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Doctor Frazer of the Applied Physics People meets Doktor Sartwell of the Hot Rod People ...
I wish you guys could have "heard" the conversation. It was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Jim tends to read lips, and so has to stand in the frontal quarter-view of whoever's speaking. Kelly, same-same. They were in low orbit around each other trying to see what each other were saying for almost an hour.
Damn, that was funny.
Jim had a pretty high opinion of Kelly's car, which kind of says something in my book. We did take it down the road to a parts joint, and Kelly let me drive it for the first time. I'm going to have to say it was a really nice ride. It drove and handled very well, and Kelly's got it dialed in pretty dang close to perfectly.
He's doing better with it than I would have, and he's making sure to do it by the numbers. It'll be interesting to see his list of "Had to do's."
I think I'm going to affectionately nickname his car the Bloodmobile. Whaddya say?
I wish you guys could have "heard" the conversation. It was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Jim tends to read lips, and so has to stand in the frontal quarter-view of whoever's speaking. Kelly, same-same. They were in low orbit around each other trying to see what each other were saying for almost an hour.
Damn, that was funny.
Jim had a pretty high opinion of Kelly's car, which kind of says something in my book. We did take it down the road to a parts joint, and Kelly let me drive it for the first time. I'm going to have to say it was a really nice ride. It drove and handled very well, and Kelly's got it dialed in pretty dang close to perfectly.
He's doing better with it than I would have, and he's making sure to do it by the numbers. It'll be interesting to see his list of "Had to do's."
I think I'm going to affectionately nickname his car the Bloodmobile. Whaddya say?
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nice color
Pertaining to absolutely nothing, this was our solution to making a welded, one-piece tailgate on the '36 Chevy truck in the photos above.
"Weld it shut," was the only guidance. We decided to add a little '30s flare to it.
This one's for you, Vince:
"Weld it shut," was the only guidance. We decided to add a little '30s flare to it.
This one's for you, Vince:
"dialed in pretty dang close to perfectly"
What was off the bubble about the car? Seems sweet, what else needs doin?
About those extra pieces of tin on the back of the truck . . . way to ruin it! Make up a nice rolled and bead rolled rear pan for the poor thing and trash those Munster Coach add-ons. And that tail gate/those tail lights . . . did you phone Boyd for advice?
Looks like $#IT!
REALLY ! ! ! ! !
What was off the bubble about the car? Seems sweet, what else needs doin?
About those extra pieces of tin on the back of the truck . . . way to ruin it! Make up a nice rolled and bead rolled rear pan for the poor thing and trash those Munster Coach add-ons. And that tail gate/those tail lights . . . did you phone Boyd for advice?
Looks like $#IT!
REALLY ! ! ! ! !
Gotta agree with TC on those lights - El Sucko...
But who are WE to talk - driving around in little cars with tiny tail lights, each putting out, What? 1-1/2 candle-power?
Don't know about "Bloodmobile" for Kelley's car. Sounds a little Macabre.
But who are WE to talk - driving around in little cars with tiny tail lights, each putting out, What? 1-1/2 candle-power?
Don't know about "Bloodmobile" for Kelley's car. Sounds a little Macabre.
Yeah, I have to agree on the lights. I thought he ought to put teardrops on it, but this is what he gave us to use.
I can't believe you guys don't like the curvy bits, though. I thought they came out well! There used to be a tailgate, but it was rusted on all eight surfaces, and the shackles were sticking straight out the bottom of the fiberglass fenders. Looked TERRIBLE.
Maybe I ought to stick to Bugs?
I can't believe you guys don't like the curvy bits, though. I thought they came out well! There used to be a tailgate, but it was rusted on all eight surfaces, and the shackles were sticking straight out the bottom of the fiberglass fenders. Looked TERRIBLE.
Maybe I ought to stick to Bugs?
I think Kelly's car is a "Claret"
Lovely, lovely color!
angela
Lovely, lovely color!
angela
wrt color, it is officially Carmona Red Metallic, a gen-U-ine Porsche paint, you can get on your new Boxster tomorrow, if you want. Anyway, I have called it "Red" but more recently The Red Barron, with casual deference to its Germanic heritage. And the two shots Cory took of the juxtaposition of Hoopty and Classic Speedster: windshields, doors, seats and such, are really quite stunning, IMHO.
Sorting out, hmmmm . . . Still some things to do, and indeed I have a big list. All kinda little stuff, but annoying in the extreme in some cases. Perhaps tonight I'll put it all down in my "Red" thread, and youse guys can decide for yourselves what's right and what's not. SOme is Q/C at JPS -- or lack thereof -- and some is just plain bad luck.
