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Congrats to Hooley and the whole gang.  We were out there but never caught up with them.  Went looking on Monday afternoon but never found them.  Turns out they were clear down at the end.  Tuesday afternoon we saw the Stude in impund but everyone had already left.  The runs we saw looked really good.
Once again congrats on the record.

Out of curiousity do they allow ATVs for getting around?

Bob

I haven't been on the RR for a while but since I'm finally getting to go to Bonneville this year I thought I would see if you veterans have any good tips.  We're going to be camping at the "bend in the road".  Will be there from Sunday to Wednesday.

Bob

Thanks.  Now we found out the motor coesn't work anyway so he needs to find a new one.

I am helping a friend wire his '38 Chevy.  He is using a '95 Chevy pickup power drivers seat.  There are three wires in the stock harness going to the seat.  Two are larger and seem to be the power and ground.  There is a smaller orange wire also.  Does anyone know what that is for?  These three wires plug into a socket from the seat that has 4 wires but the 4th does't have a matching wire on the truck harness side.

Thanks,
Bob

Mike,
  I've got a friend that has coated S & S fenderwell headers (from Arizona) on his '37 chev with a BBC.  He hasn't had any problem with the paint on his fenders and has had them on for several years.  They were a little long though so I cut off the collector flange, shortened the collectors and welded the flange back on.  It didn't even hurt the coating enough to notice.  We are also using S & S fenderwell headers on Dan's '38 chevy we are building right now with a 396.
  I originaly had header wrap on my 427 Cobra and didn't have any real problems with that except for appearance in 10 years.  About 8 years ago I had the headers coated and I think it is almost cooler in the engine compartment now then it was with the wrpped headers.

Bob

Tony,
 Have you had the bumper off the Falcon yet.  I just had bumpers for my '63 comet rechromed and they were pretty lightweight.  Your falcon bumper looks smaller than the comet one so it is probably lighter yet.
 Years ago I made a fiberglass trunk lid for my Mazda RX2 drag car.  It ended up heavier than the stock lid and I took it to the dump.

Bob

I have 16" wheels on my '63 Mercury Comet.  They are the spare wheels from (4) '99 explorers.  They are the same as the crown vic wheels but easier to find around here. I also used 2000 crown vic center caps from a police car or taxi.


Bob

Another vote for Wardlow here.  

One thing to consider: some of their bras use a snap to attach to the underside lip of a fender.  If you don't want to drill a hole they'll make one that uses Velcro (included) instead.  At the Nats one year I was buying some more Velcro from them and the gal told me to run a bead of silicone around the Velcro once it was attached....... since then it has always stayed put.

Thanks for posting the silicone suggestion.  That is why I thought the extra hook was needed.  The top hook always slides down on mine and I couldn't get the Velcro to stay in place.  I have a friend who did the snaps but my tire clearances are really close.

Bob

Pep,
 I have a set of wardlow bras on my '37 (bra, grill screen, bumper cover) and they seem to work OK.  I would check to see if they could put one more hook on each side though.   Mine has two along the edge of the fenders and I think it would be better with one more in between.

Bob

Holy Smokes, Americruise is this weekend?  I guess I won't be going.  For some reason I thought it was towards the end of July.  I was planning to go if it was then but no way I can go just after BTTF.  You guys have a good time there.

Bob

www.gottashow.com

 I used their hoses on my Comet.  THey have a hose kit for GM pump and T-bird rack.

Bob

I have always used centech.   I don't know about recenly but I hae heard of problems with the Ron Francis harnesses.

I originally used the Drake halogen kit but with the Julianos lenses.  It looked great but was basically a very bright spot light.  Last summer I went to the sealed beam halogens behind the same Julianos lenses and it is much better.  If you use the Drake kit I feel you must use the stock style lenses.

Bob

I have a freind that won a trophy with his Pontiac convertible at a pretty large car show in NE.  He had pre-entered it but because of rain didn't drive it down and just went down to spectate.