Erik Karlsson Jr.
  • 59, Male
  • Austin, TX
  • United States
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About Me:
Longtime lover of vintage sports cars whose car-problem once saw me owning 9 cars. Time and space has winnowed that to 3 with only one being a sports car. I still do all the wrenching on it. Currently racing karts in the central Texas area for my motorsports fix.
What car(s) do you own?
1985 Alfa Romeo Spider
What do you like to do (e.g. vintage race with...)?
Wrench on my Alfa, since that seems like what it was designed to do - keep you working on it forever. LO206 Karting.
What clubs do you belong to?
Heart of Texas Kart Club, Gulf Coast Kart Club, THIS one.
What would you like to do (e.g. go to race school; get into Vintage Racing)?
There was a time when vintage racing was calling me and I bought a vee, but the cost was just too prohibitive and I moved to karting. I still get a thrill watching vintage action.
What vintage, historic, classic etc. cars would you like to own?
Vee's, baby. I got to drive one weekend and it was wonderful.
Historic Cars Owned
Nothing historic. I just have an a-historic 80's Alfa Romeo Spider in need of much wrenching love.

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Vee dreams have been passed-on...for now

Posted on October 20, 2008 at 1:34pm 1 Comment

At the October 08 event at Hallett, I delivered my vee to a new owner. Due to a divorce (mine, unfortunately) I knew there was no way the vee was just going to sit still for some time to come...so it really needed to go somewhere that it would be used. It is now in the capable hands of the Bigger Hammer folks - they will be getting it race ready for the new owner. I will certainly not be a stranger, however, as long as Corinthians keeps coming to Hallett. And someday, I'm sure I'll be back in a… Continue

Where I am...

Posted on December 4, 2007 at 7:33pm 1 Comment

Sadly, due to a new job here in the KC area, I was missing from the October Hallett event. I still have my 72-ish Lynx B sitting in my warehouse. I finally made some progress on it recently when I sawed-off the original steering wheel (how did anyone fit in the car??) and had a quick-disconnect hub welded to the steering shaft.



With some wonderful pictures provided by fellow Lynx B owner, Rob Newton, I discovered that one of the fine previous owners had cut off the mounting locations… Continue

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At 1:20pm on October 20, 2008, Stephen Page said…
Hi Erik
Terrific photos from Hallett - thank you.
Thank you for being such a great Member :-))
All the best - Stephen
At 11:12pm on October 17, 2008, Mike Rogers said…
Erik,
Wonderful photos from Hallett! One of these years I'll have to venture southeast from Denver to check it out.
Mike Rogers
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