There is a car out of place here on Day 1 of the Oregon 500/500
May
2009
That’s 500 km to travel, and no more than $500 in the car to qualify.
The entry list:
- 2 Jaguar XJ6s – mismatched body parts, one gas tank rusted through
- 2 Mazda RX7s (1st gen)
- (non)Reliant K – blown head gasket, dnf
- Fiat 124 – dnf, didn’t make it 10 miles
- Orange Pinto Station Wagon – dnf, blown head gasket
- 1978 Flat Black Pinto Runabout (license BLK DTH) – orange flames and simulated injector bolted to hood. Also has a ‘flammable gas’ sticker on the hatchback.
- VW Vanagon – 2 tires going flat in the parking lot, right now. Tail happy on loose stuff.
- 1997 VW Passat – mismatched hood and dent in roof and lingering “moisture” problem inside (result of the hood blow back/windshield blowout/sat out in the rain for 2 months incident)
- 1972 Mercury Marquis Tunaboat (429) – “Best Use of Metal” winner
- 1982 Toyota Corolla – T-bone victim, moss green (not the paint color), fender pulled out with a come-along and a walnut tree. It is filthy, smelly and slow.
- The Saab 900 – best running car and fastest in the rally; –what is this car doing here?
No checkpoints, just drive to the finish. What a hoot! More tomorrow!
