Richard and I took 1107 to the Ben Lomond Transfer Station today because they’ve got the closest truck scale. Needed to weigh the car for several reasons. One is that we have a toy hauler and the car needs to fit in it. A.J. also went nuts and bought a 28′ used U-Haul truck (more on that later), and there’s one other thing that might require the car to be shipped across country (more on that later, too).
Your stock ’69 VW weighs in at around 1650 pounds. Because we’re still prepping for our next race, Richard and I (mostly Richard) had to cram two spare tires (one in the passenger seat, and two unattached fenders (sticking out the rear window frame) onto the car when it rolled onto the scales.
A lighter car has more power. It can get through silt without bogging down. It can run down Trophy Trucks. Ok, maybe not s much the last one.
Or, as Shawn says, “Every 100 pounds is good for 1/10th off the quarter mile and there are 4,000 quarter miles in the Baja 1000.”
I don’t know what that means, but it sounds good. Here are a handful of shots from our trip.
Two weeks to the Mint 400.
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The turn signals have been repaired. Please be sure to give me a hard time at The MINT.