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Nice paint Lt and I like the wheels too. Does that bottle give a pretty good boost?

lt1s10, nice paint! You know what Arnie says, "YES YOU CAN!" Keep the experienced comments coming on!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by brickman

Nice paint Lt and I like the wheels too. Does that bottle give a pretty good boost?

i kinda liked the paint to. the bottle has a lot of boost. the dif. is dead or alive. thats what you call boost. by the way i'd like to thank you guys, everybody had a hand in helping me get this thing. thanks!!!! now maybe i can get out the house now and then.

Nice set off wheels mike, whens the big block going in ???

Great looking scooter, Mike. Beats the heck out of not going anywhere!!!! Maybe you could get a custom rewind on that electric motor, some nice wheels, pinstriping, and.......... never seen anything with wheels that I don't want to hot rod !!!!!!!

Mike
A friend of mine has one like that only blue. He also has an S10 to haul it around in so he can go to church or malls. We put a small crane in the bed of the s10 to get it in and out.

guess i 'll have to put a blower on it. the only problem with the crane is if i could crank it up i wouldn't need the scooter. no breath = no crank. I got a drive on ramp that goes in the trailer receiver. haven't used it yet. if it works on my jeep then i'm gonna have to put a hitch receiver on the back of the S10 a scooter ramp on the back of a hot rod. i bet that would be a first.

Yea he has the same problem the VA paid for a power crane all he has to do is hook it up and push the buttons. Hes a little slow getting from the rear of the truck to the cab but he makes it. I told him we could put a hand rail on the truck for him but I think he still a little to proud. Makes me thankful I still have my health and can still help others.
Charlie

Originally Posted by cffisher

Yea he has the same problem the VA paid for a power crane all he has to do is hook it up and push the buttons. Hes a little slow getting from the rear of the truck to the cab but he makes it. I told him we could put a hand rail on the truck for him but I think he still a little to proud. Makes me thankful I still have my health and can still help others.
Charlie

its great that you are willing to help. i'd rather be the one doing, not the one receiving.

After sitting 20 years it fired up on Sunday!!

Thursday- Got the wires,cap & rotor and the Pertronix Ignitor II
The coil wire is too short so I'll need to remount it on the block.

Friday 5pm- Still no fuel pump,so I'll do a funnel feed.

Saturday 10AM - Drove to my sisters house (the car is there)
Installed all the new parts,but STILL not starting???
Fuel was good,motor in time WTF???

Saturday 8pm- Arrived home & there on the table was the
Electrical assembly manual I bought in Canton a month ago &
on the cover is a pic of my firing order & yep I had it wrong,
I had the L and R banks reversed

Sunday 5AM- couldnt sleep, I KNOW Its gonna start
10AM- Drove into town swapped the wires around & it fired right up!
Sounds GREAT, fed fuel thru a Bike Line water bottle
still has 65PSI @ idle & nothing Leaked & no blow-by!!

Fuel pump arrived this Am,all I need is to get a fan relay, wire it up,
swap out the fuel tank,install the bumper,remove the window tint &
I can get plates..its all coming together!!!!!!!!!!

Bob
67 Caliente (pics coming)

Its funny all the years it sat:I couldnt of cared less about it...
I even tried selling it for $2k (no takers) but once I decided
to get it going again its ALL I care about.

Its funny all the years it sat:I couldnt of cared less about it...
I even tried selling it for $2k (no takers) but once I decided
to get it going again its ALL I care about




I believe in fate. You weren't supposed to get rid of the car. Same has happened to me, and I'm glad I ended up keeping the car.


Enjoy.



Don

Guess my pic of the "new kid" and his first rear wheel drive roundy round racer bit the dust in the last great puter glitch, so here it is again.

Went to our local track Sat. Night, Greg did what we asked him to do, got a 5th in his heat and a 4th in the feature. Managed to pass about 7 cars for the two races, not bad for the first time out for the car and driver!!

Friday night we are going to try him out on a lot flatter 3/8 mile track. If he's going to be running a mod next year he's gonna be on a very steep learning curve, should be able to run him 3 nights a week for the rest of the summer barring any major problems...... Gonna be a good racer someday, drives his line, moves around on the track to check out the grooves, and listens to instructions!!!!

listens to instructions????? you sure?

Yup, sure does!!! Amazing, isn't it Mike? Not only that, after the feature he even knew what his oil pressure and water temperature had been running!!! Theres a reacall Tach on the car so there's not even an opportunity to fib about the RPM!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Yup, sure does!!! Amazing, isn't it Mike? Not only that, after the feature he even knew what his oil pressure and water temperature had been running!!! Theres a reacall Tach on the car so there's not even an opportunity to fib about the RPM!!!!

thats great, after my first race i couldn't have told you if the car had gauges or not. i thought i was flying and i was getting lapped every 10 laps. i won a race the first yr. though.