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Re: Hot rods

To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Hot rods
From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:08:22 -0500
What was the story on the water in the oil?

JB



At 08:34 PM 3/14/99 -0800, Keith Turk wrote:
>I guess we are all out working on our Hot Rods... Perfect.... Got the motor
>back from the Machine shop.... bolted it all together slipped the ole dog
>in the car and now I can't wait.. two more weeks Till our first race on the
>East Coast.
>
>Ran the damn fire bottles in 1/4" brake line.... and am done with that
>little issue.. bought the second Battery and mounted the trays...  Decided
>on Constant duty solenoids to run the big stuff... Just Like Barry Grant
>recommends on that Fuel pump... and a Ford Solenoid on the starter... As of
>tomorrow I should be putting the wiring in the car.... Found a real slick
>set up from Rod Ware for a wiring harness... pure race car stuff... color
>coded and hard wires resistant to Gas and Heat.... already pre-loomed in
>the One Size Fits Nothing..... 
>
>When is that first Meet at El Mirage?
>
>Keith Turk 
>Austin Healey 100  /  Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
>Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
>
>----------
>> From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
>> To: Gregory W. Gillette <gillette@aiinc.com>; land-speed@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: fire bottles 
>> Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 11:38 AM
>> 
>>      Ok now for a 25' roll thats only $75. but it'll look great and never
>rust
>> down from the salt. By the way I don't think you west coast guys have
>quite
>> the same problem we do on the right side of the country. The humidity
>> really sets that salt to work and in a hurry. Hell by the time I hit the
>> Mississippi on the way home I'm strating to see the effects.
>> 
>>      JB
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 11:30 AM 3/11/99 -0800, Gregory W. Gillette wrote:
>> >>But if you think aluminum is made of Unobtainium price stainless.
>> >
>> >
>> >"the ol' man" just told me that 1/4" stainless is about $3 a foot.
>> >
>> >"dig deep, brothers and sisters!  for the price of sanitary sanctimony
>is
>> >great."
>> >
>> >you might get lucky at a surpluss distributer.  yeah, right.
>> >
>> >would have better luck if you know someone in aero-space and. . .  
>well,
>> >you know the scenario from there.
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> 
>



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