Robert Street

Aah not in Maryland I'm not sure about the Hydraulic brakes but I know a standard license won't work with me due to trailer GVW and the over all GCVW. Plus how it is titled might give me major problems in MD. My rig is as big as I can legally go here. Robert

Very nice rig. Too bad I can't have one living in MD as I can't legally drive it and probably can't get it insured in Maryland Robert

I hate to be a party pooper Annie but I have had suburbans before with just about every gas engine offered and was not satisfied with either one towing out west with hills. Transmission and engine temps went way too high. That WVA grade would have put any of those gas models into "meltdown". Now, not towing anything significant they did well. Robert

I am not so sure Annie as we hit a significant upgrade on an interstate in WVA towing back from Cheyenne Wyoming and gave my Generation 1 6.7 F350 a fit. Tommy's Generation 2 F350 flew over it!! Robert

Annie I vote for the last photo the ice cream with chocolate topping! Robert

Good showing here are a few photos. Robert https://goo.gl/photos/Ad3gfoYyqX9CKHUX6

hey great I am here finally and picked up my packet and see your 67 in with me at 36B

Are any East coast members showing for this besides Tom Nolen and myself. We both are bringing class 36 cars. Robert

Oh oh does this mean the old mud bog by the creek

I have registered a car in the awesome 36B class and signed for trailer parking but...... I hear "chatter" that parking has changed big time this year but the brochure has no mention of changes hmm???? Any comments? Robert Street

This company did allot of marinizing of 409's but to my knowledge did not do HP models as Daytona did.

This car could be an original 409/409 car as the engine could have been installed as ordered. The tach could have also come with it as ordered. The under hood detail photos, tunnel detail photos and the firewall tag photos would help prove the case along with steering column detail photos. I Believe the car was in a larger city fire service if it does check out. Those radios would have been installed by Motorola or GE. Robert

John the one interesting correct item was the old Daytona Marine Turbo motor. Only have seen one other of them down in FLA. They were the conversion of choice in the old original offshore racing days! Wouldn't it be neat if that one was in Arronow's "Donzi Baby"! Anyone have a cast set of marine valve covers and a cast oil pan from an old marine high performance conversion. Robert

Optima's have a specific charge voltage which is generally lower than lead acid and at a specific amp rate. Driving a vehicle with them could be an issue depending on the voltage output of the generator. Yes, they use a specific aux charger or an electronic smart charger that can be set for their application. the old conventional wet or lead acid models can hurt them Robert

I was down there car less. Wow was it hot. Saw lots of people and nice cars and Annie's 2500 truck Robert

John: Those 409 Fuel Injection units weren't a production item and as far as I know they only had about 6 of them up in the engineering area messing with the 63 cars. They actually look like a throttle body system with a funky looking pump assembly over the water pump on a chain drive. An acquaintance of mine down south has the only running complete unit on a car. The story I always heard was the costs and that development was ongoing with the mystery motor killed it and we all know how that motor "snowballed down the hill". There are photos of the completed running unit as my photos aren't that great of it. Robert

Well here are my current two. The 61 348 I haven't started showing yet. The 62 409 has done well with AACA. Robert

I would enjoy carrying this discussion to another location also. Yes, Tommy's dates and numbers are correct. I have had the privilege of seeing the original 348 design blueprint drawings and 1961 Tonawanda casting summaries. Needless to say the blueprint drawing dates are interesting. I have a 61 SS but it is certain to have been built very nicely by a dealer in the midwest area. Also it isn't close to the quality of either of Tommy's two!!! Robert

Did you take that one to Daytona to race? you have left out 4 speed on the red Starliner Robert

Additives??? Just use racing gas in the 62 SS don't use 'em. Robert

Oops!! robert

Yes Ted they upped the misery for us on the other side of Delaware Bay. The massive Ocean City MD town cruise in isn't looking great either as right on the ocean

Interesting reading experiences. Last year while towing down to the October south eastern nationals Goodguys event in Charlotte I suddenly felt what I thought was an uneven road surface as the tire monitoring system for the trailer tires showed normal pressures and normal temperatures and nothing had gone off with the truck TPS monitoring. I finally stopped at a turn off ramp and looked and had a fist sized lump on a rear truck tire. Got tire changed without unhooking trailer and then had to find a dealer that had the 20 inch tires that are on the F350. A big dealer that had my tires sizes looked at my truck closely and we found that one of the steer tires was starting to come apart in belt area. I am very careful about pressures and monitoring temperatures also. Tires were 4 years old and about 75 percent gone. Vulcanized? Robert

I hope it changes as the southern NJ folks have planned a good one and best yet it is closest event to me only a 3 hour tow. Same 3 hrs as the Virginia Beach last year Robert

The coastal weather patterns that affect me mostly always affect southern NJ. We are expecting a coastal low down here so let's hope it steers NE more Robert