And then it got dark, so we walked to nephew Ricky's house cause he was barbecuing. After we ate it started raining. Actually it started pouring. And it poured for hours! A bunch of us were all hanging out in Ricky's carport, and then came the flood. In minutes his entire carport had over 2 inches of water covering it. Dam!!! I luckily had my flip flops on. Everyone else had real wet shoes! The streets, and neighbor's yards were flooded for hours! I went to bed. The end.
Yea, we got the rain we needed too! You can see the pastures growing. I am down to my last bale of hay so just in time. But it downed a tree onto my horse trailer. When I was cutting it up it rolled off the trailer right on top of my head and drove me to my knees. I heard stars and saw a thud as it hit my head and cracked all the vertebrae in my neck. I have some goose egg this morning and a sore neck but feel fine. Moral of the story... Never get under heavy things without safety measures in place (something I know very well)! Mikey
Dang Mikey, Those pictures look like the tree hit your camper in the background! I hope not!!! Yes, some of those storms that came through were quite potent!
Wow Mikey! Glad you didn't get hurt any worse. Any damage to horse trailer? My Friend Eric and I have been walking a lot lately. About 5 miles average per time. Mowed lawn for the second time. Finally done moving hosta plants and getting garden areas prepped for mulch and stone. I took the White Rabbit off the trailer and loaded the Buick to take to Eric's shop (HorsePower Innovations) to get it dialed in when we get the chance. With the Rabbit off the trailer, I checked fluids, aired tires and cleaned it up. Took it out and made a few 'hits'. There are a few items that I want to do before I take it out for cruises and to the track. Old pic.
I've been spending my time finally finishing my Boss Hemi. Got it started, still have a ton of work to do. But it was good to hear an engine I started building 16 years ago.
Hey, nice to see you got it running! That car is amazing (you and I are both on the 460Ford site) ...what were the details on it again?
Thank You!! It's a 552 ci. 4.60 bore 4.15 stroke A460 Block, roller cam bearings, bushed lifters, Crankshaft Specialist Motorsport crank, (highly modified) old school Ford Motorsport A441 Boss hemi heads 2.45 titanium intake 1.94 ex. inconel valves, WW shaft rockers, A/R intake, Book pro stock carbs, Peterson 5 stage dry sump, BME alum. rods and Venoila pistons. Of course there's more. But that's some of the good stuff. I built the engine only sending the block out. Need to get it started again and do some tuning.
Love that 552 Hemi Ford. That is an all steel trailer. No damage other than a mark on the paint and the marker lights on the roof got smashed. Still nursing my lump. Mikey.
So I build good quality American pocket watches. and grudgingly work on the odd piece of Swiss crap. Here are some examples: This was made by John Cox, a New York watchmaker from 1853-54. I just got it running again. It needed a new balance. The watch was actually made in England and finished by Cox. This is a very high-grade American made watch company out of Boston, the E. Howard & Co. This is a 15 jewel Series III model N from about 1868-72. I got it as a piece of junk, dismantled it, cleaned it, fitted a few parts, put in a mainspring and got it running again. Then I modified a case to fit it because the original was probably gold and hit a melt pot long before any of us were born. It's fully working again and holds excellent time. This is a 1942 Swiss made "Helios", made for the Wehrmacht, complete with it's DH registration number. It needed a new stem and crown, which I luckily had in spares. It too is working perfectly. It is waterproof, shock proof, and antimagnetic. There were about 20-30 Swiss and German watch manufacturers that participated in the DH program. All Wehrmacht grade watches were supposed to be the above as well as have a black dial and luminous hands and the case was supposed to be a screw down case. This one hits all the right marks, and is authentic WWII equipment. That's what I do for fun when i can't work on any Buick related stuff...yeah, I know, boring...
I got this beauty last year after bugging the owner for thirty years. He called out of the blue and said come get the Buick! I was in a pickle but figured it out and didn’t have to sale anything to acquire it. A month later my little brother passed away so I went into a little depression. Now it’s time to start getting it back together. It’s an early build flint car with killer options , factory ac cruise trunk release Tach gauges front and rear sways posi . It’s originally diplomat blue repainted early eighties still looks good so probably put together and enjoy as is for now.
GoldX sorry about losing your brother. I know about the associated depression and lack of drive. Nice project you acquired. Good luck with it and put up some updates as you move forward with it.
Only old ones from the mid-90's . I've spent a ton of money with my chassis guy, we had to completely front half the car because the Boss heads wouldn't physically fit between the frame rails. I've haven't had on the track since 2003. Divorce, sending my daughter thru college, you guys know...life changes. Hope I can still drive in a straight line and side step a clutch and pull levers. The pic of the inside is much more recent.
The old Turbo Coupes make the coolest Pro Stock type cars. Bob Glidden's is my favorite drag car of all time.
When I was racing it all over the midwest years ago that was the question I was always asked "Is that an old Bob Glidden car?"
Got to see that car in person at B.I.R back in the day. Had a signed poster of it above my desk when I worked at Smith Bros. Ford.
