FLATCAD RACING Bonneville 2011 Build

Sounds good Don, maybe you can stop by on your way back home, we're about 4 miles off 80.............

hope you guys liked the Hop Rod Ale..........

 

Kjell, thanks for the support!

Tim, cool shirt! Lol! Thanks for the support!

Carl, I've been at work, and will leave Sunday morning, for Casper WY. I have 3 days of class, then I'll be home to work on the car for 5 days. On the 6th day, I'll pack and load the car up. Wed. the 8th I'll drive to Denver, pick up wrenchbender, and head for the salt!

Wish you were going to be there!

Don, a digger??!! hmmm, a FlatCad digger?

 

Pinkees has been working on the bellypan....

 

Buddy, if you come out I-70 stop by. If not, I'll see you on the Salt. Wayno

 

pinkys bout got it sheetrocked looks great buddy see ya in a few days.sam

 

Wayno, I'd love to stop and see you, but we're going across I-80 this time.

Sam, I spoke with Bruce a couple of days ago, and he said he was heading to your place. It will be fun to hook up with you guys again!

 

Ok everyone-here is another chance to win a FlatCad Racing tee:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8008950#post8008950

Post up your guesses!

 

he picke up the texoma flyer thursday eve. see you all on the salt the 9th....

 

We will have Randaddy and his cycle crew with HAMB banner next to us in Tims #416 pit. Tim and I hope to be close to the same place as last year, fairly close to tech and impound. Stop by guys!

 

I'm home, and so is the car! Now, the thrash begins!

Thommyknocker, if your listening, I can use your help!

 

Glad to see you remember where u live.... See u in a week

 

Go Getum Flat Cad Racing.....................

 

Here is my number Buddy, 198.88 mph.

Br
Kjell

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Taildragger&fenderless

 

I got the bigger spud pulley and belt installed on the oil/water pump-let's hope the new ratio works better!

Pops did an outstanding job on the second idler, and it fits great! I'm still a little worried about the clearance at the fuel pump, but it's what we have.

Thommyknocker came over, and worked on massaging the tranny tunnel to fits the new tranny.

Today is oil and fuel plumbing day, and I'm headed out there now,

 

Gonna be fun! See you guys in a week, can't wait to see and hear that Caddy in person and up close.

 

Buddy, are you sure that you dont need to add a small shim to the U bolt retainer plate, looks to be hard up against the crossmember.
Should be some free board between plate and crossmember in my book.

 

Looks like you got the provabable 15lbs in a 5lb sack there Buddy..........

 

We're all going like mad - all around the USA getting ready! We'll all converge on the salt, install/update a few things while there and hopefully get through tech inspection without too much drama.

Here are some pictures from Buddy on the new belly pan:





Wish us luck and anybody from the HAMB who is at Bonneville, please stop by and say 'Hi!'. Chances are we'll be going like mad, but stop by anyway.

We may even have a 'palm tree' setup with a couple cocktails on Saturday evening!

B&S

 

Best of luck. May the gods of speed be smiling down on you!

 

On the road to Bonneville . . .

Mark and Pat (his girl) left Cleveland on Tuesday - big 3500 diesel truck, camper, etc.. Lost a front wheel bearing in route - had to be towed in. Luckily it was in the middle of the day - $550 and 6 hours later, he was back on the road. PS: He upgraded his AAA towing coverage the day before for $1.80! Best money he ever spent

Buddy and Randy left Colorado yesterday and arrived last night - only met ONE cop on the highway. Seemed he wanted to pull Buddy over to LOOK at the FlatCad! Can't say as I blame him - hopefully he gave Buddy a 'Get Out of a Ticket Free' card for the pleasure of his company!

They blew a tire outside of Rock Springs - pulled in to get another spare. That dang Buddy is hard on tires! Blew a tire when he towed my trailer over the Park City pass last summer . . . of course he was going about 85!

Don (Pops29) left Turlock yesterday morning - with his shop crew (sons included) still fabricating some water manifolds to ship overnight to the salt. Seems the technical specs didn't like our PVC versions . . . Hell, just the way it goes I guess. Thanks again to Don for ALL that he and his folks do!

Tim left SoCal late last night - will drive through the night and pick me up in Salt Lake (I'm flying this year!). I thrashed until about 1:30 or so last night (getting the data-logger setup and packing a 'care bag' of everything I could think of). Was a 70 lb carton - cost me my rear to check it on the plane this morning.

My wife Amy, Chris and a friend Adam will be flying in tomorrow night and meet us on the salt on Sunday.

There are countless others - just too tired to think about much more at the moment . . . need to catch my next flight.

Stay tuned gang - we're going to get the dang FlatCad Blown Cadillac on the salt (still plenty of last minute stuff to do). Hopefully we get through tech fairly easily and can be ready to run by Saturday. Wish us luck gang and pray to Gods of the Salt to be kind to us.

Safe travels my friends!

Come see us on the salt if you are BVille - we're having a little "on the salt" party after racing on Saturday (before pit shutdown at 8:00) . . . and probably Sunday/Monday as well. Also, get those moths out of your wallets and buy some T-Shirts . . . we need the money!


B&S

 

At least they made it without to much drama LOL

My son and I should be there tomorrow afternoon :crossing fingers: Looking forward to meeting you guys!

 

We are through tech! We'll fire and tune the engine tomorrow, and hit the salt Saturday morning!

 

Now, take a deep breath and go have some FUN.

 

best of luck to YA
play safe

 

Go getum FlatCad!!!!!

 

I'm gonna wear my Flatcad tee shirt to work at the shipyard tomorrow in support of your efforts. Its usually good for a few questions so I'll send 'em here to check you out. Good luck!

 

Good luck .

 

Make that flattie roar . Good luck

 

Good luck Buddy, this is what we have all been waiting for.
Play it safe and look after that engine.

 

Buddy & crew:
Here's hoping that the fruit of all your hard labor is sweeeeeet. Go fast & be safe. 200 club here we come!