jack and coke conversations(torq-thrust pics)

dads old truck

 

The original McMullen roadster was the cover car on the April 1963 Hot Rod with the torq thrusts. I believe they actually started making them in the late fifties.

As for magnesium Gibbs may be great, I've never tried it, but there are other ways. I've had no such problem with my magnesium wheels.

 

For referrence here's mine. I think they fit a fenderless car. This was before I put the blower on.

 

Sam F. my opinion is the only one that counts so how can his................

folks he is not building a Model A, he is building a 37 PU completely different look (again IMHO). if he had said Model A, I would have said, go for it.. they will look good.

 

I was just wondering how you came to know what graphite tastes like?

 

who hasn't chewed on a pencil?

 

Can't say I ever chewed on pencil lead. I must be the only one.

 

Maybe you should read the original post .
according to him,"fenderless rods don't look right with torq-thrusts."

 

I dont think I want to

 

You fucks need to quit drinkin.. they look good on anything..Fenders or not.. Your friend has a styling deficit...
Dave

 

After a couple of beers I have decided as far as the torque thrust wheels they look good on about anything and used to much on everything.As far as fenders,lose them they are for pussies.What am I
thinking I knew this before I had the beer.....

 

Torq-thrust look good on anything,,,including a dump truck,,,as long as they have the rough cast centers! HRP

 

EVERYBODY KNOWS "dirty 5 spokes look "GREAT" on anything!
polished ones do to

Another good thing about these wheels is they are everywhere! rumage sales - swapmeets - junkyards -......... they turn up everywhere. buy a pair here & a pair there. sand blast the spokes & polish the rims. ------- its rare i see a car with 4 matching 5 spokes. the rears may be a little different than the fronts but its ALL GOOD!

ive bought sets of 4 one at a time before.

this post reminds me i know of a pair in a barn i saw awhile ago. i will go buy them in the morning.

 

THE WHEEL OF ALL WHEELS!

They even look good layin' around in my garage, with no car in sight!!!

Originally offered in '59, and later copied by dozens of Brands. Cragar, Keystone, E-T, Atlas, Apilance, whatever....

I love 'em.

They of course look good on a fenderless rod. Why shouldn't they not?

I love the ones with the golden centers for the Model A. E-T Super came that way in the late 60's. Cool!

 

Cool on fenderless as long as they're not polished!!

Gotta love the cast look

 

Fuckin' right!

 

I thought it was '63? I love 'em, too.

 

Practicing finding the other guy in your rear view mirror are you?

Car looks better every time I see it.

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On topic part

Run whatever wheel you like.
Opinions are opinions and worth about what you paid for them.

You're gonna swap wheels somewhere down the line anyway.

As well as some other stuff.

Hot rods are a dynamic representation of the art....

 

No, it was '59. But I think the first aluminium came out in '63.
Before I think there were magnesium ones.
In a '59 Hot Rod issue I have, there is a ad which introduces them.
In Rodder Journal there once was an article 'bout them as well.
It also said '59.

Cheers.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread but...

If you hadn't seen the blower setup Jay here it is. There's no going back now!

 

Long as we're highjackin' the thread . . . besides, you gotta have a wheel spinning device up front anyway.

Sure looks good, guess you ain't afraid of the big Buicks anymore . . . if you ever were.

How are the triple V-belts working for you?
I think they're a better way to go for a street driven blower.

Looking my 31, looks like I could fit a blower in.
I know they'll go under the hood.

The radiator you see in the pics is long gone, it went to the short bearded guy we visited in the middle of town when you visited.
Appropriately, on his five window Deuce . . . you probably remember all his Hemi stuff and the almost finished restoration of the Hawaiian #4 dragster.


Anyway, I have even more room now, went with a locally built custom aluminum radiator for about half price of a Walker.

Just gotta get it installed . . . right after I get the garden in, was gonna plant last week, 72* F weather and today it's 36* and snow predicted.
In the meantime all my seedlings are in the bathtub and doing well.

Part of the carports done as well.
Got the site graded . . . took a while with my little John Deere garden tractor.
All the arches are assembled, just gotta set up the foundation etc....

Now I'm highjacking the highjack . . . some pics of th 31 so you can see what I'm talking about.

 

Not to afraid. ;-) With my posi dieing I ran a 12.10 @ 115.1.

The vbelts work great. Don't listen to the naysayers. You could knock out this setup easy. Do go for it on the blower. Definitely addictive.

The 31's looking good! Sounds like you're keeping busy at home. Still finding time to go plinking in the dez? We've given up on the garden thing. Gay doing OK? Keep me updated on stuff.

You have seen my digger aspirations, right? I've got it bad.

Boy, we have hijacked this thread haven't we?

 

Yeah . . . here lately I've been doing the old guy trick . . . bringin' home projects and lettin' em stack up.

