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« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2009, 11:40:59 PM » |
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A chap by name of Alan, we met at his dad's place where Ian ( the Dad ) keeps his Altered, "Gonzo the great". A really well designed and built car and ,unusual for an altered, fully suspended. It's starting to get a more common practice with the American E.T. racers leading the way, however Ian built his 25 years ago ! Really nice people and a great car, they hope to out again this coming season and we're looking forward to it.
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« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2009, 11:44:28 PM » |
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hey Tony, thanks, but we were meant to meet with Sid while we were there ( he of the georgous Jag slingshot) as he was only minutes away but even that didn't happen, I don't know where the time went, it was nearly nine when we got back as it was.
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« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2009, 09:53:38 PM » |
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oooo gonzo topolino bodied altered the devil plymouth bodied and jeans T my 3 favourite rag cars of yesteryear
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« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2009, 09:28:31 PM » |
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I'm with you on Gonzo and the Devil but not sure I can put Jean's T in a top three, only really because it means missing so many others out, the Thunderbird for instance  |
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« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2009, 09:58:07 PM » |
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Lesley spent some time cleaning the bare block and then we had a look, it all seems to have held up remarkably well all things considered. The bores still measure good, in fact when I dug out my original notes from when we re bored it there is still a 1 1/2 thou difference on number five ( I got struck clumsy on that one ) There are a couple of nicks right at the top of the bore lip where various valves have fallen in in the past but certainly salvagable, just a fresh hone and we are good to go I think.
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« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2009, 10:01:14 PM » |
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Having always had white or cream motors before it's time for a change. So scour 'till your fingers bleed and etch prime
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« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2009, 10:02:34 PM » |
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Did the prop while I was about it
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« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2009, 10:04:44 PM » |
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The transmission, a Powerglide, was de greased and caustic cleaned, came up really well
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« Reply #38 on: January 25, 2009, 10:10:24 PM » |
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....however, when all the grime was removed it was possible to see that it was showing signs of stress. A crack right around one of the mounting bolt bosses, it goes right through at one end but not for far, just another little job to attend to, should be interesting getting enough pre heat to work with it but not to damage anything else.
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« Reply #39 on: January 25, 2009, 10:16:36 PM » |
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Got a couple of coats of black on the block and lacquer on top, very shiny and hopefully not so arduous a job to keep looking good
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« Reply #40 on: January 25, 2009, 10:19:55 PM » |
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....just need to clean and flat the decks and hone the bores and lifter bores and check the cam bearings and we are near ready to rebuild. Shot the prop too while there was paint in the gun
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« Reply #41 on: January 25, 2009, 10:35:15 PM » |
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And Today we did a lightning raid into Essexland, down past Chigwell, ilford and Barking and into sunny Romford, although to be fair it was lashing down at the time, to see the very nice Mr Johnny Hall ( He of the EBay ad featured elsewhere on this site) Johnny and I had been in correspondance since before Christmas about what I fancied doing and, with his input confirming a few details that I was unsure of, we placed an order for tube, lots of tube, and bends too. And Today we collected it. All exactly as we had asked for and the offcuts thrown in too. If anyone was thinking of stepping up to a better class of tube for their trike frame they could do a lot worse than giving the 'fella a ring, and if you could plot your bends I'm sure that he would be happy to do that too. Johnny is the last person in the country to run a six in a front motored nitro dragster, nice guy too.
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« Reply #43 on: January 25, 2009, 10:38:46 PM » |
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...and just to round the evening out we dragged the old jig back in and leveled it up
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« Reply #44 on: January 25, 2009, 10:41:46 PM » |
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We do seem to have come home with far more tube than I need, if only I knew someone else that was thinking of building a new car  |
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