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Trans Am and Corvette Race Cars

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John Finger’s Private Car Collection: Former IMSA Racer’s Vintage NASCAR Stash

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John shows off a black Trans Am car and a white Corvette, which is a Trans Am race car. He explains the unique features and challenges of racing these powerful machines. The Trans Am car in question is powered by a V8 engine, and he details the extensive modifications required to convert a stock car into a competitive race car. He also mentions the high cost of maintaining and racing such vehicles, which led him to sell them frequently.

Goal: Showcase high-performance Trans Am race cars

Tools and materials

  • Trans Am Race Car — Participating in Trans Am series races

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of electronics. What is this one? This is a real nice car now and it's got a store like they all do. The same guy I got it from in the Harbit car from had bought a new Avi Trans Am car which are quite expensive. But he always want a spare car to match his other car. So he bought this and I told him, "Miss says, "Well, this is the suspension off of it behind you." He said, "That's not going to work. You need to just get rid of it or let me fix it." He He says, "I can cut the front off and the back off, put all my stuff on there, and it'll be as good as your other car for a mere $75,000." So time I got to it been sitting five years. The guy was ready to get it out of his garage. It's got some neat stuff. I've had This will be number four Trans Am carb. I usually run them a little bit and they're so expensive to run. I'd get rid of them. This one I decided I'd try it again. They're fun. I mean, they're like a NASCAR with brakes and tires and they go real fast. Yeah, that thing looks pretty crazy. I like how they retain some actual factory dimensions to them. Well, the trunk and back or and of course the roof. That's just parts I buy at auction. Sometimes I buy them cuz I think they're neat looking. Is that an old Pro Cup car? That's a brand new time it's built. It was Huda Pro Cup. Yeah. Went to US RAC or whatever. That's exactly what you would need for the Grand National Series is probably the majority of them are old Pro Cup cars. I'm the weird guy that has a a steel body bush car, but they you most of them look like this. It's just brand new. That'd be perfect. It's really funny. I took it over to Anderson. I'd never driven any asphalt round track and I'm out there driving and Eddie Porter, who's really good, he

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