Re: A gallery for the motorheads
John wrote on 6/2/19 7:57 PM: Apparently not public enough, because I'm still getting the same error 3 days later. Interesting, you seem to be the only one with this problem. By way of diagnosis: Two ways of looking at the album on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157708846575623 Here it is via flickriver: https://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157708846575623 It should be the first album in this collection of photos of vehicles https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157605203126374/ And it's about the fifth (at the moment) in my list of albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums On 5/31/2019 11:37:35, l...@red4est.com wrote: Odd, there must have been a hiccup because it should be public On May 31, 2019 4:19:44 AM PDT, John wrote: 403 You need to be signed in to see this 2019-05-31T11:18:02Z-fe92828d@server It appears you don’t have permission to view this album. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
There were some VW utility/work vans that had doors on both sides. I've seen them for sale on Samba.com On 5/31/2019 12:12:27, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I was able to see the photos too. Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus only had the doors on the right side. One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... G — "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is expendable." On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: The link worked for me. I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever got any photos of the underside. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Apparently not public enough, because I'm still getting the same error 3 days later. On 5/31/2019 11:37:35, l...@red4est.com wrote: Odd, there must have been a hiccup because it should be public On May 31, 2019 4:19:44 AM PDT, John wrote: 403 You need to be signed in to see this 2019-05-31T11:18:02Z-fe92828d@server It appears you don’t have permission to view this album. On 5/30/2019 21:56:50, Larry Colen wrote: When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. A 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me about his (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My reaction was to think "yeah, I was 12 once too". This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him when he moved to Nevada. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
On 30/5/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him >when he moved to Nevada. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 Any video anywhere of this running? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
True enough. In fact, conventional dragsters are engineered to break just in front of the engine in a collision. Plus, weight transfer is accomplished via the chassis bowing. This guy is riding on the wrong and very dangerous end of the machine. > On May 31, 2019, at 2:49 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > And on both vehicles, there's some argument that you want the driver to be > behind the crumple zone, rather than in front of it. > > On May 31, 2019 10:04:21 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> A quarter mile at a time is way too much if it doesn’t have a steel >> space frame and roll cage. Accelerating from a standstill with some 800 >> horsepower and grippy slicks will twist a stock frame like a pretzel. >> Figures the dragster is his as well. Another killer. A front driver >> position in that powerful a machine makes it almost impossible to drive >> as it’s hard to tell when it starts to get out of shape. Many who tried >> to make that configuration work are now planted 6-feet under. >> >> Paul >> >>> On May 31, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 5/31/19 9:12 AM: I was able to see the photos too. Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus >> only had the doors on the right side. >>> >>> It's a fairly rare model with doors on both sides. I think they made >> that one for his mom. >>> One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That >> thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not >> going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) >>> >>> I think that it's only meant to be driven a quarter mile at a time. >>> Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than >> the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... >>> >>> His rail is rather unusual, they put the driver all the way up front >> to keep the front wheels on the ground: >>> http://dragracecanada.com/NHRA/Events/2001/01/10.jpg >>> >>> This should show a few more photos of the car >>> >> https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mark+foster&G_ID=&C_ID=&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch >>> >>> G — "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is >> expendable." > On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: >> The link worked for me. >> I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a >> lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. > > I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever >> got any photos of the underside. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
They don't bother about that with airliners or modern locomotives. Better in steam days. Alan C On 31-May-19 08:49 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: And on both vehicles, there's some argument that you want the driver to be behind the crumple zone, rather than in front of it. On May 31, 2019 10:04:21 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist wrote: A quarter mile at a time is way too much if it doesn’t have a steel space frame and roll cage. Accelerating from a standstill with some 800 horsepower and grippy slicks will twist a stock frame like a pretzel. Figures the dragster is his as well. Another killer. A front driver position in that powerful a machine makes it almost impossible to drive as it’s hard to tell when it starts to get out of shape. Many who tried to make that configuration work are now planted 6-feet under. Paul On May 31, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 5/31/19 9:12 AM: I was able to see the photos too. Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus only had the doors on the right side. It's a fairly rare model with doors on both sides. I think they made that one for his mom. One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) I think that it's only meant to be driven a quarter mile at a time. Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... His rail is rather unusual, they put the driver all the way up front to keep the front wheels on the ground: http://dragracecanada.com/NHRA/Events/2001/01/10.jpg This should show a few more photos of the car https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mark+foster&G_ID=&C_ID=&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch G — "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is expendable." On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: The link worked for me. I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever got any photos of the underside. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
