1969 Camaro RS.R - a new project from the OLC Team - Page 2 - Lateral-g Forums

**waynieZ** · #11 05-19-2011, 03:30 PM

Thats a nice list of parts. Glad to see it moving forward.

**Rybar** · #12 05-19-2011, 05:15 PM

Cool project James. Targa Newfoundland is a cool race. Just don't plow it into any trees like Eric Bana did

**Flash68** · #13 05-19-2011, 07:15 PM

Eric Bana's Beast and now this car have me thinking about and researching Targa races.....

James, have you looked into the newer race "Targa Canada West"?

bonecrrusher · #14 05-19-2011, 09:20 PM

Lookin' good!

James OLC · #15 05-21-2011, 05:18 PM

The Targa West has been talked about for a few years now but doesn't seem to be able to get the traction it needs to become a reality. I met two of the organizers at the Silver State last fall and they insisted that eventually it was going to happen but I have my doubts at this point.

On that note...

I have some good news and some bad news...

and some good news...

The good news is that the RS.R project is gaining some momentum and Rodger and the crew at Ironworks are making some great headway on the car. It should bea roller next week and then it's on to the more fab side of things.

The "bad news" is that I have had to rethink the project and there are going to be some changes - both in scope and purpose - for the car and the Targa Newfoundland is probably not in the cards.

The good news is that the car has a new nickname... OLC2

Mary and I had a couple of long 1 am talks about what it would take to make the '69 a top 10 OLOA contender and I think we have a pretty good plan now. Not much will change from the original plan but we will be a bit more aggressive with the ride height and might make allowances for a couple of creature comforts. We'll also, to a certain extent, build the car around tires. We (I) made a mistake with tires this year so next year (and the year after) we will be much more focused on tire choice and availability.

And for what it's worth... the '67 will be running the One Lap next year and the '69 will be 2013... once we gave the bugs sorted out. Unless some miracles happen... Then maybe... Who knows...

James OLC · #16 05-21-2011, 05:21 PM

and for those paying attention, the car made it's magazine debut in this months Camaro Performers magazine... it's ironic that I have seen the car in pictures and in print but, for what it's worth, I haven't actually seen the cay myself yet... LOL

**Flash68** · #17 05-21-2011, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James OLC

The Targa West has been talked about for a few years now but doesn't seem to be able to get the traction it needs to become a reality. I met two of the organizers at the Silver State last fall and they insisted that eventually it was going to happen but I have my doubts at this point.

James, it just happened last weekend. Only 20 cars competed but that's a start I guess.

http://www.targacanadawest.com/

http://www.facebook.com/targa.canadawest

James OLC · #18 05-21-2011, 05:59 PM

That wasn't the "Targa Canada West" as an equivalent to the Targa Newfoundland - that was the TTR - a one day event put on by the Targa Canada West organizers.

Not saying that there is anything wrong with that, just that it's different. We have a couple of very active ralley groups in Western Canada that have been running one day events and series, etc. for a long time and this event would fall, in my opinion, within that category. The challenge of events like the Targa Newfoundland and Tasmania (and the OLOA) is the shear scope of the competition and the ability for "non-dedicated" ralley cars to participate. IMHO

**Flash68** · #19 05-21-2011, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James OLC

That wasn't the "Targa Canada West" as an equivalent to the Targa Newfoundland - that was the TTR - a one day event put on by the Targa Canada West organizers.

Not saying that there is anything wrong with that, just that it's different. We have a couple of very active ralley groups in Western Canada that have been running one day events and series, etc. for a long time and this event would fall, in my opinion, within that category. The challenge of events like the Targa Newfoundland and Tasmania (and the OLOA) is the shear scope of the competition and the ability for "non-dedicated" ralley cars to participate. IMHO

Ohh well that makes sense. I was wondering why it was so small and lacked much coverage. Well you're obviously on top of it!

Your talk of the Targa Newfoundland inspired me... and I need to keep doing more research! Thanks for the info.

James OLC · #20 06-17-2011, 09:53 AM

Just seeing if anyone is paying attention...

Ben did up this great rendering that captures some of the ideas that we're working on for the project

Construction continues at Ironworks, working on fitting front wheels/tires now while we wait for roll cage materials and the fuel cell...