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rocky- it may well be wednesday. it sorta depends on how things go in chicago and what develops with the friends we have there.

 

sounds like you need to do something like this around the Pileup...

 

don, we're leaving sunday and arriving friday, but we're spending a day in chicago on the way. so, 4 1/2, 5 days.

 

you could do it in a lot less. but, this is our honeymoon too. so we aren't really in a hurry.

 

thanks keith. see you a ty-rods i guess.

 

i can't wait to take them!

argh. 3 days. the plus side is that i will likely put in about 45 hours at work in the next 3 days. so time will fly. the project at work that is taking up so much time is the culmination of months of work. so i am excited about it too. but the road is really calling me...

 

root, i'll try to get a pic of it on here before we take off. but it's nothing special. i have a thunderbird motor with a c-4 going in it this winter, hopefully. and that'll be a screamer.

but for now, it's the original 239ci y-block. 60k original miles with about 25k on a rebuild. the p/o is said to have put a mild cam in it when it was done. and he claims 160hp vs the stock 135ish. i dunno how true that all is, but it runs great. still has the original oil bath air cleaner. it's a very unassuming car. 2spd fordomatic, thunderbird manifolds with duals all the way back running through brockman mellow-tones. sounds great!

dad and i put a '57 9 inch out back, and it's got 3 inch lowering springs from jamco in the rear too. up front, we did a fatman disc kit with 2 inch lowered coils. it all runs on mid 80s 15x8 cop car wheels (for the width and the offset, with the slightly wider rearend) with the original '54 trim rings and dog dish caps.

cruises 60-65 comfortably, and gets about 17-18 mpg.

pics coming in the AM.

 

mike-we should be in laramie thursday night, after leaving omaha that morning. we should roll into wendover friday dinner time-ish.

mctim- my dad already had the c4 rebuilt and the adapter made, so it' stuff i have. and yes, the thunderbird motor is a 312 bored to 317, i believe. couldn't possibly give up the y-block.

 

day 1-

after 32 hours of overtime between friday and saturday, we finally woke up fairly rested this morning and hit the road. i put the 54 in becky's parents' garage before our long haul work schedule, so we pulled out from framingham about 8:30. we cruised out the mass pike and took 90 to buffalo, and then followed signs for some little waterfall. we took that in a bit, then pressed on to a little town in ontario called brantford. it's late, i'm tired. but we had a blast because work is behind us for 18 days, and there's nothing ahead but adventure. the car performed flawlessly. sounded great, gave no trouble. here are some pics. not many captions. like i said, i'm tired. but it's a GOOD tired.



we wanted to get to new york so bad, we almost missed the sign!



the pivot on the wing window whistled so bad it was driving us nuts. becky's solution:



go to the salt and the hamb drags without pops? not a chance.



entering canadia!



umm, right?













yogen fruz?? okay...





nighty night

 

it was my 3rd time to niagara. it's really built up since the last time i came here. lots of casinos and weirdness. but, nice and clean. full of happy people. it's good. kinda like a cross between cape cod and vegas.