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

Woohoo I wish I could hear this one run

 

Nice work there Marty. I see what you did there with the 2-piece base mount and fully adjustable stanchion post to the connecting links. A lot of time spent doing layout there. Well done pal.

 

I got the unit set in place and the throttle connected to the pedal. Now I need a small boot to seal at the firewall. Taking the unit to Spud Miller this week, to get it checked out.

 

Mitch Kim lettered the doors for me, picked them up today.

 

Looking good Marty, should be having fun pretty soon>

 

Looks great!

 

After I left Mitch Kim's place, I stopped to help out my old buddy Lonnie Gilbertson on a project. He gave me some new drive belts to go along with the rest of the parts, I got from Marlo Treit. Now I can get the fuel pump drive completed. Nice to have friends !

 

Treit's a Treet.

 

Truck looks great Marty!

 

I hope so Dale, we are close to start assembly of an aluminum head 331 incher, with 1- 13/16 injector. I am nearly done with customer stuff, so I am looking forward to making strides on all these projects. Take car my friend.

 

Thanks Tim !

 

Jim, I have known Marlo for fifty years, and watched him race since the early 60’s. He has a wild imagination!

 

John, maybe we will finally get side by side, this year, have a happy one !

 

I too have known Marlo a long time. I’ve always enjoyed his company when we find ourselves at the same spot. I understand he will be off to Australia with Project 550 this year. I wish him and Les the best of luck.
Marty…. The roadster looks great!

 

Thanks JD, Weather kept them off the Aussie salt last year, they could use some luck. Will you be going to Speedweek this year ? If so, I hope to see you, I enjoy your company !

 

Not sure…looking at the October meet. Too hot for me in August and the waiting in line all day is gotten out of hand. One car every 10 minutes is ridiculous……

 

Sounds like fun! Always a blast when it's a close race running side by side, hope that's the way it is when we go at it. Happy New Year to you as well. The car has new coat of paint, the 468 is done, just got finished with back brace on the rear today, housing ends tacked in place, waiting for new rear brakes and axles to arrive for a trial fit before final welding. Then there's the rest of the to do list, ugh! Take care, John

 

I am not going to have a chance against that combo, it’s looking great!

 

A high winding injected small block in a fly weight model A. I'm not falling for that "not going to have a chance" stuff! I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.

 

It does run pretty slow.

 

I finally got around to installing the mandatory side bar. It's some of the same 1-3/4- .125 wall 4130 that I used on the rest of the bar. It was a little rusty, but I looped some Emery Cloth around it, and clamped it down under the tool post, and shined it up.

 

Marty, what do the rules say about a floor mount? Just wondering if the plywood floors would be an issue? It looks great btw.

 

Root, it has steel brackets on each side of the rail. On the side with the plywood there will be steel sleeves welded to the bottom of plate that reach through the plywood, for solid contact to the gusseted lower mount. i am also going to skin the plywood with aluminum, top and bottom.

 

Gotcha. Thanks.

 

Marty,
Did you use the longitudinal feed or just run it manually? Sure looks good!

 

Looking good! I had a quick question about your distributor/ mag clearance on the firewall. Where relief/cove meets the flange between the upper and lower firewall do the halves of the cove just butt up against each other or did you add a flange on the back side to bolt it together?

I have a similar operation in my future and have been eyeing solutions.

 

Bruce
More importantly, ask him if he has ever done it by wrapping the emory cloth around the tubing and gripping it with a closed hand (thumb under tubing), I bet his answer would be............
Only one time!

 

I also learned to run the spindle in reverse to have the the tension on the cloth on the top. Big difference.

 

Bruce, I just ran it manually.

 

Tim, the side flanges are bolted together, and the middle has a narrow flange that rests on the lower half. I plan on using seam sealer on everything, when it goes together for the last time.