Freightrain

Pretty solid looking truck for the money. Make a neat toy to play around with. Not on the roads around here though!! My B model beats me to pieces, can't imagine that old crackerbox.

I agree, the original chassis would be around 11K lbs, then add the wrecker body.

Paul, I've watch a few minutes of the live feed with Finnegan in the staging lanes. I know a few fellows running in it this year. I was at Norwalk a few years back when they came through Ohio. I took my black car up to meet up with another FE buddy from up north. I got pictures. Jay Brown has a 511 ci EFI injected SOHC motor in his '64, so I thought it would be cool to get pictures together. His car ran 9.40's. He also has two other cars he has run in Drag week and has won class before. His car sounds weird with open headers. Just like an old dump truck with a rusty muffler, literally. Doesn't sound like it has the 900 hp that it does. Your MPH sounds a bit slow for the ET. Should be well into the mid 140 range. She a little fat up top? With a blower, if it was lean it would melt itself down. I have some videos from the race last weekend, but they are on Karen's phone and I need to get them downloaded so I can post them.

Seems like a wolf in sheeps clothing. Looks like a plain jane fleet truck in that picture.

I found mine online for my Neway. It was a "u-weld" model. Cut to length, weld together. I just don't recall the place I bought it?

Nothing too "top secret squirrel stuff" here. I had the heads CNC'd a touch to pick up some airflow. It is now 496 ci due to a bigger bore. I kept the comp ratio at 12.5/1. Camshaft was actually cut back a touch on duration to keep the peak RPM down to a more sane level(6500). It's a "bracket car" and I don't want to beat it up by turning it 7500 rpm! It didn't make a bunch more Peak HP compared to the old 462ci version. It did pick up a bunch of mid range power. It's still around 625 hp at 6500 rpm. It picked up about 25 HP at 5000 rpm and since that is what I typically launch at, it leaves harder now. I was out last weekend for my first race back. The car went 10.69 @ 124 mph. It was running 10.95 @ 122 mph last year at this race. It picked up about .2 in the first 1/8 mile, and carries it out through the 1/4 mile. It also picked up .1 in the 60 ft compared to my best at that track. The car usually leaves around 1.48x something in the 60 ft. Slightly less at greasy track, but have gone 1.41 at this track(has good bite). Saturday was 1.402/1.403 and was mandating I tighten up the wheelie bars. It was really standing up(and coming down hard). With some adjustment to the bars, I was able to keep it under better control. I had a good outing. I made it to the semi finals. My competition whacked me with a .009 light and I just couldn't beat that even with a .040 light.

Have watched plenty of the build videos. Would love to see it in person, someday. It's a bit west for me to see from my place....LOL!

I spent that weekend assembling the motor. I got to dyno it last weekend(thurs/fri/sat), brought it home Sat afternoon and got it put in the car Sunday afternoon. I got it running Monday afternoon, washed up and put in the trailer. I've been busy, but sure would have like to meet up. Maybe next time? I'm getting off to my first race Saturday at Thompson. They are having their annual Gasser event and we're running our race with it. It's a good match up. I won last year, I hope to take a shot at it again. That $1000 payout sure could come in handy about now!

I've got a vintage Poulan that I got from a friend that past years ago. Big ol bounder. Heavy, not something you climb a tree with. I don't do a thing with it but put a fresh chain on it occasionally. It starts on about the 3rd pull every time no matter how many years it's been sitting in the shed. It will wear your back out if you have to man handle it around all day. But big or small wood, it blows through it.

So you're not coming at all? Bummer. Maybe next time. I'll be finishing up assembly of motor tomorrow afternoon, and sat morning. Dyno next week, as they have a 327 on there presently. I get the safety thing. Too bad there are plenty of "illegal" cars making passes every week.

Forgot to drop off timing cover last weekend. Had to run parts to shop at 11 pm after going to demo derby at Randolph fair last night. Getting closer.

Cranks in, cam degreed. They should get rods in after moving valve reliefs just a touch. Have to determine what will this weekend? May bolt on Dyno? Paul, keep me in loop on your plans. I may be busy Saturday morning? I may take 1/2 day Friday to work on motor?

I bought one of these: https://www.facet-purolator.com/cube/ for my Onan genset a few years back. Seems like a pretty solid little pump.

My Father was a big railfan. He talked about riding Amtrak out west and going to D&RG and others. We never got to take that trip.

I want a wheel done, but I just bet mine won't be the $300 repair!! Something about a nice, shiny steering wheel just makes it nicer to drive.

I just happen to watch a show on PBS last night about train excursions and that was one of the places they talked about.

Ok, let me know what you end up doing. I may take that Friday off to do the local KW lunch open house? I'll decide when it gets here. Found out last night, Comp Cams ground my profile on a 460 core!! What??? Ya, shop got it and looked at it and knew immediately something was wrong. An FE camshaft has a long taper on the shaft going up to the rear cam bearing. They called and found out someone basically screwed up and got the wrong core blank. UGH. They stepped up and said I should have the right one by Friday? We'll see. Crank is installed. Waiting to check valve clearance on piston reliefs. Heads should be assembled today. Getting closer.

Don't see me making the trip this time Bob. Got to get my work in at the machine shop to get my hot rod running again. Have a safe trip!

Ok. Guessing you'll come across 76 from the East. DW42 is very easy to get to, as you come across Rt 76 and onto Rt 42 it's on the right side of the road. Can't miss it. I've got a rut worn in the road from my trips over there. I joke with Karen about not worrying about falling asleep at the wheel... the ol truck knows the way home LOL! I'm about 15 minutes south of Akron(rt 76), so didn't know if you had time to swing by and check out the toys. I'm just directly east of Akron Canton airport(off rt 77)

Can't loose that in a parking lot with that paint!!!!

HOA's are the extreme of zoning regulations. For people that DEMAND to be held to a higher standard. I get it, to a point. I don't want to live next to a total slob(in a city sized lot), but I don't want someone sniffing around if I leave a car parked outside overnight or telling me what color to paint my house. Before moving out on my own, the last place we were at didn't have HOA, but it was an older allotment with "rules". We tried to bring a small shed in and the neighbor behind us comes out yelling and waving an old paper saying "no outbuildings". We told him that if he went around and told all the other people in the neighborhood to get rid of their sheds, we would. That ended that. Our original deed stated "no vehicles parked outside overnight". Too bad, there were 3 vehicles and a one car garage. We didn't have any real problems for the time we lived there.

Welcome aboard.

Nice!!!!!

My point was all the people that clear coat their rusty trucks don't know Eddy. They clear the vehicle and it looks fine today. But in a few years not so much.

I was planning on getting there on Saturday. I have a truck club function at local KW dealer open house on the 23rd, but not sure I'll make it? Depends on motor situation, I may need to take day off and work on it? Dyno it? Playing it by ear, as I want to come and hang with you on Saturday(if it doesn't screw up my dyno time--if that comes about). I'm just playing along with shop schedule and what they can get done. They're working real hard at getting it together so I can make the race on Sept 7th. I have race on the 24th, but not thinking it will be done and in the car by then. What's your travel plans like coming into town? Where are you coming from? VA? ME?