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Zippy
We autocross a 1990 Geo Storm. It is in the MSCC's H Stock class. Unlike the SCCA, our stock classes are showroom stock. That means that zippy is wearing street tires (Falken Azenis) and has a stock stock susension, exhaust and engine. Running in a class where you're not allowed to modify anything makes it much easier to keep costs down. Of course, running in a showroom stock class also means that your car has the stock amount of body roll. On a Geo Storm, that a LOT of body roll....enough to keep me on three wheels through many (most?) of the turns. They are certainly not the weapon of choice for autocross, but they are a lot of fun. You can read more about geo storms and autocrossing them here.
The 1932 Datsun
I'm building a replica of a 1932 datsun to race in the "specials" class of the for the $200X GRM challenge. The basic construction technique will be locost-style (1" steel tubing for the frame), but it will definitely be something that the guys at locostusa.com would call a "non-traditional build"; i.e. it won't bear even a slight resemblance to the typical seven-esque nature of a locost. Instead, the proportions and appearance will be modeled after a 1932-1933 datsun Phaeton. The powertrain will come from an old datsun station wagon that I have. You can read more about this project here.
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