I think there are a couple of Beyonders who are familiar with the Great Beater Challenge and this is a build thread for my entry into the GBC 2019 edition.
For those not hip to what the GBC is all about here is a link to Peter Brooks site…
https://greatbeaterchallenge.com/
In his words-Stupid Cars, Stupid Cheap, Stupid Fun. Basically a combination road rally and scavenger hunt with the criteria of beaters bought and fixed for a total budget of under $700.
I competed in the GBC 2018 with a co-worker-we drove a 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 that I bought for $500 and sank less than $100 in repairs into. I actually daily drove it for the months leading up to the GBC and if it wasn’t for the fact I promised the better half of my relationship I would sell it at the end of the challenge I might have kept it. Great fuel economy and decent performance with a ton of upgrades from the previous owner.
And that brings us up to the selection process for the GBC 2019; Peter had indicated that he was hoping to see contestants dragging cars out of fields and barns for that one last hurrah before they meet their final resting place.
Well after trolling through Kijiji and Facebook I came across an ad for a "Dodge Rambler Valiant Car" for the princely sum of $250.
SOLD!
Rounded up a friend or two to help out including borrowing a somewhat sketchy flat deck trailer to drag the thing home.
Seems legit...
Here is what we found in a junkyard near Turner Valley.
Quite literally dragging it out.
Good news is that all the wheels turned. Tires are beyond saving.
A little push sure helped load it up.
Up on the stretcher