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Old Sep 20, 2021 | 09:03 PM
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I'm running 2.75:1 rear gears. It sure makes driving on the highway nice
How is it pulling out from a dead stop?
 
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Old Sep 20, 2021 | 10:27 PM
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How is it pulling out from a dead stop?
It's probably twice as fun as the 5000 pound Sedan DeVille his tire-roasting 500 cubic inch monster came out of.

 
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Old Sep 21, 2021 | 08:43 AM
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Old Sep 21, 2021 | 10:02 AM
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Is that a runway, and you are about to take off? I don't see any lines, and you seem to be going down the middle. We knew you have a FAST54 but we didn't know it flew.

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Old Sep 21, 2021 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 52 USCG Panel
Is that a runway, and you are about to take off? I don't see any lines, and you seem to be going down the middle. We knew you have a FAST54 but we didn't know it flew.

Jim
Close actually haha the runway is off to the left now far. Small rural airport road!
 
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Old Sep 21, 2021 | 11:18 AM
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Headed into a storm

Downtown
 
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Old Sep 21, 2021 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by abe
How is it pulling out from a dead stop?
The Caddy has tons of low end torque, so it's no big deal. When I first put the 9" in the truck it had 4.11's. It was kind of fun for running around town but you couldn't hardly leave a light without roasting tires.
I much prefer the 2.75's as I spend more time on the highway than I do at the dragstrip.

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Old Sep 22, 2021 | 06:06 AM
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Headed into a storm

Downtown
Here we have an example of the doppler effect in action
 
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Old Sep 25, 2021 | 06:47 AM
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Not a very pretty picture but at least I'm driving the truck and not sitting in the garage.

A little hazy out today. We've had a lot of smoke from the fires in the Sequoia national forest.

All the gauges working like they should.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2021 | 10:35 AM
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There's nothing ugly about any old 2 lane country road. That's some fun driving watching farmers do their thing. There's a lot of roads around my neighborhood that look like that at harvest. One can say it looks like money.

 
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Old Sep 26, 2021 | 07:30 PM
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Took the '49 out for road trials today after putting the engine back in yesterday. Since so many things can be reached better without the hood on, I left it off and tooled around for about 15 miles getting funny looks from other drivers.
Had to stop twice to adjust the timing a bit. Man it sure is easy to do with full daylight and an easy reach.
Tom


 
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Old Sep 28, 2021 | 01:57 PM
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Old Oct 4, 2021 | 07:33 AM
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Took the truck on a short road trip down to my dads place yesterday. It was about 70 miles one way,but I was a little nervous about it because that's the farthest its been since getting it drivable.
No issues going down but it started to run a little hot coming home up the grades with the ac on.


95 year old ww2 navy vet.

He loved it. Its the first time he's seen the truck since i started the build.
 
Old Oct 4, 2021 | 07:54 AM
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That's awesome, John. Your Dad looks great. Glad you were able to show him the truck.
 
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