Y-Guy Charlie:     I want to see the 'chute mounts, when you

              get to the rear!!!

                                         Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al

That poor hunchback.


Lawrenceville, GA

Engine and trans mounts are not quite finished yet, but I thought I'd show some progress pictures.  I still have to fab up a bellhousing mount.  It will be a quazi motor plate.  With three sets of mounts, I didn't think it needed to be a full plate.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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Thanks Glen.  Wow, you could never start a race car any cheaper than that.  The cab is wider in the shoulder area than at the floor and most cages I have seen follow that contour.  However, for that price I would cut the replacement cab right down the middle and put it back together again over the cage.  Should be easier than a chop top on a 50 Merc!

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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Good looking welds Charlie. I have promised a buddy that I would go with him next week and dig an old S10 drag truck out of the back side of a junk yard. The truck was wrecked a  couple years ago and the owner striped it and hauled the chassis to the junk yard. I looked it over and it was a well built rig with a 12 point cage. The cab, front sheet metal and bed are toast, but the frame and cage survived and appear to be undamaged. He does not have any concrete plans for it at this time but for $75, I told him if he didn't want it I did. I think that you could cut the floor and firewall from it and graft it to another cab.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Thanks grovedawg.

Now that the outriggers are done, I needed to get some paint on the rolling chassis.

With 123" wheel base, I hope to get a stable ride.

9" rear axle in the background is off to be narrowed and have some alloy 31 spline axles installed.

Not sure yet if I will need dropped spindles.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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I'm sad to see the brick retired. But also very excited to watch this build. Good luck Charlie!

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

Up till now it has been mostly tearing down, collecting parts, and trial fitting.  Now the building actually starts.  Here are a few shots of the roll cage outriggers.

Driver's side front

Driver's side front finished.  You can't see the bottom plate closing the outrigger.

Driver's side rear

Yes, it went right through the middle body mounts.  I left them for added strength.  Not to worry, there are still four body mounts left.  Again, you can't see the bottom enclosing plate.

Next, it will be interesting trying to stay within the rules and set the engine back as far as possible, a new firewall will have to be built.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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charlie, you need to make friends with an owner of a CNC 3 axes mill to do your blocks.  Great looking truck so far. Keep us posted. I have enjoyed the postings of your exploits.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

Gary,

We think a lot alike, it would be great to run 30 psi and nitrous.  If the engine would stay together, all you would have to do is point it down the track and hold on.

Unfortunately, no fuels are allowed in any pickup classes and you are right to address the sealing of the head gasket with that kind of boost.

After talking to Jerry C and Cliff Williamson (you can see his ad on the inside cover of Y-Block Magazine, issue #101) sealing the combustion area is a major problem that can be resolved to some degree.  By silver soldering wire in the groves of the steel head gasket you might get away with a boost of 10 to 12 psi.  To get it up to 15 or more you would probably have to machine rings in the block to accept a Loc-Wire seal and that would be very expensive due to the irregular shape of the circle.

Here are the arm and leg restraints.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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