A little background for the audience on the relationship, principally between the Rev and I but of course importantly the involvement of the Colonel( Grumm) as well.
We communicate mostly on email, as if we were on the other side of the earth....generally sarcasm is the order of the day from me, blunt dismissal from the Colonel ( he talks to us like we're two kids fighting)and provocation disguised as inquiry from the Rev.......I lost a significant part of my life looking into the 18 inch wheel deal about five years ago before deciding to run with the pack and going 15's with Goodyears. The Rev baits me with occasional links to 18 inch wheel and tyre sets for sale ( usually in the US) , and responds to my assertions that we are wasting our time and money( still) by even looking into it by finding an 18 inch wheel for sale in Back-blocks-ville with a question like " is this the right offset?".......I downgrade the importance of the rake and tyre size proportions to aesthetics ,the Rev asks me how my latest hand injury is coming along, I oversimplify the task of building the motor and the Colonel then refers to the "Sand motor"( the one that had the manifold off it , uncovered in the shed when I fired up the sandblaster...the Colonel turned up took one look into the valley of it and said" take that out you dill it's no good anymore....and throw it away" and then left without saying anything else.We figured he was annoyed.
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So anyway, that's the background........I start reading the post above....he's going on about 18 inch wheels ...I'm having "one of those days at work where anything other than what I'm supposed to be doing seems a good idea " so I've been ringing around about some parts we need and I see......EIGHTEEN INCH WHEELS, YOU $#%@^@&(*@&^%^#$$&#^#%$
...I nearly had a coronary, then I get to the bit about how the cost kills it and breathe a massive sigh of relief.....he got me again....
This folks is a valuable part of what makes the whole thing work....what did make me really happy is that the Rev is starting a new color scheme...pretty much everything he draws looks great...then I have to paint it...now even a slap-happy halfbaked rough as guts rush merchant like me made last years job look good because the lines were there...when I look at the shots from this years meet I can see the lack of symmetry( as Von Dutch said "what,you got eyes on both sides of yer head?"), the rough bits and all ...
I'm hoping for Lake Placid blue and cream this yearI sent him this pic a while back as a suggestion...Ok I'm a guitar player...(the more astute amongst you may notice this is a bass
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...it'll be the same sort of job, no tack rags, bugger all wet rub and a bucket of clear on top but it'll look swell all for about a days work....If I drew it and he painted it it would take three weeks and look terrible ...we can't afford either.......thank heavens for teamwork..............Hey Grumm , hurry up with the motor, it's just bloody nuts and bolts.
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