At the strip in the seventies

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO_Anders</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is actually a perfect translation Bruce !
Best to keep them short, a longer one would be more difficult.

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I cheated [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

The internet is so helpful, thanks to AL gore and all.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Long Hair,Tight Pants and Fast Cars.
Put jeans on - you are a Rocker.
Put polyester on - you are a Disco Duck.
Those were very Fun Times [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Carleen]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">was it a factory L88 vette? </div></div>

I dont know, The first Corvette he had was a 68 Corvette with a L88 in it (Beckers)

The second was a 69 and he put a ZL1 in it, (Torleifs)
And he had two of them (Thorleifs Corvettes)

The third was a 62 Corvette with a ZL1 engine.

www.jannesvettar.se/...pdf/Janne_Juan_ny_design_CS5_02.pdf

[jannes_z-28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cool cool shots Anders! Interesting shrouds over the pipes on the Opel Manta. </div></div>

It was a requirement to prevent oil hitting the hot pipes, a few years later the dual pipes came around.

You got me inspired Anders, I have to start digging in my drawers. I have a few pictures from the same time.

Jan

[Carleen]

Speedwin Cuda was a Sox &amp; Martin 70 Hemi Cuda.

http://race68.com/donati.htm

[Carleen]

Speedwin Cuda

[COPO_Anders]

Thank you guys ! Looking at old pics is real fun so you better find some of yours Jan, and post them.
I don´t think &quot;Juan&quot; had any original L-88 Corvettes but he bought hard to find parts in his quest for lower times.

I believe this one is the same as the one with &quot;Beckers&quot; on it. Just a year or two later.



Here is another one, a convertible, at the track in Anderstorp. I don´t know when I took this one but it could be the early eighties.

[Carleen]

You are probably right Anders

Thorleifs II och ZL1 motorn Så från och med 1977 bar Corvet-terna Thorleifs namn. 1978 inköptes ytterligare enCorvette,en -69 coupe. Produk-tionåret 1969 introducerade GM den beryktade ZL1 motorn.1979 var det dags för Juan attpröva lyckan med den nya ZL1 motorn, som han lyckades krama hela 575 hkr ur.

[Carleen]

Thorleifs II and ZL1 engine
So from 1977 the Corvettes was named thorleifs. 1978 the estate was further a Corvette, a-69 coupe. Production year GM introduced the infamous 1969 ZL1 engine., 1979, it was time for Juan to try their luck with the new ZL1 engine, which he managed to squeeze the entire 575 HP from.

[Dog427435]

Great shots Anders!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]