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Royal replied to the topic Bugatti 57s kit? in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
BDriver mentioned an Auburn Speedster. There were 2 of them in the Great Race. And a whole bunch of Ford Speedsters.
There were 6 cars participating that were in their 90’s.If you get the chance to see these guys, do it. Not only are the cars tough, most of the drivers and navigators are to be kind: getting up there in age. -
edward ericson replied to the topic Bugatti 57s kit? in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Holy WOW.
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Steve Struchen replied to the topic emergency brake in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Plus one for BDriver and Royal. They gave the correct information to set the brake adjustment.mustang_evets2014-06-26 18:57:31
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Royal replied to the topic emergency brake in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Greg, VW installed 2 nuts on each of the adjusters rather than lockwashers. The reason for this is that if you have the adjusters tight enough for a lockwasher to work – it is too tight and your rear brakes are dragging. Not good!
Either put two nuts on each side and, once adjusted, tighten the second nut against the first to “lock” or in… -
greg press replied to the topic emergency brake in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
The adjusters had a lot of slack and the nuts had no lock washers so it appears to me they just loosened up with vibration
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Peter C. King replied to the topic emergency brake in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Greg,
The emergency brake lever pushes one set of shoes in the rear brakes against the drums.Make sure that the rear brakes are properly adjusted before you take up the slack at the lever.The adjusters at the lever are there to take up stretch in the cables, not to make up for rear brakes that need to be adjusted.BDriver -
Royal replied to the topic Bugatti 57s kit? in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
So, do you guys think this car is beautiful?? I’m apparently too much of a Philistine to appreciate beauty. To me it looks like a caricature of a car. I will say that it is huge….as in really huge. Looks like what once may have been a beautiful car with a butt job, a nose job, boob job, botox and lots of big hair.
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Peter C. King replied to the topic Bugatti 57s kit? in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
I’m impressed that someone would spend the bucks to recreate one of the Art Deco cars of the period.
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edward ericson replied to the topic Bugatti 57s kit? in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
There was one parked on display at Carlisle . Did not know they would even sell it as a kit.
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billnparts replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Roy, it sounds like fun. It would make for an 8+ hour run home. It’s doable but you’re gonna have to talk me into it. You’re close enough to Va Beach to be there Sun after the show. Monday to enjoy your town, then a mad dash home on Tuesday. I’ll have to check vacation calendar at work.
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Paul Mossberg replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
I dig some digging through older stories on the great race web site.
John Corey’s “wounded Speedster” is a car of his own creation…a 32 Buick fenderless Speedster.Looking at the history John’s creation and his fabrications skills, I suspect John C… -
edward ericson replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
I like it. Not sure I can do it. But really tempted to try. Keep talking.
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Royal replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Paul, I wouldn’t have mentioned the possible Corey link if not for this line in one of his posts:
“So, early this morning, while the others made their first day???s run, we rose early back home where we dropped the wounded Speedster.” -
Paul Mossberg replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Roy, our friend on the SOG is Cory Drake, not John Corey.
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Royal replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Or, would anybody be interested in coming to the “World’s first annual TDr sleepover at Roy & Julie’s”?
We could do it at anytime or immediately before or after the Virginia Beach Air & Auto show at the end of October.There are 3 TDr’s that live here and we have 5 spare bedrooms. …or you could bring pup-tents. I have plenty of parking sp… -
edward ericson replied to the topic The Great Race in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Don’t miss it, Roy.
In 2011 the group came through Chambersburg, PA & I rode out with a couple of the Speedster guys to watch. Took some video.I’d really love to run it but pretty sure Bridget wouldn’t rate–even before, when fitted with her VW motor. Very cool rally though.Hey…any interest in running a “grand tour” of some sort with our cars?… -
edward ericson replied to the topic Soob swap in the forum VW Based Kits 11 years, 2 months ago
Still working on it.
Coolant pipes are now all-but finalized. Rear hanger was quite tricky and I am very creative (which is to say it’s probably not good). Also had to take some time today and weld my crossmember back together. Here’s the blow-by-blow.edsnova2014-06-27 20:16:01
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Johnny L. Baxter replied to the topic TC replica! in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Just a finite point about the MGTC. They were all right hand drive. I wish they had only added 4 minutes stoppage time. I lived in Portugal for 2 years but I wanted the US of A to advance.
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Bill Gould replied to the topic TC replica! in the forum General Discussion 11 years, 2 months ago
Pretty nice, apart from the wheels. I’ve bookmarked that website, too. Thanks for the heads-up, Ed.
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newkitman replied to the topic Muffler Tape Use in the forum VW Based Kits 11 years, 2 months ago
Thanks for the replies. I’ll have to look into the heat shield idea you folks mentioned. That’ll bbe next weekend afyer I get back from yet another TDY. Sheesh!!
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