Hey Turk or Turkey when it fits like now. It was Rick's water tank not
mine,Get it straight KT. Man I don't even have a car right now but that
might change. My input would be to make a sliding cover to pour in the
frozen stuff.
Glen ( I think it's time to start a rumor on KT Club)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Rick Byrnes" <Rick@rbmotorsports.com>; "glen barrett"
<speedtimer@charter.net>
Cc: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: Car Status
> Glen.... bout your water tank..... Have you thought about buying cubed Ice
> rather then those dang Blocks your getting? much easier to get through
that
> tiny opening....
>
> Keith ( a true master of the obvious )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Byrnes" <Rick@rbmotorsports.com>
> To: "glen barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
> Cc: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 1:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Car Status
>
>
> > Glen is right. I have been quiet lately. Some work time and some
family
> > time.
> > We got the car home early Oct and I have been at it since then. There
> sure
> > is lots of work to be done.
> > I need to comment again about the quality of work provided by Mel Swain.
> > Every time I do something, I have to admire his quality and workmanship.
> It
> > certainly inspires me and is worth every penny I invested.
> >
> > My work is going painfully slowly. Since I work alone in a garage that
> > measures 20 X 14 feet, (actually a little less than 20), I cannot fit
the
> > car inside unless the nose and tail, and rear wheels are removed. I
have
> > finally arrived with a design of a dolly that works for me in getting
the
> > car around easily. It took two design iterations, but the ease of
> movement
> > is worth the time spent. The time to design and make something, then
come
> > back into the shop the next morning and say "why in the #$% did I do it
> that
> > way" when this other way is better. I have thrown away lots of 90%
> > completed parts and have a rather slow start. At any rate, I have a
> number
> > of things almost done, but not quite finished. A number of things where
I
> > will leave the structural welding to one of my fabricator friends that
> welds
> > 8 to 10 hours a day. My little TIG welder is wonderful, but I am
> not.....as
> > a welder.
> >
> > The tail of the car with parachute and exhaust tubes (6" dia) is 90%
done.
> > On final fittment of the rear bulkhead, I found a bow in the 3/16" alum,
> and
> > am in the process of making both bulkheads flat. The entire rear is
> > removable, even with parachutes packed, but not really easy or fast.
> Final
> > assembly occurs when we are ready to go racing, then into the trailer.
It
> > does fit there. I am hopeful that the car dolly will also work to load
> the
> > car on the trailer. Long wheelbase cars are difficult to say the least,
> and
> > at 212", mine is not really all that long. That's one reason for the
air
> > jacks. Since I do everything single handed, it beats jockeying with
jacks
> > and stands. They lift the car over 11 inches with 500 psi of N2. Slide
> the
> > dolly in position, lower the car and roll it around.
> >
> > All along when Mel was finishing the body, I kept thinking how big this
> car
> > is and how easy it will be to package everything. Well BS.....boy is it
> > small. OK Jack, I know yours is smaller and even a v8 will fit.....It
sure
> > is a challenge to package everything the way I want. I am getting
there
> > though. We are going to final welding and fabrication of the headers
the
> > week of 17 December.
> > OH, so much to do, and so little time.
> > I have attached some photos for Glen, but they wont hit the list. I
will
> > try to post on landracing soon. This is the longest I have had on the
> > computer in a long time....
> >
> > Rick
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