Hi Bob, Welcome.

Nice looking car. I see you have open lovers on the front side panels. Do they lift up as part of the center hinged hood? If so, I am interested in photos.

Sorry, I’ll be of no help in researching its history.

Enjoy your ride.

Sorry, nothing let go. I’ve driven her since she got home and she seems just fine. We just lost traction in a section of track that wasn’t yet dried out.

The strange noises that you hear come from a remote mic that’s plugged into the GoPro. It’s stuck down into the rear body work in an attempt to eliminate the wind noise.

Sunday morning, first run. The crash in turn 7 along with the recovery effort and the tow to the top.

Run 2. Saturday in the wet. Sideways in Turn 3 and a spin in Turn 8. Camera dies at the spin.

Just realized these should be posted in the other Hillclimb thread. Ill put them there also. Sorry.

Here is the one you’ve waited for. This includes the crash in Turn 7 along with all the recovery work and subsequent tow to the top.

Ok, here is my second run on Saturday in the wet. Put  it sideways in turn 3 and spun out in 8. That’s where the camera dies.

Glad you made it through the great bureaucracy. I hope you have a blast driving this summer.

Yes, it was. Worked out pretty good, too. I had a dedicated support crew along with a standby ambulance with EMT’s and a tow truck.

I never got to the video Sunday. Spent the day trying to reclaim some working room in the garage.

Roy, I can’t answer that question, yet. I just got it sorted out on the Tuesday before the hill climb. The track conditions were terrible with the rain. I can tell you that in a straight line it puts you back in the seat and puts a huge smile on your face. I did not experience any understeer, but with wet roads I had some oversteer. I need seat t…[Read more]

The hillclimb has its own thread now.

Pagoda Hillclimb 2018

Patti heard before I did and texted me wanting to know where you worked. There is no good side to this except that you are Ok.

That 5 is a very crude S. Car number 14 running in class Specials 3.

Well, this is the end result. I had the radiator taken apart and re cleaned and installed a larger cooling fan. The fan will require some re engineering to mount the headlamp brackets together. We ran with no front body work. We did it…it works.

Glad it’s running. New springs are in order. Cutting one coil increased the spring weight by ten percent. Cutting the second coil it went up ten percent from that rate. I did that myself and it rode like a rock.

Two more steps on your pictures. The screen where you clicked on “copy image”, click on “edit” instead. Then click on “ copy image”.    …[Read more]

Once more into the breach!

So, after already running a 180* thermostat and being surprised by how hot she runs, i pulled the thermostat and gutted it. In lieu of eliminating it I left the large flange in place and was left with a one inch hole to maintain a small bit of restriction to the flow. Hoping this helps.

I can always go back in and…[Read more]

Ongoing concerns with operating temperatures. If only I could get consistent readings I’d feel a lot better driving it. I’ve put a few miles on it constantly stopping to check temps. I’ve never encountered boil overs or errant steam which is a good thing. It makes me leery to take it any distance.