COM Sports Car Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A24G5zwLKXg&feature=youtu.be Bill and I spent two days ay SEBRING last weekend running the Shelby GT 350. The attached UTube video provides a taste of the NASA event. Over 150 cars participated in HPDE, time trials and road racing classes. I am headed for VIR for ...

FACTORY FIVE in Wareham has one of their new all aluminum 18 foot open trailers for sale for $5,000, which is well below the $7,000 list price.

These are beautiful well thought out trailers, but it will not be there long at this price.

Took the car to Lime Rock this week and ran one session before the engine overheated due to a radiator that is too small. I trailered the car to Cobra Automotive where most of the vintage GT350 R original cars are serviced and they recommended that I install a custom large capacity radiator that als...

Looking forward to Palmer on June 4th I have decided to trailer the Mustang down to SEBRING in October with my son, Bill, for 6 hours of track time with NASA Florida. This has been on my bucket list since I first saw SEBRING in 1965 when I drove down to Florida in my Austin Healey 3000 and spent a w...

I have finally finished the Shelby GT 350R replica and plan to have it at Palmer on June 4th. I will run the car at Lime Rock on May 23rd to sort out any bugs in the car. Safety is the number one issue and running a new build for the first time is exciting. The car has Wilwood discs front and back, ...

Rob Thomas was the paraplegic who sold me the Mustang last spring. He died this week after 30 years in a wheelchair trying to achieve his dreams. In his autobiography, he explained in detail that his time spent with COM at New Hampshire was the greatest experience in his life. After many years build...

[attachment=1]IMG_0424_rev2.jpg[/attachment) In 2003 I built a Factory Five Mark II and used the car for 6 years before selling it. I used the sales proceeds to build a replica of a 1969 MGC GTS Sebring Factory race car which I have used at track days, time trials and hill climbs for the past five y...

1995 Gold Rush 24 foot aluminum enclosed trailer. Brand new tires and cast wheels. Tire rack.
Located in Norwood MA. Email: washburn@mit.edu for picture or call 617 306 4393. $5900 OBO.

I have purchased the 1965 Mustang GT 350R clone from the owner on Craigs List and plan to have the car at the August 1-2 Palmer time trial event. I am having the 289 stroked engine refreshed by Jim Reid Sr. at Reid Automotive in Whitman MA, which is one of the premier performance shops in New Englan...

I have a 1995 20 foot Haulmark enclosed trailer that has brand new Dexter torsion axles and brakes and brand new wheels and tires. The trailer has a work bench and tire rack installed in front of the trailer. I am buying an open aluminum trailer and the Haulmark will be available for $6000 in late A...

Paddy

I think Bill has one at our garage...He may call you

Sandy

Bill looks forward to returning to Watkins Glen with COM next year and aiming to come close to Kurt's super time.

They are good friends and it should be fun to watch. 4 cylinder 2 liter turbo against big block 700HP V-8!!

My son, Bill Washburn, competed in a National Whelan NARRA time trial at Lime Rock last weekend, and recorded best time of the event at 54.75 seconds. This time almost beat the best time of 40 Transam competitors who were competing in a 75 lap event, including several 700HP custom built open class c...

My son, Bill Washburn, at Dentsport Garage is the Subie expert. However, everything I have read on the Factory Five 818 forum site recently indicates that the flat six Subie engine will not fit into the 818 chassis as designed. I totally agree that a flat six sound would be ideal, but the modified S...

Factory Five introduced their new Subie powered mid engine race car at SEMA. This car will be a sub $15,000 open race car that is going to set COM track records for whatever class it is in. I have been told that DENTSPORT Garage will be building the beta version of the race car this winter in Norwoo...