Introducing our Dragon Build: The Wildebeest

According to African legend, the wildebeest was put together by God using leftover spare parts. The results weren't the prettiest creature in the world, but effective.

After nearly ten years in business, Helix has accumulated quite a few spare performance parts, some quite tasty, some less so. We've even accumulated a spare mini: one we Frankensteined together a couple of years ago and has served as my wife's daily driver/kid hauler. Here it is:


Now the boys are getting older, we're either faced with amputating their legs or getting a car with a little more leg room. We've opted for the bigger car. We can finally put all of those good (and maybe not-so-good) leftover performance parts together to make the Wildebeest, and we're going to do it at the dragon.

This ain't no paint and paper job. We're going to crack open the motor, replace the Intake, pulley, exhaust, head, cam, injectors, tune. We're going to replace the suspension, overhaul the brakes, shifter, install a rollbar and custom seats. We're going to give it a complete vinyl wrap in a custom color (not your typical MINI color). The goal is to not spend money on new parts, just elbow grease. We have at least one vendor who will sponsor the Wildebeest with their wares and skills--to be announced very soon.

This whole project will absolutely, positively have to get done by the time we leave the Dragon, because it's our only way back (or should I say, it's Alex's only way back). Ralph, Eric, Alex, Mikey, will do the work on the car, with a little bit of help from handy friends-of-Helix. We're going to do what it takes to get it done.

Stop by the Helix tent periodically to see how we are coming, and maybe lend some encouragement, unless you'd like to see Alex's forced relocation to Fontana.

 

Very observant, Scott. Can you spot the other thing that wrong with the MINI? And don't you dare say the Helix sticker!

 

*groan*

What has been punned, cannot be un-punned.

 

Bingo!