Morning coffee

[djfordmanjack]

50s over here and 40 nighttimes. it is getting uncomfortable outside.

[Jeff Norwell]

65 and sunny!. beautiful here!

[alvin stadel]

Like Rich told me, it could be worse, they say it will be below 0 in our area in the morning. And yes I find this very uncomfortable.

[mustang6984]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who drives with the window down and the heater on, my wife thinks I'm crazy 

After all...you hang around with all of us '57 lunatics! 
I drive the Saleen around with the top down and the windows up to build a cocoon...then turn the heater on. Stay nice and toasty at 65-70...even when it is 35 out. Not that the Saleen sees much of that weather...but it has on occasion. 

P.S. Oh...and over here on the edge of the continent...(12 miles away from Victoria B.C. Canada) we are getting 55-60 degree days with nights in the 33-35 range. Alvin wins the deep freeze award! 

[lalessi1]

I participated in the NSRA Cajun Nationals last Friday.... 97 degrees! Over 600 cars at last count.

[RICH MUISE]

After carrying all our big potted plants inside last night, it never got below 34ish, and it's up to 63 right now.

[RICH MUISE]

I did finally get my cooling fan working again. Replaced the fan motor yesterday. That, I'm sure was the original problem. The other issues with the connector, relay and fuse came about when I started disassemling stuff to check it out. It is soooo much quieter than it use to be.

[mustang6984]

I did finally get my cooling fan working again. Replaced the fan motor yesterday. That, I'm sure was the original problem. The other issues with the connector, relay and fuse came about when I started disassemling stuff to check it out. It is soooo much quieter than it use to be.

Quiet and cool! Can't ask for more than that from a HOT rod! 
Now your Looks HOT...but stays cool!

Sorry...couldn't resist those...I have others, but I don't want club members to hunt me down and allow me an up close examination of their undercarriages! HEHEHEHE!   

[Ford Blue blood]

Going into and out of the fair grounds at the Nats was the true test of cooling systems!  Slow, as in slower then walking, mid 90s and not a breath of air moving.  Many rods, both early and the later stuff (50s & 60s) were off to the side of the road "catching their breath".  Nothing more miserable then a HOT hot rod!  Happy to say mine behaved very well....:<)

[RICH MUISE]

I wouldn't expect anything less from one of your cars, Bill. Of course you did bring that Ford powered Chevy, right?
Overall, at all of the shows I've been at, I see very few with mechanical issues, and most of the ones I did see were dead battery related........like the guy who was at one of the shows trying to find someone who could jump his 6v car.

[hiball3985]

I wouldn't expect anything less from one of your cars, Bill. Of course you did bring that Ford powered Chevy, right?
Overall, at all of the shows I've been at, I see very few with mechanical issues, and most of the ones I did see were dead battery related........like the guy who was at one of the shows trying to find someone who could jump his 6v car.

I wonder what the issue was? We use to jump start 6V cars with 12V all the time. Back in the 60's I had an 57 with 11.5:1 Y block I used a 6V starter in it..

[Ford Blue blood]

Yup, the ol 36.  Only has 140K on it now.  Time to rebuild the front suspension (M II), guess the 351 should be rebuilt as it got a "rattle can overhaul" in 1974 after coming out of a 72 Ranchero in a wrecking yard.  Not sure how many miles are on it.  Just happy it has been a good reliable car over the years and never saw a flat bed until the tire issue!

[hiball3985]

Yesterday was finally weather I could tolerate in the desert so off we went to Barstow to chase UP 4014 from there to the Cajon Pass. Stopped at Molly Browns for breakfast on the way. Our first chase was with my son riding in the bed of the Ranchero shooting a video, I've included a link but it's from some google drive that I don't have so if some can see it please let me know. My wife did a video from inside also but I have no clue how to get it off her phone. We did more video at another location also. Then on the way home I was cruising along at 95 with the wife suggesting I maybe should slow down  and me trying to convince her that the speedometer just looked that way because she was viewing from an  angle but she didn't buy that and just as I let off the gas as we were approaching a slower car she reached over and took a picture to prove I was full of bs. So she only wrote me a ticket for 92 rather then 95, my lucky day 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=11U2vyYTM7l51TEqChhW512a0G7SL95D_

[hiball3985]

A couple I had to resize, hope this works.

[lalessi1]

I opened it, just clicked on it Great video! I get stuff off of my phone by emailing it to myself and then saving it to my desktop.