open road racer
12-11-2012, 01:06 PM
Hi all :-)
I had an 02 WRX that I bought a brand new and turned into an open road challenge car in 06. In October my girlfriend was driving it to work (still registered), her outback wagon was having some problems and we were in the middle of figuring out what to do with it. On her way home October 9th something happened (don't know what, maybe a flat front tyre) and she ended up crashing the car and putting herself in the hospital with a broken neck. Luckily a nurse saw the crash happen and stabilized her neck before she was extracted from the car saving her from paralysis or worse.
Back home and recovering nicely, it was time to do something with my bashed up little racecar, so I put it on craigslist all crashed up for sale and someone was interested almost immediately saying they wanted it as a donor car for a factory five kit. I made him a deal but I think his wife maybe put the kabosh on his plans. Anyway, a few days of looking at the website and it was clear that this is to be my new open road challenge car, so I ordered one.
I plan to go back to the open road with the 818 and compete first where I left off in the 130-140 class and then faster
I created this thread to just to organize and document the build for myself but anyone's feedback or comments are certainly welcome :-)
I'll post some old pics of my sweetheart in action and some crash pics later on
I had an 02 WRX that I bought a brand new and turned into an open road challenge car in 06. In October my girlfriend was driving it to work (still registered), her outback wagon was having some problems and we were in the middle of figuring out what to do with it. On her way home October 9th something happened (don't know what, maybe a flat front tyre) and she ended up crashing the car and putting herself in the hospital with a broken neck. Luckily a nurse saw the crash happen and stabilized her neck before she was extracted from the car saving her from paralysis or worse.
Back home and recovering nicely, it was time to do something with my bashed up little racecar, so I put it on craigslist all crashed up for sale and someone was interested almost immediately saying they wanted it as a donor car for a factory five kit. I made him a deal but I think his wife maybe put the kabosh on his plans. Anyway, a few days of looking at the website and it was clear that this is to be my new open road challenge car, so I ordered one.
I plan to go back to the open road with the 818 and compete first where I left off in the 130-140 class and then faster
I created this thread to just to organize and document the build for myself but anyone's feedback or comments are certainly welcome :-)
I'll post some old pics of my sweetheart in action and some crash pics later on