Nostalgia Dragster Rebuild

[Preen59]

We had a very productive day today..

I got the oil filter mount finished..

Here it is semi attached so i could work out a few things..





Here it is with all holes drilled and tapped and trimmed up.



Finally, all finished, polished and mounted.





I got the blower starter extension rods finished today (pretty much).





We took the belt off and wound the blower over off the starter on 12 volts (it runs 36 normally) to make sure that the dogs engaged fully and everything lined up. It worked perfectly.

We fitted the crank pulley and wired it up too.



This is a safety mechanism so that the crank bolt can't come undone and the pulley come off. It's happened in the states and a guy got hit. He didn't get hurt, but he could have. With public liability bullsh*t we've got going here these days that's the last thing we need to happen!



Dad fitted some fully hectic custom Ryobi springs in the front of the XC.





Looks Waaaaay better. Just the right amount of RAKE (Yeah, you heard me, Tim! haha)

[Jarred]

get your mullets on Preeny! just the thing to suit that rake you got going!

Top work as usual mate.

[Mischa]

make the back lower dude! rake = poo

[Preen59]

get your mullets on Preeny! just the thing to suit that rake you got going!

Top work as usual mate.

make the back lower dude! rake = poo

Rake is awesome! You've gotta have rake!

We should have only gone a coil and a half.. I keep telling dad just to drop the tail a bit to compensate.. But nooooo, he's going to get some new springs and only go a coil and a half..

[Jarred]

nah, you need to get your air bags on!

[Preen59]

I made the fuel tank restraints today..

I used the hooks off some occie straps that Dom and I bought for 2.50 a pair in melbourne and Dad got some black elastic cord from Bunnings. I cut it and folded the end over and used stainless tie wire to secure the end (with the hooks on the cord already, ofcourse! haha). Black occie straps are impossible to find these days!






This is the way the tank was held in by Morrie. He said he was only every questioned once by the scrutineers. Apparently this is how it went...

Scrutineer: "Why have you got two occie straps holding the fuel tank, Morrie?"

Morrie: "Well, there's two, incase one of the breaks!"

[Treza360]

I made the fuel tank restraints today..
I used the hooks off some occie straps that Dom and I bought for 2.50 a pair in melbourne and Dad got some black elastic cord from Bunnings. I cut it and folded the end over and used stainless tie wire to secure the end (with the hooks on the cord already, ofcourse! haha). Black occie straps are impossible to find these days!

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This is the way the tank was held in by Morrie. He said he was only every questioned once by the scrutineers. Apparently this is how it went...
Scrutineer: "Why have you got two occie straps holding the fuel tank, Morrie?"
Morrie: "Well, there's two, incase one of the breaks!"

Not sure if I missed this earlier, but how big is the fuel tank?

[Preen59]

Not sure if I missed this earlier, but how big is the fuel tank?

3.5 US Gallons. You can juuust read it on the plate..

[Treza360]

3.5 US Gallons. You can juuust read it on the plate..

Yeah I figured it was on there but your eyes must be better than mine. So that's what, about 13.25L in proper measurements yes?

[Preen59]

Yeah I figured it was on there but your eyes must be better than mine. So that's what, about 13.25L in proper measurements yes?

15.911315 litres.

(3.5x4.54609)

[Water Boy]

Preen your ol man has a wicked workshop set-up going for sure

[Treza360]

15.911315 litres.
(3.5x4.54609)

So dry US gallons as opposed to liquid US gallons as opposed to UK gallons. Geez the imperial system/s is/are dumb.

[Preen59]

So dry US gallons as opposed to liquid US gallons as opposed to UK gallons. Geez the imperial system/s is/are dumb.

Yeah its crap. I'm just distance measurement is a contant between them!

[Oneofthegreats]

Looks Waaaaay better. Just the right amount of RAKE (Yeah, you heard me, Tim! haha)

Thank's for showing me the rake Preeny! hahahahah

The ol girl has a fair battle scar on the rear passenger door & dogleg!

[Preen59]

Thank's for showing me the rake Preeny! hahahahah

The ol girl has a fair battle scar on the rear passenger door & dogleg!

Yeah she's got a few battle scars.. And some hail damage. It's going to Brian Keegan to get fixed up later on.

Gotta lurve RAKE! hahaha.