Some one put up a video of him going around the track if anyone's interested
http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s140/RichV_2007/Tesla%20at%20NORA%20autocross/?action=view¤t=MVI_0363.flv
It wasn't in a class. The guy showed up about halfway through the day, curious about what was going on. The normal rules of registration deadlines were pushed aside for this case and he got to run between groups two and three. He stayed for a while after that, so maybe he'll actually run with...
http://www.noraracing.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=11698&g2_page=3
It was kind of eerie to watch it out there on the track. They let it run without any other cars on the track, and there was nothing but silence.
I can't seem to find the picture anymore, but I made the reverse of that picture once.
Apart from the Stig not talking, they could be the same being...
If my dad had those, he'd be amazed at how much tread is on them. He's driven over 600 miles with belts showing along that same line of damage yours have. Just make sure to keep a spare, and if anything starts to feel off at all, pull over and check it.
"to destroy these vehicles"
I'm not quite sure that slashing two tires counts as destroying a vehicle. If they used sledgehammers all over the car, then they could claim it was destroyed.
I don't have any experience with the '71 engines, but they'd gotten much better by '76. A year or two ago, my dad's Vega Nomad broke the 100,000 mile mark and still ran great on the original engine.
I've actually considered that rear end modification before. Truthfully, after a bit of...