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<blockquote data-quote="RogerTx" data-source="post: 9354392" data-attributes="member: 80003"><p>Over the years since the early 90’s, I had been into bracket racing or just fun racing at the local drag strips. That was fun and challenging, especially when I got a new ‘Vette in 2002 and went all out with it establishing a few personal records for the quarter mile with various combinations of bolt-ons, then cam, then heads, etc. You know the story, the one that never ends. Figuring I would eventually blow the engine or want a bigger engine, I put the car back to stock, sold all the race parts (heads, cam, transmission intake, exhaust, etc.) to one guy who then tried to duplicate our results but never did. I sold the car at the right time, as used ‘Vettes like mine in 2004 were still holding their own in the used market. </p><p></p><p>As you might expect, in a short time, I missed my ‘Vette and the racing experience. I bought a Super Comp dragster and trailer from a racer up in Tennessee and a tow truck, a F-250 PS. My son did all the driving. I just watched and I guess I was the sponsor! We had fun for a few years, but there was no way I was going to continue to fork out over $500 per weekend for just drag racing and retirement was looming over the horizon. The racing effort was run as a business, but that is another story. Believe me, a good CPA can work wonders. I sold the entire racing equipment to a guy out in West Texas (his son wanted to race) and the truck to a local friend of my older son.</p><p></p><p>Well, retirement came a few months later and I was really bored. I had always wanted another Mustang but had no idea I was going to start looking for a 2000R. I had heard of them, but they were never in my sights. I really wanted an older model ‘Stang (late 60’s when I bought my first car) with a BB engine and gobs of HP and in good shape. Somehow, my son got in the loop and said we ought to look for a 2000R, as the ‘93 and ‘95 never did tickle my fancy too much and the older Mustangs, of the ‘68 to ‘70 vintage and restored were still pricey if you could find one that looked and ran good. Well, my son, being good at the computer, started searching the web and came upon this website. We saw one R owner that said he was going to be selling his R soon. He was in North Carolina and we had been to Tennessee to buy the dragster, so a flight over to NC would not be any different. After we saw the car, we finalized the deal and had the car shipped to Texas. The rest is history. Now waiting for the snow to melt :mj: to drive it again. :-D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RogerTx, post: 9354392, member: 80003"] Over the years since the early 90’s, I had been into bracket racing or just fun racing at the local drag strips. That was fun and challenging, especially when I got a new ‘Vette in 2002 and went all out with it establishing a few personal records for the quarter mile with various combinations of bolt-ons, then cam, then heads, etc. You know the story, the one that never ends. Figuring I would eventually blow the engine or want a bigger engine, I put the car back to stock, sold all the race parts (heads, cam, transmission intake, exhaust, etc.) to one guy who then tried to duplicate our results but never did. I sold the car at the right time, as used ‘Vettes like mine in 2004 were still holding their own in the used market. As you might expect, in a short time, I missed my ‘Vette and the racing experience. I bought a Super Comp dragster and trailer from a racer up in Tennessee and a tow truck, a F-250 PS. My son did all the driving. I just watched and I guess I was the sponsor! We had fun for a few years, but there was no way I was going to continue to fork out over $500 per weekend for just drag racing and retirement was looming over the horizon. The racing effort was run as a business, but that is another story. Believe me, a good CPA can work wonders. I sold the entire racing equipment to a guy out in West Texas (his son wanted to race) and the truck to a local friend of my older son. Well, retirement came a few months later and I was really bored. I had always wanted another Mustang but had no idea I was going to start looking for a 2000R. I had heard of them, but they were never in my sights. I really wanted an older model ‘Stang (late 60’s when I bought my first car) with a BB engine and gobs of HP and in good shape. Somehow, my son got in the loop and said we ought to look for a 2000R, as the ‘93 and ‘95 never did tickle my fancy too much and the older Mustangs, of the ‘68 to ‘70 vintage and restored were still pricey if you could find one that looked and ran good. Well, my son, being good at the computer, started searching the web and came upon this website. We saw one R owner that said he was going to be selling his R soon. He was in North Carolina and we had been to Tennessee to buy the dragster, so a flight over to NC would not be any different. After we saw the car, we finalized the deal and had the car shipped to Texas. The rest is history. Now waiting for the snow to melt :mj: to drive it again. :-D [/QUOTE]
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