Repashy
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Hi Everyone,
I have been around the Desert for 30 years Chasing and Racing. A few years ago, I threw together a 1965 Ranchero as a fun street project. After driving it around for a while and having a blast talking to people about it. I started thinking about racing again for fun and set my sights on the 2017 NORRA. I absolutely loved the old Class 6 cars, and know them well enough to know I could never be happy or comfortable driving a "real" one because of my old man status and back/neck issues. I am just going to build the car I want, without regard to it being specific class legal. I just want to haul the mail and have some fun again. I am sure NORRA will find a place to put it, and hope some of you enjoy the build.
I decided I wanted to build a modern chassis prerunner/race legal car that from a hundred feet, looks period correct, yet upon close inspection, reveal a state of the art suspension. It took me quite a while to find the "right guy" for the build, someone who shared my vision and passion for what I wanted to do. Even though I am out here in San Diego, I have ended up sending the car off to the Midwest. Last month, Rick Snell flew out to San Diego from Minnesota, and actually drove the car back. It is now chopped into tiny pieces and starting to go back together. In the next few weeks, I will share details and start posting build progress.
Since this will be a modern chassis, I am not sure if this should be in the Vintage forum or not, so Mod's, please move the thread to a more appropriate forum if appropriate. I have also created a Facebook Page for the car if you want to like and follow there as well.
Here is a a pic of the car before the new build:
Here it is a few weeks ago:
Cheers, Allen Repashy
I have been around the Desert for 30 years Chasing and Racing. A few years ago, I threw together a 1965 Ranchero as a fun street project. After driving it around for a while and having a blast talking to people about it. I started thinking about racing again for fun and set my sights on the 2017 NORRA. I absolutely loved the old Class 6 cars, and know them well enough to know I could never be happy or comfortable driving a "real" one because of my old man status and back/neck issues. I am just going to build the car I want, without regard to it being specific class legal. I just want to haul the mail and have some fun again. I am sure NORRA will find a place to put it, and hope some of you enjoy the build.
I decided I wanted to build a modern chassis prerunner/race legal car that from a hundred feet, looks period correct, yet upon close inspection, reveal a state of the art suspension. It took me quite a while to find the "right guy" for the build, someone who shared my vision and passion for what I wanted to do. Even though I am out here in San Diego, I have ended up sending the car off to the Midwest. Last month, Rick Snell flew out to San Diego from Minnesota, and actually drove the car back. It is now chopped into tiny pieces and starting to go back together. In the next few weeks, I will share details and start posting build progress.
Since this will be a modern chassis, I am not sure if this should be in the Vintage forum or not, so Mod's, please move the thread to a more appropriate forum if appropriate. I have also created a Facebook Page for the car if you want to like and follow there as well.
Here is a a pic of the car before the new build:

Here it is a few weeks ago:

Cheers, Allen Repashy