I can provide some news on the latest two things. One is why I was at Sartwells in the first place: been draggin' my ass on some bumps, seems like. Lowest point is the collector in the sidewinder exhaust, and it is worn kinda flat right now, and maybe getting thin. Asked Jim if he could fab a skid plate to give me some protection here. And so we had some conversation and dimensions were had. Maybe this week we'll giterdone. Second item, is an Old Business item: oil leakage on tins and other stuff lower down, like exhaust pipes. Once thought this to be from distributor, and am convinced it was so at one time, but recently the bottom of the dist'r has been dry, so maybe things are OK there. But still oil is all over the tins just to the left of the pulley, where dist'r and oil sending units are. Did an R&R to redress the threads and seal 'em up good. No luck. Bought a new oil pressure sending unit -- still no luck. Took a good hard look w/ magnifying mirror at the whole area there w/ engine running, and so saw oil oozing out of the case itself. Arrrghhhhh, WTF?? It would appear that the case just where the drilled/tapped hole/boss (where sending units go into)blends into the case has a casting defect, or was damaged when the units were threaded in there. This oil leak has been part of my engine since Day 1. Proposed fix, suggested by Sartwell and JPS too: clean it up REAL good and use some sort of epoxy smakumpuckey to glue it shut. Will tend to that this week too, I hope. I ran some diagnostics on all of this over the weekend. Not having the epoxy stuff yet, I took some electician's putty (aka monkeyshit) and put that in there after a good douche w/ brake cleaner. Kinda like using some bubble gum, know what I mean? Put on 500 mi out to the beach and back, and guess what? No oil, just a little melted putty that has run down. So there is hope.
PS: JPS said he'd do whatever it took to get it right, including replace the engine, if it comes to that. Also, Sartwell explained that this happend to him once w/ a brand new case, where the oil squirted out in a stream. He used the epoxy and that patch has held for over ten years.
The beat goes on . . .
Sorting out, hmmmm . . . Still some things to do, and indeed I have a big list. All kinda little stuff, but annoying in the extreme in some cases. Perhaps tonight I'll put it all down in my "Red" thread, and youse guys can decide for yourselves what's right and what's not. SOme is Q/C at JPS -- or lack thereof -- and some is just plain bad luck.
I can provide some news on the latest two things. One is why I was at Sartwells in the first place: been draggin' my ass on some bumps, seems like. Lowest point is the collector in the sidewinder exhaust, and it is worn kinda flat right now, and maybe getting thin. Asked Jim if he could fab a skid plate to give me some protection here. And so we had some conversation and dimensions were had. Maybe this week we'll giterdone. Second item, is an Old Business item: oil leakage on tins and other stuff lower down, like exhaust pipes. Once thought this to be from distributor, and am convinced it was so at one time, but recently the bottom of the dist'r has been dry, so maybe things are OK there. But still oil is all over the tins just to the left of the pulley, where dist'r and oil sending units are. Did an R&R to redress the threads and seal 'em up good. No luck. Bought a new oil pressure sending unit -- still no luck. Took a good hard look w/ magnifying mirror at the whole area there w/ engine running, and so saw oil oozing out of the case itself. Arrrghhhhh, WTF?? It would appear that the case just where the drilled/tapped hole/boss (where sending units go into)blends into the case has a casting defect, or was damaged when the units were threaded in there. This oil leak has been part of my engine since Day 1. Proposed fix, suggested by Sartwell and JPS too: clean it up REAL good and use some sort of epoxy smakumpuckey to glue it shut. Will tend to that this week too, I hope. I ran some diagnostics on all of this over the weekend. Not having the epoxy stuff yet, I took some electician's putty (aka monkeyshit) and put that in there after a good douche w/ brake cleaner. Kinda like using some bubble gum, know what I mean? Put on 500 mi out to the beach and back, and guess what? No oil, just a little melted putty that has run down. So there is hope.
PS: JPS said he'd do whatever it took to get it right, including replace the engine, if it comes to that. Also, Sartwell explained that this happend to him once w/ a brand new case, where the oil squirted out in a stream. He used the epoxy and that patch has held for over ten years.
The beat goes on . . .
Kelly, it sounds like none of the remaining problems are bad enough to prevent you from taking a little trip, like to the mountains. You could caravan with Cory in a couple of weeks and run the Dragon with us. C'mon, ya know ya want to.
Kelly,
Don't be shy about JB Weld-bond (is that the material you're talking about?). Used it to epoxy a starter nose-cone onto a transaxle. Ran it for years like that. The transmission finally quit, but not the bonded in nose-cone.