And on both vehicles, there's some argument that you want the driver to be behind the crumple zone, rather than in front of it. On May 31, 2019 10:04:21 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist wrote: >A quarter mile at a time is way too much if it doesn’t have a steel >space frame and roll cage. Accelerating from a standstill with some 800 >horsepower and grippy slicks will twist a stock frame like a pretzel. >Figures the dragster is his as well. Another killer. A front driver >position in that powerful a machine makes it almost impossible to drive >as it’s hard to tell when it starts to get out of shape. Many who tried >to make that configuration work are now planted 6-feet under. > >Paul > >> On May 31, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 5/31/19 9:12 AM: >>> I was able to see the photos too. >>> Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus >only had the doors on the right side. >> >> It's a fairly rare model with doors on both sides. I think they made >that one for his mom. >> >>> One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That >thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not >going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) >> >> I think that it's only meant to be driven a quarter mile at a time. >> >>> Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than >the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... >> >> His rail is rather unusual, they put the driver all the way up front >to keep the front wheels on the ground: >> http://dragracecanada.com/NHRA/Events/2001/01/10.jpg >> >> This should show a few more photos of the car >> >https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mark+foster&G_ID=&C_ID=&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch >> >> >>> G >>> — >>> "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is >expendable." On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: > The link worked for me. > I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a >lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever >got any photos of the underside. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
A quarter mile at a time is way too much if it doesn’t have a steel space frame and roll cage. Accelerating from a standstill with some 800 horsepower and grippy slicks will twist a stock frame like a pretzel. Figures the dragster is his as well. Another killer. A front driver position in that powerful a machine makes it almost impossible to drive as it’s hard to tell when it starts to get out of shape. Many who tried to make that configuration work are now planted 6-feet under. Paul > On May 31, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 5/31/19 9:12 AM: >> I was able to see the photos too. >> Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus only had >> the doors on the right side. > > It's a fairly rare model with doors on both sides. I think they made that one > for his mom. > >> One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That thin >> little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not going to >> keep interior noise under 150db... :) > > I think that it's only meant to be driven a quarter mile at a time. > >> Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than the VW >> Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... > > His rail is rather unusual, they put the driver all the way up front to keep > the front wheels on the ground: > http://dragracecanada.com/NHRA/Events/2001/01/10.jpg > > This should show a few more photos of the car > https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mark+foster&G_ID=&C_ID=&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch > > >> G >> — >> "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is expendable." >>> On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: The link worked for me. I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. >>> >>> I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever got any >>> photos of the underside. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 5/31/19 9:12 AM: I was able to see the photos too. Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus only had the doors on the right side. It's a fairly rare model with doors on both sides. I think they made that one for his mom. One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) I think that it's only meant to be driven a quarter mile at a time. Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... His rail is rather unusual, they put the driver all the way up front to keep the front wheels on the ground: http://dragracecanada.com/NHRA/Events/2001/01/10.jpg This should show a few more photos of the car https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mark+foster&G_ID=&C_ID=&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch G — "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is expendable." On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: The link worked for me. I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever got any photos of the underside. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
