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27 Dodge Brothers speedster in the works...


moose50

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This is my Fast Four speedster.  It's a 27 DB chassis and early cowl, and be will outfitted with most of the Fast Four running gear.  On the way from the Montana Dodge Boys, is a reground cam, aluminum high compression head, and a drilled crank for pressure oiling.  The front axle is from a Durant Star and has mechanical front brakes to go along with the DB rear brakes.  My plan is to get it ready enough to race at this year's Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood NJ, on the beach.  Got a way to go still...

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Good fun! It will be a blast blatting down a beach. But I hope you are prepared for the work afterwards. In my younger days I played on the beach and dunes on a trail bike. The main drive seal (triple lip) lasted 'til I got home then started to leak. The fork seals failed in short order. The chain lasted about 1000 km. max. Sand is extremely abrasive! Of course, today I would intend to take it apart and clean up the sand before using it again (if I didn't run out of bother first).

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One more thing... compressed air gun will not remove the sand. It will blow it further into the seals. Learnt that the hard way too. My PhD project involved earthquake testing models constructed in and of fine sand. After I finished, the whole shaking table and all equipment inside the tent was dismantled and vacuumed thoroughly to get the sand out.

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