My mom had a 6.2 Chevy diesel pickup - wretched engine. The starter where it mounts into the block, actually sheared a section out of the block. It was out of warranty so they told my mom they could bond it back in, long enough for her to trade it in on a new pickup. They JB'd it. Mom didn't buy another truck. Drove that pig for about eight more years. It threw a rod, but the starter to block JB weld-bond never failed. Diesel starters throw out tons of torque.
With the JB, you can let it harden and even machine it or cut threads into it. Crazy stuff!
Good luck on your car - it sure is beautiful!
angela
Don't be shy about JB Weld-bond (is that the material you're talking about?). Used it to epoxy a starter nose-cone onto a transaxle. Ran it for years like that. The transmission finally quit, but not the bonded in nose-cone.
My mom had a 6.2 Chevy diesel pickup - wretched engine. The starter where it mounts into the block, actually sheared a section out of the block. It was out of warranty so they told my mom they could bond it back in, long enough for her to trade it in on a new pickup. They JB'd it. Mom didn't buy another truck. Drove that pig for about eight more years. It threw a rod, but the starter to block JB weld-bond never failed. Diesel starters throw out tons of torque.
With the JB, you can let it harden and even machine it or cut threads into it. Crazy stuff!
Good luck on your car - it sure is beautiful!
angela
So Lane, I hear ya on the big Fall Adventure, but I have a trip out west planned for that week-end, to go hiking w/ the grandkids -- and their parents. Gonna miss this one w/ the Speedy bunch. It does sound like a really good time however -- and it is a really lot of miles from DC. Don't know if I'm up for 1,000 mi + road haul. Would want to take my time, and not just do the Interstate thing, which I am beginning to understand is not all that much fun, hour after hour, in the wee Speedster. And so that means several days of vacation to get there and back. Oh, the car will keep up w/ the traffic quite nicely, thank you, and is nimble, etc. but screaming along at 3,500 or 4,000 w/ the wind in your face can wear a guy out pretty quickly. These cars were designed/built before Interstates were invented (I suppose there was the Autobahn -?-) and they really are a pleasure on the back roads.
JB KWIK WELD My hero, the stuff is absolutely great!
Kelly, keep us updated on your epoxy sploog fix. If it doesn't work I have some goo that'll
work just fine. Fuel proof, sticks to all, high heat tolerant, semi flexible, paintable and
a carcinogen to boot. It's great stuff.
work just fine. Fuel proof, sticks to all, high heat tolerant, semi flexible, paintable and
a carcinogen to boot. It's great stuff.
Kelly, you really wouldn't be in the car for hours on end. The gas tank is too small for that :-). When driving to Carlisle I stopped every 150 miles or so for gas, although I could have gone a bit over 200. Those breaks helped. The car really did surprisngly well on the freeway. I stayed in the right lane most of the time and held to 70-75. Really pretty comfortable, but a bit noisy. Still, that first 6 hour day was about my limit. Oh yeah, top up is definitely the way to go for a long run.
Lane, not sure why, but I don't think I can get 150 miles out of a tank. I have a 10 gallon tank, but realistically it gets filled to about 9.5 gallons, and then I think my mixture is rich, so I am getting about 15 mpg from my calcs. I have to pull over at the next available station once the needle starts bouncing as I can only get about 30 more miles MAX... ask me how I know that.
James.
James.
Hmmm... I only have an 8 gallon tank, but for the whole Carlisle trip I averaged 28 mpg, giving me a theoretical range of 224 miles. You must be running REEEEEEEAAAALLLL rich to not make 150 miles on a 10 gallon tank - rich enough that you might want to change it.
Either that, or you're redlining it the whole way :-)
Either that, or you're redlining it the whole way :-)
Lane, that's 'cuz Barbie Car engines don't really DRINK gas. They kinda sip it.
..and the horse you rode in on ;-)
Oh yeah, SIP THIS!!!
Oh yeah, SIP THIS!!!
FYI -- When the Kelly's Red Barron begins to develop 'zaust problems in the not-too-distant future, it's 'cuz I made a part for him the other day. Maybe we can cajole him into posting a picture before it drags on a bump ...
Heh, heh. That thing's so heavy, he's going to need wheelie bars ...
Heh, heh. That thing's so heavy, he's going to need wheelie bars ...
Zowee!!! - check out Kelly's engine specs - 2332cc! His car must be a real sleeper -- looks so classic yet has some serious race underpinnings. No wonder he yawned when I said I planned to build my T4 stock with bus Solexes and that 87 HP was more than enough! In past, think I also said 64k bytes RAM and a 10MB HD was more than enought in a PC. Nice meeting Kelly the other night - thanks for dragging him along.
