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  Feb. 8, 2012 10:09 a.m. Gearheadotaku SuperDork

  Caught a mention of "one man effort" in relation to entering the Challenge. How much 'help' could someone receive and still be considered 'one man'. If a buddy spends five minutes welding something for you does that blow it? What about paying for work, like painting?

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  Feb. 8, 2012 10:11 a.m. hrdlydangerous Reader

  I think in this context one man is really one man. Slippery slope and all that.

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  Feb. 8, 2012 11:07 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork

  hrdlydangerous wrote: I think in this context one man is really one man. Slippery slope and all that.

  +1. "One man" typically ends up doing the lion's share of the work; usually whoever's house the car is parked at. That's why we try to swap "whose turn" it is every once in a while.

  Build a man a fire, and he'll stay warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll stay warm for the rest of his life.

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  Feb. 8, 2012 12:13 p.m. spin_out Reader

  Yes, One man pretty much means no one else touched the car. My first two years of The Challenge were one man efforts (before the one man class existed), and the only thing I did not do myself was mount and ballance the tires.
  I considered buying a mounting maching I saw at the Daytona Rod Run, but spending the budget money to pay someone seemed smarter.

  Have your Buddy teach you how to weld the part.

  $2007 Fiero, $2008 Fiero, $2009 HKR Honda, $2010 HKR Mustang, $2011 HKR Group 44 TR8

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