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good deal for 500! Nice milage! Better than some of the newer hybrids! And a lot cheaper!

I really makes me laugh - some of the mfr's are touting 30mpg as so great. My wife's last car, a Ford ZX2 with the Zetec engine was open road 35-37mpg and around town 28mpg. Not sure if that was an exceptional one, but it was a nice car. Even my '97 T-Bird V8 ran 27-28 mpg open road/19-20 town. Now, I have the real 'economy' vehicle as my DD - a V10, 415 ci, 7400# F350

Originally Posted by IC2

I really makes me laugh - some of the mfr's are touting 30mpg as so great. My wife's last car, a Ford ZX2 with the Zetec engine was open road 35-37mpg and around town 28mpg. Not sure if that was an exceptional one, but it was a nice car. Even my '97 T-Bird V8 ran 27-28 mpg open road/19-20 town. Now, I have the real 'economy' vehicle as my DD - a V10, 415 ci, 7400# F350

I don't get it either, IC2. The reason I looked at this was I had a Festiva several years ago with the exact same drivetrain (1.3 liter, 5-speed) that regularly got 40+ on the highway. That thing was indestructable, sold it still running good with over 300,000 miles. How can the automakers charge $8K extra for a hybrid that barely gets as good a mileage as these or the old Geo Metros? Granted these are REALLY small but for a cheap, reliable commuter that's easy to work on, you can't beat 'em. Leaves more money for the fun cars.

Yesterday I built a roll pan for a 37 Dodge truck. It's just part of an on-going project for a buddy of mine.

Looks great Bobby! Gonna make somebody a nice Horse, even one with power steering, I see!

Got the cut and buff done on the vintage race car pieces, unfortunately the rest of the parts didn't show up for the chassis so we can't make our big debut tomorrow at Huset's Speedway for Hall of Fame night.... Oh well, my part of it's done anyway.... Ron and Lyle are doing the chassis, they aren't real happy about not having the car done, but parts delays just go with the territory.... Here's a couple pics, did I mention I'm still a redaholic?????

Dave sweet paint still looks like its wet . Was that a body on a rail back in the day .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Dave sweet paint still looks like its wet . Was that a body on a rail back in the day .

Thanks Bobby, the body and hood are off a Super Modified circle burner from the early 70's.... An original car a friend of mine owned and another friend, who later drove our sprinter, drove this one for one season....

Nice first and only time i seen something like that run was at a small track and fuel burned my eyes.

Stang is looking really sweet Bluestang, really really clean undercarriage. Whats that with the boot on it running under the bell housing?

That paint is gorgous Dave, is that a burgundy? It is deep and very cool looking, nice work ol' pard you've still got the touch.

Progress on the stock 27 Tudor: Got the head on and torqued down, replaced the water pump to the stock outlet (Mr Ford didn't put water pumps on Ts), put on the horn which goes over and bolts through the water outlet, put on the fan, got the timing cover on, complete commutator assembly (timer), put on generator and its cover, and finished with the valve cover. Just need a cotter pin for the spark rod to complete the front of the engine.
Next week I'll be rebuilding the Holley "Vaporizer" carburetor and the petcock on the gas tank. Shooting for Tuesday to have it back on the road.
When I get bac from my motorcycle trip "out west" I'll be pulling out the rear axle and rebuilding that also ( there's two shrust wachers which are made out of babbit which dissenagrate and then there's no brakes), I'll be putting in ones that are made out brass. That's all I plan on doing this year on the 27, after that it's back to the 26 coupe.

Originally Posted by brickman

Stang is looking really sweet Bluestang, really really clean undercarriage. Whats that with the boot on it running under the bell housing?

That paint is gorgous Dave, is that a burgundy? It is deep and very cool looking, nice work ol' pard you've still got the touch.

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Nope, just plain old International Harvester Red....Same color the car was originally done in.

Now, to get the pickemup on the road, and get back to Tom's Coupe~!

Here's a copy of an article in the paper on the vintage racer we are building. If I can get it to be readable on here.....

I'm sure there's a better way to do it, but I'm no 'puter whiz. Anyway, the guy who owned the car, Daryl Dawley, was a very good friend. We used to hang out at his shop, go racing together, and have tons of fun. He got killed racing his sprinter at Knoxville, Ia. This whole project is a tribute to him, bought and paid for by his friends, and will eventually reside in the Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville, Ia.

RIP Daryl, still miss the heck out of you!

Brick the power assist cylinder , slave as I call it . 3 pieces to make up power steering in the mustang . Sure was nice when they combined it to just 2 pump and gear box . Lot off spit and polish under it Brick i need to get the top half looking like that also . Wonder how much room Dave has left in his garage .

Tom your looking great bent over the T . Feels good working on them , like Dave has said its thereapy for us . Now of course the aches that happen from bending , crawling under and just looing at it are the same Therapy .

Dave now thats being a celeb in the paper. Not just a paragraph or 2 but what looks like a couple pages . Hhhmm autograph on ebay is getting bids as i type i'm sure . This is part of auto history i don"t follow but do enjoy it when i run up on iy .

Nice article Dave, and very nice paint. I keep occilating between trying to paint my truck my self, using the old IH red or having a local guy, spray it for me( I also like the New Holland AG red!) He said I wouldn't get any depth to the paint with industrial tractor paint, but your pictures seem to argue with that point! Nice work, congrats on the nice write up!

Originally Posted by stovens

Nice article Dave, and very nice paint. I keep occilating between trying to paint my truck my self, using the old IH red or having a local guy, spray it for me( I also like the New Holland AG red!) He said I wouldn't get any depth to the paint with industrial tractor paint, but your pictures seem to argue with that point! Nice work, congrats on the nice write up!

Thanks on the write up..,.... The paint is PPG two stage, not the old enamel stuff they painted the tractors with.... Got my PPG guy to duplicate the color of the car, which originally was the old IH red enamel.... There are some new clears that work very nice over both the acrylic and synthetic enamels.......