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Well, Al's suggestion of mounting the tensioner on the slack side finally got this thing running like a real 'store bought' motorcycle. The belt drive feels more like a roller chain. Pretty much like my fan blade analogy. And Skip, with tensioner on the top side of belt, the shift on the fly...

Thanks guys. Been PM ing with Al Hook who has experience with these CVT 'clutches'. He suggested the idler on the slack side {bottom' of belt was more customary. I told him I awoke this morning, laying in bed for an hour thinking about the same thing. My thought was turning an engine over by...

The search for better hill climbing ability has reached fever pitch. This morning after doing all the comet clutch tweaks that youtube had to offer along with a very expensive custom made rear sprocket, I decided to tear a page from some early lawn mowers and other vintage power equipment and ad...

That truck is a thing of beauty ! Wow, and a script bed too. I fully agree that multi-piece wheels are fine, but not ALL are. Our big fords up until some time in the early 50s used an acceptable style of lock ring wheel and many agricultural based tire shops willingly deal with them. I have...

I agree with you about the low and lower. That's what a 2 speed rear was for in those days. Not going faster, but being able to haul more potatoes over the pass in one trip. I HAVE heard of people using old 4wd truck's transfer case backwards to become an overdrive. There were also some Watson...

Thanks Ryan, Was expecting more trouble, but looks like I can just jump into the fray. I don't ordinarily go 36 hrs without sleep unless I just dragged a new, (read 'old') ford truck home. Then all bets are off. Thank you for running this whole enterprise, as I'd be lost without it!

I think that great truck needs to stay in California. Could be a moneymaker ... Pump out basements in the rainey season, put out fires in the fire season. Win/win for an enterprising soul. There might be a market for the cab and doors in the rust belt, but even I'm no longer in the market for a...

Thanks Ryan, My son gave me his 'old ' I phone, a #16. Still not used to it, but I'm learning and it's quite a piece of equipment. Daughter bought a brand new car off the lot, asked if we wanted her 'old' car, a 2018 vw tiguan with 32,000 miles. Took us a month to figure out how to work the...

John, I had not heard about either of these losses. I have made a lot friends here on the Barn, and the sadness is the same as when one of my island friends passes. I will say that we hear and see a bit more of the background behind the fords with the way that John and you post, and I have very...

Thank you Mercman. Hadn't heard of this book or the race. Just ordered mine on amazon. $18.36. Can't wait!

Scotty, Please! Lord help us to 'unsee' Anybody in a flannel speedo with suspenders, especially Me! On the original subject I built a receiver hitch mounted cycle carrier this afternoon from 2"sq with 1/4" wall and 1 1/2 sq with 3/16" wall. Two 6' rails of 1 1/2"with 5 1/2" between for the...

I was thinking a little of each. He had to be at least a 'somewhat' nutty to do that.

Are those two guys in the background looking towards area 51? They do look rather 'otherworldly'

Think of the road rash... Oh the humanity.

Dang, is there a 'farthest distance' trophy? :) could happen. My wife said yes.(to letting ME go) ... Of course gotta go to the Grand Ol Opry, while I'm in the neighborhood.

Funny, I went to Bonneville Speed Week in 1978, Totally by accident. I was driving across country from Maine back to Washington and i had friends in Tulelake Ca (so far north their address was 'Stateline Rd'). They wanted me to take care of their animals for 2 weeks so I drove a southerly route...

Just South of 160 mph my coveralls caught in the comet clutch belt and were instanly reduced to ribbons. Good thing my gym membership had kept me looking svelt in my speedo. Mark, it's amazing you were there to get the shot!

And he was a T-5 guy!

That's my kind of competition. I'll be laid out flat on the thing, and Look Ma... No hills!

Seems every morning I make another adjustment that helps. All this gear was built for the mini-bike and Go-kart industry. When the diameter of those rear tires is taken into consideration I fear I may need a larger sprocket yet, as My rear tire is 27" in diameter. (5.10x 18) . The crankshaft...