Re: An eerily similar car
More, the Alpine in Dr. No. never really cared for fins unless absurd (59 Caddy)
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BTW back in the glory days I ran against some prepared C/P Tigers (SCCA usually ran A, B, & C/P together, sometimes more but couldn't go much lower except on tight courses. That said a well prepared/driven D/P Stinker often could embarass nearly everyone. And that flat six on trombones sounded sooo nice.
However the real Tiger problem was that in production class the wheel size was limited and whelwell mods were right out so they were distinctly tire limited.
Meanwhile my FI B/P vette was the cheapest car I could race particularly when Detroit and Schwartz Creek were nearby. However a background in Corvairs made my style somewhat squirrelish & was hard to pass when the passee is at a 45 degree angle and taking up all of the track. And then the straights, 2/3s of the way through the turn & I was already in straight line configuration/acceleration just going a bit sideways.
Last edited by Padgett; Sep 17, 2014 at 09:46 AM.