Pikes peak replica S1

[Tony Hoffman]

I love it! Wish I were there to see it race.

Love to see things like this done from a wreck with very little $$ and
a lot of imagination and ambition.

Tony

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM, David Glubrecht <daveglu at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Please understand a few things about this replica.
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> #1 This was done on a budget of under $100.00!
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> #2 The doner car was cut up for racing and wrecked prior to the purchase of it.
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> #3 The only part on the car that would be valuable for a S1 replica that was not cut up or damaged is the drivers B-pillar.
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> Youtube of accident prior to our teams purchase.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPc0bAOce64
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> The car was raced in 24 hours of lemons.
> With the replica bodywork and paint it will be racing under a new series similiar to 24 hours of lemons which is called ChumpCar.
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> We will be racing in Portland OR on Halloween.
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> Several pictures of the car are here.
> http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4200260&page=4
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> Budget
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> Car $50
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> 7 ratle cans of paint @~$4.00 ea (I stepped up and didn't buy 99c cans)
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> Box of harbor freight rivits $5.00   (500 and nearly used them all)
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> masking tape $$3.00
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> All other materials were scrap and aquired for free.
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> David Glubrecht