RWPerry

After going through three TX2s and a UX3 on my car and having all of them succumb to pot metal disease, I finally gave up and went with a Carter BB1. On many tours over the last 7 years it has worked great with no problems.

The former owner of my 25 coupe was going to sell it to a hotrodder to exactly this to it. When I heard about this, I offered him more and promised to preserve the car he finally agreed. It would have been sad to see our car look like that instead of this.

It was nice to read the Senior article since I did not have that one. Thanks for posting it.

Great that you will be able to hit the road. The Senior is a really fun car to drive. We have put on a lot of miles in ours since you road with us in Detroit.

Actually, the 2023 Grand National will be held on the other side of the Mississippi River just across from us. I guess I don't have an excuse not to try since it will be a whole mile to drive there.

I had a similar problem with mine when the flapper valve in the vacuum tank started sticking so I had to take it apart and clean everything to get rid of the gunk that had built up. It is running fine now. I even managed to win an AACA Senior award with it this weekend.

Doug, I'll scan it and bring to Charleston on a thumb drive for you. I have some other Senior documents that I will scan also.

Ron, if you scan the 2252 manual I can do the 2249. I have a very good original even though it is stamped Nepal, Katmandu Motor Works on the title page but that is another story. Doug, what format do you need it in?

Ron Your car is really fantastic. I wonder if I could cut the top off of ours. Probably not!

I figure that as long as I am driving cars older than I am, I can't possibly be old.

If you're like me when I had mine done, you will notice that everything is more colorful, especially blues like the sky. It was great.

Like Ron said, my 2249 has the pipe at a right angle and vertical to the manifold and the manifold is square in cross section. I don't know if this was changed for the later series.

Ron This makes me think my Senior was too easy since it came with almost all of the parts. Great job and it will look fantastic when done. We just might have to take a trip to Australia to see it (and you guys of course). Our Senior had a rod bearing go bad since you rode with us in Detroit but is all better now and running great. They are great cars.

Unfortunately, I did not measure mine when I rebuilt them. I just made the straps extra long and cut off the excess when I got them working right. I will look to see if I kept the originals.

I do not have much info on Senior parts, I have been looking for anything I might have on heads for you. Since my Senior is one of the last 2249's made, I have the last permutation so mine won't help you much. I will look at the head number just for information.