Day at the dragstrips

[spoiledred94]

This is me pumping up for the first race.




No, just joking. That was Sean, my good friend. That's actually me ithe car.




My car at the water box.




Bonney-Rt Fr





Driver Side




Left front


Launch. Dragging a pickup




Out on a limb...

[WhiteArrow3800]

Cool pictures. Nah those rims aren't GP rims that I know of, but I kinda like 'em.

That spoiler isn't factory I know, but I'll be *dang* if that's not the same one that I saw on a White SE around here somewhere!

[spoiledred94]

The spoiler, ah, glad you noticed it. It's the reason that I chose the user name that I did.



Thanks for the interest in my Bonney! I'll tell her you said so :-) The spoiler has "Cal Dream" on it. It actually looks very much factory. The mounting to the trunk deck is factory flawless. It has a sting of lights along the trailing edge that come on when you brake. The hood's all messed up and it had or has nasty oxidation, I pulled the hood dent as best I could, still needs work. The oxidation is very deep. I tried everything all the way up the ladder from 280 grit to 2000 grit sand paper. It appears the oxidation is so deep that you can't remove it w/o going to the primer. The shop I talked to wants about a grand to fix it. I'm like LOL, this car won't be any faster for $1k hood.

I am very sorry to hear they aren't GP rims. Very sorry to hear that.



Okay here's the end.

[BonneMe]

Hood should be like 300 to respray if you did a lil work, more if they did it all.

[spoiledred94]

$300 sounds more reasonable. Still $300 is 1/2 the price of and certified used L67 engine.

[THawes]

The rims look like knock-off Cobra wheels from the SN95 years, but smaller.

[spoiledred94]

Can you give me a little more info on those Cobra rims? I could get by with those happily.

[THawes]

Definitely- those rims were used on '95-99 Cobra's, introduced in '95 on the Cobra-R.

I've seen them in Mustang magazines new for as little as $75/rim. I'm sure you could find them on Craigslist or eBay even cheaper.

[willwren]

If they are Cobra rims, the bolt pattern and offset are wrong for any Bonneville.

[THawes]

Couple of the knock-off companies make a universal set, or at least they used to.

[BonneMe]

Why were you in the waterbox?

[spoiledred94]

I was waiting for the previous cars to launch. It's like 30 ft from the water box to the staging line. Just waiting there. I did just give it one little slip once that day. Wheels broke free super easy. Don't have to, or need to, do that again.

[wjcollier07]

Why does that car look like it was washed with dishsoap for most of its life...or just..a lot of cloth carwashes.

And do tell, whats up with the mismatching Monte Carlo esque wheel?

Anyways, track runs are always fun, good pics!

[spoiledred94]

Simonize car wash and Eagle 1 car wash for over a year for me. The 1 previous owner lived in Klamath Falls Or. It's very hot and dry there.

It needs work, just because its red. Red cars oxidize way easier from what I've experienced and heard. I felt the same kinda treatment at the track THIS THURSDAY. Suit yourself.
Most of the rest of your guy's answers I posted elsewhere.
I guess I have to say you are being pretty demeaning Collier.

[willwren]

Collier isn't being demeaning at all. I'm not sure why you're dishing that out.

He asked two questions and ended his post on a high note. The damage to the car is obvious, as is the mismatched wheel. He's curious about why.

[spoiledred94]

I can only guess where this will go, but the remark that I responded to too harshly was this:

Why does that car look like it was washed with dishsoap for most of its life...or just..a lot of cloth carwashes.

[SSEimatt93]

I understand the way you responded to that remark, however, I do belive also that it certainly was not a personal stab, I don't think collier was trying to put you down, as it is not your fault the cars paint is like that, it happens. We can leave it at this if you like, let this post go on, and let people reply to it, might as well. Woodburn is the best track I've ever been to, its way to much fun.

[spoiledred94]

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/ ... CN0053.flv
This is a quick video of Thursday's event at woodburn Dragstrips. I have a couple more. I need to down load some software so I can see it on my browser. Can somebody tell me if its viewable?

[harofreak00]

I merged your topics, please don't start multiple threads about the same track event. The video is viewable, but the times are unreadable.

[WhiteArrow3800]

Liek Haro said, video works but it's a little blury. Whoa, you got to race a Challenger, lol. Out of curiosity, do you remember what it ran? Looks like it says 14.something but I can't quite tell.