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RE: [T3] OT - more folkracing


>Look at the Squareback at the end of these pictures. 
>Tell me this is a Grandma's car NOW!  
>
>http://www.algonet.se/~resskarl/bildhal1.htm  
 
Sorry to tellya, but that's a Volvo...

>So what type of work is there in Sweden for a lowly
>american, that only speaks english! That would pay
>enough to go racing/wrecking old cars!

Tons of work -- everyone speaks English, some companies are English only,
too.  I worked there for a couple weeks making $10 an hour (after taxes).
Rent is cheap, cars are cheap.  Of course, with the dollar at 10.8 SEK, no
worries if you have greenbacks -- everything is cheap.

I'm sure you could pick up one of the T3s in a folkrace for 5000SEK (~$475).
You know why?  Every driver is *required* to sell their car after the end of
the race to the highest bidder with a max price of 5000:- no matter how much
you spent getting the car hot. Or something to that effect with the Folk
Race I saw.

Volvo engines, N20, turbo, you name it, have all been stuffed into every
type of car. The cheaper and more powerful, the better.  I saw a '63 Notch
stuffed full of some giant engine and stripped of everything but the dash
pad (uncracked!) and red needle speedo.  It got knocked off the track and
hit a jump.  Caught 15' of air, landed nose first -- ouch!  They came back
to race a little while later.... after they brought out the BFH for some
body work.

But if you are going to do it, wear a helmet!

Steve

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