RobC wrote:
It is nearly September, and a boy's thoughts turn to Reno.
Goldfinger raced for many years as "Risky Business", race 45. The fastest gold it ever ran was 437 ish.
phil65 wrote:
On the water ?
Is that a NZ thing....
Phil
It's on a boat, it's on a mutha-effin boat (apologies to The Lonely Island).
If you raced Dreadnaught, wouldn't you be gunning for the Gold? I wonder if they have been cleaning it up a bit? I would.
Enjoyed the whole post lol,
Goldfinger and Risky Business are different breeds of racer I believe. Goldfinger was ran through with the FINEST tooth comb to get her to where she's at now. Airmotive spared nothing in cleaning her up. Risky was pretty rough after all the racing and different mods. Was the resto in the interest of weight savings? Not necessarily, but the work Airmotive does is pretty flawless and Goldfinger is a much nicer airframe than Risky ever was. The wing clip/end pieces show this to be true as well, very precise and hopefully FAST! I also don't know who built/modified Risky's engine, but I'm doubtful it was half as refined as the Vintage engine that Goldfinger is receiving.
Dread hasn't been getting much attention other than routine cleaning. First run in 10 or so months was a week maybe 2 ago, and I don't think there are any plans to "clean her up" more than usual. I mean... they don't really need to either, it's pretty consistent.