Bought a new Rally car, let the games begin!

[milesmcewing]

Good Day All;

I've decided to go back to some of my roots and get into the rally world again...........

Little different car this time than my last rally car.

Behold the 1938 Chevrolet Master Town sedan.

Still original, stayed in the same family all its life.

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Signed up for the 'Great American Race' and on the waitlist for Peking to Paris.

Looking forward to burning through Mongolia is this thing.

My long term plan is to drive this car around the world.

Cheers!
Miles

[D'z Nutz]

That is so cool!!

[dj_rice]

We'll thats certainly different. Cool car.

[lilmira]

:thumbsup: that is all

[ExtraSlow]

:poosie: :bigpimp: :thumbsup: :clap: :goflames:

[rage2]

:thumbsup:

Can't wait to see all the adventures!

[01RedDX]

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[dj_rice]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
Why would you do that to such a fine car, oh no. :eek:


That and are parts still readily availible for it?

Unique rally car nonetheless. You will be the rally boss gangsta

[milesmcewing]

It's actually quite amazing on the parts availability.

Most mechanical parts are still in the GM catalog and easy to get. Body parts have lots of repro bits.

These cars were actually very common - made in about 30 different bodies, you just ordered the style you wanted - taxi, pickup truck, school bus, cab and chassis

Production was also in many countries - Canada, Argentina, Denmark, Belgium, Russia, Japan and of course the US.

I wanted an original car so that you know what you are dealing with, rather than a hodge podge of 75 years worth of modifications.

We plan to use the car in competitive events so reliability and consistency will be the most important.

[milesmcewing]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
"Why would you do that to such a fine car, oh no. "

Cars are meant to be driven! I look forward to putting on a huge pile of mileage on it. Its not wrecking it, it is keeping it alive and in plain sight.

I drove my wife's 911 Turbo to work today........
So what if it gets a rock chip, giggled myself all the way here. That's whats important!

Just my 2 cents worth.

[flipstah]

Daaayuuummm

[soloracer]

Will tires be a problem? Do they use tubes?

[milesmcewing]

Tires are a standard size - no problems. Yup, tubes.

Sorry I could not visit the other day, I was buried all day.

Car will be here in a couple of days, I'll let you know and you can check it out!

Cheers

[carson blocks]

The car is awesome, love it. They're meant to be used, just don't fuck it up too bad and the next guy can continue to use the hell out of it after you're done with it. I'm hoping you're keeping it as original as practical and not planning an LS swap or other such heresy. I'm all for swaps and restomods, but that's just too clean and original.

[milesmcewing]

My goal is to keep it as original as possible - right now the interior is still the Mohair and the electrical system is still 6 volt.

Its incredible how clean and original it is.

Probably the only mod I will make will be seat belts - make sure you are killed in the car!

[soloracer]

Miles,

Just checked out this website - obviously you are aware of it:

http://www.endurorally.com/

Opens a window to an entire world I didn't know about. Some pretty cool stuff for sure. One thing they don't really talk about is the costs. I assume they charge an entry fee - they do mention providing for all kinds of support along the routes - but nowhere do they say how much. Can you enlighten us on what the costs would be to do something like the Peking to Paris rally?

[sputnik]

Originally posted by milesmcewing
Probably the only mod I will make will be seat belts - make sure you are killed in the car!

:rofl:

[asp integra]

Looks awesome Miles! My Grandpa hand built a '37 Master in his garage about 10 years ago. Really cool cars!

[milesmcewing]

Hey Ben!

Where did your grandfathers car end up? There was one for sale here in Airdrie - just not original enough for me.
Stop by some time - we are moving soon and won't be neighbors much longer.

Erik;

ERA is who we are on the waitlist for. Cost is about the same as Pauls last trip........

There are a couple of other events we are looking at that are almost 'free' but you provide all the logistics.

ERA had a big change in the last couple of years, the founder got killed in a motorbike crash in Burma - kinda forced the company to re-jig their plans and future. I've been talking with them for a long time now -really wanted to do the 'round the world in 80 days' rally they did back in 2000, it was 80,000! and a long way out of my snack bracket! So that didn't happen......

But we did do the Open track challenge that year - 7 tracks in 7 days, great event.

Cheers

[soloracer]

I noticed all the 240Z cars in the various rallies. Would be cool to be sure, and they seem to finish high in the standings, but I wonder how hard they are to keep running. I thought getting the carbs tuned on those things was a black art. If I were to do the run I would choose a Saab 99, Volvo P1800 or 122S. Must be the Scandinavian in me. I didn't see any Saab 99's or P1800's in the listings. Too new perhaps? What cars would you guys choose?

[milesmcewing]

Depends on the event but most are pre-'72 for cars.

The biggest classes are actually pre 1941.

In the last Peking to Paris a 1938 Chev Fangio Coupe was winner in the big class. For comparison a 911 finished first in the 'modern' class and was 19 hours ahead after 12,500km and 38 days on the road.

I always wanted to do it in a Rolls Royce or a Bentley - just didn't make sense when I started looking into parts and the fiddly nature of most of the systems.

My trip to South America taught me the value of 'simple' - The Ural is still trucking along and refuses to let us down.

On the India trip we kept everything very simple as well. Over 4,000 km we were 30'ish hours ahead of the next Tuk Tuk. and did not really have any issues.

I'm looking forward to the competitions but also looking forward to a huge road trip in the car.