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I then was able to use the Big Blast Cabinet to start working on Herb's Hearse some more as you can see by the lower control arm and spring that were freshly painted here:
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Rebuilt a Hollands vise that eventually went to my little brother that has the '68 Camaro project:
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Did a MAJOR CLEAN UP, that now needs to be done again. :dunno:
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I had a hail of a good time doing that, maybe same time next year:
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I bought B.P. 2.0 (Black Plague 2.0) with B.P. then sold B.P.:
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That led to lots and lots of cleaning and repair work, which led to more of the same, and just to change things up I'd do repairs followed by cleaning. :) This was about the same time my wife picked up her new Jeep, she does look satisfied doesn't she:
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I forgot to mention back during the the 3,100 mile trip I stopped in to visit Mr. HSpencer in the land of Our Kansas, lol:
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What a great guy and wonderful family!

Then during the entire year I did a little repair work on the Hustler mower, rewired my trailer 2-3 times thanks to dogs that like to chew, bought a few cars sold one of them even. :willy_nil
I did some more work on Herb's Hearse:
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Which got much easier when I finely installed the lift that was in waiting for nearly 3 months, it required concrete work:
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Some dirt work:
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Some metal work:
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Some new concrete work by someone that doesn't know how to work concrete:
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Then finely lift installation and its madian voyage:
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TBC...
 

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We also closed on the extra 35 acres around out place:
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I drug home another truck, B.B.B. (Big Baby Blue), which I stole from mercilessly, then parted out to make a nice little profit:
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I picked up a couple of new tools such as this Pexto sheer:
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I did some more work on Herb's Hearse:
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I got to not only drive Bob:
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I also was fortunate enough to meet Andy (OIF, Old Iron Farmer) and get a small stove from him and installed it:
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What a guy he is it just brings warmth to my life... no really he does or maybe that is just the stove. :thumbup:

I was able to start on Tornado Alley:
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I also learned a few important lessons about towing safety while picking up the '57:
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I also managed a little time for just Pucking around and having fun with the family:
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In closing I would like to take this time to thank each and everyone of you that have been with me in the past year and beyond, even if you didn't post. :p From my family to yours I wish you all a Healthy and Happy New Year.

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Keep moving forward in 2017

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P.S. I was surprised at how much I'd gotten done in 2017, it seemed like I didn't hardly get any time to do work out there and the big projects I did have took way longer than I wanted them to. I say that to say I am sure each of you accomplish more than you think as well, if you start a thread and document it you will also be surprised at what you can accomplish in a years time.
Time for new years celebrations in 2 hours!
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I got about a dozen pages in and then went to the last six, I'll be looking at the filler subsequently. Looks like you made good use of the Quonset. I think I read in another thread about your use of the pallet lumber & the corrugated siding as interior wall cover. It came out very good!

You can never have too-much room, I'm impressed by the home-made blasting cabinet. I just got a floor-model HFT, & have yet to build it. My projects are on a smaller scale, I like motorcycles, they take up less room than cars and trucks (C & T). I don't have storage to part-out C & T.

What a great family pic, congratulations on the home, and getting so-much done.

I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, copper for a gas line is OK for getting a car going, but I wouldn't leave it in-service. You should switch it out for steel. Much more durable, and safer, less chance of a rupture and fire.

Your loose wheel, when I was living by Lake Ontario in western NY, my dad sent me to the car shop to pick-up the VW beetle, this is back in the 1960's. I got about two miles from the shop, and started hearing a loud noise and then a continuous 'rolling-around' sound, like a marble in a tin can. Then the front of the car began imitating the paint mixer at the hardware store. I pulled-over, looked at the front wheels, pulled-off the 'dog-bowl' hubcap VW's used back then, and two lug bolts fell-out! The other two were very loose. I jacked-up the car, re-installed to ones that fell-off, tightened them all, and then checked the other wheels, they were OK. I told my dad when he came home, I don't recall what he told the shop owner. Dad was a heavy tank manufacturing plant manager. He was used to safety on the job, and something like this could have had a catastrophic ending. Thank-god it didn't.

