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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.

The little 94 escort 1.9 Automatic I just bought is averaging about 33 mpg driving to work . Average speed is 45 to 50 and i take off pretty hard not a light footer . Heck a couple days I ran the A/C and I live 20 miles from work half way is stop and go lights first half is allmost all open roads with just a few stop signs.

Originally Posted by bluestang67

The little 94 escort 1.9 Automatic I just bought is averaging about 33 mpg driving to work . Average speed is 45 to 50 and i take off pretty hard not a light footer . Heck a couple days I ran the A/C and I live 20 miles from work half way is stop and go lights first half is allmost all open roads with just a few stop signs.

Those are really good little engines and pretty much space to get around under the hood when you're working on them.

Well a few more pics of the Bottom , we all like them right ?? Rebuilt the shifter and got the front suspension buttoned up . Did come to find out the rad is numbers matching also with the part numbers stamped on it . May have to plate this and drive it a bit before i sell it . It's turmoil for me since this was my first car to buy and get this far . All the tags are here except the carburator . I know it's ugly with the wire's all about but thats a saturday and some new to fit something that not to much inteneded to get it running and bugs out . .

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.......