2013 Leadfoot Festival

[ERC]

AMCO, that is a great word - a "Tribute" car. Pays homage to the original without being a true replica or an exact copy.

In terms of over engineered roll cages, if the car was not actually built in period, even if built out of a mix of period parts, then it has to have a cage built to the current regs, not period regs. The same cage rules apply to a true replica, whether the original had a cage or not. (That debate is ongoing...)

Events such as Leadfoot score well because they do bring out the huge variety, and as they they are not scrutineered to or strangled by current MSNZ rules anyway, the event is probably all the richer for it - though there is an element of measured risk involved, one that most drivers and spectators obviously seem more than happy with.

[AMCO72]

I would suggest that MOST restored cars gain improvements along the way..... cant see any point in incorporating a KNOWN fault in a vehicle when it is being restored.

By the way the 6 pot Willwood guy was driving the car VERY carefully........I am certain he is going to get a big shock when he finally takes the plunge and puts in on the track........

[jim short]

I would suggest that MOST restored cars gain improvements along the way..... cant see any point in incorporating a KNOWN fault in a vehicle when it is being restored.

By the way the 6 pot Willwood guy was driving the car VERY carefully........I am certain he is going to get a big shock when he finally takes the plunge and puts in on the track........

Amco I would say over half of the cars driven with care even the blue {Johnstone} car ,this comes back to the debate about Puke and the wall,.You notice the real fast drivers were flat all the way to the top ,most of them had a off somewhere along the way but did not slow them down,now do you think that wall over Rothmans will slow them down???

[CUSTAXIE50]

He did have a run at manfeild with cus 2 a lot of work need to get it right,a lot of diff oil pissing out all over the back wheels and setting the front end up.So they are saying this is the original is that right.

[crunch]

Events such as Leadfoot score well because they do bring out the huge variety, and as they they are not scrutineered to or strangled by current MSNZ rules anyway, the event is probably all the richer for it - .

Ray, it's a MSNZ permited event with MSNZ people in key positions

[ERC]

It's a MSNZ permitted event with MSNZ people in key positions

Thanks Crunch. I wasn't aware of that. Also interested in a response regarding the VCC comment from geebeeNZ as I am keen to see a VCC class at a future classic meeting. I know that there have been talks, but it would be good for the sport.