Best wishes for a safe new year, you've done a great job letting us peer over your shoulder. :beer:
 
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Thank you for taking the time to read a little about what I have been up to, I know there is a lot going on on this site and it is increasingly difficult to keep up, but once I get behind it doesn't seem like I'll ever catch up. I didn't know that about the copper fuel line, I replaced it with what was originally on the car since '46. I'll dig into it more though and see what I can find out. That copper wasn't cheap though and I'm sure there will be a use for it somewhere.

I think the wheel loss story you are referring to was Bugthug's, I don't remember telling mine. I have 3 of them, one when I was still a pup riding in the back seat of my parents Festiva when the wheel hub broke off in the back, I'm sure the bearings were giving warning but they didn't have the money to fix anything then. The second was my truck before I could drive, the rear tire fell off on the way to school, went from fine to dragging on the ground in 2 seconds with lots of shaking in between. Someone didn't tighten them down when pulling the lowering blocks out. cough cough The last one was riding with my brother in his RX-7, same story as yours and luckily it didn't fall off as it was a front tire. I torque all of my lug nuts now!

If you start a thread let me know so I can tag along as well.

JB
 

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New Year started when he got off work, I would bet.

Very nice recap of last year. Thanks for doing that.

Copper work hardens under vibration and is likely to fracture however that is all dependent on how much vibration it experiences. I don't think there were any copper fuel lines from the factory however they were the original flex fuel line replacement. So the hearse may have had one for sixty years. Lot of them on old tractors too. And they are not desirable for the same reason. Hearses are not high mileage vehicles and if Bug Thug does not use this as a daily driver the copper will last many years.
 

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Great recap of the year and you accomplished a ton of big projects along the way. Beautiful family there supporting you as you do them. Hope 2017 is even more prosperous in your shop.
 

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Beautiful family, your girls are adorable.........enjoy these years because I can GURANTEE you, you will look back and wonder where all the time went.
BTDT

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Great review and a beautiful family. I'm looking forward to following your thread in 2017. Be safe this holiday season and enjoy the time with family.
 

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jb, How can you be a farmer without having extra projects waiting around in the hedgerows? Glad to see the '57 and will enjoy any posts that you on the work that you do to it. Was great that you were able to take the Cobra on such a long trip even tho the transmission did give up on you.

Have a great New Year

Dwight
 

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JB,
It has taken me 2 days to read every post in this entire thread and I enjoyed every minute of it. Now that I have gotten to the last page, I guess I'll just have to patient like everyone else for further updates. You have an amazing family, homestead, work ethic, and imagination. Bravo.

Be careful when you dial up the tune on your Dmax, once you get 75 HP over stock, the Allison becomes the weak link if your right foot has it's way.
I can see your next trip on the power tour as a family affair in the more door Chebby.
I'll be sure to join everyone else here watching and reading about your adventures in the new year. Thanks for sharing.
 

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JB,
I've been reading your thread for a few days, and finally made it to the end. What a wonderful read it has been! I can't wait to see what your up to next.

Happy New Year to you and yours.

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JB, you had one productive year which one put us to shame. Thank you for taking us along on the ride and wish only the best for you and family in 2017.
 
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Oops, I really need to get better about checking my own thread other than when I have something to add. Sorry for the delay everyone, but I am back and having a good time at the W.H.H.H. in Oklahoma.

great family picture! where are you that the new year starts in 2 hours?

Thank you Herb, well the new year didn't start in 2 hours from then, but the celebrations did. I celebrated with cans of spray paint, but I didn't huff them like many in this area LOL.

New Year started when he got off work, I would bet.

Very nice recap of last year. Thanks for doing that.

Copper work hardens under vibration and is likely to fracture however that is all dependent on how much vibration it experiences. I don't think there were any copper fuel lines from the factory however they were the original flex fuel line replacement. So the hearse may have had one for sixty years. Lot of them on old tractors too. And they are not desirable for the same reason. Hearses are not high mileage vehicles and if Bug Thug does not use this as a daily driver the copper will last many years.

