Last Indian

And it loves you right back! Although it’s been a little rebellious this year! 🥰

Todd, welcome to FP! Don’t feel bad! You pick a fight in the wrong division! There’s only a couple pounds difference in weight and only 10 hp difference. But the Honda has a CVT you don’t! All things being equal you can’t beat that! Plus the Honda’s Direct injection with variable timing! That’s like Paul Bunyan against a chainsaw! That said I would rather be caught in the Firehawk standing still that any Honda! And the includes CART & Indy!

Frosty, while I know you’ve fix it and I hope that’s permanent, one thing to consider is changing the lines while you are still doing all your work on Lucy. Those type of crimped nylon line are inherently problematic! They usually do exactly that! It’s difficult to crimp them without causing stress points! Then any added stress I.E. swelling due to pressure line movement, or even aging due to fluid contact, etc. basically work fatigues them. If you have the room, & I think you might. Change the tees out for AN # 4 tee with a 1/4 npt female using a 1/4 tubing to 1/4 npt adaptor. You will also need an adaptor at the rams. This will allow you to run AN hose & fittings. This is # 4 AN tee with a 1/4 npt on top this is a 1/4 tubing to 1/4 pipe adaptor! What size is the nylon line? It looks to be 1/4. I also presume that the fitting arrangement for the ram is tubing? I.E. cap and ferrule! Do you have a Parker store near you anywhere?

Oh that stuff! That is 70 durometer polyurethane machined to fit the machined end of the Aluminum motor mount!

The plate the attaches to the three strut bolts I assume you mean? That is 10ga. 316 stainless steel that is sandblasted and painted. I should also include that the bored holes in the aluminum strut brace actually make it more difficult to bend in deflection, plus it makes it lighter.

Frosty, you might consider panhead screws with a nice flat encapsulating washer that would tend to have more of a clamping action as opposed to dimpling action! If you do consider that the washers may not exist, if you give me the head measurements and how many I could make them and send them to you. JustA thought! These are the type of washer And this is the type of screw.

Well, to keep it cheap and simple to start, get some 1/2” thick pine board or ply wood. Cut some pieces that are 2” square. Then drill a clearance hole large enough for the bolt to go through. You are also going to need to acquire longer bolts, so make sure you know their thread size as well as length. I would start by putting one 1/2 block under each front leg. This will tip the back of the seat backwards. Basically pushing your upper body further away from the steering wheel. Which means that possibly you might need to move the seat one click closer to achieve the same results you previously had putting you feet one click closer to the pedals. Next you could try two 1/2 thick blocks under each leg. You’ll just have two play with it. You can also change the thickness of the blocks, but if you find something that works, now you can look at steering wheel configuration. If the blocks do work, ultimately you will need to make them out of steel or aluminum and get good high quality bolts.

It’s not you buddy! Very typical of those type of panels! Not that today’s are really any better! One of the problems are how they attach, which you can’t change! The only piece you can really effect are the attaching screws and the washer they typically use! Sometimes those either cut into the fabric or cup hard board the fabric is on.

Not looking good buddy! Nothing so far!😭

I will presume my suggestions didn’t interest you, and that’s ok. Still I had similar issues with my “69” Z! I wanted a 12” deep dish wheel! There was a mechanically functional reason behind it, but that’s not relevant here! So to effectively change the dynamics for me I did exactly what I indicated to you, I changed the seat trajectory! Which gave me the same, actually even better, comfort for my positioning and the added clearance because of the reduction in diameter gave me exactly what I needed. The other thing you can do, which I would have done if the seat reconfigurations hadn’t worked, is shorten the steering column. And yes I have done that on other cars. You could also install a adjustable steering column from an other GM car or buy an aftermarket unit from somebody like Summit or JEGS.

Well that doesn’t appear to be a very deep dished wheel, so you won’t gain much in room if that’s true! You need to be comfortable in your position of driving that’s for sure! So a couple things to consider. If you go aftermarket a smaller wheel will I’ve you more room, but it won’t change arm positioning as far as how your arms extend out or bend. Adding blocks under the front or back legs of the seat will change the angle of the seat, which can help with positioning. Last, changing pedal position by changing the angle of the pedals. Which requires cut and welding can effectively move the pedals out or in depending on what you do! I would suggest try the seat angle idea first that may be the least intrusive!

