skiroule
Well-known member
Is usually another man’s trash but I think there are exceptions.
Consulted with my primary sources of bad influence (Snoluver1 and Grub) and they “convinced” me I should pull the trigger on this beauty and I’m pretty jacked about it.
She’s in need of a little polish but from everything I’ve seen and heard, it’s a pretty rare sled that was available as a dealer order only. The seller said he had only seen one other like it and he is a hard-core Chaparral guy. Lots of differences between this sled and the standard Firebird SS models: Special paint/graphics, Thunderbird hood, secondary fuel tank, electric start, tach, and last but not least, a beastly 650 Hirth axial fan motor.
It’s going to be hard not to make this a project for this year. Would be a new challenge but I think I have enough spare parts to bring er’ back. Will never look as good as the one in the Bobby Unser promo shot but could still be a pretty cool sled. Guess we’ll see what develops during the off-season.
Consulted with my primary sources of bad influence (Snoluver1 and Grub) and they “convinced” me I should pull the trigger on this beauty and I’m pretty jacked about it.
She’s in need of a little polish but from everything I’ve seen and heard, it’s a pretty rare sled that was available as a dealer order only. The seller said he had only seen one other like it and he is a hard-core Chaparral guy. Lots of differences between this sled and the standard Firebird SS models: Special paint/graphics, Thunderbird hood, secondary fuel tank, electric start, tach, and last but not least, a beastly 650 Hirth axial fan motor.
It’s going to be hard not to make this a project for this year. Would be a new challenge but I think I have enough spare parts to bring er’ back. Will never look as good as the one in the Bobby Unser promo shot but could still be a pretty cool sled. Guess we’ll see what develops during the off-season.
Last edited: