The best ITB car nobody is racing?

[Rabbit05]

I have never seen, or even heard of, a Plymouth Firearrow until this thread. So I had to go look it up. What a cool looking car !

I found a picture of one in Rally trim ...awesome.....

[Greg Amy]

I have never seen, or even heard of, a Plymouth Firearrow until this thread.

Kids these days... <shaking head>

[joeg]

Build the newest and most popular car.

Things like a Fire Arrow are cool, but most are long gone to Rust Heaven or the crusher.

That is common sense speak.

Lacking common sense, I would build either an MGB GT or Fiat Brava!

[gran racing]

I'd take a long hard look at the Mini. Or have Greg help me find hubs.

[spawpoet]

I'd take a long hard look at the Mini. Or have Greg help me find hubs.

I know it doesn't always translate, but as successful as the Minis are/were in auto-x, I'm shocked that I haven't see them out in ITB yet. Has anybody even built one yet? Seems like it would be a great ITB car.

[Knestis]

I think the BMW 318 has a lot of potential but I agree with the post about "new." I picked the MkIII Golf particularly because it was new enough that it was another generation away from being a vintage car. The MkIV Golf is getting cheap enough to be a real option. If I didn't already have 25 (really) 4x100 Kosei wheels, I'd think hard about starting Pablo Tres on that chassis...

...but to turn the conversation around, I'd be hard pressed right now to make sense of building a new ITB car. Since we focus on enduros and the renters that they bring along, I'd step up to something that has a better chance of winning overall - so attracting serious, funded drivers. The original car is such a small part of the package, once everything is built, the $$ difference between ITB and [whatever] is not as great as it might seem.

tGA has me thinking seriously that a real enduro-spec (i.e., 3-hour capacity) ITA Miata could be an OA winner. The SMs are often in the top 10 with their puny little tanks and slow fuel stops.

K

[Andy Bettencourt]

tGA has me thinking seriously that a real enduro-spec (i.e., 3-hour capacity) ITA Miata could be an OA winner. The SMs are often in the top 10 with their puny little tanks and slow fuel stops.

K

Hardly an enduro for the likes of you...

The fastest car out there with one fuel stop will win a 3 hour. That's an ITR car.

[chewy8000]

You wanted Fire Arrow you got it! Scott is VERY fast in ITB here in the MARRS series. He's signed up for the Labor Day double too. Cool car.

http://vimeo.com/groups/marrs/videos/13145218

[Ralliboy]

I have never seen, or even heard of, a Plymouth Firearrow until this thread. So I had to go look it up. What a cool looking car !

I found a picture of one in Rally trim ...awesome.....

Made by Mitsubishi. Is that good or bad?