Original Ad and location update

I've gotten some questions about the origins of Lacey, the Riff RAF Racing TR6...so here's a link to the original ad as placed by Scott in the LeMons forums...

http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=2152

It looks like Flt. Lft. Rohrbach will be taking possession of the car for the all-important recapture the budget parts tearoff (i.e. take off anything we can that's non-essential and sell the heck out of it on eBay). More to report soon...

Signing off,
Flt. Lft. Palmer

Pictures!

I'm sure Scott's thinking I'm nuts at this point....

On the trailer, ready to head home...thanks, Cristina!

Back home...disassembling the pieces parts...

I worked on the Austin Marina today (don't hurt yourselves laughing, its actually too NICE to be a LeMons contender itself) that's taking up the garage space intended for the TR6. One more day and it should be ready to pass it on to the new owner...then we can start a quick strip of the parts of the 6 that would be better off on eBay...i.e. to pull us back under $500 budget range!
I also ordered a set of tires tonight since they were on fire sale pricing through midnight from Discount Tire Direct. No affiliation, but they've been good to me before.

I have two other team members locked in...hoping to find some other suckers, I mean lunatics, this week....

Flt. Lt. Palmer signing off for tonight. Pictures should be posted this week...

Dateline -- Sandusky, Ohio. 12:31 am.

We're on our way back home. Pickup went perfectly, thanks to Scott, and we even heard the car run (albeit on starting fluid only) for the first time. Interestingly enough, the car is perfect for the task. For example, it's obviously been in some accidents; both the front end and left rear fender are seamed (poorly) where parts from another TR6 have been spliced in. The drivers side sill almost doesn't exist. On the other hand, someone has welded in a new factory floorboard on the driver's side & the engine may have as few as 58k miles; the frame looks straight and solid and there are probably enough parts to strip off to get us far enough below the $500 limit that we may actually be able to add something back!

As the ol' girl (thinking of naming her Lacey, after both Ginger Lacey, the WW2 Spitfire pilot that appeared in the BL ads AND the lovely pattern of holes in the sills, doors, fenders, etc...) was cranked onto the trailer, it almost appeared that she was happy to be entering the fray again...being used as God and the Brits intended, top down and speeding along... :-)

Flt. Lt. Palmer signing off for the night....

Riff RAF Racing is formed!

What, you may ask, is Riff RAF Racing? If you're familiar with the 24 Hours of LeMons you're already familiar with $500 car racing...if not, check out the website!

Most people that try this type of racing go for a car that actually has a record of reliability...for example, past winners include BMW's, Volvo's, etc. There are a lot of Honda's as well.

We're not most people.

We have decided to try what some would call the ultimate exercise in futility...try to compete in a $500 car that wasn't reliable when it was new!

Some of the great comments about this vehicle and it's components include:

--All parts falling off this car are of the finest British craftsmanship!
--The Lucas 3 position switch: Dim, Flicker, and Off

Yes, we're planning on running a Triumph. Not just any Triumph, but that "last of the hairy-chested British sports cars," a TR6!

Thanks to Scott Mackela, a LeMons competitor from Michigan, who found the TR6 and then sold it on to us, we'll be preparing the car for racing in the LeMons series...

In case anyone reading this is wondering where we got the idea for our theme...take a look at this!