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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by atch, Jul 27, 2022.

  1. atch
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    Alcohol tank? Check.
    Butane tank? wtf?
    Vacuum tank? well?
    Cyclone heat exchanger? ????
    Highboy '32 4-door? OK


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    I have no idea what I'm looking at. Perhaps some of your more enlightened folks can straighten me out.
     
  2. FrozenMerc
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    Somebody must have that April 1952 Issue of Hop Up and can give us the rest of the story.

    Cyclone Heat Exchanger = Turbocharger????
     
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  3. Atwater Mike
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    Isn't that Chet Herbert's chopped-n-channeled '32 sedan he used as a 'test bed' for his famous roller tappet cams?
     

  4. TCTND
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    Well, if it runs on butane, the heat exchanger would be used to prevent the system freezing up as the liquid evaporates into gas. Propane setups use the same principle; it's usually integrated into the regulator.
     
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  5. Mr48chev
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  6. Such a bitchin car!
     
  7. fabricator john
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    from venice fl.

    chet herbert badassery ,, car was a testbed for everything in his head , roller cams wayne head bad boy 6 , lots of trick stuff , chet was in a wheel chair so im thinkin 4dr made it more accessable to all the mechanical madness ,, car has been featured many times lots of info out there ..
    fabricator john
    miss you dad
     
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  8. atch
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    Thanx to everyone so far. I'm somewhat familiar with Mr. Herbert and his Bonneville endeavors. Also that he was pretty much a mechanical genius and was wheelchair bound.

    However, I had never heard of this particular car or it's inner workings.

    Did the vacuum tank have something to do with the butane system?
     
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  9. samurai mike
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    april? april 1st?
     
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  12. HEATHEN
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    ...and since he couldn't push a clutch pedal, it was bolted to a Dynaflow.
     
  13. I think it's a mobile whiskey still. Cops were too focused on looking in old sheds that they'd more than likely wander right by this. Plus, while the cops are searching the property, you hop in and move this to another location.

    Brilliant doesn't begin to describe :)
     
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  14. chessterd5
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    from u.s.a.

    The vacuum tank could have been used to operate the wind shield wipers ( if it had any) or any other components needing vacuum at higher speed.
    My guess on the alcohol tank is maybe it was supplemented to the butane fuel for performance? It is done with deseil fuel.
     

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