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this car has already cost me an arm and a leg. last summer when i was
stripping it i cut the top of my hand on the front windshield and nearly
cut my tendon in half, off 2 weeks of work, doctors bills and such cost me
around 3000 bucks so i was ready to put her through some punishment .
ended up barely getting it ready for an indoor derby last weekend, fresh
engine, 305 rebuilt. the weather the last few months on the weekend in
ohio had been killin me as i dont have a garage and it rained most
weekends. well we set up this lincoln with heavy duty 2x2 square tubing
rear control arms, and welded them up to brackets on my ford 9" w/ 550
gears. that also set us behind, so i ended up gettin off work at noon last
friday and working all night and all day in a garage we happened to luck
into. finished the car up at around 230pm last saturday and got her loaded
up. made it to huntington wv for the huntington civic center arena derby.
they had to bring the inspectors back out from the track cause i was the
last car to be inspected. the first heat was actually starting when i
pulled my car up lol, they gave me some crap about welding all my seams on
top of my frame (suppose to be a stock derby) well they let me through
anyways(which i knew they would). they put me in the second heat, was
doing decent and made it down to the last five cars in my heat and my
steering box blew. also lost me left rear coil spring because i forgot to
wire it in. ill be runnign it again prob in late may, going to leaf
spring it, and do a helluva lot more welding to her strong car though. i
was exhausted after being up nearly 44 hours, had someone drive the truck
home as i couldnt even keep my eyes open. looked like i had black eyes
from lack of sleep. heres some pics, i will get after pics later
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL628/2683405/7913619/109986434.jpg
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL628/2683405/5359798/135749349.jpg
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL628/2683405/5359798/135749344.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/sgtfury70/32.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/sgtfury70/37.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/sgtfury70/38.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/sgtfury70/39.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/sgtfury70/44.jpg
heres the link to someone elses photoalbum of the entire derby....
http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/sgtfury70/
adamc44
Sounds like you did pretty good :hi:
Can't wait to see more pics lol :thumbs:
chris_knows
