St Moritz!

[Frallan]

Cross thread on the same topic.
http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?topic=8503.0

[samotorsport]

Hey guys , I m the "new" owner of the legend

For the moment there is a 1835cc engine with 48 IDA installed. Up to now not yet fine tuned, so the best actual best ET is 12,82 sec at Dasdragday 2015 in Bitburg.
But after a good burnout , some more experience and a fine tuned engine by Udo himself , my goal is to get it into the mid 11 sec.
My plan was to pass at his shop already months ago but as always the winter starts getting short and lots of work left
But overall the car is ready to race, and that's what it was build for (way before i was born  )

If anybody has some more pictures of the car from the old days , please let me know .
Best regards
Sam

[Udo]

Hi Sam
You are a good guy and i am happy you got the car :-)   I think i sent you all the old pictures that i got from the swedish people
Looking forward to see you on the track - 10,7 was the fastest i did so you have some work to do :-)

Udo

[samotorsport]

Hey Udo, thanks for the kind words 
I just try to keep the spirit of the car alive and drive it as much as possible even if this is not always easy.
It s a very nice car to drive and one of the remaining historic cars of Europe.
Therefore I do not have any plans to give it away  Maybe sooner or later stepping up engine wise to get closer to your 10.7 sec, but to be honest I would be more than happy to get it to the 11 seconds . All with type 1 engine of course  When I first met Karin she briefed me pretty well on what to do to the car and what not , and I stick to this.
I got most of the pictures I guess, I just wanna have as much infos as possible about the car , you never know if one day you "need" a new paintjob . In that case there are only to options, either green as it is or ... guess what 
Cant wait to get on the track again , and by the way :

I was more than happy that Laurent was driving the car when Karin pulled out to the start when she saw us coming down .  But I think just for the fun and a nice picture we have to "race" next year against each other. Having your 2 cars together on the start lane would be a one of pic. But let me practice a little more before we do this
Sam

[samotorsport]

Hey guys, as you maybe know I am the "new" owner of St Moritz fashion.
Can anybody get me some more pics and or infos from the car in its first St Moritz Fashion paint scheme.
If anybody has contact to the original owners / builders , I would be very thankful for any tips , pics contacts or what ever you can let me know about this paintjob.
Who did it ? What color was it ? Original VW or something own? Was the logo painted or stickers ?
Thanks very much in advance
Best regards
Sam
You can also contact me on samotorsport(at)hotmail.de

[samotorsport]

Hey guys , back from Das Drag Day in Bitburg.
With the little 1835 cc engine I got a new personal best ET of 12,36
Thanks to Udo who did the dyno
Here is a little movie of both of our cars

https://youtu.be/rNHlDMlGCmQ

[samotorsport]

By the way, I am still looking for as much pictures I can find of the original St Moritz paint

[Udo]

Hey guys , back from Das Drag Day in Bitburg.
With the little 1835 cc engine I got a new personal best ET of 12,36
Thanks to Udo who did the dyno
Here is a little movie of both of our cars

https://youtu.be/rNHlDMlGCmQ

I think you can do an 11...  We have one event next weekend :-)

Udo

[samotorsport]

Hey Udo, yes I know that there is an event but saturday I cannot attend for sure . We have a birthday party for my son that day .
Sunday I have to see if I can attend , depending from a couple things. Maybe I can drop by , but I guess you are right with a high 11 on a good day
I am getting more and more infos on the old pay scheme , I hope to get this done over the winter .
If I don t get it set up to come driving to King of the Hills , at least I will show up with some friends who are curious on drag racing and thinking about starting a project for next year.
So at least supporting the team of 1 on 1 Motorsport at Bitburg .
Best regards
Sam

[samotorsport]

I still plan on to bring it back in its original Paintjob from the 70 s
I ve got some help already from some previous owners on getting ass much details about the paint the stickers and so on, but still there are plenty of unknown facts .
Most pictures are blurry and not easy to see details.
So here is another request from my side:
If anybody has any pictures somewhere which could help to get more details, please let me know.
If it would be possible to scan them , would be great
Thanks to everybody in advance
Best regards
Sam
 

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[samotorsport]

PB with the 1835 cc is 12,12 sec , this winter i skipped the plan on getting the paintjob done and decided to take care about some tech stuff.
Full engine rebuild with some minor mods to the carbs and mounting an alternator
Furthermore i took 6 kg out of the car .
Looking for every 1/10 of a second to get into the 11 sec.

[Frallan]

Thanks for the update! 

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[samotorsport]

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[j-f]

THat's what a damn good looking race car!

[Frallan]

On my first outing with St Moritz Fashion and the Pank engine, Stefan "Kocken" Allansson Farmshack BBQ Man, joined me.
He was EXTREMELY radical by shaving his head in VW logo manner. At least for being 1987.

Today that is nothing compared to the tattoos seen in many different places of the body nowadays. :-)
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[samotorsport]

😂 Good old days , i really need to get this paintjob done , and then we gonna organize a reunion with all the owners and part of the history people related to this car !
Would need those jackets too as well ! 😂👍





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[Per Ericson]

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Same strip but different years!

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And another one

[Udo]

I am really happy that it is in good hands now and on the track.  Sam is a nice guy.

[Frallan]

Thanks Per! That made my day! Maybe below 60 kilos.... ha ha ha! What a picture! Still have that three layer orange nomex overall..

[samotorsport]

So Corona hits hard , and it looks like the drag racing season is done before it ever started .
Still working on several other stuff for the other cars but don t get this out of my mind to get the car back as it is supposed to be.

I emailed with a lot of involved persons getting a lot of great infos . Unfortunately a lot has changed since the 70 s regarding paints .
So Eric Lindgren the owner of the S:t Moritz concept and I came to the conclusion that a 1 on 1 paintjob would not be possible and also not correct due to the fact it was not chopped at the time .
Therefore he gave me the permission to change a couple of minor things and instead of trying to copy the old we would rather continue the story of S:t Moritz !
The car has lived ever since, changed colors engine and owners, but never stopped racing , never stopped being around .
Therefore i don t wanna skip all those years , i don t wanna revert the chop ( as some considered to me ) but rather opening a new chapter in the story of one of the most known european gasser .

Therefore i would like to get some infos from those who are specialists in paint.
The murando pearl white does not exist anymore today , it was changing from white to a slight gold depending on the sunlight .
If anybody could hit me up with some modern paints still reflecting this style of paint ? I will most probably try a couple of samples to make sure it suits my personal demands .
And if not know ? When then ? I guess we will not get any more time than nowadays for a very long time

[Frallan]

Murano Pearl can be made similar.
A base pearl and then a layer of clear with gold dust in it.
NOT flakes but the real dust kind. Not easy to find but I am sure it does exist.

Why do I know this? I am no painter.
Well, because my painter (Gösta Grubb "Onaneramera Customlack") on my old 1978 VW dragster did just that on the roll cage and few other tubes. In the garage, it would not be visible but with sunlight, the gold dust would reflect very nicely.
The trick is two fold but could of course be practiced on small pieces prior to doing a car. Real dust, not even small flakes are good enough. Second, just one thin layer to get that sublime feeling and touch to it.

Go for it!