The "Whatever" Project

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Ya Know....Somes People,
after you Say Hello,
You Ain't going TOO SAY MUCH more till You Say Goodbye.......

Hey anyone who knows me knows not to ask a simple question. I'll take the long way around the barn to get to the answer.

So here's today's little bit of progress in pictures:
So I'll pass on words and let you all savor the textual silence...

[DanStokes]

Ask an engineer what time it is and he'll tell you how to make a watch. Just how they roll.

[Captain]

Love the "Dodge'm Cars" steering wheel pad !!

[DanStokes]

Love the "Dodge'm Cars" steering wheel pad !!

I have the same pad on Mutt. They Velcro on and provide a neat, finished look easily.

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

I have the same pad on Mutt. They Velcro on and provide a neat, finished look easily.

And besides I had it on the Mini so you know, reduce reuse recycle... just because I'm into hot rods doesn't mean I can't be environmentally inclined. Besides hot rodders are some of the earliest environmentalists. Reusing instead of buying new. We should start a movement, just like Arlo Guthrie did, back in the 60's.

You know, if one person sings a bar of Alice's Restaurant, it's just a whim ,but if many people do it, that's a movement.

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

And an aside: who ever started this internet thing? I'm thinking that it might just catch on. A couple weeks ago I bought T10 parts from Alaska. This week it's F1 spindles from Pennsylvania. It could be big...

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Soon after writing the above, it was nap time to get over a migraine. Then looked thru old pictures cause that was all I was good for. So here's a couple that sort of explain the design influences on the Whatever project.
The 1st picture is so long ago that I had hair! Lots of hair! The guy in the 2nd picture called me Hair, Teeth and Eyeballs in those days...

I have more pictures but you get the idea.

[DanStokes]

Hair is overrated. Though I still have a bit of it. Jim's frames?

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Yes. It's the one he wrote a book about how to fabricate a modified frame. It's on the cover, that picture. This one changed the way the Sportsman class frames were made. It's the year before. Opening night, 1st time to race, and a winner... until a protest on weight. 37 pounds underweight. Long story, but suffice it to say a drain plug on the ballast tank stripped out, and someone saw it. Oops!

[DanStokes]

For other BSers who don't know, Dave's buddy Jim was one Hell of a fabricator and designer. He was also the driver for the team. He built some frames for a project at EPA but that's another thread I've been kicking around in my head. Whaddya think, Dave - a Drippy Car thread? I don't have any pics but Dave might.

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

You know I have a couple of pictures. I'll look for them and start the thread with a lead off of a picture or two of the engine and a couple of the people involved. Look for it later today or tomorrow...

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Oh and ill leave the initial story line to you... I'll try to be word thrifty

[DanStokes]

You know I have a couple of pictures. I'll look for them and start the thread with a lead off of a picture or two of the engine and a couple of the people involved. Look for it later today or tomorrow...

OK - I'll kick it off. Look in "General"

[Captain]

Hair is overrated. Though I still have a bit of it. Jim's frames?

Just passed my DOT HazMat Recert Test to renew my CDL license.
Then all the other forms to fill out.....
The description info ......Hair Color?
I put "GONE".......

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Just passed my DOT HazMat Recert Test to renew my CDL license.
Then all the other forms to fill out.....
The description info ......Hair Color?
I put "GONE".......

You know what they say: hair today, gone tomorrow!