- FACTS AND HISTORY -
 

• The way I heard the story on this one is that a 'wealthy gentleman' had a friend with a race car, and one day the race car owner offered to take his friend around a race track a few times, just for the fun of it.

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• They had rented the track with a few other drivers, so the entire facility was pretty much theirs.

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• After running around the track several times, the afore mentioned 'wealthy gentleman' was hooked.

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• So he picked up this Manta kit car and had some professional builders construct a top-notch race car - complete with all the trick suspension components and a 427 Chevy engine with a five-speed transmission.

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• Well, they rented the track a few more times - then came race day.  

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• Within the first lap of the course, the new owner realized that there was one hell of a difference between running around the track all alone and running with another dozen cars, with everyone trying to finish first.

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• He pulled the car off of the track and got out.

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• Not too long afterwards, the guy I got it from bought it - mainly for the 427 Chevy engine and transmission. 

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• At that time, I wanted to build a nice LS3 powered version for the street, so I worked out a deal and I began modifying some of the suspension components with a few more braces here and there. 

 

• I also upgraded the wheels, tires and brakes.