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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