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There used to be a company out of Reno Nv. that made a 3/4 size T bucket kit that used a variety of inline 4 cylinder motorcycle engines for power. They didn't sell many.....................but timing is everything. Wonder if they still have the tooling?

The fuel prices are always higher in the U.K. because they have a fantastic public transit system. You can grab a bus or subway ride to almost anywhere in the main population areas. Alot fewer people buy fuel because most of them do not drive to work, or to go out on the town. So they charge more for fuel to those who do drive to even out the profits world wide. But for those who struggle to get by and have a hot rod, Im sorry for your fuel prices!

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

There used to be a company out of Reno Nv. that made a 3/4 size T bucket kit that used a variety of inline 4 cylinder motorcycle engines for power. They didn't sell many.....................but timing is everything. Wonder if they still have the tooling?

It's the perfect time for a company like that to make some bux, Bob. If I could build something like that or like the pictures I posted and get 50mpg, I'd use it for an everyday commuter in a minute. The top one is a glass body and tube frame powered by a 1100cc Kawasaki engine. You can still buy plans for it for $100.

Don wrote:

John, I've seen some posts where attendance at some shows is already dropping. I bet there are a lot fewer vendors at Daytona next November, and maybe less cars too.

Don, attendance was down 17% from last year at the NSRA York Nats East. Some may have been due to the hot as hell weather (heat index 103 for 5 days), but I think alot was due to the gas prices/economy. As to the vendors, quite a few from the western states and the southeast were no shows, incuding California Car Cover which has been there almost from inception.

I might have to resurrect my motorcyles from their long term storage and start going to motorcycle events again. The hotrods are becoming kind of expensive to take even on short trips.

Bob wrote:

There used to be a company out of Reno Nv. that made a 3/4 size T bucket kit that used a variety of inline 4 cylinder motorcycle engines for power.

At my age and size, I'm going to need something bigger than 3/4 size. Even the full size are a ltitle tight. To save weight I wonder if they can build them out of papiermache?

I don't know if this is factual or not, but it seems that I see people driving more slowly these days. I had to run to Cape Coral today and normally on the four lane trip people are going well over the 55 mph speed limit, but no one was passing anyone. I was going 55 and all the other traffic seemed to be doing that or less.

I know I drive with my dashboard fuel monitor on all the time now and really pay attention to what it is reading at any given speed. Maybe these prices will make people think twice about burning fuel needlessly by speeding.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I don't know if this is factual or not, but it seems that I see people driving more slowly these days. I had to run to Cape Coral today and normally on the four lane trip people are going well over the 55 mph speed limit, but no one was passing anyone. I was going 55 and all the other traffic seemed to be doing that or less.

I know I drive with my dashboard fuel monitor on all the time now and really pay attention to what it is reading at any given speed. Maybe these prices will make people think twice about burning fuel needlessly by speeding.

Don

Seems to be true.
Along with the slower driving there's less traffic.

We're driving less and combining trips, but I'm still driving the roadster twice a week.
My pals shop, the junkyard and the parts houses aren't too far away.

Neither is the donut shop for Saturday morning get togethers.