Projects Chassis Research style dragster/Comp Coupe build flathead powered

Tim, strap those zoomies together, that way if one of the pipes happens to break at the flange it will stay with the car instead of it possably getting underneath the rear tire or bouncing off Beth's helmet

 

Great video Tim...................

 

No not a dumb question at all, I have a splined shaft comming off the rear, and the same spline shaft comming out of the trans, They are joined together by a coupleing device that slides over the two shafts, the coupler slid forward onto the trans shaft, releaseing the rear shaft causeing no drive to the rearend ,I'm going to use two shaft lock rings on each side of the coupler to hold it in place, and use a shim to hold all in place as Bruce subjested, Hopes this made sense

 

Yeah I think so too

Thanks for the pics, Always like to see what other are doing

, Will Do! I'll get some flat strap iron and get it all welded up this week, Thanks for the coupler info

Thanks Carl, thought you might like it, For never even sitting in a Dragster before this she going to be fine,,She's getting more and more comfortable with the car as we go, taking it nice and easy and as my Dad always said useing her head for somthing other than a hat rack , Now if I can do the same , we'll be set

 

Thanks Tim, that makes sense, I thought it was the shaft that was moving and couldn't figure out how that would happen. Thanks for schooling me on that. Good to hear it was not a bigger deal and there was no damage.

 

Well Dragster driveing 101 got rained out today, but I got a few things done anyway, Got the headers straped together , So Beth won't have the attack of the killer zoomies to deal with, Added a saddled bearing to help stabilize the steering, supposed to be dry tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes

 

The cars ready to roll tomorrow, Forgot to show pics of the coupler fix, two clamps on each side , alum spacer between the shafts to hold all in place, still used the allen set screws also,

 

Can't Wait to see it running again
and nice workshop pic!

Great Job!

 

Nice job Tim, could you post a pic of the graphics on the nose please?

 

Looking good Tim Allways some small stuff to correct

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Taildragger&fenderless

 

Thanks

Thanks also, I'll post the art work and the nose and cowl , Were going to add a D to the end of the cripple in the name on the pieces

 

We did not test it, just a couple of start-ups Some small stuff to correct before we load it up for next weekends race

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Here's her newest test

 

Ok Beth next time rev er up to 4200, sidestep the clutch, and see how fast Tim really is........

 

Not much new, We Built a two wheel car dolly to move the car around with, amazeing what you can build out of some junk laying around,,, got the body back on the car, No testing this weekend, Beth's Crewchief tripped on a baby gate used to keep the dogs out of one of the rooms screwed up shoulder and backYeah I know try removeing it next time,,,, Here's some pics ,, Sorry none of me falling tho plus a shot of some of our securtiy team

 

Go gettum Beth!!!!!!! now if you can just keep the front wheels that far up and no further ya got it made!!!

 

AWSOME!!

 

Dang Tim, it looks great and I like the graphics on the nose. Get well and you guys go out and have some fun!

 

Hello to all ! To just sit in that car is really something else. To put your foot on the gas and have it move on my own was beyond awesome. When your heart is going a million miles an hour and your mind is just blown away WOW....They say never give up your dreams, me I never give up on anything I really want and anything someone ever said I should not or couldn't do. Tim is the best , he never said don't do this, it is always I know you can do it.. AND I DID .I have a lot to learn , this is like no other thing I have ever been behind the wheel of before, One step at a time and don't hit the barn, the dog lot or Tim. I will learn and do my best to get it right and make Tim proud of me. Again I say WOW what a trip. Beth

 

Above all Beth, just remember that if you can't have fun doing this stuff, you're probably not capable of having fun. Keep smiling, that first pass down the track will have you grinning for months!

 

Tighten the straps and have fun!

 

Well here's her 3rd test drive She getting real comfortable in the car, Were still having trouble with the 2nd gear starts, so we decided next time to do her take off's in first and hope we don't tear up too many of these old 3 speeds, Hell we might not have any trouble at all, But a few of the guys that ran these back in the day told us to stock up on gear sets, Most told us to try the 2nd gear starts,, Beth's son Pete and his friend Trish and her son Bently came out to help, After testing we put the back end up and let Trish and Bently sit in the car while it was running, You can see the look in Bently's face he's a future Dragster driver

 

Bently sure has the "look"................ Beths ain't too shabby either..........

 

Nothin but fun and smiles, that is the best!

 

They say necessity is the mother of invention,, We needed to start the car in first gear ,( 2nd gear starts wern't working out) ,But my use of a side shift cover on the top loader didn't let us use first gear, ( Not enough room in the case), So Back to the top loader shift tower, BUT with the steering box placement we only had maybe 5 inchs of space to work with , Shift tower is 8 inchs tall to the shifter, Well once again time to reinvent the wheel, So I cut the top of the shift tower off, Right above the shift forks, Now just needed to make something to move the forks back and forth, Simple Right?, Made a plate to serve as the new top to the tower, Cut a couple of L shaped gagets to move the forks, drill and tap them to except the shift rods we use already, the L gagets fit into the shift forks through a couple slots in the top plate, I welded a plate between the two slots to help with alinement and bent a channel out of alum to aline the sides,, then made some guides for the shift rods, Did I lose you yet, ( Hell I lost myself already), But here's the pics hopefully they help, And Yes it WORKS after two days of trial and error

 

More pics of the shifter

 

Last of the pics

 

Dang Tim, now that's using the old noodle and thinking outside of the box! Can Beth shift with these ok?

 

where there's a will.......there's a way.

 

We tested it on the stands worked OK, Had to add a reverse stop tho , I have pics but one of the dogs chewed up the upload cable for the camara, Have to wait til the new cable comes

I like to call it Poor ways for poor folks