Re: 2003 Challenge

[James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>]

If I remember correctly, they now have a claiming rule to prevent this.
So, you should be able to buy the car from another competitor for $2003,
which pretty strongly discourages spending more than the limit.

james montebello

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Ed Lutz wrote:

> Question for you Eric. If you return to the Challenge next year with
> the same car, how do they compute the dollars you've spent? Do you get
> to spend one more dollar this next year, or $2003 more than you have
> already spent? Given a few years time you could be driving a pretty
> damn sweet little Spider to that Challenge.
> 
> Ed
> 
> Thursday, February 28, 2002, 12:23:09 PM, you wrote:
> 
> SEEM> While the announcement has not come, there were enough suggestions that a 2003 challenge will happen.
> 
> SEEM> And we would like to not be the only Alfa there.
> 
> SEEM> Unless somebody finds a GTV that is in the middle of an abandoned restoration, we will be using the Spider next year. (if you know of an above, contact me immediately- I like GT's more than
> SEEM> spiders...)
> 
> SEEM> Talking to the GRM people, they want to do an Alfa project, and mentioned either the early GTV or a GTV6.  I'll admit that 116 chassis cars are beyond my experience (which bars do I need, and
> SEEM> how can I find them...), a V6 Alfa would impress the group a lot.
> 
> SEEM> So if you are daring, or as stupid as we are, find a GTV6 you can make go fast, or find an Alfetta that you can drop a Milano engine into.  If you can turbo it for little bucks, all the better.
> SEEM>  A real sleeper- Alfetta Sedan, Blown Milano V6. 
> 
> SEEM> Or, more spiders....
> 
> SEEM> We would love to see more Alfa's out there!!!
> 
> SEEM> Eric Storhok
> SEEM> Core Emissions and Fuel Economy Team
> SEEM> Advanced Powertrain Engineering
> SEEM> (313)33x75011
> SEEM> MD 35, FPC-B
> SEEM> Ford Motor Company
> 
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