Well, let's see, where to begin?? Two for one: race tuned 2332 and MPG. I get 20 MPG, and have thought that is because I can't keep my foot out of the thing. Last week-end I tooled downeeocean (that's Baltimorese) and so had a few hours cruising -- 20 MPG. JPS says maybe the thing is set up "a little rich". Not sure what that means, nor nec'y how to lean it out some, but will consider doing that. 25 MPG would seem about right. Have a 15 gal tank, so that's nice. And I have carefully nurtured the sleeper approach here -- done on purpose.
I asked Jim Sartwell if he could build me a skid plate to fix onto my fancy-ass sidewinder pipes, which drag the pavement every now and then and which show a decided flat spot in the offending location. Believed the pipe was getting thin there. Other fact: Jim has a garage jockey under employ who sweeps the floor and holds the hot end of the parts being welded. He also scrapes rust and 40 year old road dirt/grease. Very talented fellow named Drake. Anyway, this tiny bit of blacksmithing (a one-bolt attached skid plate for my system) was THE perfect you-can't-possibly-f-it-up welding job for Youg Apprentice, and so the part was made as an educational experience. And installed. I will send a photo. First use of the skid plate: getting out of the garage at Sartwell's. And har-hardee-har-har on the wheelie -- very funny.
Been busy running w/ other stuff recently so no news on the epoxy seal, but I am sure it will work. The bubble gum I put on before the run to the beach all but stopped the flow, so using the real deal should be all there is to it. More news next week.
I asked Jim Sartwell if he could build me a skid plate to fix onto my fancy-ass sidewinder pipes, which drag the pavement every now and then and which show a decided flat spot in the offending location. Believed the pipe was getting thin there. Other fact: Jim has a garage jockey under employ who sweeps the floor and holds the hot end of the parts being welded. He also scrapes rust and 40 year old road dirt/grease. Very talented fellow named Drake. Anyway, this tiny bit of blacksmithing (a one-bolt attached skid plate for my system) was THE perfect you-can't-possibly-f-it-up welding job for Youg Apprentice, and so the part was made as an educational experience. And installed. I will send a photo. First use of the skid plate: getting out of the garage at Sartwell's. And har-hardee-har-har on the wheelie -- very funny.
Been busy running w/ other stuff recently so no news on the epoxy seal, but I am sure it will work. The bubble gum I put on before the run to the beach all but stopped the flow, so using the real deal should be all there is to it. More news next week.
Hey, Jim "The Pineapplehead" Ignacio -- before you beat me to the punch, that OFFICIALLY makes me your garage-sweeping, hot-part-holding, rust-scraping, 40-year-old-road-grease-removing, black-smithing, plasma-cutting, welder-wielding, mildly talented East Coast Braddah.
I didn't think he'd ever met my wife. Surprising insight.
I didn't think he'd ever met my wife. Surprising insight.
Copy that!!
Epoxy smackumpuckey seems to have done the trick. Applied last night and after running today, all is dry around the sending units. The crack leaking all the oil was in the boss where the sending unit ass'y goes. after cleaning all up, was plain enough to see. Likely due to overtightening. Time for a toast. On the other hand, maybe I should wait a few weeks before celebrating. On to the next challenge . . .
"Epoxy smackumpuckey"
A highly technical term invented by the scientists at MIT who were working on the Apollo Lunar Program, to describe the substance developed for the Astronauts to use to repair holes in their Space Capsules.
Not wanting to concern people (especially the highly protected fairer sex) back on Earth who might be listening to Mission Control transmissions during the evening news with newsman Walter Cronkite and Science Editor Jules Bergman, it was felt to be less "worrisome" for the Astronauts to say something like;
"Houston?.....I found that hole in the side of the capsule (Beep!).....and sealed it up slicker than a Beaver slidin' down a creek.(Beep!)......Just put some 'Smackumpuckey' on it an' now it's better than when Rockwell built it!....Over!(Beep!)"
A highly technical term invented by the scientists at MIT who were working on the Apollo Lunar Program, to describe the substance developed for the Astronauts to use to repair holes in their Space Capsules.
Not wanting to concern people (especially the highly protected fairer sex) back on Earth who might be listening to Mission Control transmissions during the evening news with newsman Walter Cronkite and Science Editor Jules Bergman, it was felt to be less "worrisome" for the Astronauts to say something like;
"Houston?.....I found that hole in the side of the capsule (Beep!).....and sealed it up slicker than a Beaver slidin' down a creek.(Beep!)......Just put some 'Smackumpuckey' on it an' now it's better than when Rockwell built it!....Over!(Beep!)"