Good catch on that one Andy. :thumbup: It was a surprisingly productive year, and I felt like I really didn't get much done, woo hoo! Thank you for the write-up on copper lines, as you said they will work harden and have a higher propensity to fracture. The line is well supported and I would be more concerned with wear on the clips from the factory. However, looking at the factory line it doesn't show any signs of excessive wear with I think 60,000 miles (96,000 kms) on the odometer. I'll discuss it with Herb and go the route he feels is correct.

Great recap of the year and you accomplished a ton of big projects along the way. Beautiful family there supporting you as you do them. Hope 2017 is even more prosperous in your shop.

Beautiful family, your girls are adorable.........enjoy these years because I can GURANTEE you, you will look back and wonder where all the time went.
BTDT

May not comment much on your thread, but I am in the background reading all of it....thanks for sharing

JB
Great review and a beautiful family. I'm looking forward to following your thread in 2017. Be safe this holiday season and enjoy the time with family.

Beautiful family!
Happy New year!

Thank you all, rmalkow2, hpw, jabin, and Vieux, I look forward to the new year but essentially it is just more of the same, living life to the fullest possible when possible. I'm not much on new years resolutions but my fall back ones are to keep running (Something I mention in passing here but never elaborate on however I make time to run every day regardless of what might be going on that day.), and not die just yet, keep it simple and keep moving forward.

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jb, How can you be a farmer without having extra projects waiting around in the hedgerows? Glad to see the '57 and will enjoy any posts that you on the work that you do to it. Was great that you were able to take the Cobra on such a long trip even tho the transmission did give up on you.

Have a great New Year

Dwight

DChance,
First of all thank you for taking the time to read and post on my thread, it means a lot that someone would take that amount of time just to read my dribble and look at my terrible photos. Keep in mind the trans didn't really give up on me so much as I broke it, too much of this :3gears: I guess. I have plenty to keep me busy in the hedgerows around here, sadly lots of it isn't on my property and I don't know the owners so I'll have to ask around, I'd hate to hear about it being scrapped out!

JB,
It has taken me 2 days to read every post in this entire thread and I enjoyed every minute of it. Now that I have gotten to the last page, I guess I'll just have to patient like everyone else for further updates. You have an amazing family, homestead, work ethic, and imagination. Bravo.

Be careful when you dial up the tune on your Dmax, once you get 75 HP over stock, the Allison becomes the weak link if your right foot has it's way.
I can see your next trip on the power tour as a family affair in the more door Chebby.
I'll be sure to join everyone else here watching and reading about your adventures in the new year. Thanks for sharing.

Mack,
Thank you as well for reading up on my thread, two days, that is a lot of time you will never get back, I apologize for that. :) I try to be careful with the Allison, I don't want to have to replace it anytime soon, I always keep it on the economy tune unless I tow then I move to that one and it doesn't go too nuts and I never floor it from the get go, if I do I just roll into it slowly.

JB,
I've been reading your thread for a few days, and finally made it to the end. What a wonderful read it has been! I can't wait to see what your up to next.

Happy New Year to you and yours.

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Welcome to you as well and thank you for reading into my dribble! :bowdown: Neither you or Mack will have to wait long, I should be posting something shortly. :)

The lights in the floor are simple but genius ideas.

Looking good.

Thank you Grizz, I get lots of compliments on them and everyone that comes by and goes into the shop is pretty amazed that I actually did that. (Blows on knuckles and wipes them on shirt.) I don't usually hear many compliments in person so I eat it up when I do LOL.

JB, you had one productive year which one put us to shame. Thank you for taking us along on the ride and wish only the best for you and family in 2017.

I think you did 10 times the work I did this year, but your work has all been in circles. LOL I love the continuous improvements you make in your garage and now that it'l be portable makes it that much more impressive.

Great thread, thanks for sharing!

Happy new year!

-Tyler

Awesome Thread! have a great year!

-Bill

Tyler and Bill, thank you for your comments I'll do my best not to dissapoint. I see you have both just recently commented on my thread for the first time.

