Dan, it would have been better if it didn't get blurry every few minutes. It was one of the cars I saw as a kid and wanted to build one just like it. I remember when I saw it with the '55 Buick spear and how many more Mercs got that trim. I stopped buying comic books so I could followed the Dream Truck project in Rod&Custom.
...unless you mean the video quality was just getting blurry? The dash in the white truck was very much because i've always been big into customs and i kept trying to buy '49-'54 GM coupes,that kept falling through, so i thought i would build atleast part of a custom inside. ('50'ish Ford gauge cluster and clock, both still 6v positive ground because i like things to be dificult)
Dan, I rewound the blurry parts and they cleared up just fine. Maybe I just need glasses with wipers.Yeah, especially got a little blurry near the end!
Dan, is the oven outlet on a wall shared by your garage? If it is, you could tap into the stove outlet box and put box on the garage side with a welder-compatible outlet in it (using the same gauge wire as the stove side). I was going to do something like that with the dryer outlet in our house. Ended up putting a separate outlet for the compressor. When I want to weld I just pull the plug on the compressor and plug in the welder extension cord. Because the NEMA 6-50 is on a 20A breaker, I posted a little reminder on the cover plate.
Yeah! im sure if i was better at math and stuff, i could make something with a little more theory behind it, but for engines they stopped making 70yrs ago, and not a ton of aftermarket/ performance stuff ever for them, its been alot of reading and research and "this seems like it should flow better than XYZ..". Now, with the Big 97's it will be a log style plenum with roughly 500cfm total for 320ci, so nothing really crazy, and not too far off from the factory dual carb layout, but with a direct linkage instead of progressive. that was a suggestion from John/ CarbKing from The Carburetor Shop, over on the HAMB, AACA, and every other forum for dual carb Buicks, direct, non-progressive linkage and replace the smaller secondary carb, with a matching primary.
Dan, I assume you are going to modify the mounting plates to match the Big97 and I also assume you know Speedway Motors has the vintage style multi-carb links. You could connect the rod from the pedal to that linkage anywhere between the carbs.When ive seen dual carb straight 8s and 6s they seem to use the front carb to connect the pedal, i seem to have plenty of room to use either with the rod running between the exhaust and intake runners
The shelves is just plain "Good Carma" and good looking to boot. Thanks for sharing HarryHarry, I came across his name on a photo he posted. It's Dan.
I'll throw my support in here for the less complex induction system, but the 3-4 or 5 carb set-up does have the win for visual impact, so with that said the others don't have to be functional, (just clean up some unrepairable cores) just throwing that out there! I have been reading a long thread on here [garage gallery] and have fallen behind on my reading here in the "Fab section" or I would have suggested to leave the bottom of your plenum removable and therefore tunable as to volume, so you could add/change some ducting to get the response you desire from your setup. Your current setup is still "tunable" but with more work unfortunately. You are making progress, and on three projects non the less!
P.S. I personally wish you would sign your posts, (Bob, Frank, or even Tiny, ? etc.) as I can't come to address you as "Stooge" your work is counter intuitive to that title!
Hah, yes my name is Dan. Since the forum update, i can just upload directly instead of using flickr, who would put my name at the bottom of the picture, so its not plastered all over my posts anymore. That does seem familiar.
Thanks guys! My little arbitrary rule or theme is to sort of keep what would have been available around 1950 or so, to try and keep focused a bit and for the most part, keeps projects and parts simple and budget friendly, ( "Instead of this trick billet widget from the catalog, i can just use this low-buck thing from the hardware store") Swap meets being pretty scarce the last yr and a half, made it a little harder, but i think its headed in the right direction. I think the only real exceptions are mainly the dual master cylinder for safety, (doesn't take much more than once of losing brakes with a single chamber to want a little backup) but it uses the stock pedal and transmission side mounts, a modern battery but still 6volt, (6volt optima), and I've been planning on using bias ply looking radials for road, (probably Diamondback Auburn Deluxe).
hard to not sort of lean towards a 1950s build when you see stuff like this!
And got a few pieces in for the linkage, should work well, though I'm going to find a 97 core so i can finish the carb to carb linkage and hold off on buying the other new one until its closer to starting it.
Thanks! My friend loved the shelves and I may be making a couple for someone else who saw them.
the 4 single barrels definitely would have been cool, but for wanting to take this car on some 1000+ mile driving trips, might not have been the best way to go. With the new Stromberg's and the parts availability for them if anything happens, and basing the idea on what was available stock and aftermarket, it should be a little more realistic, I'm hoping! The plenum still is open, in those pictures the intake is upside down since i wanted to really clean up any weld seams on the inside bottom and make the floor of it smooth to keep the fuel moving and not pooling in a seam, and weld in the lid since that seam wont be able to get cleaned up, but nothing can pool up on the interior ceiling. i was thinking, i cant really make the plenum exterior narrower since the carb base has to fit, but i could make the interior a little narrower with a piece of split tubing on the inside of the outward facing side, but i have to see where the carb base holes are and if there is space, or need.
"You are making progress, and on three projects non the less!"
I was almost going to correct you with 4 projects, but the neglected truck hasn't seen much progress lately!
I better get welding and machining! You have plenty of real estate for a few more "Dummy Carbs" is all I was suggesting for the ever important I popping effects. It is pretty cool either way, I remembered your first vision was a 4 pack of carbs and is still doable and maybe even practical [as a '38 straight 8 can be]. Thank You Dan [Bob & X as well] and now which show is that you mention from which your "Handle" comes from? Harry
