[JL8Jeff]

I agree a car should be driven, but driving a car hard and racing it at the track is dependent on your financial position. Â*If I took my the car to the track after it's done being restored and something were to go wrong and the car was wrecked, there's no way in hell I would be willing to take 7 more years of my life to get it restored again. Â*And since a car is not insured while racing you would get nothing from the insurance company. Â*I'm not about to risk wasting over $100K and 7 years of life savings. Â*If I win the lottery, then it becomes a different story. Â*But if all I ever planned for a car was to race it and run it hard, I would have bought a $50 piece of junk and ran it into the ground. Â*My purpose for my car was to restore it like a TA race car and show it so people could appreciate the JL8 4 wheel disc brake option and the crossram setup designed for the SCCA. Â*If I want to race something, I'll build a JL8 clone for a lot less. Â*An original 69 TA like this car deserves to be restored correctly. Â*There are plenty of 69 Firebirds that can become TA's and driven hard.