JB, just awesome, thank you for sharing..:bowdown:

Regards

1/2,
Thank you for commenting. :)

All,

Just to let everyone know I do keep tabs on who has commented here before and to give a little summary since it is a new year here goes:
# of posters: 97
# of states: 31
# of countries: 7
# of continents: 4

Not impressive numbers by any means, but it gives me something to do and I like keeping stats so that works for me.

JB
 
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I'm back to working on Tornado Alley, I got this spare 60 gallon air tank from Herb a few months back when he brought the Hearse rear end back for me to install, move for lift installation, then uninstall, then paint, then reinstall. :headscrat
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Stripped the name plate, interesting it was made just down the road from Salt in about the same year. I wonder if someone worked at both plants in that time?...
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Anyway, I got it cleaned up a little bit and ready to paint, no I didn't strip all the paint off, but if you would like to feel free to come on down. Reason being...my wire wheel unwired all over my pants, shirt, and face (wearing goggles, better than glasses for dust as well). Also I was leaving that afternoon, I had all weekend with great temps for painting but I wouldn't be back until they had passed. So I painted it as quick as possible while still making it adequate.
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Ready to paint, and painted, just as I hinted at it is now Ketchup, unless you can come up with a better name, maybe call it my fire tank. I don't know, I give up, ketchup it is that way they can all be condiments.
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We made it back in town in time to let the girls drive their new princess carriage, I think they liked it:
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I don't know if the cows were that amused though:
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Perhaps Andy can come over and train them, but please don't train them with your caboose.

I'm working to get the fittings together, and prepare to mount it over the next few days. Getting closer to having a fully complete Tornado Alley, woo hoo.

JB

P.S. I worked on blasting some parts this morning to test out the capacity of the compressor, with Pepper turned off Salt could keep up just fine and only ran about 20 seconds after I stopped. Time to get a bigger nozzle for the gun I guess. LOL
 

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JB,

Those cows look NERVOUS. And the girls sure look like they're having fun.

A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.

Joe

P.S. The family Christmas picture a few posts back is great.
 

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JB my friend.

I lost the plot over the summer and fall with things coming right and left at me. (All good though). Wife and I have put the miles on the subbie Tribeca this past few months all going north and east. I still want to come and see your "aircraft style hanger" sized shop.
I like the lift and the heating arrangement and your redone compressor. You have the room for about anything. I do want to get to your place one of these days.
They say 72 is just a number, of which I will be that old this month. If any advice from some old worn out guy like me counts, it is to savor every family minute, which is evident that you do that. Your family looks super in the photo.
I want to expecially thank you for the visit and my opportunity to meet you last June.
As previously stated, I have radar to come your way when things get to the point I can.
Your work and place is looking very good, and I am going to reserve the right to be jealous of your space and storage.

Thanks again and I will keep more in touch

Best Regards
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The cows were just checking to see if the girls were bringing food. They sure are like dogs in that respect, food! food! food!

As long as some of them are laying down there's no excitement in their minds.

I couldn't see the painted picture, but you could call your tank tabasco for a little zest in your life.

Keep it coming!
 

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I think you did 10 times the work I did this year, but your work has all been in circles. LOL


Bhahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
OMG isn't that the truth. LOL!!!
 
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JB,

Those cows look NERVOUS. And the girls sure look like they're having fun.

A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.

Joe

P.S. The family Christmas picture a few posts back is great.

Thank you Joe, I am just a little attached to the girls, it was fun to play in the woods with them wearing their princess dresses and cowgirl boots. :rocker: The cows would have been nervous if they had seen them drive that think 5 minutes earlier. lol

JB my friend.

I lost the plot over the summer and fall with things coming right and left at me. (All good though). Wife and I have put the miles on the subbie Tribeca this past few months all going north and east. I still want to come and see your "aircraft style hanger" sized shop.
I like the lift and the heating arrangement and your redone compressor. You have the room for about anything. I do want to get to your place one of these days.
They say 72 is just a number, of which I will be that old this month. If any advice from some old worn out guy like me counts, it is to savor every family minute, which is evident that you do that. Your family looks super in the photo.
I want to expecially thank you for the visit and my opportunity to meet you last June.
As previously stated, I have radar to come your way when things get to the point I can.
Your work and place is looking very good, and I am going to reserve the right to be jealous of your space and storage.

