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[ATTACH] Hub puller for vintage Halibrand and the like, tapered hubs for sprint/champ car open tube axles. Just a big, beefy hunk of steel, and...
Can you imagine this run? Prehistoric fire suits, open face helmets, WW2 type goggles attached to a sort of face shield, nothing in between the...
Do one thing every day and you’ll get it done! Good to see you back at it
Aww gee whiz guys, you know what I mean! Marty lays down a bead and it’s beautiful. I lay down a bead, and well let’s just say I’m not Marty!...
It’ll look great going by at 100 mph kicking up the dirt!
And he was purportedly a clown prince who loved practical jokes. I bet no one ever got mad at him for that
But that was the part that a teenager would overlook! And 99.99 % of the time no problem! But oh that 0.01%, that’s what we all lived for! And now...
Nah, it’s not that. I’m colorblind so I’d make a mess with that for a system. I actually read the manual! I know, I’m in violation of the man...
Saw this back up. Fixed the old post. Here it is again so you don’t have to scroll back to it [ATTACH] 20a nozzles on methanol, have a set of 7a...
I use both, however the new machine, an inverter Lincoln, doesn’t work with thoriated or pure tungstens. They recommend using the rare earth...
Marty, is there anything you haven’t attempted? Which one was the most crazy ride, a bull or a fueler?
So to paraphrase a Saturday Night Live skit, it needs more horsepower!
Why, yes it does! I’ve only used small percentages, but someone like Marty Strode, who’s used BIG percentages, can tell you a lot more about the...
Good that this thread was brought back to life. This reel mower looks like one that was used to make a go-cart back in the day. Well, the engine...
Most of the time it was straight methanol. The nitro was given to me by a friend from the Berkshires who raced a funny car in the late 60s and...
Spool or locker? You got a good one there…
No gasoline except for starting cold. Then it’s just a squirt down each injector. [ATTACH] Probably why the filters were off here.
A couple of pieces of pipe, a chain long enough to go through both and wrap around the bumper of the pulling vehicle and something on both sides...
Well, we ran methanol, roughly 6-3/4 pounds per gallon. So approximately 270 pounds hung over and behind the rear axle. No, not the best place for...
Wonder if this one handled a bit better. Longer wheelbase than the Fiats typically had, had to help
Late 60s and the first car I had, I bought (and mom was NOT happy) while in high school, sophomore year. It was a 57 Chevy and had a keg in it...
Okay so how about a video or two for those of us still stuck in the garage for motivation? And play it loud!
Two trailer hitch balls attached to the front of the race car, and a v- shaped pipe weldment with 3 trailer couplers, one at the V, the other two...
When I was a child attending the races at Lebanon Valley Speedway, in the era when racing of this sort was transitioning from flatheads to...
I saw that. Spent way too much time going down another rabbit hole when I found it! I also noticed that there appears to be some wood components...
Doolittle… He was an amazing individual.
There’s a good (or bad, point of view…), video of a fatal crash of the GeeBee racer in the 30s. It’s flying around and looking good, and just an...
[ATTACH] Probably 180-200 hp radial engine. Look at the size of the tube used for the engine mount. You guys that fly, you are out of your minds…
So you guys have now steered me to the internet AGAIN! I spend way too much time on it, instead of getting into the garage… thanks for the advice...
No only dom. I pm you a few minutes ago for more details. Thanks. Yeah I’ve been reading the rules and given what I want to do, I’ll be using dom....
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