I was able to see the photos too. Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus only had the doors on the right side. One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... G — "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is expendable." > On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: >> The link worked for me. >> I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of >> structural tubing. Probably a death trap. > > I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever got any > photos of the underside. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: The link worked for me. I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever got any photos of the underside. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
The link worked for me. I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. > On May 31, 2019, at 11:37 AM, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > Odd, there must have been a hiccup because it should be public > > On May 31, 2019 4:19:44 AM PDT, John wrote: >> 403 >> You need to be signed in to see this >> >> 2019-05-31T11:18:02Z-fe92828d@server >> >> It appears you don’t have permission to view this album. >> >> >> >> On 5/30/2019 21:56:50, Larry Colen wrote: >>> When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa >> Cruz. A >>> 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me >> about his >>> (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My >> reaction was to >>> think "yeah, I was 12 once too". >>> >>> This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with >> him when he >>> moved to Nevada. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 >>> >> >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Odd, there must have been a hiccup because it should be public On May 31, 2019 4:19:44 AM PDT, John wrote: >403 >You need to be signed in to see this > >2019-05-31T11:18:02Z-fe92828d@server > >It appears you don’t have permission to view this album. > > > >On 5/30/2019 21:56:50, Larry Colen wrote: >> When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa >Cruz. A >> 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me >about his >> (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My >reaction was to >> think "yeah, I was 12 once too". >> >> This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with >him when he >> moved to Nevada. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 >> > > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
A road going death wish! Paul > On May 31, 2019, at 7:19 AM, John wrote: > > 403 > You need to be signed in to see this > > 2019-05-31T11:18:02Z-fe92828d@server > > It appears you don’t have permission to view this album. > > > >> On 5/30/2019 21:56:50, Larry Colen wrote: >> When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. >> A 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me about his >> (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My reaction >> was to think "yeah, I was 12 once too". >> This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him >> when he moved to Nevada. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
403 You need to be signed in to see this 2019-05-31T11:18:02Z-fe92828d@server It appears you don’t have permission to view this album. On 5/30/2019 21:56:50, Larry Colen wrote: When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. A 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me about his (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My reaction was to think "yeah, I was 12 once too". This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him when he moved to Nevada. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Yeah, that would work well. I haven't seen that in SA yet. The popular conversion here is the Ford 3L Big Six. The converted buses are mostly used as towing vehicles but very heavy on fuel. Alan C On 31-May-19 07:15 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Alan C wrote on 5/30/19 9:53 PM: Very impressive. Clearly the fastest splitty on the planet. I remember there were very quick Volksie buses with Corvair flat 6 engines (Volksvairs) some years ago but nothing like that. However, they did manage to shoehorn the 6 into the engine compartment so the buses still looked quite conventional. These days the common swap seems to be to drop Subaru motors into the Vanagons (the later style VW bus). A friend has one and says it has twice the power and gets better gas mileage. Alan C On 31-May-19 03:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. A 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me about his (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My reaction was to think "yeah, I was 12 once too". This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him when he moved to Nevada. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Alan C wrote on 5/30/19 9:53 PM: Very impressive. Clearly the fastest splitty on the planet. I remember there were very quick Volksie buses with Corvair flat 6 engines (Volksvairs) some years ago but nothing like that. However, they did manage to shoehorn the 6 into the engine compartment so the buses still looked quite conventional. These days the common swap seems to be to drop Subaru motors into the Vanagons (the later style VW bus). A friend has one and says it has twice the power and gets better gas mileage. Alan C On 31-May-19 03:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. A 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me about his (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My reaction was to think "yeah, I was 12 once too". This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him when he moved to Nevada. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A gallery for the motorheads
Very impressive. Clearly the fastest splitty on the planet. I remember there were very quick Volksie buses with Corvair flat 6 engines (Volksvairs) some years ago but nothing like that. However, they did manage to shoehorn the 6 into the engine compartment so the buses still looked quite conventional. Alan C On 31-May-19 03:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: When I was in college I worked for a summer at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. A 12 year old had a job picking up trash on the beach, and told me about his (father's) VW bus that would do 120MPH, in the quarter mile. My reaction was to think "yeah, I was 12 once too". This is the successor to that bus, his father took the original with him when he moved to Nevada. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708846575623 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
