I'm in L.A., cars are in Orange. We really don't head for the historic meets. The preference that the HGP cars get vs. the newer cars is ...um.... well, lets just say we don't feel all that welcome and leave it at that. So I go out alone, where I don't have to please anyone but myself. The black 017 I've had up for sale; had it sold, price agreed upon, handshake, etc, only to head into late 2008 with radio silence from the buyer. Since then, the other 4 017's came up for from a racing school, and they have crapped all over the market for this car, despite it being absolutely perfect. (
http://nelson-motorsports.com/1988_tyrr ... 20sale.htm ) Would like to sell the 017 to finish the 018's at a faster clip. The cars look like this:
But in the interim, we're doing what F1snake will be doing, which is fabbing bits that may be missing. In our case, its things like an airbox:
or front brake ducts:
There are a gazillion little things as well:
We'd be doing things a lot faster if a certain 019 owner let go of the 018 parts that don't fit his car.
As to where you could find a Honda engine, never say never. When poking around Peugeot or Renault-powered cars years ago, you could never get the engines or the electrics. Yet not that long ago, I had a fellow tell me that they might not be so unobtainable. You never know where or how you might get a chance at acquiring one, and sometimes it's just how you approach it.
