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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Newbie in need....

« on: January 14, 2018, 04:26:12 PM »

Great score John and Sheron!  I have a lot of door slammer experience but have yet to make a pass in a FED myself.  This is a great sight with a lot of knowledge to go around!

I love the Vette!   The color is bad a$$!   That is a 70s street machine from xxxx and I love the 70s!  Good luck!

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Altereds / Re: Merry Christmas

« on: December 17, 2017, 05:31:20 AM »

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, "Eight plugs a firing"

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Funny Cars / Re: Another new FC. about ready

« on: October 23, 2017, 02:29:24 PM »

Very Cool Byron!   Do you have any pictures?

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Hello From Iowa!!!

« on: October 13, 2017, 01:08:50 PM »

Welcome Justin!  I'm not to far away in NW Iowa.  WOW!  you've covered the bases when it comes to cool gear head stuff.  Funny cars, FE dragsters, flattrackers.......very cool xxxx!   The only thing you left out were speedway bikes and vintage hot rod pulling tractors!  Glad you joined here!

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Wanted to buy / Re: WTB 392 Mickey Thompson M/T valve covers

« on: October 06, 2017, 04:36:07 AM »

Hot Heads sells a repop of these but I'm not sure how accurate they are.  Might be worth checking out.

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Wanted to sell / Re: Early Hemi and some misc

« on: August 01, 2017, 09:18:56 PM »

Your right Luke.  Photobucket sucks!  I could not get any pictures enlarged.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Looking for old magazine article??

« on: July 06, 2017, 04:37:15 PM »

Thanks Bruce! The article in the little book also appeared in a two part series in Hot Rod magazine in I believe March and April 1965.  That was the Don Long article I referred to.  Great article!

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Looking for old magazine article??

« on: July 06, 2017, 11:35:55 AM »

Thanks coupemerc!  I googled that issue and now I recognize the cover.  I will find it tonight!  Thanks again!

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Front Engine Dragsters / Looking for old magazine article??

« on: July 06, 2017, 10:45:21 AM »

I am looking for an old magazine article from the 60s about building a dragster.  If I remember right it was called "So you want to build a dragster".  I have the Hot Rod article showing Don Long building the Ed Pink, Old Master dragster.  I have a few thousand old magazines but I'm going blind trying to find it.  Does anyone remember what title this appeared in?   Pop Hot Rodding? Drag Racing?  Thanks!

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Roo Man's Room / Re: front spindle yoke

« on: July 03, 2017, 09:36:43 AM »

I understand how it is, but the unequal length tie rods make for unbalenced steering.  A P&S steering box is faster one direction over the other to compensate for the longer ty-rod when it was used in farm equipt.

Did P&S build boxes for farm equip or are they copied from a Ross box?  I always thought they were copied off a Crosley box?

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Welding Moly Tube?

« on: June 14, 2017, 08:51:31 AM »

After you have the frame jigged do you tack all the joints first?  And when you are welding do you turn the chassis over when possible so you are welding flat as apposed to vertical or overhead?   Or, would welding the chassis out of the jig warp the chassis?

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Roo Man's Room / Welding Moly Tube?

« on: June 13, 2017, 04:50:34 AM »

I've read some different methods for tig welding moly tubing.  Sometimes its preheated, sometimes slow cooled and sometimes the tube is filled with the shielding gas prier to welding.  Are these methods used in chassis fabrication?  Rooman, Bruce, please explain!

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Funny Cars / Re: The new "CRAZY HORSE"

« on: April 25, 2017, 11:45:19 AM »

You did a good job on that chassis Bruce!

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Drag Racing / Great news for the High Plains!

« on: January 30, 2017, 12:05:19 PM »

There is going to be a new Dragstrip in western Iowa! The town of Onawa, Iowa has the financing to start building a Dragstrip this spring.  The project started a couple years ago after the city airport shutdown.  At first they had 3 investors but when the time came 2 of them backed out.  This past week they announced they have the money needed to go ahead.  The nice thing about it is the towns people, City hall and the county are behind it 100%.  As a matter of fact one of the guys who got the ball rolling is a councilman and a non racer but thought it would be a great use for the old airstrip!  Onawa is about an hour north of Omaha, Nebraska right off I-29. I know this probably doesn't affect most of the members hear but its always good news to have a strip being built rather than shutdown.

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Wanted to buy / Re: want buy cackle fed

« on: December 20, 2016, 11:58:45 AM »

Bruce's R & B car is very nice!  Those Buttera Rails have a nice stance.