Crusty preps the show hood.
Someone once said that an airplane is “a collection of spare parts flying in tight formation.” That’s pretty much how I view the car now. Anything that breaks can be replaced. The body experiences tremendous torque during a race and afterward we see tears in the metal that comprises the core of the car.
Crusty’s spent the past couple of weeks reinforcing high stress points on the frame and adding plate steel to reinforce the areas around the bumpers. In preparation for the World Diabetes Congress, Shawn recommended painting the body of the car before the South Point 250 race in October, then doing touch up painting after the race and installing the show fenders before we ship the car to Montreal. We’ll also have a “show” trunk lid and engine compartment lid, which we’ll promptly trash at this year’s Baja 1000.