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Holy Moly! That makes you Grandpa David, that's crazy. Congratulations

Merry Christmas
Gus

Can't be any worse then the mess in my small garage.

Somewhere in there is a wood work bench.

That's Pretty Cool, I always has a soft spot for that year Matador

And there are conversion tables etc. if you want to see how you compare to 1/4 mile times.

Cool pics, first run against a funny car  

¼ Mile ET & 1/8 Mile ET Conversions

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¼ Mile ET = (1/8 Mile ET + .22) / .655[/url]

Gus

Lets say a street rod/ street car with 302 - 350 cid engine, mild camshaft, mayb a daily driver car,........ trouble free as possible.

Probably a 600 or 650 cfm carb to function on a mild engine build.

An Edelbrock bolt it on and forget about it, their maintenance free and forgiving whether it be the jetting or size of the carb, and that's coming from somone who runs Holleys on almost everything, but that's because I take everything to the track.

Gus

I plan to be there every day, but I'll prolly forget/miss the meet and greets as always.

Gus

Thanks Don, you always get the best pics.

Looks Great  :b-d:  You can't go wrong with shiney black paint and polished stainless trim.

I don't know squat about transmissions Rudy, but I dug through some books to look for some AOD pics. I'm guessing if there's no tension on the kick down lever that the torsion spring isn't on correctly.

I think your probably going to have to take off the trans pan off and maybe take a pic for Crosely to look at.

I've been ordering up a bunch of stuff lately, and all these places have been great about ordering online, shipping and saying if something was back ordered and when it was expected:

Streamline Hot Rod Parts
RJay's Speed Shop
Snyder's Antique Auto Parts
Savage Speed Garage
Adams Hot Rod Rubber
Radir Wheels (some backorders but honest about when expected)
Early Wheel Company
Total Performance
Speedway Motors
Summit
Jegs
Rock Auto

Mooneyes, Wheel Vintiques and Coker where good on their products but freaking terrible about back orders and dates.

I still need some mult-carb linkage setups, but after hearing stories about a couple of suppliers, I'm not really sure where to go for those parts, or if I should just order ahead of time and wait it out. I may have to start fabricating things on my own.

Gus

This is from the another glass body place.

Wow , that's not like your dad, to run out of gas . Have a safe trip home and dont forget some extra socks it's getting cool back here.

Sorry I didn't make it Deb, but last I heard Rudy was on his way to Vegas.    

Drive safe. have fun. BE carfull. Don't pic up any hitchhikers. Watch out for a guy named B:roll:B K. Keep a eye on he remaining hub caps. Don't forget  to get me something. Check the waster in the Radiatior.......

And geeze, wash those white walls, they may be taking pictures at this egorama thingy.

I also cut down on the shows in general this year to save some money and get some work done. But the gas prices won't effect my planing or building.

Everyone is freaking out but realistically a trip like the Louisville Nats would cost me about $100 for gas at $2.25 a gallon and the same trip would cost about $150 at $3.25 a gallon. For as much as those weekends end up costing an extra $50 on the end of an already expensive weekend isn't all that much if you've decided to go.

As far as building I was already using mild engines that would run on the cheap 87 or even 85 octane and get some decent mileage. My daily gets 22/27 my roadster gets about 18/22. If you look at consumer reports this month there arent that many new cars that get much better that that no matter what they advertise.

I think most people who have been building cars to make long distance runs have already been concerned with mileage and  I'm sure people will make even more of an attempt to improve mileage now with less gear, or OD transmissions, and less motor. I wouldn't be suprised to see a lot more V6, 4 Bangers, and fuel injection enter the scene, if gas prices don't come down some.

I've got a couple of wild cars going together, still pump gas but I'm not going to change directions because of gas prices, it would ruin the whole style of the car if I did.

Gus