Kinda hard for me to use the word 'newbie'....but I do understand. Johnnie Laird, a 72 year retired old drag strip operator from So. Central Okla. (storm riddled Okla, that is ) Have a long history with Carl & kids at MoKan. Became addicted to hot rods in the early 50's and never recovered. Have a lot of friends here. Starting on a TE 440 and figured the H.A.M.B. would be a must for the project. Talk to ya soon...........Be Well........JL............
Welcome Johnnie! I will let this man toot his own horn, but he was driving dragsters before most of the kids on the board were born. Johnnie taught me how to drive my FED, and one of my favorite stories is...... After my first shake down pass I asked him why my front wheels were shaking so bad, was it a balance problem? Johnnie told me that if I was watching my front wheels during the run I was looking at the wrong thing. Pick a point at the end of the track and watch it so you don't steer off to the side. One of life's simple lesson that stuck and proved true for many other endeavors.
That's gotta be Ole David, the fuel guy. Hope all is good with you. My oldest son and his oldest son , Susan & myself have been making some good memories with our little Jr Fuel car. "the RainMaker". Starting on a Chassis Research TE440 car. Gonna keep it real - real simple. Gonna use it for a rockin chair. Hope to get to see ya soon. Be Well.......~Johnnie~........
NW OK Guy here. I'm looking to buy some low work/barn finds if anyone has any leads, I'll pay a finders fee. There isn't a barn I won't crawl into within a 6 hour round trip from Canton. There are a lot of awesome cars that live in the drought belt that need rescued and brought back to life.
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