Thanks so much guys. I'm really happy to have the car back on the road again!
SublimeRT- Bogart doesn't make a street wheel so to speak. These are their Road Race 10's. Up front they are 17X8 and out back they are 17X10.5. The 17X10.5 with a 315-35-17 nitto drag radial weighs 46lbs, which is the same as what my 17X8 stock tri-bars weigh with a 245-45-17 tire! These wheels are a true 3 piece design, if I ever damage anything I can replace just certain parts. I actually replaced the rear outer ring of the wheel with one that had 1" less of back spacing because when I put coil-overs on up front the tire was hitting the coil-over spring. My wheels were originally a 17X9, but by changing the rear outer ring they are now 17X8. They are $$$ though. I know I had a good bit over $2,000 in just the wheels alone, and that was a number of years ago. I know they are a lot more expensive now. It made me sick to spend that kind of money, but I wanted something very different, and I saved for almost 3 years to get them. I got them from Steve at
http://www.sjmmanufacturing.com Steve is one of the best guys I've ever dealt with and if you or anyone is ever looking for bogart wheels he is the only guy you need to call. As for the SCCA, I attend what's called a SoloII event. Its held at a local airport on its runways. I got into it because a number of friends do it. You can find events in your area by checking out the SCCA website and looking up your region. I can't remember the exact website for them right now, but I'm sure it'd be easy to find on google.
Rich- LOL! I know you want a set man and I'm constantly keeping an eye out for a set for you. I'll post up some better pics later of a rear shot with them. I still have mixed feelings on them. I think its the flat black look that I don't like. I'm seriously considering painting them body color as I think it'd give it a subtle, yet unique look. I will wait until I get my chrome moly roll bar installed and see how they look with it since it will more than likely be black.
Matt- It saw plenty of dirt that day. You should have seen some of the places I was trying to get to in order to get some pics with the trains! There's not many places that allow you to just drive a car right up next to the track for some reason. LOL! As for the hard top, i still have it. The plan was to get it painted when I had the hood and bumper painted, but when my body guy looked at it he informed me that the glass would have to be removed in order to paint it since there are stress cracks in the paint that go into the window seam and they can not be reached without removing the glass. I hope to have it done for next year.
SVT3183- If you like trains, you need to come to Altoona as that's about all we have here! We have the infamous horseshoe curve which is only about 6 miles from my house. Its a truly amazing site to see trains wrap around you in an approximately 270* circle on the side of a mountain. If you never heard of it do a search on it, its worth the time.
Charlie- As quickly as you have gotten into the 12's with your '05, I better step it up soon or you'll be beating me before spring! As for Carlisle, i REALLY think you should bring the car down this year. Ask Rich and Tom, Carlisle is a great show to attend.
Tom- I can not begin to tell you how good it feels to have the car back out. This summer didn't go as smooth as I had hoped it would with the car with all of the problems I had, but it didn't surprise me either as everything i do with this car I have to fight for it seems. I'm just glad I got it done 1 day before Carlisle this year so I could meet up with you, Tom, and Dan. Hopefully it will be in good enough condition so I can bring it up to Epping. Of coarse if I do, I'll have to put a lock on my tail lights so they don't come up missing. LOL!
Troy- Do you mean this black thing???
Pokageek- Thanks man! I wish I could have gotten that building to completely fill the background of the pic, and I moved my car at least 3 times to try and do it but I couldn't get it any better than I did. I fought with my wife for years to have a wall of my own to display some pics of my car. She was reluctant, but I finally got a little wall space for myself! I'll have to take a picture of it later and post it up.
95Vert- Thanks! I too didn't like the old body kit. Well, I did when I was 19-20yrs old, but as I aged my taste changed dramatically. Back then my only choices for a body kit were: saleen, Wings West, ABC had little add on pieces for the front and back, or xenon. I wanted the saleen kit but it was too much money for me at the time and I didn't want it unless I could buy saleen wheels to go with it which I couldn't do either. So I ended up with the xenon kit as it was the most unique of the available body kits back then IMO.
