Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[J. Robinson]

Well, we made the "maiden voyage" with my son's sedan last Saturday. He and a buddy were in his car and I followed in my coupe. The first stop was at a local Shell station so he could fill up, and then it was on to Orlando.

As we passed through the town of Bithlo, approaching the outskirts of Orlando, the sedan started skipping and stuttering. My son whipped into a jiffy-mart to get out of the traffic. It took just a few minutes to discover the problem - there was water in the fuel! Jim Jr had been driving this car around since Tuesday night with no problems, so the water had to come from the gas he'd just got at the Shell station. This would be the first of four such stops!

We drained off some of the watered gas and added two bottles of gas tank drier, but there was just too much water to absorb. We finally made it to the Groundhog Gala... 2 1/2 hours late. Apparently, we finally cured the problem because there were no further problems on the trip home and no problems since.

Here are a couple of pics. First, a pic I shot through the windshield of Jim Jr's sedan leading the way. Second, the two of us with our cars together at the Gala.

[Itoldyouso]

I bet he is as proud as can be, as he should. That's fantastic that it got done in time. Looks great too.

Water in the gas is becoming a real problem. There is one gas station I avoid now because I have gotten bad gas twice so far. You might consider adding a marine water seperating fuel filter in line. They really do a good job removing water from the system and you can just spin off the filter like an oil filter and dump it and replace it occasionally. I would have put one on the T but was limited on space.

Tell the Boy good job, Jim.

Don

[Gastrick]

Congrats on the maiden voyage and show. I wanted to come up for that but just couldn't make it this year.

[Hotrod46]

Congratulations on your first road trip!

Great looking car too!

Mike