A TR at last

That is outstanding........Bloody excellent

 

Loves it!

 

I was knee high at the time and only a mile away. They still show the film of that barrel roll on channel 5 every year during Seafair. Boy did that sell a lot of airplanes.

 

I saw Bob Hoover up at Arlington a few years ago doing his "Energy Management" demonstration in what I think was a Shrike?

 

Look what I found in the Fchat ads,
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Hey Sparky, speaking of F-51 crashes, don't forget about the mysterious UFO related Captain Mantell crash in Kentucky:
http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/ufoupdates/listers/mantell.html
There's about 5 pages to that web site link.
I saw a TV show a few years ago where they went back to the crash site and found the wreckage. Did you ever hear anything about it? Do you know anybody with any Mantell F-51 "souvenirs"?

 

129k. Not sure if it is CDN or USD. Steve Mamman is in Quebec

 

I likey!

 

That was a pic when I bought it a year ago - Keep in mind it only had 2,500 miles at that point! I have cleaned it once since then - Nothing special used just some degreaser here & there.

 

I know what you use Jerry. It comes from the same place as Stabilant 22,


I am still in a quandry as to the expense of the stuff. I can't believe that this chemical is so DIFFICULT and TIME CONSUMING and EXPENSIVE to make that 15 ml costs between 50.00 to 100.00 USD.

I have a few theories as to the justification of such a price;

A. It is a proprietary formula that nobody else has been able to duplicate virtually eliminating competitive pricing.

B. It is made by a very old, nearly blind man in a non-descript hut on the outskirts of a tiny village in Scotland.

C. In the true spirit of capitalism the Company's motto is, "It works so good we can charge anything we damn well want to charge."

D. "It's MAGIC!"

E. It is scraped off of the ass end of extremely rare Gnats that inhabit an area near the source of the Amazon River that only come out on moonless nights when when all of the planets in the Solar system are aligned and I'm getting"lucky".

F. All of the above

 

A little satire about "The Secret Engine Cleaning Formula"

 

The usual, time and money.

I was going to pull it apart this weekend but the club is having a drive to the Veterans Home in Port Orchard for display, donations and rides. Unfortunately I will be driving my "Kraut Wagon". Still, it will be much fun and well worth it.

I will make one more attempt to do an "on the car" cleanup and blowout of the carbs and fuel system. If that works I'm in the money for the summer. The carbs have new accelerator diaphrams, floats and numerous gaskets from a previous attempt last month by a shop in Seattle.

Ultimately they need to come off the car for a total rebuild including, as necessary, rebushing the throttle shafts and resealing the galley plugs.

Time and money, time and money, time and money..........................the Ferrari mantra.

How can you even sleep at night waiting for that machine?!

 

Kraut Wagon.

It doesn't handle as good as the 308 but still fun.
3 liter V8, 4 cams (chain driven), 4 valves per cylinder, hydraulic cam followers, Electronic Port Injection, 5 speed ZF automatic, and a much better sound system. Many things I wish the old 308 had
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So when you get your TR you'll have to take it out for a "speedometer check". Any good roads around there or will you need to "borrow" the airport?

 

I think you'll find that 120 in a TR is like 60 in the average Honda, a non-issue. (except for unforseen obstacles in the road).

That car is just starting to get it's breath at 100. I think you will really enjoy the torque band of this engine. 0 RPM's to 6800 RPM's (give or take).

I always give my friend a hard time that the engine in his TR is nothing but a big truck motor, tough as hell, so quit babying the thing and PUNCH IT!.

You're gonna love this car!

 

I am jealous!