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New Lakester by Marty Strode
« on: May 11, 2019, 01:50:41 PM »
Seen at the Portland Transmission car show this morning.

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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2019, 01:51:07 PM »
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2019, 01:51:35 PM »
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2019, 01:52:00 PM »
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2019, 01:09:19 PM »
That looks like some fantastic work.   
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2019, 01:49:05 PM »
I'll second that!

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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2019, 08:30:54 AM »
I`ve been watching that project on The HAMB...Very nice,
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2019, 08:40:32 AM »
Closing the air flow behind the car is really important & something he may not be aware of.
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2019, 03:20:52 PM »
Could it be a case of "short shop"? I have seen some cars that did not have a good rear end treatment because it would be to long for the shop. Lots of nice aluminum work on this car, to bad he stopped at the most important part.

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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2019, 07:56:30 PM »
Short shops can be a problem. My liner is 40ft long but the shop is only 30 so 9ft of tail stands on end beside the mill & the 4ft nose hangs in the roof up front by the door plus I live in the top of the other end. Just like a liner, 10lb of $hit in a 5lb bag.
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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2019, 08:21:57 AM »
I can certainly relate to that, Sid. An extra three foot lengthening the rear of my lakester has to be built and stored separately from the car. Just not enough room in the garage. Tried running without this section in 2017 and quickly found that was a mistake.

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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2019, 01:13:05 AM »
Seen at the Portland Transmission car show this morning.

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Hi Mike, I just joined, thought I might get in on the conversation and learn a few things.  Thanks for posting the photos.

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Re: New Lakester by Marty Strode
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2019, 02:25:37 PM »
Marty,

Can looks great. They're always works in progress and I'm sure you'll be successful.

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