Other Vehicles

First car – 1965 Monza 140/4

Same car with new paint and turbo engine. The original 140 HP engine went into the Deserter GS.

Early version of the turbo engine

Bugeye Sprite A resurrected basket case. I reassembled the engine and got it running. This was the one autocross I entered with it. Painfully slow with only 48 horsepower, it showed the virtue of small size for autocrossing.

Then came the Deserter GS. The full story is here.

1977 Dodge van that eventually got a 320 HP Racing Head Service engine and B&M transmission. It can pass traffic uphill at 10,000 feet pulling the trailer with the race car. Shown carrying a kayak and pulling a trailer with the Deserter GS on the move back to Colorado in 2003. After a quarter million miles, it is pretty well used up.

The 1978 Yamaha RD-400E fits here (no photo).

1974 Porsche 914 A rust bucket disguised under new paint. The rocker panel structures were severely rusted. I added reinforcement panels and dumped it. Even with the weakened structure, the steering was very nice.

This Classic Roadsters Duchess MG replica with a Chevette drivetrain was an unsuccessful attempt to start a fabrication business in 1984. My father was quite surprised when he was offered this as a loaner car while visiting Colorado.

A FiberFab MG replica assembled for a customer

1964 Monza 95/4 that soon gained a 180 turbo. It later got cut springs, better shocks, dual master cylinder, front disc brakes and 15x7 alloy wheels.

The Corbeau seats are very nice

Billet instrument panel with VDO gauges

Throttle body fuel injection conversion

1994 BMW R1100RS

The only photo I have been able to find of the 1995 BMW 325iS is on the lift in the shop. Well actually the roof is in a photo of the Dodge above. A competent car but not that interesting. The plastic water pump impeller came loose at 120,000 miles causing the engine to overheat blowing the head gasket and the plastic radiator tank - all within 1/2 mile as I was trying to get out of traffic. The repair cost was $2800. Apparently a frequent occurrence with BMWs. The radiators and water pumps are now replaced every 60,000 miles by the independent BMW mechanics. I never hear about such failures with Hondas or Subarus.

Carolyn's 1934 Ford Deluxe Tudor sedan was restored by her father, Dr. Charles H Zierdt, Sr., in the early 1980s.

Carolyn's 2008 Subaru Forester


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