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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Poor ol'red
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Self inflicted wounds are the worst..
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I call that lucky. Doors are not very expensive, and good the rest is OK. Still a few rust free OEM doors in junkyards out here that are very nice, but shipping cost is extreme. Aftermarket aren't really cheap either, though.
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Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I managed to keep a stiff upper lip over the weekend and have started looking in earnest for doors this morning.
There seem to be quite a few here locally to choose from. Truth be told: this isn't the first time I've done this I did the same thing when the truck was "new", hooking the door on the side of the garage. The damage was pretty minimal, in comparison, although the truck still bore the scars until this weekend. K
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Sounds like good deal. I only got two bags of trash in the back of mine when I bought it.
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Both my doors are pushed in at the lock cylinder, there is no reinforcement bracket behind them, just the outer panel so it's easy to dent just by pushing the key in.
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Wow just read through all of this thread after about 2 days on and off, you are quite the man Keith! Great stories with an awesome truck. Sad to see what happened with the door but you faired pretty well in the grand scheme of things. Keep the unique stories coming our way. Not often we get to hear stories as close to the production floor as yours with as many details.
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This came in my mailbox over the weekend.
Kind of an interesting diamond nestled within the coverage of the NMCA Indy event from last fall. K
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Thats cool!! Did you know it was going to be in there or was it a surprise?
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It's great to hear from you Keith. You and your dad are definately car/truck guys. I appreciate all your humility.. Thanks for keeping this forum interesting and informative.
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Keith,
Car is looking good, what are you running when you are not holding the ponies back? What are you 60' ing? Very envious of the 1/4 miles rides. Been a year and half for me. When is the photo taken? Just as you start to launch, before you move. Looks like the front end is just starting to move up. Static for me is about 1/4 to 1/2" before bottoming of front suspension. Package is still coming, should get to it soon. Les Last edited by aotte1; 01-26-2015 at 11:29 PM. |
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It's gone 9.85 at 136 mph, with the "super tune" in the cool fall air.
It's legal from a safety certification standpoint to 10.00 so I have to choose wisely. They have a 10.00 index and the next one up is 10.50. The car wants to go between 10.27 and 10.32 most days, so I hate to speed up to try to hit 10 flat all the time (plus if I went too quick they could throw me out) but 10.50 is quite a ways to slow it down. I really need a 10.25 index (which happens sometimes, depending on the event and sanctioning body). 60's are typically low 1.50's to high 1.4's. It doesn't really pick the front end up much - just shoots forward. K Edit: just noticed - three photos, three tracks. Milan Michigan, Martin Michigan and Joliet Illinois
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Awesome
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Now put that motor in Red! LOL
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Thanks Keith, that was a great story. Tom Langdon is an old inliner guy, I didn't know he was involved in this project.
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Keith,
Second, your highlighting of a great article. To me it is also interesting to think about, how far our knowledge has progressed on making horse power. Lesser "stock" 427 CI horse power engines are now running very low 10s in a heaver car. These are NHRA Stocker 427 engines, production carb- unmodified, production cylinders heads with only valve technology upgraded, etc. Les |
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Keith, Take lots and lots of pictures to share once you get done!!!
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I think if he does that he will be looking for another job , auto companies are pretty strict about that , if remember right a spy photographer snapped some interior pictures of the current GM trucks out testing and they fired the driver .
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That is correct.
No photos from me...that's fer sure. K
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Keith,
Maybe something like an electric motor powered Corvette type vehicle - would be really nice. Super light weight too. Fan shroud coming soon. Les |
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We need some proving grounds stories if you can tell them .
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Page 4 (Little White Race truck), in case you missed those.
These two stories were directly related to that: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/au...=top-news&_r=0 http://www.motortrend.com/classic/ro...e_lt_2_review/ K
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Guess I won't see you in the hall for a while, eh? And here i was going to get the dirty diesel running so I could park it next to Red this summer. Ah well, it's only 3 years...
Hopefully I'll catch you at the show this summer.
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