Thread: First ride in 11 years!!!!!

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sell it to me for 3K..................lol

great ride. congratulations.

Congratulations Don and heck 11 years is a long time. I'm complaining about the 2 years mine has been in bits and heck mine is still almost complete. That windscreen looks fantastic straight across at the top.
And 49 degrees isn't cold for some of us fella's, you need to toughen up lad.

Thanks again, guys.

Ken, you are right, it usually is something simple. Dan and I were coming home from the Street Rod Nats in Tampa a few weeks ago in my 23 and almost home it started to cut out on I 75. I pulled over and it wouldn't restart. I'm listening to the fuel pump to see if it was running, it was. Started to look at the motor and Dan took off the gas cap and said, "your tank is empty!" We had fueled up, but we got lost coming out of Tampa and it took an hour of back tracking to get onto I75, so we used more fuel than I thought.

There was a call box right there so we put in a call for roadside assistance. An hour later they hadn't shown up, but a nice guy stopped and took Dan to the next exit for gas, and then drove him back to the car. As we were dumping gas in the tank the Road Ranger showed up.

Brad, if you would stay around more than 15 minutes when you come to town, you might have a shot at it.

Whiplash, I know, I've gotten soft from this Florida sunshine. When I lived up north if we got a 60 degree day I would be laying on the lawn, looking up at the sky and thinking it was Springtime.

I put a few more miles on the 27 today. Ran some errands and went to dinner. For some reason the 27 gets way more attention than the 23 did. Every red light someone was talking to me and asking questions. Maybe it was because the 23 had open headers and I could never hear them before.

Don

Don,

Great job. I envy you. Can't wait for the home projects to be finished to get back to work on the 34.

Jack.

That roadster looks kool,Don..Yup,eleven years is a long time,,Lyndas Customline has been off the road for eight years now,,what started as a tidy up became a major rebuild,body off the chassis,new power steer,injected 302/4sp auto,major body work,dechrome,new rear end,anti sway bars now both ends,new mags...500 hours and counting...
When I can track down all the pix,including the non digital ones,I will have to do a build thread,,dont hold ya breath at the moment tho..
Congrats again on the first drive in a long time..Looking forward to it too..

Congratulations Don!

See you at the Speedway!

Looks like I am done with the 27, except to have some mild pinstriping done on the headlights and maybe dash. Dan and I hauled his rpu to the upholstery shop last night, and I picked up the 27. I have to say he did a very nice, professional job. I take back all the things I felt in the beginning, and am so happy we found this guy. I'll post some pictures tomorrow when I get some daylight. Not sure what it is about this 27, but at almost every red light I have someone talking to me and asking questions........that happened with the 23, but not as much as with this one. Nice part is, the 27 is quiet enough to be able to converse with the people in the next car......the 23, not so much.

Dans is there for a top, seats, and carpets. It should be done by the time we get back from Turkey Run next week. In typical Dan fashion, he gave the guy a bunch of templates on how he wants the window shapes and positions to be, and had lots of blue tape stuck everywhere with notes about where stuff goes. They spent about an hour talking about what he wants and we left with a good feeling about how it will turn out.

Dan is super nervous about anyone but him drilling holes in the body, such as for snaps, and I told him he should sleep at the guys house and offer free labor when drilling time comes around. The guy had my car all taped up and covered with soft blankets, so I don't think Dan has any worries about any scratches getting on anything.

Don