As I'm reading his other threads, I think the Borgenson boxes he was going to put in is backordered at manufacturer.

Off the top of my head.

-Interior needs to be finished (i.e. seats, steering column, rear seat delete panel, and roll cage). Steering column seems to be missing some bolts or has a bad bushing as there's radial play. The seats are taken out for the cage but we just need to cut and place some of that speaker box material in its place, in case I want to add a sound system in the future. Roll cage is 90% done. They just need to add in one tube and reorder a clevis.
-Tunnel needs to be cut and fabricated for the T56.
-New pedals need to be mocked in and installed including placement of the clutch master cylinder as my car was originally an automatic.
-New brake lines all around as my friend and I did a really bad job.
-Fix/weld/gusset K-frame as there's a giant crack going down the center on the bottom.
-Install PS box. No ETA for when the Borgeson unit will get in as it's on back order.
-Install Engine, radiator, exhaust and related accessories.
-Workout bugs.

Doesn't really seem all that doable in 3.5 weeks unless you think otherwise. I would have pulled the car out months ago, but I don't have the skills, tooling, or even a truck and trailer to transport it out of there.

I was in a similar situation about a year ago with my engine swap and why I could not attend last years event. I was lucky enough that I was able to do all the wrenching on my own car at my buddies shop and he let me work on it everyday after work.

Yeah I would say unless you have a team of friends helping out night and day thrashing, 3 weeks is not going to be enough time to get it all done and road worthy. These things take time to get sorted out. It can be done though, not saying it is impossible...

No worries Samy if you can't bring the Dart, you can ride along in my car

Thanks for the support and believe me, I'm just as frustrated as you guys are. They should be aware of that as I mentioned to them that people on the forums were not happy with the progress so far. Ironically, I don't have any friends out here who own a shop or have the kind of tooling to do this. My friend from college and I did most the work with hand tools.

I'm still looking for a cheap vehicle to take to the event. Kind of roadkill-ish, but if it happens it should be fun-ny. Hopefully some sort of vehicle I can hall parts in or possibly tow so I can get some of my stuff back and start selling what I don't need. I prefer driving, even though I am still very much an amateur, but I'll enjoy ride-alongs if I can get them. The situations sucks, but there's not much I can do at this point to get the Dart there.

[quote=MuuMuu101]Thanks for the support and believe me, I'm just as frustrated as you guys are. quote]

Im sure you are the most frustrated. But I feel your pain pretty bad.

Like RylisPro says. It could be done. But that's more of a hero move than I can pull off at the moment. I was hoping the Dart was a little further along and would be doable with the time I could make for it with a couple of friends. We like this sort of challenge but the timing is off. Sorry man!

I figured and I greatly appreciate your offer, but I knew it wouldn't have likely happened. If you were close enough to Covina, I would have come in every day after work to chisel what I can out of it as I'd feel bad if you guys did it alone.

Still looking for some feedback on where to stay. I picked The Devonshire merely because it was one of the suggestions on the Willow Springs site. If no one want to come right out and use terms like "bedbugs" or "crackheads", then perhaps a recommendation on whatever alternate passes for "the host hotel"?

Where do youse guys hang??

Try the Hampton Inn 2300 W. Double Play Way, Lancaster
661-940-9194 Several of us No Cal types will be there.

Maybe it's time to make up a Hatch Hutch for the Hellcat?

Host Hotels come and go do to getting converted into a retirement center, or closing your bar at 8 pm ... we will definately void a contract for pulling that crap! This year I couldn't find any place That would pass as Host Hotel. For convenience some are staying at the Devonshire on Rosemond Blvd, east of the fwy 1 block. It works. $90 is kinda pricey for what you get.

The Hot Tip this year is bring a sleeping bag and sleep in someones race trailer at the track. You dont need permission. Happy hour and grille all evening. Finally go to bed when you cant find anyone to fix your car, or get tired of everyones [censored]. Then wake up to the sound of race engines and the orange glow of sunrise on Willow Springs Mountain. Dont forget to wear your Race Suit Jammies.

I'm down for camping at the track. I'm assuming this will be Wed afternoon/night?

Correct!

What time will the festivities start? I might try and see if I can prepare some Middle Eastern kabobs and such as a thank you for the ride-alongs. It seems like I may find a vehicle for Spring Fling, but it probably won't be safe or worth it to take on the track.

Times and details have been laid out pretty well in previous posts. Maybe go back and reread some of my post to make sure you didn't miss any other information as well.

Festivities will start at 2 PM the day before track day on Wednesday with the unloading of the cars and happy hour and grilling followed by a BS session led by a couple former Chrysler race engineers .

If you're looking to buy a truck Day car safety issues to cook for is a battery holddown, radiator overflow, seatbelts, loose parts, etc. dependability is also a big factor. It's up to each driver to make sure their car will stay together .

I understand about waiting over a year to get your car together. It's not a bad idea to look for a car that's already in a state where you can drive it and enjoy it then at a later date you can resell it and you're really not out anything .

Yep. We'll see what I end up bringing, but I hope it's not the Scion tC. I'm kind of looking for a truck just so I can haul, tow, or go off-roading in the future. Or...

Search Japanese Crazy Van Racing on YouTube. I thought about that just for this event.

Buy a cheap Neon then after you can Rally cross it.

I am still in.
I booked a couple rooms at the Best Western Plus Desert Poppy Inn
Lancaster

I'll be going to watch in my tC. I've been having trouble finding a vehicle that I like.

Cool Kids List:

Darius 1970 GTX
Dan 2012 BMW
Jess 1971 'Cuda, Colorada, Pikes Peak Vintage class winner
Yowza 1972 Charger, back for more
Dave 1964 Nova, track proven
Rick 1971 Challenger, Hilborn reborn, Phoenix
Rylis 1972 'Cuda, Finally together and ready to ROCK
Autoxcuda 2015 Challenger
Flat top Fabio 1970 Rebel Machine, paint booth fresh trailer queen
Richard 1970 #77 Trans Am Challenger, yes that one
Gary 2015 Cobra Super Snake
ntstlgl1970 '70 Barracuda Gen 3 Hemi, back and better
Dr Rustbucket '74 Duster, Lemons Veteran, rub fenders and leave your mark
Alltime '70 'Cuda, Trans Am prepped
Alltime '66 Dart, Lemons proven
Christine 2015 Mustang
Steve '15 Hellcat
Kelvin SCCA Escort, catch him if you can
John '68 Cuda convert with Roll Bar, Badder and Faster
Jeff '94 Cobra
Darren Audi S4
Stephen '94 Miata, super charged, not your every day Miata
Eric '70 'Cuda
Wing Nut '70 Challenger
Winged Warrior '69 Daytona
Jim '02 Vette
Dwayne '68 Satellite

...and for your spectating pleasure the Veloster Challenger series will have a run group. This will give you guys a chance to refuel those big V8's.

I know some of you are still trying to wrap up some mechanicals. Dont give up. You can do it.

Is Eric '70 'Cuda, moparts member ntstlgl1970 '70 Barracuda Gen 3 Hemi, back and better (from Sacramento)? Or is this someone else

Tim, do you have pictures of Dwayne '68 Satellite?


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