Message text written by "Ken Gano"
>For those who have been following my almost 6 year saga, TS57756L (The Hot
>Rod) pulled itself down the driveway, under its own power, for the first
>time since 1972!!!! Yahoo, Yahoo.
Congratulations! This is quite a milestone. It's been a lot of work just
in the past two years I've been involved.
>I was afraid the clutch would be to heavy (Land Rover) and that the
aluminum
>fly wheel would cause it to be very touchy, but I was able to take off and
>hit 2nd gear without any real problems (those who know the driveway, know
>it's not long enough for much more. In fact, the brakes got a first class
>test right before I hit the street :))
Were the tires still spinning or did they eventually catch? ;-) I hope
you verified that the brakes actually did work before you took off. Well,
slap a seat in it and call it good enough for Colorado!
Way to go!
Dave
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