Desert Dingo Racing

Category: Photos

  • Work Day Thirteen

    Check out the cherry race rim.

    Richard has headed off to Southern California to pick up the engine. The rims are back from the powder coater and they look fabulous. We opted for red in honor of Eric Solorzano’s car, since he’s been such a major help for us. Also started work cutting the new dashboard.

    It’s Cary’s birthday today and he’s celebrating by welding gussets. 🙂

    More photos of people holding stuff here.

  • 29 days and counting


    Shawn lounges on a cruise ship with a blue drink.*

    I spent the evening with Seth “Blue Cross” Schrenzel tonight in San Francisco. In addition to providing our chase vehicle, being an emergency room nurse (who will quickly tire of my “Seth, it hurts when I do this” joke), he’s also a master logistician and has begun pulling together a plan to ensure we’ve got everything covered from start to finish.

    The car will be largely done by October 26 when Crusty and Rich haul it down to Southern California for a preliminary inspection by SCORE. After that, it’s paint and tweaking.

    *Shawn is actually working very hard and this is an old photo of him that I’ve been looking for an opportunity to post.

  • Work Day Twelve


    Wasabi supervises Skid as he buttons up the rear suspension.

    The UPS truck is making nearly daily stops with equipment for the car. More work on the roll cage this weekend, along with work on the suspension. Seats are due any day. We’ve scheduled a meeting with SCORE on October 26 in SoCal to give the car an inspection. It’s coming together.

    Photos from Saturday’s work day are here.

  • Work Day Eleven – All hands on deck


    In this episode of “Pimp My ’69 Beetle”, Richard measures a side impact bar for the roll cage.

    The roll cage is coming together, transmission is installed, Eric has finished the engine and it’s ready to pick up. Here are some photos from Saturday’s work day.

  • 44 days and counting


    Cary employs the time-honored practice of “shouting it into place.”

    We’ve shifted to “nights and weekends” to ensure the car is ready. Tonight we fitted the body and trimmed the forward roll cage bar.

    A handful of photos here.