Event Coverage On The Road to the Roc 2022...in a Banger

welcome aboard. I need lots to push if I break down

I will the best I can....thanks for riding along

See you tomorrow

I believe that I covered this...see you soon

 

Guymon OK...I suspect this was a transmission shop some point in the past

 

So, I saw a gate open and the shop door up. It is an unspoken rule that if a car guys gate is open and another car guy is driving by....it's an invitation to come on in....this is what caught my eye this is Rod. He is my middle brothers age. Was his granddad's truck new...now his daily driver. He also has a '47 Ford Cdan that he has since high school. But this 1935 John Deere model D he used to take to town to get ice cream with his two boys. It's mostly hidden but those cylinder pistons are at least 8" in diameter
That's it from Guymon OK...see you in the morning

 

Great documentation. I always laugh when people complain about cow poop stinking. Grew up in the middle of nothing but farms, you want stink find some pigs lol. Cow shit will just smell like summer after that point haha

 

Dang, that's one serious rumble strip on the shoulder!

 

Looks like lots of fun. This makes me really happy I chose to go banger. Continued safes travels.

 

I didn't throw up.

 

But you went "eewwwww" " dad Bobby farted" " I'm gonna barf to get even"

 

Yes, bangers...the most money you can spend to go slow....hit a storm cell yesterday and the head wind made a gear drop and 55 mph max. That's hot rodding in a banger....which I'm fine with
This set up dyno'd at 63 HP to the rear wheels
Good luck

 

Rick, great time with you last year...stay healthy and see you down the road buddy!!!

 

On the road shortly. Did a main jet change last night going from a 41 to a 42 as I drop in altitude from my 7000' starting point. Brought 43 jets too. Probably ought to retard the timing now that I think of it. Thanks for talking it thru with me....

 

Checking things over...pre trip. thats all from the piece of junk Mitchell transmission. No rear main leak... happy happy

 

had to make a right at Hooker to get to Beaver
I've got a lifter that is starting to go tick tick tick and a headlight that quit. It burned a bulb and my replacement rotated the contact base in the socket...it's daylight now..
I'll address before the return trip

 

Gota love adjusting those lifters.... Stay safe man, looks like the weather is perfect for road tripping up there.

 

Really cool man. You say you're Bangor made 65 horse at the wheels, what do you think the stock combo put out being that it's claim to be 40 horsepower at the motor?

 

Very nice.

 

This is fun!

 

Have you seen any other old cars on the road headed the same way?

 

It is hopped up quite a bit, era Geo. Riley flathead, enlarged intake valves, port work, Stipe cam, Burns downdraft intake Stromberg 97

 

Wow! Talk about inflation!!! $70 is bad enough for a pumpkin, but a $1300 camp chair?!? I hope it's either Louis Vuitton or just a misplaced decimal point! "Smart Buy" indeed.

FOR SALE: I have three camp chairs I'll let go for the low-low price of $600 each, if anybody is interested. My loss is your gain.

Dammit, I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!
Makes me wanna unload my truck on some poor, unsuspecting sap and buy a banger!!!

 

No, but I've seen some balloonists headed towards Albuquerque for the 50th international balloon fiesta this weekend...a good time to be away from there.
I'm on US 64 across the top of the pan handle it's the roughest paved road I've ever been on

 

That’s because no one lives in the panhandle. No politicians have to drive on them.

 

Haven't seen the panhandle since '64...Enjoyed it thru the windshield of a '57 White Freightliner, 220 Cummins w/ 13 speed Roadranger.
Miss Route 66...

 

you could blind fold me, I can tell you when we made a transition onto Oklahoma roads....

Dont blame you for getting away from that stuff... haha

 

Texas isn’t much better, but Oklahoma is bad I admit.

 

That dangerous, are they?