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Author:  Rob Simmons [ Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:16 am ]
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Cool! :D

I'll be getting some "hooptie" of the BMW, VW, Opel, whatever variety.

It will probably be a station wagon... 'Cuz Wagons are Cool! 8)
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:19 pm ]
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There ain't gonna be no gittin' to the Challenger fer awhile! I've got so much junk stacked all under and around it that it'll take a good day just to git to it! :shock: :lol:
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:39 pm ]
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And now Duster III is up on jack stands about 2 inches away, so it'll just about take an act of congress to get the Challenger out now. :wink:
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Wed May 21, 2014 6:05 pm ]
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I hate putting all this fun stuff back in storage again, but that's the life of a military guy. :(

I was kinda kickin' around the idea of sneakin' a 904 tranny case and a bare block in my household goods so I can fiddle around with building one of them HA/GR kinda cars while I'm in Germany. :shock: I'll tell 'em it's a motorcycle when I come back so they'll ship it back for me. :lol:

Hey Stan! Is that aluminum block you just bought too far gone to build..? Ya wanna sell it to me for a "mock up"...? :wink:
Author:  Fopar [ Wed May 21, 2014 7:21 pm ]
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Rob that would be a real wide motorcycle :shock: :lol: :lol:

Richard
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Thu May 22, 2014 8:26 am ]
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Can't blame a guy for tryin'... :roll:

How's about if I call it a bed frame...? :lol:
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:19 am ]
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I'll be moving back to Kentucky in late July, so I can start back to work on my various projects. The Challenger is still up on jackstands cuddled up nice and close to the "Dennis Duster" and my '72 Dart... In a 2 car garage... :shock:

So it will take a little time just to move things around enough to get to the Challenger, much less work on it. Not to mention BOTH complete sets of keys to the garage, all of my tool boxes and all of the vehicles were misplaced in the move back in 2014. Don't ask. I don't understand it myself... :(

But I'm anxious to get back to all of my Slanted fun!! See you all soon! :D
Author:  wvenable [ Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:52 am ]
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:D :D :D
Author:  Ron Hamby [ Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:26 am ]
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:)
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:20 am ]
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The Challenger is in the home garage and I've pulled the engine in order to do a couple oil pan fixes before reinstalling it.

I have the good flowing head from Howard Davis (NOT the aluminum one) ready to go on along with the Ron's Flying Toilet set up so I can run alcohol.

The goal is to have it ready for some test & tune this spring and get some seat time locally before the big Clay City reunion race in September 2018.
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:39 pm ]
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Seat time ??? That would mean Mason Dixon in May,right?? :D :D
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:51 am ]
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We will see Rick. I want to get comfy with it and do most of my initial embarrassing mistakes here locally before I debut it to the "Family"... :lol:

Mason-Dixon is definitely one of the races I want to attend though. :wink:
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:07 pm ]
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This is the "new" Challenger engine that will be going back in once I fix a couple things with the oil pan.

This engine is the one that we fired up in the GodsRods Duster II at Clay City in 2011. I took it home and broke in the cam, then pulled it out of the Duster to put in the Challenger... Where it has been sitting ever since... :oops:

When I moved back to Germany in 2014 I put the tape over the bores and loosely bolted a head on it for storage. Now I'm getting things ready for the 2018 racing season and the return of the Challenger... Hmmm,... Challenger II...(?) Nah! Numbered Challengers make me nervous. :shock:
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:28 pm ]
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This is the oil pan. It has a large AN fitting holding the pickup in the pan that is then fed to the external oil pump. Back in 2010 the pick up must have vibrated loose (after over 4 years of racing) and starved the engine for oil. It boogered up the main bearings (I'll eventually do a complete teardown on that engine and get it back together to put in one of my other many projects).

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The pan used to have an aluminum expanded metal screen bolted in it that had come apart.

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I've made this new baffle/windage thingy to replace the wire mesh that fell apart. Not sure if I'll use it or not...

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I have one of the last Mike Jeffrey crank scrapers too. Maybe I should make a template of it before I button things up...

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Author:  wvenable [ Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:45 pm ]
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Yes please make a template!
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