<VV> New Convention Competitive Spectator event idea

[Mel Francis]

The main problem is the unbolting aspect itself!

You California guys are lucky, since most of the hardware and mechanicals 
actually CAN be unbolted,
but this competition, if it was tried at the Kalamazoo convention this 
summer, for instance,
would have to allow acetylene torches to be used, or else the disassembly 
would go on for hours and hours!
......not to mention, all the bleeding knuckles and broken tools....

Mel Francis
Oconomowoc, WI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tkalp at cox.net>
To: <Sethracer at aol.com>; <ed.thompson at quarles.com>; <wfcc at mediacombb.net>; 
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Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> New Convention Competitive Spectator event idea


> That would be fair only if we included age classes . . . 60 and below, 
> 60-62, 62-65 . . .
>
> T. Kalp
> Wichita, KS   (62-65 class)
> ---- Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
>> How about a new competitive event for the Convention? Two complete 
>> Corvair
>> cars, both donated, same basic model. Displayed on solid supports 12"-18"
>> off the ground, with full access to front and rear suspension. (All 
>> fluids
>> drained) Two chosen team entries (lottery for the two team spots) and 
>> each
>> entry (two people in a team) has a pair of fully charged Impact guns and 
>> a
>> set of sockets and other tools. Probably a floor jack for safety. When 
>> the
>> starting gun goes off, each team attacks their car. The winner is the 
>> team
>> who  removes everything that can unbolt from the car the fastest. Every
>> nut/bolt/screw must be removed from the main body structure, glass (if 
>> present)
>> should not be removed. The parts will piled up to the sides  for
>> re-cycling. Removed parts need not be disassembled! Wires can be cut! 
>> The winning
>> team splits a cash prize. The host club gets the money  from the 
>> re-cycling!
>> This would be the new spectator event!
>>
>> Kool! - Seth Emerson
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/17/2013 8:41:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> wfcc at mediacombb.net writes:
>>
>> Not  really- you can get from $200 to $250 each for scrap, more if you 
>> take
>> the  time to separate the aluminium parts. We had a lot full of old
>> Corvairs here  in Pensacola and someone went out and took everything they 
>> could
>> unbolt off of  them-left only the shells. Taking the whole car would have 
>> been
>> Grand Theft  Auto---- The local Sheriff wouldn't do anything about it
>> because all they  stole was "Junk"
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed Lindsay
>>
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