• Main Home Page
• Today's Hot Topics
• Start a New Discussion
• Search Discussion Forums
• Forum FAQs
• General Topics
• Builder's Corner
• Buyer Beware
• Detailing Tips
• How To (How Do I?)
• Looking to Buy
• Paint Booth
• Q n A
• Reader's Choice Awards
• Tech Tips

• Hot Topics
• ronhotrod's family needs your prayers
• the 39 i'm into
• corvette suspension in a 66 chevy truck
• gas prices
• banjo steering wheels
• prayers needed
• 63 amc 327 v8
• progress
• opinions wanted regarding '36 ford slantback
• my new project
• what are the stars for?
• skeet, look at what i found, didn't know you were a celebrity
• exhaust wrap good or bad
• and that's how the fight started
• ron francis cruise control
• had visitors yesterday
• pin striping
• more rust repair
• air quality not so good, but the cars were.
• christmas carol?

Quick Search:

Choose ... Advertisers Builders Corner Projects Car Clubs Discussion Forums (Blogs) Event Coverage News and Articles Parts For Sale StreetRods For Sale StreetRodding.com Members Upcoming Car Shows

Lanny Netz (aka Alf) [ View ] [ lannynetz@gmail.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Grass Valley, California (530) 272-5254  Lanny Netz

We finally have the 502 Ramjet running as it should. It still has a rough idle, but GMPP assures us that it will smooth out as it gets some hours on it. It seems the ECU "learns" as you run it. It really sounds wicked right now. Of course, open headers tend to do that. Today we set the body on the frame, hopefully for the final time. We painted the firewall because we have a 2 month wait to get it into the paint shop. We figured this way we could continue working on it . When the time comes for the paint we will wrap the engine with plastic and hope for the best. In a perfect world the body would be painted and finished before installation, but we feel this is a way to maintain progress while we wait for the painter.

Comments

Posted by BigAlBre  -  05/22/2007 09:52 PM what is it? Big Al sittin back pickin & grinning in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999   Posted by sixguns  -  05/22/2007 10:41 PM its a big block, what else matters Ain't Progress sweet, I did the same thing, chassis, motor and paint last. wrap it all up and hope for the best. Damn Clear gets in everywhere. Enjoy the Ride [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Woodland, Washington Charter Member since June 2002   Posted by dixie  -  05/22/2007 11:10 PM look like somekind of pie wagon jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by DavyJ  -  05/22/2007 11:16 PM Definitely looks big enough to need that big motor. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/23/2007 07:39 AM wraping the engine in plastic will do no good. buy some spray mask to protect it from paint. otherwise your gonna have orange billit dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by Alf  -  05/23/2007 10:24 AM Well Dixie, you are pretty close to correct. It is a 1947 Dodge Panel that was used to deliver bread in the Grass Valley,Nevada City area for many years. We are building it for a recently retired grocer. He loves the look of it, as they say"beauty is in the eye of the beholder". And yes, it is big. He hopes to drive thewheels off of it and use it to travel the country. Lanny Netz [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Grass Valley, California

Back To Top

Please Login or Register to Comment

Existing Member? Sign In.

New Visitor? Click Here to Get Started!

Existing Member but forgot your Login Information? Click Here.