Another question for you guys, and thanks for the considered answers...but what kind of supplies are you anticipating for the down the road rebuilds? It seems like things like side plates are gettign pretty thin, or expensive, and a lot of shops (Like ISC in FL) are bailing fromt the 1st gen altogether.

Do you have a secret stash??
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Man you are just a fountain of positive energy Just kidding!

I have considered this and I have a stash of unknown quality that I am adding to. I picked up a running 85 GSL for two cases of beer (domestic no less) and another 85 GS non-runner for $100.00. I plan on parting out the "beer" car and making a streeter out of the other one.

I plan to use this experience to learn how these cars work.

For what it is worth, the "racing" engine in my IT7 car starts it's 5th season this weekend. Given that an IT7 engine and the proposed GP engine are the same thing then maybe engine parts won't be that big of an issue....for awhile.