Picking up the nose mold this morning

We left NJ Tuesday afternoon and stopped at Clarion, PA for the night. Did run into a little snow on Rt 80.

Departed Clarion early Wednesday morning set out for Toledo, OH.

Hit a little lake effect snow around Cleveland.

But real no problems.

At least not for us. We saw a couple of these.

Once in Toledo, we stopped at a few antique stores and malls, and I hate to say it but the quality keeps going down and down. Found nothing.

So now it's onto Wixom, MI to pickup the nose mold.

Justice Bros. Memorabilia (con't)

The main reason for the purchase of the jackets are for the "JB" patch's. Maybe from the 1980's?


You have seen these jackets with the "Racing Team" on the back. I got 6 NOS from the Justice Bros. web site(last time I looked they were sold out). A few more I bought on ebay.


Maybe from the 1980's

Wheel bearings

Almost have all the bearings and races, but still short 2. The missing 2 should get here next week.

Pickup nose mold next week.

Sometime next week we have some antique shopping to do and need to pickup the nose mold. The nose is just outside of Detroit at a race prep shop. Then it's to Indiana for a large 2 day auction and we'll work our way back home stopping at a few antique malls. We have a antique show coming up in February and could use some fresh merchandise.

Ebay surprise

Been on the hunt for one of these for the past couple of years. It's a Dunlop AGO/30 Optical Alignment Gauge / Tracking Gauge for setting toe-in toe-out on front and rear suspension. Had one when I was racing back in the day, but sold all my equipment after the car was sold, and used the money for flight lessons. Dunlop gauges new, go for $999.00 in the Pegasus catalog. I got this one for $250. on ebay. In the ebay photo it looked a little different than the one I had, after I unpacked it I discovered why it looked different. My old one from the early 80's had many plastic parts, this one was all metal, probably the same vintage as my race car. Saved enough money to pay for entry fee and race gas for a weekend, I'm happy!
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It was all there and looks to be in working order.

Justice Bros. Memorabilia

A small collection of Justice Bros. memorabilia I've acquired over the years. I have more to be included in the next week or so.


Small pin (age unknown)


Belt buckle, looks never to have been worn. (age unknown)


Watch in shape of a steering wheel, this is my favorite. (age unknown)

Seneca Lodge reservations completed

For the Watkins Glen race in June, we'll be staying at the Seneca lodge again. I just made reservations with them on the phone. The first day they accept reservations for the year is January 2. So everyone is calling and only the owner of the lodge is answering the phone. So this time it took 1/2 hour of dialing to get through. But it's done and that's good.

Happy New Year!

Wheel bearings and race plans

Received about half the wheel bearings I'll need for the overhaul. Should get a few more next week.
With next years first event not happening until June, this buys me some extra time. I have given some thought to what races I would like to attend. Obviously Watkins Glen, would have preferred it had been the September race, but this is OK. I'm not going to Road America in July and have opted to fly to Oshkosh for Air Adventure instead. The year after will be Road America. As of now, not planning on the Bobby Rahal event in Canada and the 2 events in California are expensive and time consuming. So the other event I'll race at will be in NJ at the end of September. Keeping it at 2 events for next year.
Still many small details that need to be corrected and I plan to keep this car for a very long time. So I can now take my time, and do it right.

F5000 Race Schedule for 2011

• June 9-12: Watkins Glen - SVRA

• July 7-10: Circuit Mt. Tremblant, Canada – HMP Bobby Rahal Legends of
Motorsports

• July 14-17: Road America – Kohler International Challenge with
Brian Redman WI.

• September 23-25: Coronado Island Speed Festival– HMSA Calif.

• September 30 - October 2: Infineon Raceway – CSRG Charity Challenge Calif.

Yellow?

I just picked up the decal strips for the nose and should have taken a closer look. The yellow is no where near the sample I left off. Looks like it's back to the maker tomorrow.


The top is the original yellow I needed, and the bottom is new. Looks orange to me. These decals cost $14. per foot. Expensive mistake.

Time to Hunker Down

The snow is here, and it's time to hunker down. The earlier predictions set levels at 8-12 inch's, but now there down to 2-4 inch's. But still wind gust up to 35 mph.
On another note, I've ordered wheel bearings that are NOS(new old stock). I needed to order from 5 vendors, no single Co. had all the different sizes I needed.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

A Christmas card from the Formula 5000 Drivers Association.

Patch's

Acquired a couple of vintage sponsor patch's. I'll add them to my drivers uniform.
L&M was the F5000 series sponsor for a number of years.


I also have these as decals on the side of the Lola now.

Avon vs Goodyear

There's been some new talk about tires. The last conversation was Avon tires only for F5000 race series in 2011. It appears that Goodyear might be the front runner now. Goodyear has promised more tires for 2011. Obviously I like this news, I'll keep my fingers crossed.