A Weekend of Mixed Emotions

This was one of the weekends Linda and I look forward to every year. It was the weekend of the VARAC Vintage Races at Mosport. This has been used as an excuse for our good friends from the USA to pay us a visit, enjoy some good racing and BBQ. This years event ended with a very sombre cast as one of vintage racings favourite drivers had his life taken at Mosport. Dino Crescentini will be sorely missed by this small fraternity of vintage racers. Our heart felt sympathies to his family and friends.

The Banana is starting to look like the car it should have been. Resplendent with its new grille and wheels, the Banana is starting to look like an MGB should look, not one of those rubber bumper monstrosities foisted on us by government regulations. Targett Mostorsports has/is supplying all the parts for it's resurrection.

Targett Motorsports is relatively new on the scene and is located in Ohio, USA. The owner, John Targett is himself a very successful MBG vintage racer. John is the sole USA Minilite Wheel Distributor ( http://www.minilitewheels.us/ ) and can be reached at jbritcars@aol.com

Wednesday it is off to Mid-Ohio for another SVRA vintage event. More parts for the Banana will be picked up and when we return home, the shell is off to get the roll cage installed.

See you at the races!

Percocet...Weeeee!

Kidney Stones....No fun. Percocet....Better than anything we ever took back in the 60's. Enough said. If any of you have suffered the onslaught of kidney stones, I need say no more. For those lucky enough to have escaped this lifes little pleasure, there is no use even trying to describe the pain, unless of course you happen to be a women. The closest analogy would be to go through natural child birth, only, replace the vagina with a penis.

On to happier notes. The work has been progressing on the Banana and I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In two to three weeks the shell will be leaving to have a roll cage fitted. Before it goes I hope to have the remainder of the shell stripped to bare metal and primed.

Once it gets back from having the roll cage installed I will get to the final body work required before painting. A few wrinkles to be taken out of the front of the hood and a bit of road rash on the left front wing.

Front suspension has been decided upon and I am going with the "FAST" IFS (pictured below).

I am still not 100% on the rear suspension, but probably Jaguar IRS, with outboard discs rather than inboard

Power train is still up in the air but right now a 3.4 V6 is in the running with a T5 transmission. That remains to be seen though.