New member from Central Florida

[Marik Bathory]

Hello everybody, I've been lurking on this site for about five weeks but finally signed up to buy something from the classifieds section. Since my cover has been blown I might as well introduce myself. My name is Jay and my hobbies include competitive shooting, astro physics, racing and being in bad moods.

I recently bought my first G-body a 1987 GMC Caballero a rust free, mostly straight running project car I hope to turn into a road course terror and someday compete in the newfoundland targa. several thousand dollars from now.

I have little to no experience racing RWD cars as both my previous racers were FWD track odditiys including a 13 second Saturn Wagon and a Lucurne powered Trans Sport. The Cabalero will be the most mainstream, least interesting car Ive ever raced. I wasn't even looking for one when I found it, I was actually hunting a '96 Buick Century wagon to house the 350hp/400tq L67 I've been peicing together. But one could not be found. The caby was something I always liked and when I found it running and in my modest price range I didn't think twice. Guess I'm just going to hav e to live with being normal for a while. 😢

I'll try to get picks up soon but my computer has imploded. I'm actually posting from an Xbox.

 

[Doug213xrj]

Welcome aboard, Jay.



Doug

 

[Marik Bathory]

Thanks Doug.

Finally got pics up. They can be seen here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=44776#.UWmUcMpQoj4

 

[Longroof79]

Welcome aboard Jay!
What part of Florida are you from?

 

[Marik Bathory]

Casselberry. It's about 15 minutes north of Orlando.

I love your wagon BTW. Really wish I could have found a wagon.

 

[Longroof79]

Jay,
I've heard of Casselberry, usually on the WESH- TV news channel.

There's nothing wrong with an El Camino/ Caballero. The A-G body Elkys have become very popular these past few years.
Thanks for the complement BTW.

I see that you were considering a '96 Buick Century wagon and installing an L67 supercharged 3.8 V-6. That would make a cool sleeper, and parts hauler.

 

[Marik Bathory]

Maybe if somebody total's the LeSabre I'll go that route as a daily, but barring that she'll be with me for a long time. The cabby is the project now.

and the WESH broadcasting station is about a mile from here.

 

[oldtinsmith]

Jay, welcome to a great site! Nice solid looking Cabby!

Doug

 

[napaknowhow]

welcome to the site Jay theres alot of great info on here i live in central florida too St cloud

 

[Marik Bathory]

Jay,
I see that you were considering a '96 Buick Century wagon and installing an L67 supercharged 3.8 V-6. That would make a cool sleeper, and parts hauler.

How 'bout this one:



That's turn-3 entry of new symerna speedway, about 5 minutes before the Bonneville club was black flagged and asked politely to leave and never come back. Apparently none of us know what a "parade lap" is.