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Spent Saturday removing the vinyl graphics to make a clean slate for Amanda's 'GIRL POWER' theme, which she is still designing - no idea how much that is going to cost me [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]

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A family that races together, stays together. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img] Very cool

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We installed the primary race engine this weekend, a Huddleston Performance 'Pea Shooter' that is designed and built specifically for 12.90 racers. It is essentially a debored 8.90 engine and carb, expecting good things from this setup this year. Next is a chassis upgrade to add the helmet bars, and then the body graphics. Still reconfiguring the race trailer to haul all this stuff, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Should be ready to hit the TnT in April.

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