Event Coverage What are you doing to get ready for the 2022 Meltdown Drags (the Final Meltdown)

Tri Five Nats....week before.... wow .. b2b shows..

 

Yeah Jim! Let’s see that AFX nova one more time!

 

Been working on this ol Rig.

 

Holy Hell, is that cool or what!

 

or the hemi powered barracuda but at least if he shows up with the nova I would have a chance at winning unlike you there okie slow poker lmao can’t wait

 

Randy coming with shots fired out of the gate.

Maybe I will get the old Okie Doker out of hibernation for next year… she has a few good passes left in her and more than enough for that Poison Icky car.

I am also finishing something new…

Is Salty still around with that old W motor?

 

That is one killer coupe! Will it be ready by next August?

 

I'm still around, should be patched up and ready by then.

 

Jeff I wouldn’t want to let our great fans down without having some great smack talk since norb sold the Tickety boo and there won’t be any snake bites from Scott guess it’s up to me to give you a good dose of the poison Iveys dodge to leave you itching for a ride in the big bad dodge also AJ better watch out because I’ve got my dragster running very well and last I heard he better get busy fixing his scattered hemi so he can watch me cross the line first plan is to bring both cars and it’s gonna be an epic battle

 

Ha, maybe thats why we haven't heard from A.J. in a while. "Scatterd Hemi" pictures please.

 

I heard about some guys laying their wounded car over on its side at the track and patching up the hole in the block with cardboard and duct tape, I think I am gonna give that a shot. Any recommendations on tape? I know where I can get some empty Milwaukee's Best Light beer cases at...

The whole story is at :

 

Jackson, when I get my digger going you just as well leave yours home.

 

Norm-

Let’s see some updates on that 56.

 

I wonder if it will be Pie Crusts no prep....

 

?????? Jeff I thought that you sent that beautiful 57 Chevy on to a new home? If I got that all wrong, I am happy about it!

 

I did something wrong, got to click to expand my posts #132 and above #137

 

finn-

the 57 is in a museum in Pennsylvania. The museum owner may bring some cars to display though.

 

Remember the Paper B&W small posters of cars second year? Are those cars still around.

 

Norm - is this a good time to respond to your permanent repair suggestion?



couldn't resist...

looking forward to seeing ya in a few weeks.


PS - picked up some of that WIDE duct tape, it's good for 200mph, right?

 

That blown FE is badass!

Like the saying goes, FEAR begins with FE...

 

FE stands for failure every time lmao that car is killer man

 

I thought it stud foe F!#n expensive.

 

That will be twice as good, 2 to 1 safety factor

 

Nice 55

 

MDA Rule #1 - BE SAFE !

 

And have fun.....No F'n Whining..

 

What are we doing to get ready..,?
Well first I had to find this thread, which took awhile since I don’t get on the HAMB so much these days.
To get ready for the 2022 Meltdown, we are having to bring the ole Child out of an unplanned 5 year hibernation.
After the 2017 Meltdown, we left the ‘56 with Jeff Jacobson, to make some changes to get the ole girl South East Gasser legal. Joe Jacobson, and Art Beeler towed it back to my house in the fall after the changes, but unfortunately the car was on our open trailer, and the guys experienced a couple salted road rain storms. We unloaded the car, and I put it into the garage expecting to start working on it within days, but was delayed weeks. When I got to it, all the unpainted/unplated tubing, headers, Fab work etc. was rusted, and looked like ass!
The new 416” B/Gas engine had made some serious steam, and was ready to be installed, but I just couldn’t bring myself to leave all the rusty stuff looking so crappy, so I took the whole front of the car apart to clean and paint, only life took over, and that came to a halt after a little progress. Meanwhile, the intake manifold rules changed in SEGA, and the Victor Ram / Tunnel Ram on the new engine, became a 100 lb. penalty, so time for a Smithberg modified Edelbrock TR1.
The TR1 mods took some time, more life, blah blah blah, and suddenly 5 years gone. I got out in the garage last night to finish blue printing a standard pressure/volume oil pump, which should be worth another 5-10 hp, and now it’s time to get my butt in gear. By the why, does the weather start getting cooler in Byron in late August?