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[QUOTE=ChevyGirlRox] I also had the privilege to drive a friend of mine's '32 roadster all the way to Bonneville for Speedweek and back (6500 miles round trip) topless!


Did you cause many accidents driving around that way?????
(sorry, couldn't pass that one up )

I enjoyed meeting you and Matt also. Nice to meet a lady who enjoys this hobby, and especially roadsters, as much as you do. BTW, don't be a stranger around here, we would love to have you aboard now and then.

Don

"I found a 1950s Cali built '32 roadster hi boy that had been in storage since the mid-60s. We got it back on the road again in time for the Deuce reunion in Detroit in August and I love it. I also had the privilege to drive a friend of mine's '32 roadster all the way to Bonneville for Speedweek and back (6500 miles round trip) topless!"

Yeah I'm with Don, load some photos and show us your topless ride! Seriously I loved watching Don's build and enjoy seeing everyones cars as they build and post.
Don glad you made it safe up and back. I wonder if your son's interior kit had 4 inch foam for those long hours in the seat! How is Don's engine? Also I never fully appreciated how low your car is until I saw it in the group fotos. It must seem like your going 90 mph when your at the speed limit!

Thanks, glad we made the trip safely too. Yep, it's low for sure. I realized that more and more as I was driving up 75 and trailer trucks would go by. One false move and it could have been very uncool.

We pulled Don's head off Monday night and the exhaust valve was kissed by that piston. Piston has a little gouge in it, nothing bad and it's a forged piston so it will be fine. The head of the valve is intact and only bent over a little, so the machine shop can press it out, ream the guide and install a new valve.

It supports my theory that when the pushrods were too long that valve touched the piston and slightly bent the stem, then as it was moving up and down it kept getting tighter and tigher until it froze and broke the stem. All the other valves are fine and so are the pistons, so I think once that one is fixed it will cure the problem. We were worried that the head would have been messed up, and there is a lot of porting , polishing. big valves, etc. in them and it would be expensive to redo a new one. Pretty sure he dodged the bullet.

Don