Technical ***August 2023 Banger Meet Thread - Sleepy Days of Summer***

That is definitely the winner!!! that must have went with a bang!!

 

A bang and a jerk, bent the drag link.. drove it home though.. ruined a tire too, didn’t pop it , distorted a belt.

 

Sorry this isn't about your post but being ma banger guy do you know where I can buy a Winfield head?

 

maybe the hamb classifieds

 

Checking in,

I'm glad to hear someone has tried that and it works, I was loosely looking for anybody who had tried that before.

 

Progress. Hope to have it running this weekend

 

Awesome! What head is that?

 

Rutherford

 

Finally got around to machining the back of my flywheel. Been sidetracked on other jobs.

 

G'day all. Late, but I'm still here.

 

Well, checking in my first month without a banger....
Here was her last days with me, she got chopped for the guy who bought her.


The replacement was a bucket list car... But I am missing the banger already.

 

do you have more pix of your car ? awesome

 

A’s are cheap.. but the ones you own and work on are irreplaceable..

 

Thanks. It's an ongoing project. Trying to keep it running as much as I can and enjoy it as I go.

 

Started by completely rewiring it and making it work, new tyres, fix up the suspension and brakes enough to be able to drive and enjoy it. Now rebuilding the banger for a bit more pep after an oil pump failure. Have another complete frame and a 331 hemi that might eventually make its way underneath, but I want to enjoy it through different stages first - and will likely end up doing a different body on this frame if I go that route anyway. It's my first banger, but I'm working it out and researching as I go, and enjoying it a lot.

 

Ready for a test drive.

 

Looks great, now go drive it. Be sure to get some video of the rubber smoke cloud off those rear tires.

Your admirers await, haha.

 

Yeah, I have a good goal for the next A banger. OHV and into the 130 hp area and a quick change rear to have the best of both worlds, the 3.27 gears were nice for freeway but light to light I want some fun sometimes. Thankfully I got a good learning curve out of the way on the coupe.

 

What size tyres are you running?

 

Sounds like a plan. I bought a Burtz, Ill try to exceed 100 horse myself coming up here. 3.78 and a 26% Mitchell gives me both, freeway or light to light.

 

4.50-19 front, 5.25/5.50-19 rear.

 

Here they are side by side when I first got them. I probably would have gone for a bigger difference with hindsight, but I like the little bit of rubber rake while I'm still using the original wheels for now.

 

@metalhead140

I need a pair of 450-18's. Do you know if the supplier of your tyres sells 18inch versions?

 

No idea... I bought them from Stuckey Tyre Service. I know I spoke to Antique Tyres too.

 

https://www.oldworldtyres.com.au/product-page/450-18-lucas-blackwall

 

Looks like a great choice to me.

 

Have a look at Blockleys, reasonably priced & sticky. Block pattern. Think they are the old Dunlop style
Stucky's sell them

 

A recent trade
Red Model B/McDowell Race Car


For a 35 DeLuxe Panel (less than 5,000 made).

 

So what went bye bye, the panel or the sprinter? Both look pretty nice!!

 

sprinter is gone…….but we still have a Riley 4-Port Speedster