Thanks again and I will keep more in touch

Best Regards
Herb

Herb,
I know how life can go sometime and it gets busy, exciting and down right fun so no worries. Glad to have you stop back in on here and would be proud to have you stop by in person. I don't make many cakes but can make some good cookies! I'll even get the girls to clean up the shop with their new brooms from O.I.F.

The cows were just checking to see if the girls were bringing food. They sure are like dogs in that respect, food! food! food!

As long as some of them are laying down there's no excitement in their minds.

I couldn't see the painted picture, but you could call your tank tabasco for a little zest in your life.

Keep it coming!

Wouldn't them eating hot dogs lead to mad cow diesease or something, maybe it'll just lead to gas like they do to me. :eyecrazy:

I bet you could see the photo better if I uploaded the right one. It is fixed now, it is very red.

I think you did 10 times the work I did this year, but your work has all been in circles. LOL


Bhahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
OMG isn't that the truth. LOL!!!

Taumac,
You can just call me Honest Abe, but I probably wouldn't answer to it unless you were calling me to supper. I've always said you can call me whatever you like as long as you don't forget to call me to supper.

All,

So you don't have to scroll back up to see the Tabasco tank:
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Once again no real progress to show, I started to clean up a little this morning but ended up starting 2 other projects instead. I pulled the tire off of the Lemon as it keeps going flat and noticed the sway bar end link was broken off. New one on order shortly and tire to the shop soon as I couldn't find a leak. :headscrat Next I pulled the sheet of 16 gauge down to make access to the Lemon easier, but I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet.
JB
 
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What do you mean, I have tons of photos, just not many of The Lemon. Sadly that won't get any better anytime soon. Here is one from 2015 when I replaced the engine:

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I had a car just like this one in high school and college until I was hit by an inattentive driver. They only made 1,107 of them in yellow (Zinc Yellow), 107 in 1999 and 1,000 in 2000. I liked the car then but knew I was pretty much doomed if I ever wanted to find another. That was in 2010 the same time our first bun was in the oven. In 2015 I found this one for sale in the parking lot across from a bbq place I'd never been to before. Told my wife I had to buy it because I'd never get another chance this close to home. She agreed and it was mine.

Yeah I know it is just an ******, but it is actually a Ford ****** ZX2 S/R! That means it has a few special things like different wheels, wider tires, intake, exhaust, tune, suspension upgrades, poly bushings, 150 mph speedo, short shifter, stiffer clutch, leather shift boot, and a few other odds and ends. Well I replaced the tires, all of the wear parts on the suspension and a few other things when one of the rod bearings rolled on me and seized it. Because of all of the work on it at first I've called it The Lemon ever since.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, so I just added in 272 in for good measure. LOL

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Holy Cow!!! that's quite the Christmas present to yourself. A pretty solid looking '57 and will make a fun family cruiser when finished. I totally agree that sometimes projects just find you and when an extra good deal comes up you just have to act. Even as a 4 door I say that is a YOU **** deal. :thumbup:

Hopefully the rust repair is kept to a minimum and most or all the trim is there. But you certainly have the place to work on it now. Looking forward to following along on this next project adventure.

Gee I went out of town for Christmas and totally missed this. Glad you got back in one piece.

Did you have straps on both ends of the car or just on the one end? You have to have dynamic tension on the car - front and rear.

Closest I every came to losing a car was the BBQed Volvo wagon I hauled years ago. We got almost all the way home and the front tow points on the car, Which was on the trailer backwards, broke which let it roll forward ( trans linkage was melted). I saw it just as it almost rolled over the front rail. I ran a stop light while laying on the horn and drove up an embankment on the side of the road at a liquor store. The way it was strapped on the rear the straps couldn't come off unless the rear axle came out, and it would have had to climb a 5 foot tailgate to get off the back. Scared people in the parking lot to death.
 
