Re: Re: old pictures

The wheels are 15 x 7 Boss 302 steel rims, 0 offset. I recently acqired a set or Chrysler wheels that measure the same, but have an extra set of small holes around the center. The magnesium wheels are original R model's that came off the #14 A sedan in the other pictures. I ran Gillette 255/60R15's. That's why the front fenders are sightly flaired and the rear lips are pounded flat, to clear the big tires. They lasted one season on the front and 1/2 season on the rear. We autocrossed every weekend except Christmas and New Years. SEE Y'ALL

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> From: "STAN SIMM" <SSIMM (AT) triad (DOT) rr.com>
> Date: 2006/01/01 Sun AM 10:50:44 EST
> To: "Calvin Sanders" <calvins (AT) highrpm (DOT) net>
> CC: <lmathias (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>, <ShelbyMustang (AT) CarMemories (DOT) com>
> Subject: Re: old pictures
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> Calvin-
> Many thanks for taking the time to post these. They're great! My only
> regret is that I wasn't behind the wheel back then! Lee (or Calvin): Tell
> me about those big momma steel wheels on 5S071. Dimensions? Tire size?
> Looks as tho they really filled out the fender wells!
> Regards, Stan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Calvin Sanders" <calvins (AT) highrpm (DOT) net>
> To: "STAN SIMM" <SSIMM (AT) triad (DOT) rr.com>
> Cc: <lmathias (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>; <ShelbyMustang (AT) CarMemories (DOT) com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:37 PM
> Subject: old pictures
>
>
> >
> > Stan, Lee, everyone
> >
> > Here are some old pictures of mine that I scanned in recently. If you go
> > to the actual picture, they are kinda large, so be aware.
> >
> > http://www.highrpm.net/photos/thumbnails.php?album=15
> >
> > The old pictures of 5S071 are with Lee driving at various locl
> > autocrosses. It can be recognizes by the Beach Ford Mustang Club bumper
> > sticker mounted in the right of he grill. The Magstars in the one picture
> > of it are the ones that are currently on our '68 GT350. The Kendall GT1
> > sticker on the door (according to Lee) was put there to cover over the
> > small rust holes that were forming :-).
> >
> > Most of the pictures have captions. Some newer pictures are mixed in the
> > bunch. If you know any of the missing info, let me know. I can't remember
> > the serial number of Bill Vose's old car for whatever reason.
> >
> > Calvin
> > http://www.racecarstuff.com <<--my blog
> > http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767 <<--my ebay stuff
>
>

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, lmathias (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net wrote:

> The wheels are 15 x 7 Boss 302 steel rims, 0 offset. I recently acqired
>a set or Chrysler wheels that measure the same, but have an extra set of
>small holes around the center. The magnesium wheels are original R
>model's that came off the #14 A sedan in the other pictures. I ran
>Gillette 255/60R15's. That's why the front fenders are sightly flaired
>and the rear lips are pounded flat, to clear the big tires. They lasted
>one season on the front and 1/2 season on the rear. We autocrossed every
>weekend except Christmas and New Years. SEE Y'ALL

It was great autocrossing as much as we used to back then. Today it would
be a much bigger expense. We all ran cheap tires (softer rubber), and
entry fees were next to nothing. When I was 16 it was a great experience
autocrossing 50 times a year. I wish the parameters of expense/free
time/family interest/etc. were all the same now. Just can't justify it
when the current Hoosiers life expectancy are measured in the number of
heat cycles they go through and it is another $800 a set of tires to race
for a small thropy, if anything.

Calvin
http://www.racecarstuff.com <<--my blog
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767 <<--my ebay stuff