[James OLC]

Originally Posted by ccracin

That looks awesome James. I wish you guys the best of luck. Have fun and most importantly, be safe.

Thanks - we're still working on "our end of the deal" - learning the tracks and training for them, but I think we have a good car heading in to the event, maybe the best we've had. That said, the level of competition this year will be second to none, especially in Vintage American. As always, the goal is to finish and have fun - if we can do that then I'll be happy. Icing on the cake would be to do better than we did last year overall regardless of where we end up in the class.

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Yep fun and safe James! Thanks for posting the ups and downs.

Thanks Ron. I think I say it at least once a year - everyone has problems, hiccups, or disappointments along the way. Some people don't like to share them but that's part of the game and if we don't talk about the difficulties - or more accurately the solutions - then nobody learns anything. That said, we've had a lot more good than bad at this point and we're fortunate that we are where we are in the program.

Originally Posted by cashed

Congrats! What amazing execution, on a flawless design.

Thanks - We'll take a compliment any day of the week. Credit has to go to a lot of people though - from Tyler and McBride who originally conceptualized the hood to Dick and the guys at Best of Show who did their best to make my concepts a reality and to Brian who knew what we needed to do to get the car wrapped and finished. Without those guys (and their teams) none of this would have happened. And then there is David and Mary and Bret and the guys at RideTech. Lots of moving pieces and as always a team effort - you will rarely see me use the word "I" when talking about the OLC and there is a reason.

That being said - there is still room for improvement. There are a couple of elements that would have liked to incorporate and there are some things that I will do differently "next time". It's given me some thoughts to consider for the '69 and, at some point, I will probably build a more competition oriented '67 (or '68) based on the basic design of this front end. Small steps in getting better but we're trying.