55 E/G – New old ride – Page 59

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October 21, 2015 at 2:43 am #42914
mleroux
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😀 😀 😀 Hi Tom , good news , you getting it sorted out , it won’t be good news for the other competitors at the next Dover race , good luck at the track and let us know how the car ran ,,, mike ,,, 🙄 🙄 hi frank ,,,
October 28, 2015 at 7:01 pm #42941
patina
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Tom have you run it yet?

Pat
October 28, 2015 at 8:14 pm #42946
tomblake
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Pat….The car is ready and it feels good on the street. Best it has rode since I got the car, radial tires made all the difference. The nostalgia race we are going to is Nov 7th at Bradenton. Answer to the question no not yet.
October 29, 2015 at 3:44 am #42951
kman
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Tom… hope to see you at Bradenton … dec. / march …
November 6, 2015 at 10:30 pm #42984
frank-j-majauskas
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Tom, Good luck at Bradenton tomorrow ❗ Have fun and keep us posted ❗ 😀

Frank… 😎
November 7, 2015 at 2:21 am #42986
tomblake
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My son arrived today and will be going with us to Bradenton. He rented a new Mustang to race tomorrow. The 55 is packed and loaded to have fun tomorrow.
November 11, 2015 at 11:31 pm #43007
tomblake
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Made 7 passes down the dragstrip. The small 29″ MT radials are great on the street but are not good at the track, spun the tires way too much. Changed tires to the Hoosier 33″ x 22.5″ after the 1st pass. The shake is gone with both sets of tires and the 55 runs good on the 1/4 mile again. Made 4 rounds but got a little ahead on the last reaction time -.002. Like my son said “red is red”. All in all we had a great day at the track. Now we will set the 55 up for cruising. Out with the 4.57 spool and in with the 2.75 open center section and we will put the MT radials back on.
Next change we are looking at is to go to a 4L80 transmission, overdrive and lockup converter. Should be strong enough for the street and the track.
November 12, 2015 at 12:16 am #43008
frank-j-majauskas
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AWESOME Tom ❗ Glad to hear that the violent shake is gone. It’s very hard to have the best of both worlds, a race car and a street car unless you do it for fun ❗ And it sounds like you’re
having fun ❗ Example; when I was water skiing, I had a GT 160 with a 150 Merc because I liked
to go fast, but it wasn’t the greatest ski boat compared to a Correct Craft which wasn’t as fast, but an excellent ski boat, 😮 So you make a choice. I stayed with speed. 😆 😆 Boy, it sounds like you
were doing good with the tree ❓ Hey how did your son do with the rental car ❓ Did he race it ❓ 😆
Sounds like a great weekend ❗

Frank… 😎
November 12, 2015 at 12:16 am #43009
maso
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Bradenton… is a very historic dragstrip.

I saw a lot of good events there.
November 12, 2015 at 1:31 am #43012
kman
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Hope to be there … jan. – march … gonna’ see how the southern boys run and work on my tan … 😀 …
November 12, 2015 at 6:42 am #43014
tomblake
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Frank….Ronny did race his rental. He requested a 5.0 Mustang but it turned out to be a 6 cylinder. It was a pretty neat looking red convertible, ran in the 15’s. His first round was a dead on the dial-in with a very good reaction time and he won but missed on the second run. Father like son with the red lights.
Maso….Bradenton was Mary and I’s home track for years. The track surface was just re-done and it was very smooth.
Interesting note, the 1st time Ronny and I ever raced each other was at Bradenton. That was the 1st time he had ever ran on a dragstrip and it was in a rented Camaro. He came back 6 years later with his motorcycle and in the 1st round clinched the World Championship with Pro Star.
November 12, 2015 at 4:36 pm #43015
frank-j-majauskas
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Hey Tom, Great family history and stories. I love hearing them. Ronnie did good with
that Mustang 6 cyl. I understand some of those Mustang 6 cylinder cars are really quick ❓ 😆
Thanks for sharing….

Frank… 😎
November 24, 2015 at 5:15 pm #43055
tomblake
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We got a couple of pictures given to us from the nostalgia race in Bradenton. This was after the competition was over and all the cars had won at least one round, see all the smiling faces. The 55, Bobby’s Chevelle (he’s the welder) and Ronny’s temporary Mustang in the background.

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November 24, 2015 at 6:24 pm #43056
frank-j-majauskas
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Hey Tom, with all those great smiles, it looks like you guys won the whole “shebang” ❗ 😆
Great pictures ❗ Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family…

Frank… 😎
November 24, 2015 at 7:48 pm #43057
tomblake
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Same back to you Frank and all the ODF’s have a great Thanksgiving.
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