14 sep. 2010

Bill Burke Belly tank







Burke's first belly tank lakester was built in 1946, made from a 165 gallon used on the Navy corsair just like the ones he'd seen during the war. Designed with the engine in front and a bicycle seat on the drive shaft to sit as low as possible
Burke ran the car in 1946, reaching a speed of 131.96 mph. 1947 he built a new one from a larger P-38 Lightning.

11 sep. 2010

Monroe Springer shock




Found a Monroe springer shock for my panhead today at Hop Upers swap

10 sep. 2010

HOP UPers swap meet 2010




See you there tomorrow morning!

8 sep. 2010

Back in business




O yeah! everything is assebled again and in working order. took a test run today and the new transmission seems to work nice.

7 sep. 2010

Mission Transmission





Newbuilt 28 tooth -39 transmission is back in K-member and the flathead is also bolted in. Test run tomorrow.

6 sep. 2010

What really grind my gears




After yesterdays defeat I started to rebuild a new -39 tranny with ford 28 tooth gears and one back up -39 with 29 tooth gears. One might be for sale.
Now I will get to Hop upers swap meet with my roadster on saturday.

5 sep. 2010

Lincoln Zephyr gears R.I.P




3 days ago I took my roadster for a last run before I was going through my -39 tranny after the hillclimb at Devils peak ,A bombers 2010. Yes of course I blew the lincoln zepyr 26 tooth gears on that run. F U C K. I took out the tranny yesterday and this is what I saw...

Rest In very small Pieces.