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antimatt
Sep 12, 2007

ultima ratio regum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07yMkBRD5E

More Bonneville fun.

1. Don Vesco's Turbinator -- quiet, uneventful

2. Al Teague's Spirit of '76 -- awesome doppler, sounds like the Devil himself after it passes by and shifts into 4th. Nothing like a nitromethane-fed blown Keith Black Hemi. I love that car.

3. unknown electric streamliner, I think it's the Buckeye Bullet.

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antimatt
Sep 12, 2007

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CarForumPoster posted:

This is really cool but I am so distracted by the welding on the A piller. The long running "lightened" triangulation on the bas is great and looks plenty strong but the welding is so inconsistent and not straight. It's like they did a great job crafting the individual parts and then they're like " yea have the new guy weld it, who cares"

EDIT: I'm assuming that's a piece of steel. If its aluminum I take back that it is strong.

It's definitely steel, likely mild steel. The welds don't look terrible, just a bit amateur. Looks like he had his wire feed too fast and/or voltage too low. (on the assumption it was GMAW/MIG) It'll probably hold but it's definitely not as strong (or as pretty) as it could be.

antimatt
Sep 12, 2007

ultima ratio regum

Oh, THOSE kind of Escorts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFQ_x9cBEt4

Superfast Matt's trip to Bonneville

I didn't get to talk to Matt out at the salt this year, but I saw him and the car during safety inspection. I was a bit too busy running around doing motorcycle safety/tech inspection. Hopefully the salt is better next year.

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