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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #735 on: June 30, 2013, 08:27:18 PM »
My best luck removing carbon scale is with the acid based metal cleaners, before I make parts out of the steel.  A throwaway brush and some time with gentle brushing and the carbon comes off and flows away.  Wash off with water, and then do the Phosphoric conversion after it develops a fresh layer of surface rust.  Do NOT sand off the layer of rust that forms after removing the carbon... that is the layer that serves the conversion process.

Once its painted, its really discouraging to try to solve your situation.  The good news is that its a new car, and we all tear down the new car after the first year and redo everything under the sun.  Worst mistake Dan and I made when we first built the roadster, was using too much paint.  We sure did redo a lot of that car the first couple years, as we learned what it needed.  The only caveat, you must be prepared to do the complete teardown right away when you get home.  Putting things off a few months only leads to more work.

You are doing great, and we sure are looking forward to seeing your project.
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #736 on: July 08, 2013, 11:00:33 PM »
Jim, I agree. Keep chassis paint to a minimum especially on special construction vehicles that can be completely disassembled.
This silver POR 15 is turning green! No kidding, it's green! I do not like it.
When we get back from Bville, I will make any changes that we have to, (Hoping there won't be too many) then send chassis out for sandblasting and metal etching primer. Will then paint with rustoleum or other cheap paint that can be easily touched up. This will never ever be a show piece. It is a race car and will be treated as such. Besides, me and nice paint don't get along.
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #737 on: July 09, 2013, 12:51:24 AM »
AHHHH a fellow street racer at heart---no show--- lets just GO!!!!!!!!!!!! Rob go get'em!!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #738 on: July 13, 2013, 09:55:55 PM »
Still working on wheel pants and canopy but much of the rest of the car is in final assembly.  :-)
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #739 on: July 13, 2013, 10:22:44 PM »
I ordered a 30ft triaxle deck over trailer a few weeks ago. It is coming along beautifully. Greg from Viking trailer and his friend Garth stopped by the shop today to see our progress.
Yes, I'm hauling this thing on an open trailer. Too wide to fit in conventional box plus we need a way to go get the car and deliver it to starting line.
We are also building a swinging crane that will mount to the trailer and pick the car up. Crane is designed, now just needs built. Mark Evarts of Freedom Iron Works (Pittsburgh, PA) offered to build the crane for us. Hopefully he can start on that this week. I need to get him the drawings ASAP.
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #740 on: July 13, 2013, 10:53:07 PM »
Rob, I use a crane for my bike by swinging it out to the side.  I have a big, strong vertical "bumper bar" on the back of my trailer.  It plugs into a standard receiver hitch.  On the top end of the bar is a horizontal bar with padding on the end.  When I load or unload, the "bumper bar" unplugs from the trailer, turns sideways to put the pad on the ground and plugs back in.  The ground contact is outside the CG of the bike when it is swung out on the crane.

Thats what keeps my trailer from flipping over with the weight cantilevered to the side.

Regards, JimL

P.S.  I do NOT use tie downs or straps as primary tie down.  I use a pair of strong bolt tabs, sticking out the bottom of the bikes.  There are a pair of tabs sticking up from the trailer.  I use shouldered bolts, ground to a taper, to bolt to the trailer.  The bolts have a long taper and I use a bushing and washer to take up the taper as the bolt shoulder size fills into the tab holes.  Two is enough and nobody has to deal with salty tie downs, loose strap ends, or the vehicle moving after its loaded.  You can stick a pony bar into the tabs as you lower into place, to get the alignment close enough to work with the taper bolts.

The biggest advantage is that this method has completely ended years of crew injuries during loading.  The tabs can be any place its easy to access.  They do not need to be under the CG.  We have a few extra bolts ready, in case we bung one up and have to knock it out by hitting the small thread end.  This has been very reliable and sooo easy!
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #741 on: July 13, 2013, 11:42:07 PM »
Open trailering RULES!!
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #742 on: July 14, 2013, 12:40:50 AM »
 :cheers:
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #743 on: July 14, 2013, 11:45:15 AM »
Open trailering RULES!!

Eye candy for the folks on the road.  Here's ours with security system.  :-D
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #744 on: July 14, 2013, 03:27:49 PM »
Open trailering RULES!!

Eye candy for the folks on the road.  Here's ours with security system.  :-D

  We had a trailer like that for several years but after a bitchen paint job and towing through Nevada after they had just gravelled the hiway, the front end got chipped up pretty bad :cry:

 We build a wooden front about 3 ft high after that.

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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #745 on: July 17, 2013, 02:41:32 PM »
Got the front rollers in today!
They look awesome and fit perfectly!
Terry Mourer of Mourer Machine did an absolutely stunning job.


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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #746 on: July 17, 2013, 03:38:08 PM »
Wow!

Rob,  Those wheels are gorgeous. In fact the whole darn car
is awesome.
I am looking forward to seeing you in Bonneville.

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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #747 on: July 17, 2013, 11:47:09 PM »
WAY to go PODUNK !!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #748 on: July 18, 2013, 07:35:11 AM »
WOW! Those are fantastic! :cheers:
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Re: NACA 66 Special A/BGS
« Reply #749 on: July 28, 2013, 04:55:06 PM »
Hey Rob

What's happening with your racer, no posts for awhile?

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