Its a bit sad after your clever use of a wheel barrow. Now you not only need a new one but a firewall too! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

This is probably not the first time a GM product has been improved with the technology of a wheelbarrow



It looks great Charlie, fun watching all the progress.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

If you look closely, the new firewall is another wheelbarrow.  I found a new one at Lowe's with a broken handle and made the manager an offer he couldn't refuse.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Charlie everything you've done looks great. I constructed a scattershield like yours in 1975 for my GMC over the stock bellhousing in in the 2nd year of running I had to add down panels to the back of it. I don't know if any inspector will need to have you do that. Their fear at that time was the clutch coming back thru the bell housing and thru my metal floor. I used 3 pieces of 1/4" plate; rectangle in the middle and a triangular piece on each side. It was long before I became a SCTA inspector.

Check the rule book again on the metal thickness of the firewall. My recollection was .060" for aluminum and steel was not mentioned. I could be wrong on that as I don't have a rule book with me. My original race car had a .050" and I added a second one directly behind it because it was aluminum...Good luck

PS: I think showing your build here shows how much goes into a LSR vehicle. It's not for the feint-of-heart or those who need to pay for everything to be done..........JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Looked at my book .060" is required. Guess I just live in the past............Good Luck

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Thanks for the input JD.  Can you tell us a little about the car that put you in the "2 club"?  Are you still an active tech inspector?

Progress continues with new master cylinders, swing pedals, and steering.  The Coleman swing pedals were donated by a former student of mine who now does round track racing (thanks Alan).

More steering.  I had to watch for header clearance and access to changing the #8 spark plug.

Seat mounted.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Y-Guy Charlie:    I just noticed the "Blower" on the mock-up engine...tell us more...lol

Bill

Pelham,Al

Charlie is always playing with new ideas.  I just sent off my Bonneville Reg. fee!

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Charlie. I'll try to do a condensed version. I started at El Mirage in 1975 with a 40 Chevy coupe I ran with a 270 GMC. It quickly became a 302 in 1976 and set a record at Bonneville at 144.1 on gas. Stock head carbureted. (still have the car) In 1981 I bought a 32 Austin American Roadster and after rebuilding set a record of 162.9 in 1985 with the same engine. It was a VERY controversial roadster in a tough crowd.

After many years my son wanted to drive 200. I remembered Joe Fontana had gone over 200 in a 53 Studebaker in 1985 with a 12 port GMC on fuel. We teamed up in 1997 and after 5 years my son reach the goal and set a record of 202+ in 2002. He was 34 years old. It was not easy. Every year on the salt we fixed something, many would have given up. In 2003 I got back in the car and bumped his record to 210.9. I had broken the trans in 1st gear as I left the trailer. We removed the broken cluster and I did both runs in high gear only.  I was 59.

The engine is a 321 in 1952 GMC with a Skinner 12 port cylinder head. Skinner injectors with a Hiborn pump and Enderle nozzles. A Howard roller cam, A Joe Hunt 5 Amp magneto and 78% nitro in the tank.

I have since gone back to my gas GMC stock and made a pass at 171 setting the record for that class at 168.

I'm on the Y-Block site because I recently aquired a 56 Victoria. I'm rekindling my high school daze when I got to use my moms black 56 Vic on dates in '60 and '61. This one is not black and is totally restored. Can't keep my hands off anything so I've already replaced the Holley teapot with a 53 Caddy WCFB and the Loadmatic laid waste to a 57-62 Dizzy. Had to cut up an E-Bay bought stock air cleaner to hid the WCFB.

I'll try to post pics of both...I still inspect but normally now on the QT. Steve Davies likes to keep me involved and in the loop since I did it for 30 years.

Once again good luck

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Great story!  Thanks for sharing. 

 

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   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias