Hello Group, I am a 53' year old gearhead from Minneapolis. Been working on all sorts of machines since I was little. Been into old brit-bikes and rods. They call me the "Dictator-for-Life" of the Twin Cities Norton Owner's club, and in other circles the "Bodger" which is a brit term for a guy like MacGuyver who can make available stuff scrounged work when you're in a jam. After home-made mini-bikes and go-carts, I started working on car engines...in my dad's kit-built ski-boat. One day, he handed me a pair of Stromberg 97's and said I should get them on top of the 59AB before he came home from work.... There have been a string of interesting cars: 35' Packard 3 window coupe (put a 48' straight 8 in it with Buick wheels) 53' Olds Holiday 88 (still drive it) with 3 deuces, Isky, duals, lowered,shaved, with 57' Caddy eldo wheels, frenched antenna 50' Stude Starlite coupe hoodless with turbocharged flathead 6 http://turbostude.com 53' Stude hardtop with Cad 509"/TH400/9" 3.23:1 Ford posi 62' Stude Champ 3/4 ton truck daily driver 53' Stude coupe Bonneville racer (me and 4 other guys) built another turbo flathead 6 (this summer we set 2 class records XO/BGC and XO/BFALT http://Salt2Salt.com Now I'm working on a 3-wheeler which will be powered by the Bonneville engine (2 front wheels- one rear). It will look like a cross between a 37' Stude boat-tailed speedster and a Chris-Kraft speed-boat....hardwood "deck" above the beltline, Duvall style wind-screen, highly modified 41' Stude frame (planar front suspension). With 240 hp, 289 ft-lbs torque and 1800# wet, it should be a go'er... and look like it was home built in about 1948. Got stoked on building it after seeing some cool stuff on the street in Wendover during Speedweek the last few years. (I'm an "Immortal" wannabe....) I'll be putting up some pics of the project on the TurboStude site under the heading "TriBaker" sometime soon. Regards to all
Is Salt2Salt going to return to Bonneville this year? No postings on the site for a couple of years. If you go, look up the strange guys from Montana with the black Jag. [all a product of Budweiser Engineering] It'll be our first time there, so we don't know what to expect.
Yes, We're going back for Speed Week. We'll race be racing the 53' again, but with a supercharged 8BA flathead. Expect the website to start percolating soon. Scope out the bulletin board for details I've uploaded. We'll be in the front row of the pits about 2/3rds towards the end. We'll be near some Avanti teams and maybe next to two more blown flattie guys. Got rooms at the Red Garter. Send me an e-mail if you want to ask any questions and I'll send you my phone number. Greg [email protected]
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