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At least two of the planes in pic #138 are P-51 Mustangs; in my opinion the most beautiful propeller driven airplane ever designed...

Another vote for the P-51.

Last time I was in San Diego they all said if you go to TJ do not take your car it will not come back. That was a crappy Malibu rental can't imagine how quick a $3k T roadster would come up missing.

Ron

That's pretty funny about the chicken plant thing ! When we lived in California we went to TJ one day. Real experience, and I bet you are right about nice cars disappearing.


Well, Don got to take his first ride in his bucket tonight. We got the steering welded up and some wires hooked up so he could take a lap or two in the parking lot. All I have to say is that the pavement there sure is getting a lot of black streaks on it! He made one easy pass just to make sure that nothing would fall off, then he got on it a little the next pass. Didn't even get into the second four barrel and both tires lit up and looked pretty cool with smoke rolling off of them. Then it was my turn to initiate it, and I did about the same thing. Finally, Dan took the wheel and more smoke. Thing is a blast to drive and looked great going past us.

Have a few minor things we had to correct, like jacking the coilovers up a little more because the car settled after we got on it a few times. Nothing major though, and the brakes work well and the car will now idle in gear without surging........guess it's loosening up. Steering is also very light and it tracks straight.

We noticed the upholstery guy was in his shop so we walked down and man was I relieved to see he had worked all weekend on my interior and it is now looking very presentable. He redid the entire back section and now it is smooth and the pleats are straight. It really looks fine now...........certainly not a high dollar job by one of the famous guys, but ok for the driver I want the car to be. He says I can pick it up tomorrow. He ran out of material to do some piping around the top, but that can wait til I get back from Daytona.

Got some primer on the grille shell and headlights and am going to sand them some more tomorrow then get some black paint sprayed. Don't have any pictures of Don's first ride, but Dan did video a little of it and will probably do a YouTube tomorrow. He and Don are still at the shop finishing up the wiring, but I had had enough fun for one day.

Don

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

At least two of the planes in pic #138 are P-51 Mustangs; in my opinion the most beautiful propeller driven airplane ever designed...

That, and the Lockheed Constellation

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

That, and the Lockheed Constellation

Probably the last passenger aircraft that Lockheed made that was worth a damn. The L1011 was/is a rattly POS. It was a poor imitation of a DC10.

Good choice Jack, but I prefer the EC 121 R version of the Connie...................but I'm just a bit biased!