Harvest Event 2023

[greencar]

The Greencar is safely in the driveway.
As always a very enjoyable few days.
Thank you to all who made it happen
All the best
Carol and Ed

[Frank06]

Glad you guys made it home okay Ed.  You passed us twice on I-95S.  We always enjoy watching you run.

[55chevr]

Next year we are reviewing an addition of classes for TRI-FIVE Chevy.   We could use some imput from potential competitors.


Joe

[55chevr]

2023 Harvest Event. At speed we see the team Chevomet Racing entry 1812 Mercury Comet.  Driven by Tom Pease, they made a number of strong passes.  I will post speeds when we get them distilled down. This team is being called the "Ambassadors of Land Speed" by Robert "Digital" Duffy.  The enjoy themselves and make it fun for everyone. I would love to hear the story about the 1st Cavalry Division patch. Stephan Cyr photo.

[gofast]

Always great to see you there, Carol and Ed!
Love that green 55.

[gofast]

Last fall we bought some vintage vehicles from Conrad Halburg. One was a historic belly tank racer that had a timing tag on the fire wall. It stated that the team of Hugh Drury,  Fowler, Red Holmes and Jerry Kugel went 203 mph in 1964 at Bonneville. Tom Pease took the rusty chassis and the skin of the tank and cleaned it up, matched the  paint and put it back together, just the way it was in 1964. He got a junkyard 260 Ford for it . Frank Walka freshened up the Halibrand quick change. All we're missing is the injectors for the 260.
 
After 3 passes at Loring Timing Association, we hit 137.605 with the car just the way it ran in 1964. It's an awesome feeling!

Jerry Kugel,1964

[55chevr]

I am guessing that the 260 Ford engine had a little more than fuel injectors.    They had to be running a heavy load of nitromethane to get 200 from a small early Ford engine.

Joe

[Frank06]

I was wondering how a 260 could generate enough power without something extra so this makes sense.

I wonder if NOS could do the same thing?  Especially on shorter tracks.

[gofast]

That will be another question for Jerry.

And how do you post pictures? Mine are all too big.

[Elmo Rodge]

I don't know. So far I've run 189 with my Flathead powered Tank. Naturally aspirated on gas. 203 doesn't sound too far fetched for a 260.    Wayno

[manta22]

That will be another question for Jerry.

And how do you post pictures? Mine are all too big.

Download !rfanview (free) and use its "Resize" feature. Be sure to save the resized file as another name or you will overwrite he original.

[55chevr]

Marcia -  free app

https://www.resizepixel.com/.        Use "Compress" set size to 475 KB


This forum only posts photos under 500 KB -   

joe

[55chevr]

2011 Maine Event. Charles Venable dropping the laundry at the big end. Charlie is in the Maxton and Loring 200 mph Club with this beautiful Studebaker.  Tom Shay photo.

[WOODY@DDLLC]

You can resize in Microsoft Paint, too!

[Stainless1]

OK, you can put up to 4 pics in a post... total under 500k
I usually make mine under 125K, they are fine at that size... most start at over 2 meg and I resize with paint to 15% or less depending on starting size.
Be sure to come up with a unique name... pic1 or joescar are probably already taken in the database.  It can be a major pain to have to change after you try to post...
 

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