I suppose it was about time! The old one was 21+ years old and it was pretty stretched out and starting to come apart at the seems after all these years of drag racing at 140+ MPH and most recently a few 177 MPH high speed runs. Gorilla tape was holding it together!

Al Knoch was in Dallas this week at the Lone Star Classic event at Texas Motor Speedway. I went with the intention of just doing the top....but since the weather was really iffy on Friday...there were some no shows and Melanie moved into serious salesmanship and before I left I had a new top, new weatherstripping, new leather seat covers with new foam and backs, and new carpet installed!

They did a great job and had to deal with things like a rollbar in the way, race harnesses, a water/meth tank in the rear storage compartment (for the turbos) and other little weird things I've done to the poor thing. "Lalo" never missed a beat and just jumped in wide open. He took the time to adjust the windows better than they ever have and everything fits well.

Now if I keep using the hardtop for the high speed stuff, maybe this one will out last the last one!

Now I need to clean the door panels....might have to go get new ones before they leave tomorrow!

Anyway, since I've finally had a chance to get the car on the track to meet my performance goals ( going to get that 8 sec 1/4 mile timeslip soon!)...I figured it was time to start making it look presentable again.

JIM

 

Jim, I guess with all the performance milestones of late, time to let the car enjoy the wash and wax show circuit for awhile huh? Lol.