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Old 09-04-2012, 09:15 PM
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basically retiring it. I might sell it if the right offer came in, but since I can reuse every part except the body and cage, the price I would want would be high because I would need replacement value to make sense. It is hard to do tho' because literally every time I go to the track I have made some change and just go faster and faster. I have yet to go to the track and go slower in the last 5 years since doing the full tube chassis. And it seems to be 2 seconds every time - if I get 2 more seconds out of it I am running with $300K Porsches!

But, alas, it is one of those things - I have been messing with 914s since the mid 90s and the V8 race car since 2000 and it was just time to move on to something else I have been wanting. It was either do a 70 Mustang fastback (I had that before the 914 and still love those cars) or, after following builds like John's (novanutcase) and so forth, a 66 or 67 Nova. The Nova made the most sense as the next step because I already have an engine and the trans will adapt much like a Vette.

Lastly, as funny as it sounds, I have never built a full chassis with my own hands start to finish and I really want to work through that just to learn it. I have been around it a lot and know how to get things square, but still expect to waste a fair amount of steel teaching myself
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