Show your ride...

Agreed! Larry's done it again.:)

Are you sure you want that shiny coil? I think Dave needs another one to burn out.:D

Brian, leave "Coilpanzer" alone. ;)

Here is my '72 T out at Pacific Raceways for the last PCA DE of the year. Bug splattered, rock chipped, but smilin' all the way.

Jeff, GREAT shot of the car on the track!!

I noticed the holes that were drilled in the front bumper. I presume that is for the oil cooler. I have noticed others use slits (gills) in the bumper for cooling.

I am thinking of doing the same. Have you noticed a "real" difference in temps??

Yup, there is a cooler hiding behind those holes; an Elephant Racing widemouth with their finned lines. It's hard to say if the holes helped a great deal. I ran a couple of DE's after I installed the cooler but before I cut the holes, and the car was running at 210-215 on a mid-90 degree day. After I cut the holes the ambient never got that high again, so I'll have to wait for next summer to really tell. With the holes, on 80-ish degree track days, it would never go much over 200 degrees; like about a needle's width.

I started out trying to cut the vertical slots, like on one of Waldegard's rally cars that I have seen in old photos. It turns out the fiberglass bumper was just way too dry of a chopper-gun or glass matt laminate, and it just shredded and fuzzed out even with an abrasive wheel in a die grinder. The hole were my desperate "thinking on my feet" recovery from a really ugly mess. Now they have kind of grown on me.

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Well, my car is back on terrafirma at the Marzano Skunkwerks ..... :cool: Basically, what I had done was a 100% rebuild of the suspension. Everything was taken apart and replaced or replated or powdercoated. The engine and gearbox had a major 'reseal' done and was cleaned, plated and detailed. It will be on the dyno later this week for some fine tuning to see if we can eek a few more HP of it! The car will be back on the American Torq-Thrusts wheels next spring (those are going into Harvey for some work over the winter). I've got a few other crazy ideas for this winter that could involve a complete redo of the interior .... anybody need a set of red/black sport seats? :D

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damn curt, that's really nice. what kind of finish is on that fan??? looks pewter-ish and awesome!

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damn curt, that's really nice. what kind of finish is on that fan??? looks pewter-ish and awesome!

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I'd like to know as well.

I forgot to ask Larry about the fan. I'm thinking maybe he bead-blasted it? I'll find out for sure.

Coilpanzer... I completely forgot about that. LMFAO:D

Curt, the Graywolf looks awesome! I cannot wait to see her in the "flesh." That engine looks just spectacular. Congrats on a job well done. Larry is the man!

To get this finish I (with a plastic or walnut media) beadblast the fan and shroud then matte clear coat them. Very nice job by the way Curt, your car is looking awesome!