I drove my '71 down to the Rolex 24 hour race at Daytona International Speedway. She ran great on the drive from Charleston SC down to Daytona and back. I had a infield parking pass and the guys from Grassroots Motorsports Magazine put her in their show area where she got a lot of attention and while driving around in the infield she was a real crowd favorite.

 

Beautiful car, and gorgeous photos!

 

Sexxxxxyyy!
Bummer, did someone ding your drivers side door by the stripe??

 

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

 

Awesome pictures!!! Thank you for sharing As a side note, what was your gas mileage driving to the event?

I'm asking because I'm planning to drive my 442 to Irvine, California for "Cars & Coffee". Round trip will be about 1,600 miles and I'm trying to guess MPG driving on the interstate

 

Im from San Diego which is less than an hour from Irvine. Whats "Cars and Coffee" about?


The pictures look amazing. Once my convertible top gets fixed I plan on giving my car a good cleaning and doing a little photoshoot. If my pictures turn out half as good as yours I'll be alright

 

It occurs every Saturday (5am-9pm) near the Irvine Spectrum. I'll be meeting there with numerous 442 owners

We are planning for late spring / early summer. You are more than welcomed to make an appearance with us

 

Thanks guys

Allan R; its not really a ding more like a wavy spot that was there when I bought the car, the heavy lights seemed to flatten out her wavy spots except that one.

Wraythe: On the way down it was damp and raining and I took it easy (65-70mph) and got close to 14 mpg, on the way home making better time (75-80mph) i dropped down to 12mpg

 

Wraythe..

What part of SLC are you in ??

I live in WVC and work in Sandy

 

Thanks! Do you know the gear ratio in your rear axle and how many passengers did you have?

 

man I wish you would have posted b4 you got down here i would have loved to see it in person and ask a few questions.

 

Wraythe: I drove down on my own, I hate to admit this but I have no idea what gear ratio I have, all I can tell you is I have had her up to 90 and still had plenty of gear left so I would guess its a low number.

Nate: plans actually came together at the last minute but I can tell you that I will be going to the 24 again next year, it was an amazing time:




And one of the best parts was driving the 442 around the infield so she will be back with me!

 

I'll take two brunettes, one iced vanilla latte and chocolate cake to go, please

Damn, really nice scenery at Daytona. Thank you for sharing

 

next year!!! thats like 358 days away....what about turkey rod run?

 

sorry won't be able to make TRR this year