Kiwi, I thought you might have an appreciation for this being a past show judge an all. I have an indelible habit of looking at mechanical applications with a restructuring eye! So every car I’ve every owned and especially those I built, I always see things that I ask why? And then I have too change it. So I think you’ve seen some of that and I know it’s really hard to see it from just a picture! So I thought In some small manner you might like to see the level of detail that goes in to some of my stuff. Since you noticed the level of effort for the plenum cover to get air in to cool it from the hood! The top motor mounts foe instance! These are so far removed for the original OEM product! Completely changed the mounting location. The factory version had the rotational arch of the motor wrong which really allows way to much movement, which cost a considerable lost in power to the ground and an inherent problem with bracket breakage. These mount allow almost no movement, but without engine vibration transmission to the car body! The strut brace! Most of them don’t use heim joints and those that do are round! The purpose of a heim in that application is to allow some lateral movement while stopping in and out flex in hard cornering! Heim joints allow that, but round bars can buckle under excessive loads square or rectangular bars don’t! every single SS buttonhead bolt has a hand machined encapsulating washer made for its size.

Yes, but remember I was the mechanical/application engineer or whatever else it took to do the hardware side of things. While the downward pointing arrowhead is a favorite of mine. As I said I’ve worn it as I said since 17! That reason? While in the “60s” and some of the “70s” the ☮️ symbol was popular, the arrowhead pointing down in the Indian culture means peace!

You could just fill a paper bag full of paint, blow it up and pop it. That would spatter! Just kidding mate!

What year was that? What tv station? Might be able to dig it up, you never know! Must of been really cool!

Thought you guys might like this! This reflection pic is of the arrowhead necklace I have worn since 1977, never take it off! I’ve worn an arrowhead necklace since I was 17, but this one I made in 1977 from 99.9 % silver! See I’ve been a Poncho guy forever! I guess it was meant for there to be a Forever Pontiac and for me to be here!🤪

Basically that’s true! If You’ve ever seen a trunk that was done in spatter paint that was exposed to water for any extended period or over and over the paint tends to lift and then hold water! As once the paint gets wet tends to hold moisture. Clear coat does help, but only if the top surface is well covered and the intruding moisture is from on top. Unfortunately most of the time it comes in from under the paint/bottom side. Like where panels are spot welded together! So it is important that before you use spatter paint you clean the areas where panels go together very well! Then you need to remove all the old drip check caulk and use new high quality drip check caulk to fill all the seams! Then use the spatter paint and clear coat. In the case of most of those cars that used spatter paint, today they’re not going to see much in the way of inclement weather.

Love it Lawman! That’s what I’m talking about! Thanks for posting!

Ahh yes, some led for the head! Metal Blues! I saw Zeppelin in 1969 at Cleveland Public Hall with Grand Funk as the opening act! Best concert I ever saw, and I’ve seen many. For me; I don’t know how you grow up in the era that started with the Beatles and basically ended with the exit of the 80s, and pick a favorite? I know I can’t! My wife can! The Beatles! Hands down for her no one else compares, but she’s a girl who saw them at Cleveland stadium! You know that scene!

No! My mistake, looks just like it, and it is from Minnesota too! What are the odds? Still it’s a good comparison for price since it appears in similar condition.

The guys asking $3950 for the “59” on classic cars.com

I can agree with a Boston for the win or is it Foreigner well maybe Deep Purple, no no it’s Lynard Skynard, oh oh I know Giant! Oh crap! To quote Barbarino; I’m so confused!🤪

I can understand that! My wife used to cringe when I would play Boston! Same deal, I played them non-stop when they came out. The ultimate gunslinger band sound! You know multiple guitars playing in harmony! She’s over that now though! Love Tom Petty, and pretty much any kind of music! Rock, blues, classical, some country, some of the Seattle sound, but metal always moved my soul, kind of like a beautifully designed car that looks good standing still, but when you get in and it goes from 0 to 100 and back to 0 through a road course, WOW! Kind of like that!

That’s hilarious! I forgot all about sound! I always have my sound off, so I didn’t listen to any of them in playback with sound! And yes! I am so old that I am one of the original headbangers! Most folks only know of Whitesnake from the big hair era, but they came out long before then! I knew of Coverdale from his Deep Purple days. Most think of heavy metal as Metallica and the like, but the first actually Heavy Metal band was Steppenwolf!

If there’s one thing car folks love it’s a shiny reflective finish in a car paint! Think all of us want that, WOW! Effect! So! Let’s see em! for me, these first three are taken inside my garage door down no sunlight. https://1drv.ms/v/s!ApYhZl8sk2DFxwM0bde1f5CUjf_n https://1drv.ms/v/s!ApYhZl8sk2DFxn6rK9r91gTDw-cN https://1drv.ms/v/s!ApYhZl8sk2DFxn_Uy232fcP23v-4 These two are taken outside. https://1drv.ms/v/s!ApYhZl8sk2DFxwbowqsgdUWGH3LChttps://1drv.ms/v/s!ApYhZl8sk2DFxwVEJ2vEWSwz8RWL