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aeronca65t
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OK, not exactly a beauty-queen paint-job. But I hosed off the car last week and gave it a quick re-spray.
It still looks like a bumpy, imperfect warhorse...that's OK.
And now, it has two matching front fenders. Unlike ~Before~
For the last two years, the left front fender has been from a '77 and the right side's been from a '64. Now it has a '63 left front fender. The left rear fender is from a '67 and right rear is the original '78 fender. And both rear fenders have been radiused like my '72 car. It's got the original 3.9 diff but stuck in a '67 axle housing (I bent the original in a crash). The motor is from a '77 Spit. The carb is intended for a 1200 Harley. Not exactly a "numbers matching" car.
I've swapped the number to "909" like my race-Escort. The vintage races have much bigger fields and everyone seems to have "11".
I hate swapping numbers at the track and nobody seems to have "909" so that works for me
(plus a lot of the guys *get* ~The Beatles Reference~ ).
I did a ton of mechanical work to this thing in the last three weeks plus some welding. Ditched the windshield too (not needed for vintage racing). I'm trying to get everything done and out of the way so I can start working on the MGB.
I reinstalled a Sprite grill and left most of the decals and tickers off this time.....the vintage crowd prefers plainer cars with less decals and stickers. The NASCAR guys would never fit in with the vintage gang.
I'm towing it to Louden, New Hamphsire this coming weekend for it's first '08 outing. Hope to get some good in-car video. And praying for no rain (about 25% chance of precip. right now).
Gotta change my little "#11" picture at the bottom of the page now....
It still looks like a bumpy, imperfect warhorse...that's OK.
And now, it has two matching front fenders. Unlike ~Before~
For the last two years, the left front fender has been from a '77 and the right side's been from a '64. Now it has a '63 left front fender. The left rear fender is from a '67 and right rear is the original '78 fender. And both rear fenders have been radiused like my '72 car. It's got the original 3.9 diff but stuck in a '67 axle housing (I bent the original in a crash). The motor is from a '77 Spit. The carb is intended for a 1200 Harley. Not exactly a "numbers matching" car.
I've swapped the number to "909" like my race-Escort. The vintage races have much bigger fields and everyone seems to have "11".
I hate swapping numbers at the track and nobody seems to have "909" so that works for me
(plus a lot of the guys *get* ~The Beatles Reference~ ).
I did a ton of mechanical work to this thing in the last three weeks plus some welding. Ditched the windshield too (not needed for vintage racing). I'm trying to get everything done and out of the way so I can start working on the MGB.
I reinstalled a Sprite grill and left most of the decals and tickers off this time.....the vintage crowd prefers plainer cars with less decals and stickers. The NASCAR guys would never fit in with the vintage gang.
I'm towing it to Louden, New Hamphsire this coming weekend for it's first '08 outing. Hope to get some good in-car video. And praying for no rain (about 25% chance of precip. right now).
Gotta change my little "#11" picture at the bottom of the page now....
