Winter Beater Wars, anyone??? I have an idea!

[mardak at cogeco.ca (Mark)]

Sounds like fun Sara!  My winter beater (the car that gave us 'smiley
hurts' at the track) should feel right at home on ice - I bought it from
a guy near the Finger Lakes area in upstate NY who used to ice race
it...

I guess studded tires would be a must, eh?  I've got a few sets of old
tires lying around that I could use.  Anyone know about kits you can
buy?  I have no clue how to stud a tire.  Is there a cheapass way of
doing this with screws and running tubes in the tires?

I was thinking of organizing a weekend winter vacation with a few
friends - rent a cabin with a few snowmobiles, skiing/snowboarding,
etc...  Sara, any suggestions for this in your area?  Let me know if you
nail down a date for the get-together, maybe I can combine the two...

Thanks!

Mark.
80 S
81 S  ABA/JH/4K



> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org [mailto:scirocco-l-
> bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Sara Arms
> Sent: November 18, 2003 5:38 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Winter Beater Wars, anyone??? I have an idea!
> 
> OKay... okay... so I know us "up north folk" are a wee-bit out of the
way
> for everyone, but I had a cute little idea that I thought could get
> hilariously interesting if you bums decide to actaully take me up on
it.
> I'm throwing this idea out WAY in advance... I'm thinking like an
early
> February date would be best, so start planning if it sounds fun or
> interesting.
> 
> There's a lake here in good 'ol Vermont that you are more than welcome
to
> drive your car out onto in the winter and have as much fun as you can
> possible handle.  The SCCV has ice trials out there, and does tons of
> other
> cool stuff.  MY VISION, if you will, is all of us lined up at the end
of
> the
> day with our crap ass winter beater cars (well, mines pretty sad at
least,
> I
> can't speak for everyone) taking a group picture out on the ice...
it'll
> be
> just like those nice pictures of everyone at waterfest, except with
nasty
> corollas and mazdas and WHATEVER else people whip out for those cold
> winter
> months.
> 
> I thought it'd be fun to have some kind of friendly competition over
the
> weekend.  You all know you're DYING to come to freezing Vermont in
> February,
> right?  :)
> 
> Anyway... it's just an idea.  It could get more technical if people
want,
> like bringing studded tires and such, or just be a day of making cool
> video
> tape of 360's on a giant frozen lake.  I can picture Anson out on that
> lake,
> it would be crazy!  Marc Getty... we ALL want to see that too...
everyone
> needs to come!  It's up to anyone... whoever's interested.  Sound fun?
> 
> Let me know!!!  I'd love to have everyone come visit!  Winter gets
lonely
> here!  Keep us company!
> 
> 
> Sara
> Burlington, VT
> '84 Rabbit GTI
> '91 All-Trac Wagon "The ice trial champion"
> http://community.webshots.com/user/gtigirlie
> 
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