Friday, June 29, 2012
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Went to the Johnson Motors headquarters yesterday and picked up a replica if the Sweet 16 Bellytank tha Bill Burke raced in the late 40's.
This tank was built by my friend Randy Mead in MT. It was purchased by Shawn Kelly of Johnson Motors for a display car. Were gonna get it dialed in and drivable. She'll make a great El Mirage putter.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Bonneville Speedweek 2011 new motor
Well after a solid few months of work from myself, Max jr. and sr. at H and H Antique, and Logan Davis and Chuck at their new shop "Vintage Performance Automotive", I am happy to report that the new banger is finally together and running in the Bellytank. All test fired and broken in, she's ready to hit the salt. We loaded her in the trailer yesterday and we head out on Wed. Were still running 3 of Clives new Stromberg 97's and the Gemsa overhead cam head, but everything underneath is brand new..... Stronger, lighter etc.
Were hoping for speeds in the 160 + range. Wish us luck !!
Here's a short video:
Were hoping for speeds in the 160 + range. Wish us luck !!
Here's a short video:
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Bonneville Speedweek 2010. "4 banger carnage"
It was not a good Speedweek for the old Henry Ford 4 cyl. The Banger Gods were not shining their blessings down upon us. We'll not all of us anyway.
The Old Crow took off like a rocket on her first run and hit 165 mph at the first mile, but it appears the stock cast iron bellhousing couldn't take the torque and decided to desecrate instead. We tried to fix it, but the shrapnel took out too many parts. Here's a pic:
The So-What racing team had it worse than us. Also on their very first run, and not even to the 1 mile, this happened:
Yes, that is,.. or was... A Winfield head. Bummer huh?
Speaking if heads,.. The Vaughan Quick & Easy team didn't have much luck keeping their head together either:
Let's hope they brought a spare, I hear the motor is fine.
I also heard that the R2 racing team of Richard Reed has 2 rods hanging out the side of their block, but I couldn't find them to take a picture. Anybody got one?
Well. That's all the news that fit to print.
The Old Crow took off like a rocket on her first run and hit 165 mph at the first mile, but it appears the stock cast iron bellhousing couldn't take the torque and decided to desecrate instead. We tried to fix it, but the shrapnel took out too many parts. Here's a pic:
The So-What racing team had it worse than us. Also on their very first run, and not even to the 1 mile, this happened:
Yes, that is,.. or was... A Winfield head. Bummer huh?
Speaking if heads,.. The Vaughan Quick & Easy team didn't have much luck keeping their head together either:
Let's hope they brought a spare, I hear the motor is fine.
I also heard that the R2 racing team of Richard Reed has 2 rods hanging out the side of their block, but I couldn't find them to take a picture. Anybody got one?
Well. That's all the news that fit to print.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, August 14, 2009
Bonneville Speedweek 2009
It was a wonderful year. My buddy Ryan popped his Salt cherry and wrote a wonderful blog about it. Here is a link, check it out:
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