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new guy intro with old fed
denverflatheader:
Tommy - you'll be astonished how many times you have to put the engine/trans in and take it out again. After a few months, you could do it easily with the lights off. I had picked up a bare unfinished chassis in 2009. Greg, the local nhra sfi chassis cert guy come by to check it out. If it wouldn't certify, it was just going to be a wall hanger. He looked at it and guessed it to be early '80s vintage. There was a 1/2 inch u-joint steering coupler tacked in. He pulled the dust cover back and read the serial number. I think the number ended in a -80. Greg said there you go "1980." We all try to know as much history about our car (if we didn't build it new) plus it fun to know when you talk about it. My first dragster's home track was Lions, "Flathead Obsession" I'm the second owner. Did you ever see it run at the Beach?
rd - 96" wb....... that'll be exciting launch.
ts39256:
Thanks denverflatheader. I was just a young teen back in the late sixtys,don`t remember seeing your car exsactly, but I sure may have. There was always a sea of diggers there. I grew up in Granada Hills and Don Prudhomme and Paula Murphy lived close by. Sometimes on a Friday evening they would test fire their fueler and it would just thunder the valley! Well now that I`ve got the motor set, The next task I`m working on is the throttle linkage. I have the small Moon dragster pedal,a Holley 650 carb, and nothing inbetween. Should I try a cable hook-up or a direct metal rod set-up? I may have to turn the carb around to get a straight push. Pros n cons?
hotrod316:
ts39256, you running a driveshaft or a coupler?
denverflatheader:
Good story on Granada Hills. I'm using a metal rod. I like the looks better than a cable. There's options to turning your carb around, I'll take a picture of one option and send it to you at lunchtime.
denverflatheader:
Here's two pictures, self explanatory. Bob (friend in Denver) built this on his car as his throttle pedal and fi linkage was on opposite sides. His use of 1/4 inch rod and a few connectors is simple setup.
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