new means of track prep

[Rich Biebel]

Sweden has a lot of nice looking cars...........

[Bud Lefevre]

Looks like Zaskowski's 69 Camaro

[Jason Oldfield]

My random thoughts:

1. I can't believe the number of nice muscle cars they have there. Were any of these cars originally sold in Finland? How much would it cost to buy one of these cars and ship it to Finland?

2. It also looks like they have some nice tracks to run at. They must have one SHORT racing season though, considering Helsinki is basically at the southernmost tip of Finland, which is at approximately the same latitude as the border between the Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories.

3. The winners get a bottle of champagne? Nice touch.

4. Rollerblades? Unless he's skating backwards while spraying, I can only imagine how covered in traction compound he is by the end of the night.

[Pelle A]

Originally Posted by Jason Oldfield

My random thoughts:

1. I can't believe the number of nice muscle cars they have there. Were any of these cars originally sold in Finland? How much would it cost to buy one of these cars and ship it to Finland?

2. It also looks like they have some nice tracks to run at. They must have one SHORT racing season though, considering Helsinki is basically at the southernmost tip of Finland, which is at approximately the same latitude as the border between the Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories.

3. The winners get a bottle of champagne? Nice touch.

4. Rollerblades? Unless he's skating backwards while spraying, I can only imagine how covered in traction compound he is by the end of the night.

1. If you consider the amount per capita I believe you find the most muscle cars in Scandinavia. Last Saturday I had the possibility to attend to 4 major crusings within a radious of 80 miles.
Cost? I built a stocker out of a original -70 SS Chevelle, just to find out that the cheapest way to get a competitive stocker was to buy a complete car in US ( the Chevelle is now restored and back on the street.)

2. Yes we do have a short season. Bench racing last for nine months over here.
Finland and Sweden has a lot of active S/SS:ers, and we do have a lot of exchange of competitors by ferry over the Baltic sea. The Finns are great guys and we do have a lot of fun, exept racing

3. Champagne...

4 We do know how to skate in ALL directions. Have'nt you seen NHL, and especially Detroit?

Got to go, racing season is near... Pelle Andersson B/SA1700

[SSDiv6]

As I recall, Jim Waldo sold the Fairlane to a racer in Sweden, and also Dvorak sold a Max Wedge car too. I cannot recall the former owner names, however, there was a 440-6 Cuda and a big block Camaro from Division 7 that also crossed the ocean.

are all those cars from the U.S at one time,must cost to ship them there.

[87gt50]

I guess a little less than half of the cars raced in Sweden/Finland are of US origin. The rest of them are built by the owners over here. Nice to see your interest in our cars!!

Regards,

Jocke, #3176, '88 Mustang GT N/S

[Tom Goldman]

If I remember a news story from a few years ago correctly, even the King of Sweden is a muscle car enthusiast. .... If only we had that kind of leadership in the States!! .......Tom

[Brad Zaskowski]

Our 69 Camaro was sold in october of 2005, Per Fagerstrom flew over to see it, he then bought it, tested with it at Martin, and we dropped it off in Chicago at a shipping company. I believe he paid $1,300-$1,500 to ship it to him from Chicago and it took 6 weeks.

[John Kelley]

Originally Posted by Brad Zaskowski

Our 69 Camaro was sold in october of 2005, Per Fagerstrom flew over to see it, he then bought it, tested with it at Martin, and we dropped it off in Chicago at a shipping company. I believe he paid $1,300-$1,500 to ship it to him from Chicago and it took 6 weeks.

I wonder what he had to pay in import taxes ?? I know some countries charge outrageous import fees !

And I wonder what their racing gas costs over there ??