Recent content by Saxxon

A huge well done and 2 atta-boys on today's effort. It was great to see it all come together the way it did. To see you run effortless 8.50s and an epic world turning burnout on the last pass was the highlight of my day. Of course my day included getting my ass kicked by Paul and Megan and more...

I'm still convinced the only reason the Chevy won the class was because it was street driven. I've seen the Chevy up close and personal and he's banged the gears in it very hard at the track. If it ever hooks up it is easily a high 10 second car... it's clean, well built and an outstanding...

Not I - don't follow soccer...

I seem to have taken on the motto that it isn't a real project until I've bled on it and I've set myself on fire... something I do with alarming regularity. So far so good. No blood no smoke... (Touch wood, snap 3 times...)

Should have seen the "safe" removal of the coil springs under tension. The exercise included the use of impact guns, 3 ton jacks and some "oh ****" use of tools at an arm's length distance. As if that would have saved us. In the end we survived and no-one lost a limb. Actually mildly...

And so it begins: Spent a couple of hours with my friend James tearing into the Austin. We would have had the drive-train out if we hadn't run into some weird size bolts holding the transmission and mount. They aren't 13mm and not 14mm. Not 1/2 in and not 7/16... very odd. Oh well nothing a...

I've done the mandatory - sit in it and make vroom vroom sounds - but I did it with the idea of visualizing the fit and placement of things like the pedals, roll bar, shifter, switches etc. I'm not tall but I'm wide which seems to be an acceptable physical trait for this little truck. Even...

This is the feature on the C&O Automotive Austin I mentioned in the original post

I realize this is a Rat Rod build forum and this will not be a Rat Rod but a friend of mine thought you guys would be interested in this build. If it isn't appropriate - let me know... no hard feelings. I've always wanted one of these little units ever since I saw a feature on the C&O...

The blower was off - twice. We pushed out the intake gaskets - twice. Sunday morning I had a revelation and found the foam filters from the evac canisters blocking both of the check valves. We fixed it but then lost the timing on the mag. (Too many hands trying to help) Paul made really good...

Sheets and Giggles Looks great Larry - almost like you've done this before

Cool build... Love watching people who know what they are doing. makes life easier when I try to do something similar. Less thinking time... always a good thing for me.

We talked at length about painting it. At Meltdown 5 Quain Stott wandered by and told us if we ever painted it he would come North and kill us... that pretty much sealed the issue. The barn find look is definitely the cool factor on the Prefect and what everyone tends to comment on. There is...

The Scout took a back seat in the popularity vote the second the Prefect made it's first appearance. I'm very cool with that. Each car has it's own fan club. We're getting the Fuel Injected Suicide Machine dialed in a little each time it's out. I'm sure there is a high 9 in it. Sheets and...

Sorry to miss. Thanks for the gas money. If you were talking to a guy with short greying hair in a bad pair of shorts (who likely was sitting in a lawn chair) that was my brother Paul. Tall guy with a pony tail - that was James The Scout motor is staying where it is. Hopefully we can sort out...