Manassas Burger King Cruise-in 4/14/2012

Pics from the Manassas VA cruise-in on April 14, 2012:

This guy bought this off ebay and had it shipped from AZ to VA. On the back it says: "if it runs, it's done"

Ford flat head V8

Ford F1 pickup

Some blown. This guy has never raced this El Camino and doesn't have an interest to... It's ready to race, chute, huge slicks, you name it.

Many naturally aspirated

 My friend Suz posing at my truck "Mr. Potato Head"

Caddy not unlike the one we had when we were kids

Bull Horn

Care and Maintenance of Your Farm Truck

I just bought this manual off ebay. Here are a few pages:

External Antenna on an M-Series

 Select where you want your antenna. I picked the rear of the cab because it is the most horizontal surface.

Place tape where the bottom hole is to be, mark and drill pilot hole. Then using a level, draw a line up to where the top will be.

Before drilling the bottom hole, make sure it clears the internal cross brace.

 Mark where top hole will be and verify it also clears the upper cross brace.

 Withe both pilot holes drilled, now drill the correct hole size and debur.

 Remove tape and treat holes edges to prevent rust.

 Mount antenna. I adjusted mine to be below the cab top when fully collapsed.

 Connect antenna lead.

 

 Attach Gadsden flag with ty-wraps.

M-Series Vent Trap

I installed a stereo and needed something to prevent the probable water from destroying it from the vent left open. So I decided to add a trap to allow the air to come in and trap the water. There is a bit more resistance to the air coming in but I think that is a good trade off to a destroyed stereo.

I installed the stereo in the center, set back a bit. I plan to put super magnets on the cover if I need to hide the stereo.

So I made a crude trap out of cardboard for test fitting.

After all the fitting and testing, I then made another trap using thin cardboard for a sheet metal pattern.

Tracing the pattern onto the aluminum sheet metal.

Sheet metal cut out.

Assembled using tape.

Right hand neoprene glove about to give up the thumb.

Thumb cut out.

To seal the thumb tip to the vent actuator arm, I'm epoxying a copper pipe section onto it.

Thumb installed.

Drain outlet installed. I used aluminum pop rivets throughout.

Installing the trap using ty-wraps to attach the thumb tip to the actuator arm. Note the inside of the trap is coated with Hirsch's gas tank sealer for S & G's.

 

Thumb tip ty-wrapped down.

Installing brackets.

Ready for drain hose.

 

Drain hose installed.

 Drain hose installed.

More Video

Radiator Install

I installed a radiator from Summit Racing. I could not fine a radiator with the correct size ports so I decided to use the stainless steel hoses because that come with adapters. I think the hoses are great but the connectors are not so hot. The clamps are to small and you have to be careful not to strip them. I didn't have any leaks so I guess I can't complain to much. Because the radiator does not have an angle outlet like the original radiator, I had to lower it in the mount so the lower radiator hose clears the engine. I had to purchase some 1" aluminum angle to mount to the original mounting hole and to space it out from the mount. I also had to trim the lower apron to clear the radiator. Because I had to lower the radiator I could have bought a taller one to maximize the cooling capacity.