Friday, September 21, 2018

Fang is honored to be named after Juan Manuel Fangio

Fang is honored to be named after Juan Manuel Fangio, five time F1 world champion who got his racing start driving these Chevy coupes in hair raising events throughout his home country of Argentina.
Fang was built in 1938 just outside Buenos Aires. The Chevrolet factory is still there. He has right hand drive which was the norm prior to WWII. 
Fang is a business coupe, two seats and room in the back for samples, or in our case, luggage and lots of tools. His trunk lid has been replaced with canvas for weight reduction. Never built for speed, his 3750cc engine is quite rugged and attains speeds of almost 85 mph !
downhill.
Hopefully Charlie and the brilliant, long suffering T-Zero team will chime in on the details of building, rebuilding and reassembling a winning rally car. Think thousands of hours.
Endurance rallying means rough roads, long hours, thick books of navigation, demanding speed control, and, if we are lucky, great track time. Come join the fun.
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