Car shows

[2012cliff]

I think I'm like most guys. I like going to car shows and looking at the classic cars of a bygone era. Remembering the 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible I was given when I was 16. [Didn't know what I had]. But I know I still wouldn't take car of it the way I should
I recognize I'm a user. Not a saver or a collector. I dont like to spend time polishing when I could be riding. I view my motorcycle as my "hot rod" and my toy. It just so happens my toy gets played with alot. (Lets keep this PG) Now the other day I let it slip that I was saving up for a header for my R3 touring my wife didn't understand.
I am hopeing to order a header before spring comes but if anyone might have one for sale, let me know.

 

[mully95]

I know the feeling about riding instead of polishing. I have a 67 Plymouth Barracuda and have a Roadster. The cuda doesn't get much love since I bought the Roadster. Used to go to the car shows all the time in cuda. The big killer for me was the car shows take place in the summer time in my area. I would stand out there in direct sunlight on hot asphalt just about all day. I'd wear a hat and sunglasses and still get a good tan from the heat reflecting off the asphalt.

I have stopped in on some car shows on my Roadster and people would ask about the bike and so forth. It was nice however to jump on the bike and get some air moving after walking around looking at the cars.

 

[2012cliff]

Nice car. Thats one you otta keep. I like the color.

 

[D04011]

Back in the day, I had a 1968 Barracuda Formula S 340 in Turban Bronze. Really loved that car, especially since I was young and the trunk partition and back seat folded down for almost 7 feet of horizontal surface...

Speaking of old cars, I host an annual Veterans Car Show and this summer a Veteran I know was looking at the various cars and saying how much he loved them when they were new and he couldn't afford them. He said he still loves them now but still can't afford the prices they are going for today...

FYI - I always get some very nice compliments on my R3R at the car show. One woman even told me it looked "pretty" and couldn't understand why I didn't seem thrilled with her compliment...

 

[mully95]

Nice car. Thats one you otta keep. I like the color.

Thank you very much. I've been a Mopar guy since I was 17 yrs old. I put a 70 AAR Cuda' stripe on the 67.

Back in the day, I had a 1968 Barracuda Formula S 340 in Turban Bronze. Really loved that car, especially since I was young and the trunk partition and back seat folded down for almost 7 feet of horizontal surface...

Uh oh.... you didn't get any good looking gals back there did you?

Unfortunately mine has a 360 with a 4-speed...... 340 would be really nice!

I thought about loading the back full of 2x4s and taking it to the car show just to prove what the car can handle. Anyone ask I'll tell them I'm building a house...... nah.

Unfortunately mine has a punched out 360 with a 4-speed and 3.55 geared sure grip rearend...... 340 would be really nice!

 

[stollydriver]

Car shows over here are cars like Hillman Imp, Austin 1100, Ford Popular etc etc - cars over the pond are soo much more exciting. I love the Chevy Impala aka the series Supernatural.

 

[Paul Bryant]

Unfortunately mine has a punched out 360 with a 4-speed and 3.55 geared sure grip rearend...... 340 would be really nice!

Pardon my ignorance here Mully, but why the 340 over the 360 ?

 

[mully95]

Pardon my ignorance here Mully, but why the 340 over the 360 ?

The 340 has a 3.31 stroke and the 360 has a 3.58 stroke. So the short stroke is going to tach up faster and you have a 340 bore in which is almost same as a 360 is my thinking. If you say to someone "It has a 340" there ears are going to perk up higher than if you told them "It has a 360". The 340s had forged cranks, high compression little monsters straight from the factory. Most 340s heads from my understanding had larger intake valves. 340s are hard to find now and if found expensive to build.... compared to the 360. The 360 is still a good engine and can out perform the 340s with the right set up and parts. This might answer your question better than my rambling comment.

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[Paul Bryant]

O.K. I kinda thought that might be the case.
It's interesting, over the years there have been many Engines built that are "just right"
The small block Chev, Iron head 900cc Sportsters, Austin/Morris 1100 (U.K.) 650 Bonneville's.
These all have just the right bore/stroke/rod length compression ratio and valve size.

I've been building M/C Engines most of my life, mainly because I rode them hard, blew them up then had to learn how to fix them
The bike that I had before the Rocket is a 1975 T160 trident, this is out to 1000cc's, Carrillo rods, mega-cycle cams, special one off flat top pistons, (originally the old triples had high dome pistons, not good for flame propagation, all the bells and whistles.
I had the big ends on the crank submerge arc welded up, and then using a friends Engine shop I reground the journals 6mm off-set, increasing the stroke by 12mm.
This along with 4mm bigger pistons gave the engine the same bore and stroke as the Bonneville, just I had 3 cylinders not two
To say it went like a cut cat is an understatement.

I cast my own "TRIDENT1000" side cover badges, machined the wheels to suit the stock Triumph axels, bearings, disc's etc.
Stock rear sprocket is 50 teeth, I'm running 38. It pulls this like a stock Engine pulls the stock gearing.

I broke a few bits along the way.

All good fun

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

You are the man Paul. Can you do that kind of thing for the Rockets ?