Saw this at Dragstagia and it looked and sounded great! Definitely the best race car/tow car combo there.
Your steering box extension is way neater than mine, I think I know how the extension is pulled onto the steering box splines using a cut off LR drop arm, presumably using a female threaded tube nut thingy. Do you have a pic of that part you could share please?
Sadly I don’t seem to have any photos. It’s pretty simple. The top of the drop arm is welded to the tube as you can see, along with the new drop arm. The original nut is welded to a smaller tube, that is a nice clearance fit in the outer tube, with a piece of hex bar welded on the other end. I added a dimple in the end so I can use a puller against it to remove it all. Pete.
Thanks, I just might re-do mine some day, I think tig welding helps a lot when trying to keep the nut square to the tube vs mig, and gives a neat pro look too.
I used the lathe to face the drop arm and the tube. Clamped it all together before welding. This helped to keep it all straight.
A lathe is a marvellous thing, so glad I have one, maybe turning a shoulder/weld prep on the nut to center it into the tube would help too.
I was out playing last weekend, with the car, plus two other cars at MPH drags. 1/8 mile flag start. Damon was driving the new car, Gavin was driving the Charles Bang Special and I was in my flathead powered sport coupe. The rail ran well too. End of play on Sunday it dropped a water pipe, probably due to the bumpy track. Nothing a support bracket won’t fix. Plus, Sunday it had a misfire. The rain had fill the spark plug tubes with water. Ran fine once it was boiled out. the following are from (colour)Andy “Tog” Rogers and (B&W) Tony Bruce. Wheels up in the wet, mid track on the 2nd to 3rd up change My coupe towing back the 1958 built Chinese Bandit and the 1963 built Charles Bang Special
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