Cranked off 85 mph in the 32 at the airport 1/8 mile drags last October.
No top, no exhaust system - fun day.
Oh yeah . . . DOT tires . . . then I went and bought slicks.





Deb was gonna drive, but one of the B-25 drivers pulled onto the "dragstrip" and we ran out of time.

I did see the digger threads you posted.
Drove a flathead fuelie oncet, an experience like no other.
Not so much the speed, the view, smells, wind, strapped in and it was like watching a movie.

If I was gonna do the dedicated drag car bit it would definitely be a 29 on 32 rails with a stretched nose.
Darned 29's are so short in front....

Been going plinking lately.
Getting my new toy sighted in pretty good.



Rugers 10-22 T in blue and 22 Long Rifle.
Stainless is ok, but I like the trad stuff.
Finally joined the local Sportsmans Club, not a bad deal at the Senior Citizen rate . . . only thing you have to do there is be crabby and you're in.

Anyway, the darned 22 shoots on average 1 1/2" groups at 100 yards with a few touching on 1 1/4".
We were fortunate last Saturday with the wind dead calm from 0900 - 1200.
The wind came up a touch from the north, but wasn't too bothersome.

Snowing here now, so just hanging out doing the rotisseire chicken, corn on the cob etc. bit.
When I cook, I cook what I want . . . course, the girls call it Hunting Camp Cooking, but it works for me.

Back to car stuff . . .did you go to lower compression pistons?
Reason I wondered, remember the metallic Bahama Blue 30 A coupe with SBC and 6-71 blower we saw.
I knew he'd had some overheating problems even running the 9.0/1 pistons.

I talked to him a few months before we moved, he'd gone to 7.4/1 pistons, the overheating went away, he was running a touch more timing and a bit less on the underdrive.

Why doncha do a tech article on making the pulleys?
Looking from here it looks like you could make the initial cuts with a parting tool then use a square nose cutting bit set straight andcoming in at an angle till it hit bottom of the groove.

Making a two part pulley with lots of 10-32 allens holding it together ala CenterLine wheels - see, we're still talking about wheels - would give you one groove.
The next ones could be double sided groove angle-wise and bolt the whole mish-mash together for a truing cut.

Or is that entirely too weird and too much work?

With that big old lathe of yours you could probably grind a cutting bit to the 3/8" V-belt shape and cut the whole darned thing in one shot.

Gays back is getting worse, but she has pain pills and a tough attitude.
Too tough sometimes and she wears herself out.

Even so, big poker run here Saturday and she's going along.

Buncha local hot rod crazies from the VFW hall I think are putting it on.
Breakfast in the morning, the run, BBQ in the afternoon.
I've heard rumors that they know how to have a good time....

 

You must drink Jack and Coke like the rest of us.

 

Would single barrel Jack and Lemon-Lime be ok?

And eat Peanut M&Ms?


Hey, never said I wasn't weird....

 

Here you go...car would not look as "competition" without em.

 

Excellent to see you on the track! And getting slicks to boot. Get's back into your system doesn't it? Doesn't kingman have a main street drags or something like it?

Pretty darned impressive for a little ol' 10-22. Acurracy isn't what they were designed for but I can see it with the heavy barrel and light charge.

I'm surprised the ladies say anything aboiut your cooking. I enjoyed it.

OK Car stuff. I'm actually running the same long block I did with the Strombergs. I always fudged when asked about the compression. I was a lot closer to 8.8 than 9:1. That and the Crower cam that bleeds of some cylinder pressure, the hemi chamber, the boost timing retard, and/or some real gas, and I don't have a problem. On the street I usually run mid grade. At the track I mix the mid grade with some 110, take the boost timing retard out of the equation, and crank in just a tough more timing. I should also note the pulleys make about 7.25# boost @ wot.

No overheating issues. Running a 170 thermostat, vacuum advance off of manifold vacuum, and a pair of Pontiac AFB's. Some guy I know impressed me with the AFB's. ;-)

I don't need to do the tech, you nailed it. Used a parting head, and fed a square tool in at half of the 38 degrees ( I think that's the v pulley angle) and fed it in. Piece of cake. Having the machine and tools to do it opens a whole new world but it really isn't that hard at all. I've been learning how cool it is to have a mill.

I did consider making a multipart pulley (great minds think alike) where the shiv's were threaded on a hub. This would let me dial in more boost by closing the pulley gap. In the end it just seemed like to much work for to little gain. I figured I'd find the spot I liked and never change it again.

I've learned just how much trouble I can get in on my lathe, getting greedy and taking to big of a bite. I'm not sharing those stories.

Give Gay my best.

Sounds like you guys are enjoying retirement entirely too much. Good for you!!!

 

Nicest part about being retired is making your own choices.
And there are a lot of them....




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