Drool...

"There is a sunset on safety requirements on importing cars into Canada. I thought it was around 15 years, but could be 20."

It is 15 years.

A lot of fast cars can be imported from Japan now (1991 and earlier).

The "Free Trade Agreement" allows for cars less than 15 years to be imported from the US. Although certain cars 15 years or newer are not allowed to be imported from the US.

Any car 15 years or older does not require a Federal Inspection by the Canadian Government. When I imported the Colt, they didn't even go out to look at it.

Provincially in BC, the car had to go through a safety inspection before I could register it.

Although when exporting a car from the US, make sure you have the car cleared for Export from the US authorities first. The Canadian side don't give a shit whether it's cleared or not, but if the car isn't cleared you risk fines and vehicle seizure (appearantly).

sagsert Wrote:
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> That Delta looks irritatingly like one of the
> homologation specials except for the ABS, I
> seriously don't remember whether the homologation
> model came with the ABS or not.
>
> Against all popular belief, Deltas are not really
> that difficult to work on (or under). In the US
> parts are nearly impossible to get but there is a
> very good pool of parts and bits in Eurp.

You're right that there are a lot of parts in Europe, but you still have to pay for shipping and wait for it to get here. Theres nothing like paying 30 dollars to ship a 2 dollar part. I've never owned one so I'm just going from what I've heard as to how it is to work on.

> One major problem we had back in those days was
> the suspension preparation and setup. When the
> suspension was fully articulated, we thought it
> was going to pop the cv joints. We had to use Baja
> style suspender limiting straps.
>
> The Delta at Ramada was more like a car that spent
> it's entire life in a climate controlled garage
> waiting to go to the burger joint car shows. Not
> only the driver didn't even come close to driving
> it at rally speeds, Friday night when we were
> partying like maniacs at the service park, the
> crew and the driver were cleaning the dust from
> their wheels using a detail brush. That in my book
> is a little extreme.

That's beyond extreme. I'm all for taking care of ones car.. but up to a point. I'd much rather have a car that's worth half nothing that I can actually drive than have a super special thing that becomes a life sized model of a car. Kinda like having a girlfriend you can't fuck.

>
> Cheers
> M.Samli
> Phoenix AZ
> Gaylant VR4
> EVO II GSR
> STC Mouthpiece

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

They call those wifes.

In Wyoming I had a hard time finding someone to fix my Subaru when I was 16 and had no clue or resources to do it myself. No shop would touch it. They said Subaru's were to difficult to work on. I found an independent guy to do it. It was a FWD 1.6L that needed a new clutch.

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Grant Hughes

There are some cars "mechanics" don't want to work on. Not because they are actually difficult to work on, but because they don't want to mess it up, kinda like a phobia.

4-5 years ago I got stuck working on a Lamborghini Espada, a car I call the Depression Era Lambo, 12cyl with a bank of 6 Webers. Nothing electronic. Some rodents have chewed up the harness and the Webers were older than dirt. I have never ever ever worked on an Espada before but that didn't scare me. After 2 months, the wiring was repaired, Webers rebuilt ($89/rebuild kit/carb), and even the radio was working. That was a car that sat in a warehouse for 5 years because nobody would touch it. I lost contact with the owner but last time I heard from him, he was driving it almost daily and loving it.

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Cheers
M.Samli
Phoenix AZ
Gaylant VR4
EVO III GSR (Stolen)


Rallies are no place for traitors

You are quite a man for taking on an Espada. Besides being ugly as sin, I imagine it can be quite a nightmare. But if you had 2 months to work on it that wasn't so bad.

I don't want to start a holy war, but I have to agree with my dad a fair bit on the observation that a whole lot of mechanics these days are just glorified parts changers. Diagnostics isn't much of a strong suit with many of them these days.

sagsert Wrote:
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> There are some cars "mechanics" don't want to work
> on. Not because they are actually difficult to
> work on, but because they don't want to mess it
> up, kinda like a phobia.
>
> 4-5 years ago I got stuck working on a Lamborghini
> Espada, a car I call the Depression Era Lambo,
> 12cyl with a bank of 6 Webers. Nothing electronic.
> Some rodents have chewed up the harness and the
> Webers were older than dirt. I have never ever
> ever worked on an Espada before but that didn't
> scare me. After 2 months, the wiring was repaired,
> Webers rebuilt ($89/rebuild kit/carb), and even
> the radio was working. That was a car that sat in
> a warehouse for 5 years because nobody would touch
> it. I lost contact with the owner but last time I
> heard from him, he was driving it almost daily and
> loving it.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> M.Samli
> Phoenix AZ
> Gaylant VR4
> EVO II GSR
> STC Mouthpiece

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

Kinda like having a girlfriend you can't fuck.

---A really attractive one at that......

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

Well in case of the Espada it was more like not being able to fuck a has-been-B-Movie star chick who had more than her fair share of plastic surgeries and you met at a bar in Tijuana.

Is it graphic enough boys ??

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Cheers
M.Samli
Phoenix AZ
Gaylant VR4
EVO III GSR (Stolen)


Rallies are no place for traitors

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> Kinda like having a girlfriend you can't fuck.

Isn't that called a wife?

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Grant Hughes

Not mine....You pick the wrong one?

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

There are exceptions. I have absolutely no intentions of getting married anytime soon. Or even having a long term girlfriend. I'll stick to short term relationships for now. Most girls in Denver simply want someone who will buy them stuff, and spending all your money on rally shit while surviving on peanut butter sandwiches, coffee, and beer doesn't go over too well with girls around here. Or when your idea of a good weekend is to spend Saturday at the shop welding and machining shit and all of Sunday out driving rally cars. Again, there are a few exceptions to this.

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Grant Hughes

Make sure that you pick the right one!!

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JohnLane

Volvo 260turbo AKA The Fire Breathing Monster
Overkill is consistently more fun

Grant,

I agree with you. I did enough to have fun with those tards and fun I had, just be yourself and when a real cool chick comes make sure you don't pass the opportunity by. There arn't a lot of them around.

Cheers

NoCoast Wrote:
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> There are exceptions. I have absolutely no
> intentions of getting married anytime soon. Or
> even having a long term girlfriend. I'll stick to
> short term relationships for now. Most girls in
> Denver simply want someone who will buy them
> stuff, and spending all your money on rally shit
> while surviving on peanut butter sandwiches,
> coffee, and beer doesn't go over too well with
> girls around here. Or when your idea of a good
> weekend is to spend Saturday at the shop welding
> and machining shit and all of Sunday out driving
> rally cars. Again, there are a few exceptions to
> this.
>
> Grant Hughes
> www.nocoastmotorsports.net
> Denver, CO
> 25 years old
> No car yet, between a Merkur and a Volvo 240

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

John's right... don't pick the wrong one.

When I found the right one I was 37.

I'm glad I didn't "settle" for someone before then.

Needle in a hay stack... nice tits, nice body, likes anything fast (more than likely a little crazy), cleans up nice, doing a post doctorate in neurology, almost 10 years younger than me...

I have likely had more sex since Friday than the Unmarried guys here, and she makes way more then she spends so I can even say hey Becca can I have $15K to pay for airplane bits?

Hey it is only year 15 of being together and 8 of marrage so it might change some day

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In the long run reality always wins.

You will have to keep her Derek!!

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JohnLane

Volvo 260turbo AKA The Fire Breathing Monster
Overkill is consistently more fun