<VV> Silver Fox (From FastVair)
Sethracer at aol.com
Sethracer at aol.com
Fri Feb 17 12:21:59 EST 2012
_levair at aol.com_ (mailto:levair at aol.com) writes:
I last saw the Silver Fox in 1994 at the Williamsburg VA, convention
autocross, Seth was driving it. Maybe he will respond.
Warren
The "Silver Fox" was originally built as a College project by Gary Bailey
of Fresno, CA, in the early 70s. It had a modified 140, set mid-engined and
a 65 4-speed transaxle, upside down, I believe, and a modified Spitfire
front suspension, and a late Corvair rear suspension. It had a polished
aluminum body, hence the name. Dan and Sandy Cole bought it and brought it to the
San Francisco Bay Area. Dan and Sandy Autocrossed in SCCA in C/Mod and won
eleven National Championships in the mid-80s. Dan had converted the car to
a Hewland FT200 transaxle and full formula car rear suspension, stretched
the wheelbase a bit and bolted on a blower. It was a real handful to drive!
I drove it once with the Corvair transaxle, normally aspirated, and again
later with the blower and the Hewland. Dan sold it to a fellow from
Virginia, I believe, in the late 80s or early 90s. The car was at the Williamsburg
Convention in 1994. The owner and I both drove it in Specialty class at
the Autocross, Warren LeVeque nipped me by a few hundredths, as I recall, to
win the Don Yenko award. The car has been out at a few events since then.
The guys son has been co driving it- on the East coast. If your event was in
74-75, It could not have been this car. It was being run regularly in
mid-California at that time. You can see a picture of the car in Richard
Finch's book: "How to keep your Corvair alive".
Seth Emerson
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