To: Bobsy Talk recipients:
I realize most of you on this email list are Bobsy *Sports Racer*
enthusiasts. However, some of you are aware of the Bobsy *Formula Ford*
restoration project. So, I thought I'd bring everyone up-to-date on
its progress. *B**ottom line: It saw its first on-track day since 1984
last weekend. *
Just last week I was able to put *the final touches on restoring the
Bobsy Little Caesars "Pizza-Pizza" Formula Ford*
<https://alder.smugmug.com/Hobbies/1969-Bobsy-Formula-Ford/>, namely the
final suspension setup.Then last weekend, Saturday Feb. 2nd, there
happened to be an open-track test day at High Plains Raceway. It was was
a gloriously wonderful sunny 61 degree day! Perfect. So, I thought why
not check out the results of the project?
With much fear and trepidation, I took the car out for its inaugural
on-track session.GREAT NEWS and a huge relief to me, *it performed
perfectly, no issues, and a pleasure to drive*.Only a few little minor
“punch list” items (e.g. it needed a little 3/8” hole in the fiberglass
body to more easily adjust the idle screw, throttle pedal was a bit too
low.).But aside from those little things, the car ran and handled
perfectly.*Whew!*
This was almost exactly one year after acquiring the car from Gene
Leasure in Arizona (Thanks Apex-Speed).It was a big project, but well
worth it from a satisfaction standpoint. (Not so much financially.
:-).) In addition to the above link devoted to the car's actual
restoration, you may recall that a *new page on the Bobsy Registry*
<http://teamterrificracing.net/bobsy/Bobsy%20FFs.htm> was created and
devoted to the ownership history of the TWO Bobsy FF's known to still
exist (out of maybe four that were made). Much of the "fun" of this
project was being able to contact virtually all of the dozen or so past
owners of the car when re-creating its history. Pretty cool stuff.
So, as so well put in the Frankenstein movies, "IT'S ALIVE, IT'S
ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Cheers,
Bob Alder
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