How about a flathead hitting 135 on the Salt FLats. Gene STILL drives this hot rod out there. The Tranny cover in the beginning is for this car. It was a must, due to Bonneville's rulings.
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One of the cars Gene built back in the 50's that he restored in the 60's only to restore it again,recently. We're talking OLD SKOOL. This had the 3 strombergs with a blower. Now, 4 kittens and mother occasionally take residence when its really hot out. Afterall, its a roadster!
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Dan (Dinger) is illustrating the use of a punch press with a louver die, making a louvered panel (to be autographed by Gene).
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Here is Dan (Dinger) working with Gene on a patch. A great moment in automobile history caught forever in celluloid, well, pixels, and megabytes and internet stuff like that ! :-)
Really, he's just playing "firewall" by holding the host piece steady so Gene could weld it. A vice would have done the same thing, but it was "Audience Participation" hour.
Sidenote: Ya HAVE to meet Dinger. What a great guy ! If your near Visalia, CA., look him up!
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This pic just illustrates that you can gas weld (fuse) a patch by yourself, if the patch fits tight enough.
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