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Back in the early 80s, a friend of mine gave me a Hot Rod magazine with a kit car shoot out. They had an ERA 427 Cobra with a real Side Oiler, a T Bucket, what a waist at Laguna Seca, and the third entry dropped out, so they got ahold of Chuck Beck, and he brought one of his 550 Spyder's. The Cobra did win, but fried a clutch due to the new sticky BF Goodridge tires. They expected nothing from the VW powered 550, and were they wrong. The Cobra was all work on the tight track, where the 550 could go through the corkscrew flat out, as it did on most of the corners. They agreed it was the most smiles per miles of any of the cars that day. I have considered one, the giant SUVs scare me though, though not much worse then my motorcycles!

A friend of mine has the fonts for the decals of the Carrera Panamericana Mexico 550 racer, complete with Fletcher Aviation, and Telefunken Radio decals. Man would that stand out big time!