Hot Rods 29 RPU- "Street/Strip" B/SR Build - Marty Strode

He travels with good folks like him, and has stopped by here, and parked for the night on his way back home.

 

Today, I got the rear section welded, and it pulled around a little, but a 5' bar tweaked it back in place.

 

You want to hear it ? This is from 2017, same car, before I made the alterations as a Lakester.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mar...#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:6a43d52d,vid:c4-FAMsUQfA

 

OH, you gotta love that

 

Marty --

I can't see where the chute is tethered to. Is that to the chassis under which you've built the extension?

Stan

 

Jim,
The chute shroud connects to the 2" square tube on the bottom at the old hookup.

 

Gotcha!

 

Are you coming to bonneville

 

Just putting the wrap on Jim's Lakester, we have rooms at the Nugget, lets hope for good salt, see you there.

 

Back to Drag Racing, I found this on the net tonight. Taken at Fremont in 87, first time out after the restoration. I didn't have much for brakes, but the chute worked !

 

Good days for sure. Boy do I miss visiting with Tom.

 

It has been 10 years since he passed, we all miss him as well. He was a born California born Hot Rodder !

 

I got the Lakester finished this morning, and it is loaded up and gone. After a days cleaning up the shop I will resume on the 29 .

 

Another fine job Marty

 

Thank you Sam, see you soon !

 

Wow Marty! Just wow!

 

The best part Bill is, I am free to work on my projects now !

 

That means the pick up, right? C',mon Marty! I need to see that truck!

 

Yeah, the 29 ! Then the COE, the 40 will get finished this Winter.

 

maybe next spring, Portland Transmission? Both trucks, side by side?

 

Last night I had a visitor in the shop, those bugs always fascinate me. Today I decided to finish the rear shock mounts, and bump stops. I have mentioned this before, about my preferred lower shock mounts from full size Fords, 1965-68 or so. The have a swoopy shape, and a nice offset to the rear. Mounting them on tapered early housings, always takes more time, but I am happy with the results. With the rear section complete, when I get the driveline back, the containment loops will be next. On some cars, I fab a mini cage for the driveline, we will see.

 

Marty, what brand are those shocks? The next project could use a minimally adjustable shock like that. And hopefully tomorrow the migraine will be gone, and I'll get to work on that front engine plate like you showed...

 

I’ve always liked those shock brackets too, the offset is real handy. I think I still have a pair in my Spring Pads and Shock Mounts box upstairs. I ended up with a few from cleaning up Ford housings for different projects.
Beautiful work on the lakester mods.

 

Competition Engineering, got them from Jegs.

 

I really like the RPU Marty! I will definitely be keeping an eye on this thread and using it for some inspiration.

 

Corey, I will certainly be back on this project next week ! Thanks for your interest.

 

It took a while to get my driveline made, but it was worth the wait as I now have 1350 u joints on each end. With it in place it was time to fab and install the front driveline loop. I started with some 1/4' X 2" flat bar as that will meet the NHRA Specs, and connected the sides with 1" .120 wall tube. This is the process.

 

Now for the legs. It was a successful day, as it was also my 75th Birthday!

 

Happy Birthday, Marty!
You caught up to me