Re: Good Morning Thread

by **Keith Mopar** Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:23 am

Good day all, just got back from camping for the last week. Dam is it raining today, hopefully we don’t see any flooding.

Rev let’s see some pics of the 46 pickup. Those are great looking trucks. I do have all Mopars now but have had brands over the years.

My windshield is in for the barracuda but waiting for it to be installed. Did manage to get most of the drivers side interior together before going away.

by jgl360 Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:01 am

looks like great progress

by Ragtacker Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:16 am

Good morning rain huh what ya rain after blowing a hurricane for 3 days in a row. The car guys are grumpy here. No bow ties here Dan I can assure you of that. I had to skulk around the high school reunion as a few of my Mopar classmates knew and they’re giving it to me pretty good. Lucked out at the swap meet last Sunday I scored a primo set of rear fenders for the truck so just need a box now and its off to the build for the winter. Good to know you will still have lunch with me!
Have a great day

by Ragtacker Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:18 am

Keith this is what my hauler looks like now lol

by jgl360 Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:26 am

Hey Reg have you got an engine for the truck? If Not a Hemi would look good and it would be a BIG upgrade at the same time. Good Morning Thread - Page 20 1f696

by Ragtacker Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:42 am

JG I have a 350 for it. i am going to put a tri power on it for old school look. I was looking for an old hemi but very pricey to redo so went with the 350 I got for a really good price.

by jgl360 Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:34 am

oops I forgot you said that.

by Ragtacker Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:58 pm

Good day all you dads out there! Not a lot going on too busy to work on the Valiant so nothing much else to report just hope everyone has a great Father’s Day eh.
Take care

by **Keith Mopar** Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:58 am

Good day gents. It's another soggy day for us here today.

Reg, I'd love to see you build on the truck. Your right about old school Hemis and the price to build them up. An old school SBC is way cheaper and will cool with 3 carbs.

I worked on the Demon yesterday trying to get it goinf for the summer but still not running yet. Next time I'm over there working on it I'll get some pics.

Have a great day!

by **Keith Mopar** Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:08 pm

Good day. Nice day here and no rain finally.

Been working on my friends Barracuda with the new engine and had it out yesterday but it now has an ugly valve train noise. The guy that built the engine is coming over tomorrow for a listen.
Got it back in the garage and jacked back up.

by Ragtacker Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:26 pm

Keith that sucks bad. I have heard of more rebuilt engines with bad bearings bad lifters bad noises than I ever did in previous years. My buddy just got his lifters for his 500 something ford motor after 8 friggin months ugh. The 350 for the truck is a short block from out club president with 4 thousand KMS on it and I know its a. Good motor so I can just bolt on the fun stuff, I feel lucky.good luck tomorrow hope its easy to sess out.
Reg

by jgl360 Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:40 am

Beautiful sunny Saturday and the rest of next week is pretty good too...miracles do happen I guess.

by Ragtacker Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:47 am

Good morning FINALLY hot sunny weather did I mention FINALLY? JG you going to the Nationals with the car this year or leaving it at home?
Going to do a bit of sandblasting today on Val.
Have a great day eh

by jgl360 Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:16 am

The car is coming along again but for next year...no promises. Just came back from an afternoon cruise in the sun.
Today is sunny and bright with a temp of 33 at the moment, it is supposed to be that sort of week except for Tuesday evening.
have a good one.

by Ragtacker Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:51 am

Good morning 14 should top out in the low to mid 20`S Today, summer has finally arrived it seems. Busy last week and a bit with my grandsons baseball playoffs they are 4-0 with the championship game today at noon. He is the leading hitter at just over .900 i told him it don`t matter how many you have won it don`t matter how good you think you are you have to win your last game then that will tell who is the best, took him awhile but he finally got it. Sheesh 9 year olds lol. So I hope everyone back east is enjoying the summer cruise season and shows. This coming weekend we host the largest Deuce show in the world yet again. There is 1200 cars registered from all over the world we expect the usual Aussie cars to show and of course hundreds upon hundreds from the States. A lot of the west coast cars in particular the Arizona and Cali cars come to Port Angelas and take the Coho ferry to Victoria. This ferry arrives in the harbour downtown and is quite the spectacular off load. There is 2 ferry’s for sure completely reserved by the Deuce owners one in particular is the LA roadsters. This year they are closing off the street to allow for the unbelievable welcome they receive from locals and previously arrived participants. One of the hotels has a fabulous balcony bar and a group of our local car guys get there early and have score cards as in a diving competition or such as as each car drives in front they are scored and each car that has a lady in it gets a white rose as the welcome party starts, of course the score cards only have a 10 on them. We have close to a 100 guys doing the parking on the show morning which is Sunday the 17th. We arrive before 3 AM and set about getting all the cars parked. When we arrive the boys are already lined up for many blocks anxious to get the prime spots, some are grumpy some are so freakin happy it makes you so proud to be a small part of it. We are usually done by 730 AM and go for breakfast and a ceasar if you go to the right pub. This only happens every 3 years and the excitement in the car community is massive we live for this! I got my buddies car done for this they are just waiting for plates and insurance cutting it close but it should happen. This will be a pic heavy post which will probably take 2 posts so I will post the updates on the Valiant separately.

by Ragtacker Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:52 am

by Ragtacker Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:54 am

The engine bay is finally stripped and I got the frame painted yesterday. Prime the engine bay next weekend I hope although I may be busy lol.

by Ragtacker Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:16 am

Top pic is the start of the poker run second is show morning. As a side note the house I was born in the the white house in the middle of the pic

by Ragtacker Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:35 am

by jgl360 Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:54 pm

Hello I am home for a change as this week was the Atlantic Nationals car show with activities from Monday to today but with a few showers mixed in. It was a beautiful record breaking weekend with just under 2600 registrants which is a record, great to see friends that we were not able to see last year due to the pandemic.
PS sorry no pics as I forgot the camera home, too bad cause there sure were some nice cars this year.
Right now it is 7:00 and it is still 27 outside.
Later and be good.

by **Keith Mopar** Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:30 am

Just got back from another holiday and had some great weather. I'm back now for a few weeks.
Wow Reg looking like a lot of great looking cars. It's good to see that many guys out.
Your car is also coming along well.

Hopefully I have a few more pics to share of the Barracuda later in the week. I noticed that 2 of my parts orders came in while I was away.

Have a great week.

by jgl360 Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:34 pm

Today is another warm-hot sunny day at 30 C.
Nice to hear your back Keith.

by **Keith Mopar** Mon Jul 18, 2022 10:45 am

Good day guys, doesn't seem like there is anyone on here much but then again it is summer.
We had 30 all week but today it's raining and a bit cooler but well needed.
I've working on the Demon and hopefully I'll have it at a show in August if things go well!

Good day all!

by Ragtacker Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:09 pm

Good day, just recovering from the Deuce Days show yesterday.wow what a show yet again!. I was down there at 230AM handing out Toim Bits and parking guys and a few ladies. We were pretty much done around 7 and went for a walk looking at the other cars we did not park and off for breakfast. 1250 cars was the total and thousands strolling around very early this year. The LA Roadsters were well represented again this year and are a classy bunch I have to say. Needless to say not much got done on the Valiant but that will change now. And the weather is back to sticking grrrrrr.
Have a great day

by jgl360 Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:39 pm

Well good day guys, she was a hot one today...31 but feeling like 37. Had the Dart Sport out to stretch its legs and of course add a little more gas.
Yesterday evening some people about 20-30 minutes away had rain, hail and thunder, we heard some rumble but nothing else.
Have a good one.

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