Greetings all, Derrick here. So James and I have recently acquired a few older Italian cars and hopefully this ‘blog will keep those that are interested updated on the status of these beauties (among other interesting, fun contraptions).
A little of my background – I’ve always had a thing for cars, but a few years back I bought a Subaru WRX Wagon, which brought the car thing to a whole new level. Before I knew it I was autocrossing the car every chance I had and was learning about ways to make it go faster. I’ve been competing and modifying the car for the past few seasons, and I thought it was about time I experienced some other cars. Enter the Scorpion. Enter the Scorpion. Enter the Scorpion. Enter the Scorpion. What have I done. Enter the Scorpion. Enter the Scorpion.
I'm pretty new to this Italian Car thing. My knowledge of these cars is pretty limited... but what’s NOT to love about a rare, 30+ year-old, Pininfarina, racing heritage’d, mid-engine, RWD, Italian two-seater?? We definitely have our work cut out for us. This should be fun.
Now for some pics of cars you haven’t seen yet:
The Gravedigger – if you ever see me gridded up at the autocross next to fully prepped Lotuses, Miatas, Civics, STIs – you’ll understand. This is my daily driver, prepped pretty well for autocross competition but far from “max attack”. List of upgrades include, but are not limited to: stiffer springs, adjustable struts, stiffer swaybars, camber bolts, camber plates, various suspension/driveline bushings upgraded, exhaust, wheels/tires for every occasion, and believe it or not, no boost modifications (yet). Might I note the mechanical similarity to… the Lancia Delta Integlory.
Bigfoot. This is relevant to the cause for two reasons: 1) it was/will be instrumental in retrieving cars/parts 2) it’s fixed or repaired daily which tends to take some work time away from the babies. That will be my excuse if it seems that progress is slow on the Scorpions.
That's it for now - I'll try to get some more exciting videos up of what we've done so far...
Welcome DMizzle. Great intro post. I don't think you need to worry too much about being new to the Italian Car thing. 1) There's 6 of them at your house...so you've got the best launch-pad we can provide. 2) They're not the most complicated contraptions in the world. Unique, wonderful, magnificent, Integlorious...YES. But usually they're not overly complicated. I'll eat these words when we buy our first Turbo-SuperCharged Lancia Delta S4.
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