Type D to be

So here is the new car.  

Since a Miata is one of the most raced cars in the world our automatic "you guys must suck 300zx, good luck finishing" tech inspections are going to get a LOT harder.  To that end we must do a good bit of extra work to make the car into something the judges will approve of.  We have started with a really ratty car, but the vision is to turn this...

Into something more like this.  Amazing what some spray foam, fiberglass and paint can do to a car.

Here it is, the first picture

Without a doubt, the car is in Lemon's shape to start with.  I give Rod bonus points for finding a car that was in drivable shape and more important, I understand there are some spare parts that he dropped off in the garage that still need to be bolted on.  They say it is best to pick up someone else's incomplete project when starting one of your own, and whatever is in the spare parts box, this car hasn't seen any love in a while.  

To make this car feel right at home with Ruby, it is the right amount of faded red (no wax here, so the rattle can paint will stick well), and has a nice dent at the right front wheel.  

More later after Muddy gets home tomorrow.

Guess the new ride

This just showed up in my inbox and Rod doesn't have everyone's email so I'm hoping this gets to the whole team. 

While Muddy is away, Rod deposited a new ride on his doorstep. Thing is, Muddy doesn't know what it is that he just bought.  Time to start guessing. I'll swing by on my way home Monday and see if I can add an equally mysterious photo to go with the text. 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: Thrown Rod 
Date: August 13, 2011 2:37:25 PM PDT
Subject: It is Done...

Ruby has a new friend.

For themes, I'm thinking Bizzaro Bee (homage to the Killer Bees MGB), "The Graduate" ala Dustin Hoffman, or if we are lazy, "Mini Ruby"

Penske Move Over, A Two Car Team???

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. It looks like Lugnut is having fun rubbing shoulders with several amateur teams. Nice Work

As for our car it looks like Rubby got through Reno’s 24-hour race well. The car is in better shape than we first thought and really only needs minor work. This got me to think (always a bad thing). If we start now we have plenty of time to get a second car up and running. Move over Penske.

So, the question is what kind of car would you like us to run next to Rubby? Something that goes fast…. Something that would be in the running for the Index of Effluency…. Something you always wanted when you were 12...

Please post your thoughts and Let me know what you think.

Muddy

Email notifications

There have been many requests to get email notifications of changes like we had on the old site. I've added a feebburner link over on the right side of the screen, you should just have to add your email address and then once a day you'll get any updates to the site delivered to your inbox. And if we don't post anything, no spam. Try it out and let me know what you think in the comments.

Over the race weekend, we'll be able to post updates via SMS messages, so we should have lots of updates as interesting events unfold.

Posting content

This site has a different mindset on membership and posting than the last site.  Comments are open to everyone, but the actual blogs are limited to the admins.  We'll need to make many of you admins then so let Muddy or I know and we'll add you to the site.

Muddy, your invite should be in your inbox.

Starting out

Welcome to the new home of the ZLime team.

Since our current zLime site is being put out to pasture by Google we've decided to move our digital home to Blogger and hang our single here.  We'll see how this works over the next couple of weeks, please feel free to give us feedback (like this group needs permission to provide feedback) and if it works out well stay here hopefully for a while.

After the December race we'll probably try to move a bunch of the content from the old site over as well, but that is only if the car is still running and not taking up all of our time.

Welcome

Welcome to Z-Lime team site, where 500 bucks gets you a beat-to-crap Nissan, a lot of busted knuckles and whole lot of fun.