Ready for the season?

[Stangman]

Just wondering how everybody else is doing, how far away are you from being ready for this upcoming cruising or race season. I for one need to make an intake swap although if I wanted I could go and take my car for a ride. Just been slacking a little lately myself.

I guess I should have put this in discussion part

[Drew Pojedinec]

I never stopped.

[Stangman]

You gonna get to the Beaver Drew. I hear your doing some carbs for my friend Steve for his Galaxie.

[fryedaddy]

im ready to put my other set of wheels on.every march or april i take my stock wheels off and put on my set with street slicks and front runners for summer driving.i also uncap my headers too.

[Posi67]

Nope... Changing motors and putting in a fresh clutch as soon as I get motivated enough. Old stuff is out but I've done nothing the past 2 months. We're about 2 months away from our 1st race date so I can procrastinate a while longer.

[Drew Pojedinec]

You gonna get to the Beaver Drew. I hear your doing some carbs for my friend Steve for his Galaxie.

Yup, he sent me a 1850-2, I'm doing some 2x4 600's for him, and I think he wants a -U cj carb.
He called yesterday and I don't think he's gonna do the intake swap before the beaver.

I am technically off work that weekend and am considering going.  Only issue is I may need to fly out of PA to go back to work, so I dunno, I'll see when it gets closer.

[Heo]

I must change waterpump and tank. Zero motivation
had planned to take of the front and clean up the engine
bay and send all the black parts to powder coating but
season in two months so i do it next winter
have been working on the Packard Roadster with my
father so we can send the last parts to the painter
and finnish that car. So maybe i drive Packard this summer

[james]

Just wondering how everybody else is doing, how far away are you from being ready for this upcoming cruising or race season. I for one need to make an intake swap although if I wanted I could go and take my car for a ride. Just been slacking a little lately myself.

I guess I should have put this in discussion part

I sure am since this bad boy as been down about two years and will be started for sure within the next two weeks.

[shady]

I have two motor swaps & three trans. swaps + one rear.  Plus I'm still buying parts. 

[cjshaker]

Waiting impatiently for some warmer weather to get out and work on the car. Technically, it doesn't need anything, but I just bought a Jerico that I'd like to get in before the FER&R this year. Hoping I can make some headway on my traction issues while there, provided the weather cooperates. After the R&R, the real work will begin.

The bad rear main leak that plagued me on the Galaxie last year on Drag Week, doesn't seem to be an issue at anything less than highway speeds, so I'll probably just fix the leaking rear axle seal and call it good for the year and enjoy some cruising in it.

[6667fan]

Working with Brent on picking cam for next iteration of 427 stroker.  Also changed builders after 35 years with the same guy. Hoping to have it back in time for the R & R.

[Lenz]

Waiting impatiently for some warmer weather to get out and work on the car.

The song of the north, true as it gets.  Working on putting the overdrive into my F100, the Galaxie just needs to be removed from the bag and cleaned up, ready to go at it again.  Snow with 50+mph winds as I type this, reckon we'll wait a week or so.

[Nightmist66]

Nope... Changing motors and putting in a fresh clutch as soon as I get motivated enough. Old stuff is out but I've done nothing the past 2 months. We're about 2 months away from our 1st race date so I can procrastinate a while longer.

I hope it's another 390. I really enjoy seeing your car run well with one. You're one of the few "390" guys left that hasn't gone the stroker route......

I hope to have my car running this year, but I've said that the last two......

[Posi67]

The 390 is getting a rest. Had a look at the bearings etc. and everything is fine (so far) but it needs valve springs and some new spark plugs. I've got an old 428 here that could use some abuse so it's going in. I've run this engine before and it's bit quicker so that's part of my reasoning.

Getting older makes it harder to get excited about this stuff (at least for me) but then not getting younger means we should do it while we still can.

[blu64galaxie]

I'd like to do several things this spring, but not sure yet if I'll do any of the pricier ones, ha.  The car ran nicely right through til the end of last year's cruise season, albeit a pretty short one.... But oh heck, if we wind up with high temps in the 70s this summer, my run-warm problem will fix it's self, teehee.  Just tongue in cheek along with a healthy eye roll.

It's been a nice winter distraction, coming here and reading lotsa FE goodies, ... to try and get rejuvenated and motivated, thanks all for that !  We lost one of our furry 'kids' around mid-Jan so it's been hard to get into much. Now we're looking at a new pup, so I'm excited  --and with that I'm thinking my mojo will bounce back into 'spring fever' mode, ahhh. 

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