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October 24 Donation WheelSome of the guys at the Mass Cruisers asked me if I could make anything out of a 23" tire. The purpose is to collect any donations at the cruise nites and shows. It made it's debut at the last cruise nite at Patriot Place on the 22nd. It was received very well. garage saleCheck out the pics and E mail me for prices. Its all FORD stuff and I 'm sure that there is more to come. October 04 Lack of contentI know, what the hell have I been doing? Shameless selfpromotion of my stuff or anyone elses stuff can't be done if I do not sit down and type it out. Truth be told I have been very lax in the coverage this year. I'm sorry, If it was not raining (and boy did it rain this year) or I had technical problems with the camera,etc,etc. It seems that I went no where. I did take in quite a few excellent shows and cruise nites. I really want to do some more but everyone says this when the window of opportunity starts to close. Sure I will drive the cars around for a while longer but what I'm really looking forward to is another long trip. I have to say that the Musclepalloza show was the best of me this year because it proved the road worthyness of Orange. It rained,so what! It sucked to have to really clean the car when I got there but that was half the trip. 434 miles and not a drop of oil burned and not one mechanical noise out of place. I must say.......I'm proud of my self. Not to short sell my brother in law Mark. His Malibu kicked ass and ran just as well.however he is a mechanic by trade so I would expect nothing less. (Sorry Mark) Mark is currently swapping out the 10 bolt for a 12 bolt posi. NOW he will be a real terror on the road!!!!! The first place he will light them up will be in front of his house. The second place will be my house.
Rick and Paula got their rides out this year too. Well, Rick always manages to get his car back together in time but poor Paula . Her 35 had nothing but mechanical problems for the past 2 years. It sat in the garage collecting dust. The call went out and Mark got into it. Fuel,timing,air you name it and to top it all off.........a bumble bee in the fuel line!!!!!!!!!! No, I'm serious. A BEE!!!!! He did manage to save it and it now resides in a glass bottle on the shelf.
My other brother in law Mike was not so lucky this year. Work. No he was not laid off or anything like that. In fact he has a ton of it which is why he missed out on the cruise nites and shows. He was not completly out of the hobby though. He did manage to build a new annex to the garage. 24x16 x14 high. With a lift.! Hard work does pay off but we did miss him at the events. Hopefully he will be in full attendance next season.
I will try to get some more pictures before the season is over. Maybe even sit down and type up some more crap. Don't forget that the October Stafford is on the 18th in Stafford Springs CT.
That is all for now.    August 29 Past Thursdays cruise niteThis past Thursday nite was a friggin zoo. Where else can you go on a cruise nite at the Bass Pro in Foxboro and be inindated with ove 1600 cars? No where! That is right, 1600. Not enough time to see them all let alone a quarter of them. Totaly amazing and all very well behaved. Yes, the Cops were out but what would you expect . Crowd control I would call it. Pictures you say?????? Yeah well, I thing that may be time for a new camera or something that has a better battery life.. Next week the blue machine will make it's way out to the South Easton Cruise. Shall we call it the maiden voyage. August 22 DrivenIt is now on the road. A few test shifts in the driveway. One spin down the street. A quick jaunt down to the gas station. No leaks but it seems alittle sluggish. I think that some fine tuning is in order. None the less after close to a year it lives and breaths. August 19 We now have a driveshaftDropped it off with Mark and he brought it up to South Shore Bearing today. They called back around 1pm an said that it was done. Needless to say I was quite supprised. Also needless to say the part was put in as soon as I was home. A few hoses and 500 will be ready to take a spin around the block. That and set of hood pins. August 16 mass cruisersGreat weather but too hot. The newest addition to the West Street crew made it's first outing..Mike's 71 Cutlass S . 350 with air,400 heads and a King Demon carb. The car flies....Ran very smooth too.     August 08 Alive, It's alive!Due to the rain,the vacations and other such delays there has not been much progress at the old West St. . Sure, Mike's garage addition has been progressing but slowly. I on the other hand have been some what idle. However with the weather break and a few late nites.(Honey, to late to run the grinder!) I have the following anouncement. ......The 460 LIVES!!!!!!!!! After much work and replacing parts that were once new(water pump and fuel pump swap out) Mike and I started the beast up last night. Temporary set up for right now. I have to wire and plumb correctly still. The motor banged over second try. Every surface smoked and burned off what ever was on it. We got smoked out of the garage and that is with some industrial fans running too. Today I will wire and plumb it up right and get it outside to restart it. It's nice to see some completion. More to come soon ....I hope! July 03 Been a whileIt's been a while since I wrote anything here so I will give it a try. due to the monsoon season that is currently in the Northeast cruise nites have sort of been put on a holding pattern. Not to say that the car is afraid of some watter but I have been caught in 2 monsterous T storms and it sucked. Sure the old Ford made it out alive but the clean up is the killer. So I have been craming on the 500. Exhaust is 90% done cooling is 90% done. Ordered a dizzy from Procomp Electronics. 750 Holley DP is on the way too. My buddy Mike gave me a C6 yoke so now I have to measure for a driveshaft. I would like to say that the car will be turned over by the end of the month but driving may turn out to be a little longer. June 13 Tasca 09The 12th Annual Tasca Ford show is in the books and we could not of had a better day. Props for Cruisin Bruce and a show off with out a hitch. All toled 80+ cars were in some very nice stuff as always. We had 3 Cougars and one was a survivor 428 Eliminator car. Very Nice!!! Some of the locals were not able to attend they were missed. Bob Sr. was also mia due a health issue. Get well soon Bob. As they say pictures say a thousand words so check out the pics
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Philwrote:
Nice pic's of Endicot Chris! The 64 Merc Squire wagon belongs to my brother in law, what a coincidense. Whose Talladega?
Phil J
July 24
Mike
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Who is that ugly fat dude in the nice shirt with the beautiful blue ragtop... oh,,, it;s me... lol.... thanks for posting my pics Squishy.
July 3
No namewrote:
Nice work Squishy.
June 8
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