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May 22, 2014 08:02 PM
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Barney, I was up on the parkway that day and I think I saw your car..
OOPS, No that was a factory works race twin cam.
Gary
Murphy's law
Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch it to be sure.
OOPS, No that was a factory works race twin cam.
Gary
Murphy's law
Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch it to be sure.
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May 24, 2014 08:00 AM
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Had a great visit with Barney.
We just visited in the mountains but got to look over cars and parts in Charlotte. My brother-in-law and I both have ours in his garage working on them. My brother-in-law is still assembling his engine so we didn't have a chance to work on his.
I had what I thought was a slight vibration in mine so we decided to start it and see. Hadn't been started in about 8 months and has only been run for about 2 hours for the break-in after the rebuild. Glad we decided to start it - pretty tight already from sitting. After finding a decent battery and booster it fired off. Seems my vibration is nothing to worry about. Yea!
Barney got busy right away tuning my carbs that I had rebuilt. Only problem was the butterfly on the front carb is a little out of center and won't shut off completely. It was really a treat to see Barney run the car on one carb and tune it.I was definitely taking notes. He set the fast idle on the choke mechanism also. Gave me some good incentive to get that go-kart moving. I'm bending and making my own brake lines from stock and getting a good bubble flare is a real pain - slowing me down - need to find a better flaring tool.
After a couple of hours of shop time we scratched around in the parts and located a brake spring. Barney said he didn't see any need to replace it - he was confident with his repair so he would just keep the spare in the parts bin. It was getting late so we set off to find some supper after which Barney was on his way to Moncks Corner SC and or a campground.
Hopefully we'll be further along with our cars if he gets by to see us again!!!
Eric
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-24 08:03 AM by Tbird.
We just visited in the mountains but got to look over cars and parts in Charlotte. My brother-in-law and I both have ours in his garage working on them. My brother-in-law is still assembling his engine so we didn't have a chance to work on his.
I had what I thought was a slight vibration in mine so we decided to start it and see. Hadn't been started in about 8 months and has only been run for about 2 hours for the break-in after the rebuild. Glad we decided to start it - pretty tight already from sitting. After finding a decent battery and booster it fired off. Seems my vibration is nothing to worry about. Yea!
Barney got busy right away tuning my carbs that I had rebuilt. Only problem was the butterfly on the front carb is a little out of center and won't shut off completely. It was really a treat to see Barney run the car on one carb and tune it.I was definitely taking notes. He set the fast idle on the choke mechanism also. Gave me some good incentive to get that go-kart moving. I'm bending and making my own brake lines from stock and getting a good bubble flare is a real pain - slowing me down - need to find a better flaring tool.
After a couple of hours of shop time we scratched around in the parts and located a brake spring. Barney said he didn't see any need to replace it - he was confident with his repair so he would just keep the spare in the parts bin. It was getting late so we set off to find some supper after which Barney was on his way to Moncks Corner SC and or a campground.
Hopefully we'll be further along with our cars if he gets by to see us again!!!
Eric
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-24 08:03 AM by Tbird.
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Barney,
the invitation stands. your about an hour away and I sure would welcome your advice on my restoration to this point. I 85- is about 15 miles from here, so getting back on your way should be a breeze. im in the shop all day.
cell phone best 9l9-272-07l5
Dave
the invitation stands. your about an hour away and I sure would welcome your advice on my restoration to this point. I 85- is about 15 miles from here, so getting back on your way should be a breeze. im in the shop all day.
cell phone best 9l9-272-07l5
Dave
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Palmyra, VA, USA
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Barney,
Pretty good British car show this Saturday near West Chester PA. See the links.
http://www.westtownpa.org/oakbourne-mansion-commission.php
http://www.dvtr.org/CMoE.html
Tom
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-27 04:39 PM by tmg.esq.
Pretty good British car show this Saturday near West Chester PA. See the links.
http://www.westtownpa.org/oakbourne-mansion-commission.php
http://www.dvtr.org/CMoE.html
Tom
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Had hoped to take my newly resorted A this year (and last for that matter), but things didnt work out, and its only a half restored A (see pic. Agh!). Hopefully get it there next year. Probably will go anyway, since there are ususally a lot of fine Brit cars there, especially Jags. Hope to see you.
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