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The 150mph speedo made me smile:)

Wasfast,

I laughed at that too the first time I saw it because the standard ZX2 would only do 107 mph (171 kph) before the governor stopped the fun. I once visited Mexico and topped my first one out on a long straight flat road and surprised when it hit 137 mph (220 kph), not bad for a car with 143 hp. :rocker: In theory that car would top out at 150 at redline in 5th gear. Now I'll never do that again, Mexico is too far of a trip. :3gears:

Gee I went out of town for Christmas and totally missed this. Glad you got back in one piece.

Did you have straps on both ends of the car or just on the one end? You have to have dynamic tension on the car - front and rear.

Closest I every came to losing a car was the BBQed Volvo wagon I hauled years ago. We got almost all the way home and the front tow points on the car, Which was on the trailer backwards, broke which let it roll forward ( trans linkage was melted). I saw it just as it almost rolled over the front rail. I ran a stop light while laying on the horn and drove up an embankment on the side of the road at a liquor store. The way it was strapped on the rear the straps couldn't come off unless the rear axle came out, and it would have had to climb a 5 foot tailgate to get off the back. Scared people in the parking lot to death.

War Wagon,

Sadly no, at first I just had it strapped at the front with the wheel "net" straps. One of those mistakes when you are rushed for time and think it'll be fine even though it isn't right. Worst part was I had a few other straps I could have used but didn't think they were necessary. :wtf: Lesson learned, I keep beating myself up for it, that was a dumb move. Guess what I'm asking for for my birthday though. Nice new 2" straps so I never have to worry about having them again.

All,
I have finely put Tabasco on a pedestal:
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I will have to say this was one of the most difficult things to design in this shop. I only had the one "rib" to tie into, I couldn't go down on the back because of Salt, and couldn't go up because I didn't have much to tie to. I also had to keep it close to the wall and Pepper to allow the door the most room to open. I also had to make the fittings below serviceable near the regulator/drier/oiler as well as give myself room to get to Salt to tension the belts if needed. I did load test the frame before putting Tabasco on which only weighs about 80 lbs (36 kg) and it deflected but not much, I installed the boards in a way that all of the bow would deflect to flat and not round over.

So here is the final plan, I'll run the lines as shown in green below:
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Salt and Pepper will each feed Tabasco, Tabasco will then feed the S.A.S. lines. Lots of fittings, pipe, valves, and flexible hoses, but in the end I think it will be best. Tabasco will also serve as another place in the system to drop out water but I don't think I'll get a ton of accumulation there but only summer will tell for sure. No worries about running out of air in the near future though.

JB
 

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JB, just finished reading your thread all I can say is Wow you have made some great progress in a long list of projects. Subscribed and will try to keep up [emoji16]
 
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JB, just finished reading your thread all I can say is Wow you have made some great progress in a long list of projects. Subscribed and will try to keep up [emoji16]

Thank you very much Missionman60, it still amazes me that people will wade through fifty some odd pages of my incoherent rambling. :bounce: I would say it is for my quality photo's but I know that isn't it, maybe there is a secret thread with a rolling over/under on how I'll kill myself working out there. :spit:

Either way I truly do appreciate the time and effort and I'll do my best not to disappoint.

not sure why I haven't been getting all the new post??

Herb,
It is either site wide, or is affecting many of the members here, I checked into the matter and was directed here:
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I've had to go to my "User CP" and then the "List Subscriptions" to find what I've been missing. Best of luck.


JB, your compressor set up looks a treat.:thumbup:

Regards

Thanks 1/2, it isn't 1/2 bad just yet, but I'm sure with enough effort it'll get completely bad. :)

JB
 

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Condiment Corner (C.C) or is it still tornado alley ? is shaping up nicely JB, certainly won't run out of air.

Are you installing the same model pressure cutout switches on salt and pepper or just adjusting what is on them now to be the same so all tanks have equal pressure ?

Cheers GB.
 

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Wow glad no other cars were involved in the 57 freestyle.

Big smiles for the owners of the princess carriage. :rocker:

And one heck of an air system you got started.
 
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