Thanks all for your encouragement . This event is difficult to discribe if one has not followed along .
It's all about the cars ( from all over the world ) the people not only the competitors and crews but the people of Mexico who are unbelieveably enthusiastic and most of all the beautiful country of Mexico .
Where else can you go unlimited speed on closed roads for seven days in "vintage " cars ?
My '54 Ford Victoria was built by Tom Rolland in Round Rock Tx who campaigned it in '04+'06.
He striped it down to bare shell and put it back specificly for this rally. It's strip out w/ full cage ,two FIA race seats + 5 point race belts , full set of auto meter gauges,intercom system , 22 gal cell w/double fuel pumps , filters, full skid plates underside, reinforsed A arms, all neo bushings ,custom leafs in back and front coils , race shocks ,big alum rad w/ elect fans, race power steering system oil cooler , alum jack and spare tire in trunk w/ bag of tools.all side windows are plexiglas. Three speed top loader w/ overdrive sytem ( gear-vender) , 9 " floater rear end . 15x7 steel wheels and 225/60/15 w/ BFG G force sport
engine was built by John Mummert in '06 and we now have 6 la carrera'a and two chihuahua express rallys on it . Custom coated headers, Holly 600cfm HP DB w/ 2" carb spacer ( thanks Ted )
did I mention the harmonic balancer came loose last week. we pulled over and another service crew cut it of in about 10 minutes and off we went... runs just fine less about 10lbs. She's a war horse and handles like a sports car like dependable like a F100 truck. Watch out porsches .
giddy up , Carson