Project "G-Velle", Pro-touring with patina

[Flash68]

Nice job! And the car looks great man.

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Nice job! And the car looks great man.

Thanks Dave, appreciate it. I know it's not for everyone, but I'm really enjoying it. Wheels and brakes are off tonight for a set of pads and new Rivals. Can't wait to feel the difference.

[1965_SS]

Looks great!

You know that if your wing windows were shut you would've been .68 seconds faster

[FETorino]

Aaron

I was jealous when you got it started and of your patina paint.

But now Looks like you are having a blast. The hard work is paying off.

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by TandL

Looks great!

You know that if your wing windows were shut you would've been .68 seconds faster

LOL, maybe, but dang it was hot in the afternoon

Originally Posted by FETorino

Aaron

I was jealous when you got it started and of your patina paint.

But now Looks like you are having a blast. The hard work is paying off.

Thanks Rob. Yep a blast is an understatement. Now, how to get 295's in the front... Now, don't let me down in the BBQ challenge

[65_LS1_T56]

Time for another update, it's been awhile.

A week ago we trailered the car down to Pigeon Forge, TN for the Run Thru The Hills event. Had a really great time. Two days of autocrossing netted 20 runs plus four runs in two different shootouts. I haven't seen the official printed results yet, but I was in the top ten and as high as 8th for awhile I believe. Really nice course layout that was very technical. After the second day of autox, we did a cruise that was 30 miles or so thru some beautiful back roads. Very nice scenery, I really enjoyed that...especially tailing Mike Johnson's race prepped Z06 that won (by far) the fastest autox time.

And this past weekend was Good Guys Indy. This was a big one for me. Not the actual event, but the fact that I was determined to drive the car to and from it.
Well, after 740 miles and 9 runs on the autocross, I made it. Totally uneventful, the car ran great. Heck, it event got 24.4 mpg! I'll take that any day.
As far as the performance on the course, on Friday I was in 4th or 5th, then Saturday I ended up in seventh overall in the street machine class. Real pleased with that considering the course was set up for higher horsepower cars and wasn't really very technical. Trying to upload a video I'll add it when I can.

Here is a sweet photo by David Dean of Burnt Bridge Images. They guy that's getting a ride is a complete stranger. But I bet by the look on his face he'll be back

[65_LS1_T56]

little video from Indy. The guy in the above picture took it. I warned him it would be hard to hold still...the body roll isn't as bad as the video makes it look