You guys are really bringing tears to my eyes
now! Not bad enough that I missed Bonneville,
now you tell me about this flathead (Ardun)
roadster, wherein I have had my heart since 1954,
was right there at Maxton and I missed it. That's
it, I'm going to call in sick tomorrow and take a
three day weekend to work on my roadster! It sure
ain't goin' to be show quality, but after 45
years, at least I've finally got a roadster - one
with a flathead.
Dick J
--- Joseph Timney <TIMNEYJJ@sterlingdi.com>
wrote:
> For those of you who did not attend the ECTA
> meet this past weekend, you missed seeing one
> of the most beautiful little roadster's I've
> seen in a long time. Ardun Bill's 32 is
> extremely detailed, with quality engineering
> and faultless paint, car show quality ( HELL,
> it's got an ARDUN IN IT!!!) . When I think of
> Land Speed Racing, Bill's car is the kind of
> ride I think of. I really got a kick out of
> teching it for the first time.
>
> Bill, don't worry about the injectors, you'll
> get it !!!
>
> >>> <ardunbill@webtv.net> 09/27 5:29 PM >>>
> Hi Folks. Just want to thank all the ECTA Meet
> officials for their
> efforts. My brother Tom and I had one of the
> most fun days of our life.
> I thank Tom for all his hard work and support
> on this trip.
>
> Everybody seemed to like our Ardun '32 Ford
> Roadster. This was its
> first time at a meet and there were teething
> problems, but only with the
> fuel injection. We couldn't get it to perform
> up to par, but at least
> got the feel of the car on a few checkout runs
> at 85 or so. I need to
> do some serious work on the fuel system and
> injector. We'll be back.
>
> It was a heck of a thrill to run the roadster
> down the course for the
> first time after building it for four years. I
> was surprised by the
> perfect steering and ease of control of the
> car. I never felt a bump.
> Honest! Alan Thornton of Flatlander's Hot Rods
> in Norfolk, VA built the
> body and chassis to my design and they did a
> good job.
>
> The following Ardun men have been very generous
> with their time and
> advice on this project. My sincere thanks to:
>
> Elmo Gillette
> Wasted Willie Glass
> Mike Hart
> Ardun Doug King
> Monte Osborn
> Clem TeBow
> Dave 'The Hayseed' Thomssen
>
>
> Regards to all from ArdunBill Hoddinott
>
>
>
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