007DT

Reading Grassroots Motorsports Mag recently and there was an extended article regarding spare parts cars. I've been racing long enough to have gone through motors and being shy that one part that makes your car run like **** vs having a spare. Now we cannot tow a spare car w/ you but I just bought this beauty today as a spare.

97 M3. This guy lost a battle with a truck (went under it). He was OK. (I think I'd have reservations buying something someone perished in).
But basically full drive train, steering, half shafts, control arm, etc. etc. etc.

Any one else have something similar?

morsini

Storage, or I'd have six 993s

Ritter v4.0

Holy hsit Dave- what does the interior look like- they cleaned off the blood first I hope.

I bot a 3/4 complete (no crank) spare motor for parts but have a virtual spare car after all the parts I've replaced (CF for steel panels, Cup brakes for stock etc)- does that count?

Vonschmidt

Since we bought a spec Boxster I have purchased three addational wrecked cars for just this reason. Set up an auto Dismantler license and now have parts galore. One car came in with so little damage I took parts from another and gave it to Amy as a daily driver for a while.

67King

I had one that had not been wrecked, but had a tree fall on it. Not sure if you know what a Merkur XR4Ti was. I had a few of those before 944hal let me drive his car at a DE, at which point in time I thought "I have GOT to get me one of THESE!"

Anyway, that one parts car read like a Rapido parts list. For cars that had little in the way of aftermarket support in the US, this car had it all. Full Cosworth suspension, Koni sports, all PU bushings, 10,000 mile engine with a very heavily worked head, bigger aftermarket turbo. I don't even recall what else.

Guy from whom we got it had a tree fall on it, and moved it from place to place, when the city finally told him he had 3 days to get rid of it, or it would be removed. So I bought it for next to nothing.

I also had bought out a guy.....actually Dean Martin of Rehagen Racing (Grand Am) fame, from his ITB Mustang stuff, and had 8 short blocks, several transmissions, etc. I ended up giing away lot of it because I didn't have room to keep it all.

BTW, Dave, you didn't have your 550i at the DE a couple of weeks ago, did you? I've got a '10 535i (M Sport), and had to do a double take when a carbon black 550i went by. When I looked up close, I knew it wasn't a '10, because the interior was unique in '10 (black headliner), but they are rare enough that I had that quick "WTF, whose in my car!?" thought.

mrbill_fl

Sure, I went though 2 spare cars, and sold one with the race car.



btw, just found this fun site.... headlight fluid anyone? or cross drilled brake lines?

http://kalecoauto.com/

007DT

67King.
My 550 is Carbon black but I haven't had it near a track lately.

I'm planning on parting the car and putting large pieces on skids (trans, engine, etc.)
Break down suspension piece that would break in a shunt etc in the trailer to bring to the track. Hoping for the best, planning for the worse. to me it was worth the $1,700. + time to tear down etc.

67King

THis one wasn't on the track, just in the paddock. May have parked behind the Goldcrest trailer. No matter.

Spare engines are always nice, but be careful, they tend to multiply like rabbits. I'm "down" to about 4 spare SP3 type engines (968, S2, turbo, S) in various states. Only one transmission, though. Definitely worth having. You may be able to sell all of the suspension parts to an E30 guy. Apparently, E30 bodied E36 M3's are quite the ticket. I'm not sure what parts you want to keep that would be needed, so that may not help. But just a thought.