Event Coverage Road Trip, 2025 SK-500 in a 4banger '31 Vicky

Going to see if I can get back in the saddle...
I had feedback encouraging me to do another road trip thread
I will probably be trip light and event heavy...but we will see how it works out...it will be make it up as I go.
Leaving with and traveling with a long time buddy...I'm used to running solo. He has a unique 40/41 Ford Roadster P/U that is on a '35 frame. It ran 'time only' at Bonneville, multiple years
I'm taking the '31 Vicky with a Cragar/Miller OHV banger conversion...I've been getting it road ready, just need to pick up and throw in a 16" tire tube so we don't have any flats...
Weather has rain forecast but looks intermittent
On the road 5 am tomorrow morning with a room reserved in Guymon OK
Really looking forward to seeing my Hot Rod and Kustom brothers

Cheers

 

@guthriesmith ECZ G heads all loaded and ready for transport to him...see you soon Jeff

 

I'm liking this already!!! Safe travels and see you Friday!!

 

Decided to adjust valves at the last minute...what a mess...I know I have good oiling at idle ... I guess that is reassuring

 

Subscribed.
Looking forward to the ride.
I was in Guymon a few weeks ago.

 

Safe travels.

 

Enjoy and have a safe trip!

 

Looking forward to the trip, thanks for taking us along. HRP

 

I was hoping you would document the trip! See you soon! We will have to go to our normal restaurant in Bartlesville.

 

Awesome, I always enjoy your road trip threads

 

Thanks for following along !!!
Well... 'everything happens for a reason'....my oldest employee used to tell me that all the time ..
I got the valves 'adjusted'...I believe that the base circle of this cam, isn't concentric with the rotating center of the cam...this is a huge problem with the regrinds we banger boys have with our performance junk.
The distributor has to come out to remove the valve cover. There is a riser extension to get the distributor above the valve cover. It has a faster with a lock nut...same as the stock distributor lock down in the stock flathead.
When reassembling, I noticed the lock down wasn't tight and the distributor was loose in the riser. The riser and distributor stay together when removing them to take the valve cover off. The threads in the riser, for the lockdown are comprised...when you go to tighten the lock nut, it just draws the fastener out of the housing....
No problem, I have another one...
Uhhh, oh it is in the A distributor box that I loaned to a friend while getting his car running....
An hour and a half later got the rough cast part....
All cleaned up, half fasst polished and back in....
The dizzy is secure...I'm sure it would have become a problem, before the end of the trip, with the old riser

 

I want to believe the Hop Up is ready for the road

Thanks for coming along Phil....Guymon is an easy first day out and allows us to doddle along the way.
It is going to be unusual for me to be traveling with someone else

Thanks for joining in and riding along

Awesome...welcome

Happy you are here Danny

There was a lot of encouragement...and it is still coming
I've been telling Darrel...my traveling buddy, all about that 'normal restaurant' in Bartlesville. Planning on it

Thank you Tim, it is a pleasure to have you along. Are you going to be there or am I going to miss your in person company?

 

Yes Dave, see you Friday...looking forward to seeing your 'unsuspected' '34

 

good Luck and I'll be following you!

 

Awesome Paul...thanks for joining in. Hope to see you out and about this summer

 

My friend Jamie Johnson built a '40 Roadster PU that ran at Bonneville. Is it the same one your friend will drive on your adventure? As is everything that Jamie builds the '40 was a work of art and very functional. Best wishes for a safe trip. Ron

 

Safe travels today Larry! Looking forward to your updates along the way! And, say hi to those folk in Guymon (the official middle of nowhere).

 

It is a balmy 38 degrees...Darrell is going to be a really cool kool kat...meeting him at the bottom of the driveway shortly

Yes, you know the back story. Jamies dad, Jim and I have been friends since before he dug his roadster out of an arroyo...thanks for the best wishes on travel

will do....halfway to the destination for us...that's the middle

 

On the road...made it to Klines Corners and shut down...until the ground fog clears....never expected that...

 

Have a Smoooth trip.

 

Sun up ....fog diminished Santa Rosa NM break

 

Safe travels & see you Friday!

 

looking forward to it Travis...
We are stopped in Tucumcari the pick up has a unsettling rear end noise...

 

Some cars while we ponder

 

safe travels from overseas too. Very nice that you take us with on the trip.

 

Sorry I’m not going to make it this year Larry! I’ll be watching your updates! Be careful!

 

Doh! Hope it isn’t anything serious.

 

Hope it's something minor and not a deal breaker!

 

I'm sitting here in the dark due to Thunnderstorms that killed the power. I hope these storms aren't part of any weather system along your route! Safe travels and see you Saturday!