Hot Rods Toymaker's Evil Twin Engine Dragster

So when you gonna build him a tiny twin engine ride like Grampa has? A couple little Tecumseh's on a mini-rail would be really cool!

 

Believe it or not I was joking about 2 engines in his old Quarter Midget and he was like "Let's do It POP" I had to back pedal out of that!

 

Lol, yeah, that may be too much for a five year old but it'd be cool build nonetheless! If I'd had something like that instead of my pedal car at 5 years old I'd still be on restriction!

 

Time for some progress photos, Eagle Field event is just over 2 months away and I have some Car Show commitments so I finished fitting the Helmet, Kidney and hoop upright bars.






Lining all the bars up was the biggest obsticle, nothing worse than looking at it and they are not simetrical, I started with a Tape measure, than used a level but ultimately went with eyeballing it

I have a hole saw joint cutter but I've learned to use the chop saw with success and I'm happy with the results. Here is a brief description of my method.

My friend Roseville Carl sent me these "T" clamps and I copied the mounts he made for his Digger. Tanks gonna be the icing on the cake, I may have to rename the car the Lembke and Phillips Twin


That's all for tonight, tomorrow I hope to have all the bars welded in and primer the beast!

 

Nice! Looks******in'

 

Looks good rocky , I like the tank straps carl made , Now I know how I'm gonna do mine Tim

 

Cool tube cutting there Rocky. Never seen that. Cut it a hair long and grind to fit!

 

now get yourself a piece of 1/16 rubber and cut a 1/2 wide strip to put between the clamp and tank Roc.................

 

your work looks real good roc.
sure was hoping to see yu role through texas with that thing.

 

He's pretty crafty for a guy that thinks the world is Flat!

You'll be able to get the cuts so close that very little grinding is required

Yep, this week my friend, did you get my message?

Don't give up hope yet, I'm looking at the Texas State Championships in October.

 

I finished the helmet bars with the tube between the uprights, then I was struggling with what to mount the Fuel Tank to and had been wanting to ad a diagonal so I combined the 2.

Here is the chassis in better light.....

We're rolling along NOW!

 

Hey Rocky, what diameter tube did you use for the helmet bars?

 

lookin good Rocky,your gettin rite after it

 

1" X .120" wall

Thanks Gary

 

Hey Roc I got the message but have enough C4 stuff already thanx anyway...........

 

I figured
Here are some good photos of Reilee in his 1/4 midget.

 

Think he needs to be happy....................hey Roc you need another grandson????

 

HaHaha, I'll wait on another Grandson, we're not done spoiling him yet
I mounted the Master Battery disconnect and insulated the Fuel Tank Straps but the BIG news is I'll be making an appearence at the Tucson 50th Anniversary Reunion May 5th. Looks like a GREAT Time............

See this tread on the HAMB http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=672306&highlight=tucson
or go to http://www.sirace.com/reunion.html
What do ya think Carl?

 

Let the barnstorming begin! F**K Champion ,Their plugs always*****ed anyway, we only used them when we got them for free and that was just to warmup the car Let me know on the T shirts I have 5 grandkids ,plus one for me Tim Jones

 

Thanks Tim, Kool Hand Luke is working on the art now and hope to have shirts soon!
Remember the old seat that was 1/2 Military and 1/2 folding chair? I "Electro Plated" it and had my friends at Cal Fast upholster and it looks perfect! Sorry about the quality of photos but here it is.............
BEFORE

AFTER


Working on finishing the body and mounting it then we weld everthing and paint it

 

fancy dancy seat there fella

 

Here's some photos my friends at hotrodcoalition.com took in downtown Fresno, thank you Anthony!
Drivers view..........

Nice overhead............

Some detail that told me it was time to clean it up

More on hotrodcoalition.com

 

Thanks Gary!

 

Your making it too comfortable in there! Don't fall asleep on the line!!

 

HaHaha, Thanks D!

 

Looks great Rocky. How's the fiberglass coming?

 

Seat is kool and the pics from Fresno are awsomeeee..............

 

I think I'm gonna save the project for this winter The TWIN will be all new again in 2013

Thanks Carl!

 

where do I vote?

 

On what Gary?