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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #45 on: July 09, 2012, 07:19:45 PM »
That will look pretty on the salt and going by at speed. Nice project with a lot of good planning and fab. :cheers:
Thanks Glen. I tell everyone I painted the fairlane and the new car orange so you can see it better.................not that I'm implying anything about your age or eyesight  :wink: :cheers:
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #46 on: July 09, 2012, 07:50:01 PM »
My eyes are good and I might lie about my age.  :-D
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #47 on: July 10, 2012, 12:37:27 AM »
That will look pretty on the salt and going by at speed. Nice project with a lot of good planning and fab. :cheers:
Thanks Glen. I tell everyone I painted the fairlane and the new car orange so you can see it better.................not that I'm implying anything about your age or eyesight  :wink: :cheers:

Admit  it! The 55 gallon drum you bought of that stuff still had some in it!? We had an old friend, RIP that owned the local Speedshop, EVERYTHING he owned was a pale yellow. He got the same razzing about a 55 gallon drum of the stuff.  :-D :cheers:

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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #48 on: July 15, 2012, 06:55:10 PM »
Where's the Coors can?
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2012, 11:43:34 AM »
Where's the Coors can?
In the program?
Hey Stan, too late with the painted pics?
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #50 on: July 16, 2012, 06:03:25 PM »
Is it May 10th again already?
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #51 on: July 20, 2012, 12:48:33 AM »
Got the motor today. We're in the home stretch!
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2012, 01:57:06 AM »
good job on your car i hope you do well ,best wishes anthony young #54 remr :cheers:

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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #53 on: July 28, 2012, 10:21:27 PM »
Some final tuning and odds n'ends and we're ready.
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #54 on: July 28, 2012, 11:07:40 PM »
I like that parachute fairing :mrgreen:

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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #55 on: July 29, 2012, 12:04:32 AM »
You must be doing something wrong -- I can still see the roadster.

How about now?   :mrgreen:

Nice car, great job on getting it this far so quickly.

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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2012, 05:38:20 PM »
Thanks, It's been a challenging, fast and fun journey. Now if it only runs as good as it looks  :cheers:
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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #57 on: July 30, 2012, 05:46:21 PM »
Yup, something wrong there.............I can still tell it is a 27!  Looks great with the lettering and that orange is retina burning! :cheers:

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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #58 on: August 01, 2012, 09:20:51 PM »
Brian, since I don't have a Facebook account I have to follow you here. Nice work. Sounds like you got the engine sorted and ready.

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Re: Thundersalt Rear Engine Roadster
« Reply #59 on: August 03, 2012, 12:31:12 PM »
This morning we got a chance to weigh the roadster. Hit our goals pretty close. 4181# car, 4389# with me, 4411# suited up. Bias is 55% rear, 45# front.
Left to right is with in 16# being heavy on the left side and fuel cell less than half full on the right. CG is right at my butt.
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