we got her licensed last week ...... finally. just b4 our car show .... see photos in ''ya shoulda been there''. sorry not many.
. we got her into all 5 & rev gears
and took her up to 55 several times.
she pulls like a raped @&#
in all gears. we live in the foothills @ 2400' so hills were a concern but no problems
that i can feel/see. i have a 3.40:1 rear end, 6 lug, T5 hybrid, corvette clutch & PP, w/ an edelbrock 500cfm w/ mildest cam. take off from first gear could
not be nicer.
we have Not even messed w/ the carb as she was brand new oftb.
the linkage i made works v-well w/ plenty of stock pedal to push &
& I'm so very happy
about that side of this whole endeavor go figure. but next week we'll look carefully at her whole engine. she got stovebolt dual headers so 2 into one pipe w/ a quiet walker muff, i forgot just how sweet sounding 6's are.
I'm just putting on 50-70 miles to see how she feels. the stock ford astro van seat is the next item to deal w/ it's a little low for me @ 6-3. she shifts link a dream, both up/down & w/ that adjuster we made, makes it very nice, see pics link. the completely rebuilt front end works v-well and really not bad.
i still want to do sway bars F/R and steering shock. she has no wheel shimmy. and after i put some more air in those tires after sitting in the shop for yrs. WOW
it's smoother than i remember. he,he,he caroline is wanting
to drive her but it's v-hard to see over the hood. so rethink the seat frame, up 3'' and off to the upholsterer.
Ps it's the only way i could get my 52 in the show ... they
really don't like M/C's
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/2009%20romin%20angels%20show/?start=all
