Couldnt have said it better. Im sure it will bge killer when you get done with it Sam. Are you keeping the Henry J too?
thanks, doubt ill be back at tulsa anytime soon but ill race at noble and ardmore for the most part this year..
louie louie, catman is gonna pilot the little f/c and ill drive the henry j, the j is my last car for me , a true keeper, built it the way i wanted it ... thanks man
we hammered the cage today, and I am real happy with the way it went.had to add helment bars an x on the sides by kidney area, diagonals at the front tied the top cage together with a bar and two angled out from cage down to frame in the back of the cage. here it is now, moving right along.........kinda thinkin the name will be the Joker..... hehe
Wow, that's very kool, square tube rails, and I just love the American 10 spokes!! Here's my buddy Bert Rogers and my Fiat from '69/'71, 100" inches and a Late model injected Hemi. The Beanfield Express 100" wheelbase is a thrill a second!
thanks for the pics , very kool car. my henry j is 100 inch , mucho fun to drive for sure...and this one will be too ...............
got my injectors done all rebuilt from hilborn, had them check the records by serial number and wow. sold on 12/12/60' to gilbert garage in phoenix ariz for a 283 on gas. now all reconditioned including new pum,p etc. this set up ran on the opel in the eighties and will again now. very kool... ever heard of gilbert garage? lets hear it...
today we set the bare block in the chassis after cutting out the old radiator mounts. made room for the new nascar radiator, set the injectors on the block, and the water pump on the motor plate with the belt driven fuel pump after some clearance work on the motor plate for it as well. then had to bend the drag link in a couple of places to go around the radiator tank. gonna work, tomorrow we finish that up and do the double shear plates on the rear 4 bar chassis mounts. drop by if your out well be down at the shop
just finished building a new set of zoomies for it this weekend... pretty kool, two days new headers.
been hammering away at the chassis for couple of weekends and now it is a roller again. man it is small after looking at it for so long on the rotissierre. built new 4 bar set up for it, panard bar, seat belt mounts mounted radiator and moon tank mounts etc. now im started on the motor for it as well. here are a few pics thanks
Very cool find and its great that you are putting it back on the track. Again really neat car and thanks for posting your project. Jon
I really like this part of a project when things start actually staying on it for the final time. have a ways to go but it will fly this spring.......enjoy
got the engine finished today and gonna put it and the glide in the chassis tomorrow. down to plumbing and wiring then. to fire it, tires and paint work and its on the track... here it 360 inch sbc 12.8 to 1 mondello heads 291 castings, 580 comp solid roller 4340 eagle crank and rods and forged pistons. 1 15/16 hilborn injectors on methanol glide with a 488 geared 8 3/4 rear 1800 lbs with driver....
the motor and transmission went in it today for the last time. down to ;lumbing and wiring and a driveshaft then some body and paint and itll be a race car bout a month id say and we will be flyin.........
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