Cheap trailer.

I mow the field on Friday now. I started getting ready and it started to rain as I got to Cozy Corner restrant. and I went back home. I went back to removing the aluminum from the trailer sides and roof. Around 1000 I went to the field again and this time the town garage gate was closed so I went to the usual gate and found it locked wrong and I couldn't get in. I went back to the trailer. The sun came out but the grass was wet so I kept stripping the trailer. I loaded all the aluminum and steel from the trailer onto the Dodge. Then I chain falled the original El Camino engine on board along with all the other junk I had been saving. I went to the scrap yard and found I had to remove all the metal myself. One worker helped me roll the engine off. The iron went in one pile and the aluminum went to a small scale. I ended up with $114.00 for my troubles so the trailer so far cost $22.00. I went to the field as today is dump day and the gate is opened at noon. I got the field mowed and then loaded up all the wood and crap to take to the town re cycle center tomorrow. I was going to take it next Wed. but that is July 4.
  I built a plane for grandson and hope to test fly it tonight. I'll bring the Flite Streak for him to fly and I'll let him fly the new one if it flys good.

Demolition in progress.

The new format has me all messed up. Here is a picture of the Scamper trailer as a kit.

Trailer trash.

I've kept an eye out for something to make a utility trailer out of for quite some time now. The across the street neighbor works at Winco Scrap metal downtown. I mentioned the trailer to him and that a pop up camper would make the best trailer as all the stuff is there. He said there was one and I stopped to look at it. Pretty ratty but very usable. I paid $136. for it and brought it home today. After 4 hours of work I got the camper down to just the floor. I stripped all the aluminum from the wood and have the roof to go then I'll take that back to the scrap yard and sell it back to them. All the wood and cushions will go to the bulky waste site on Wed. The tires are good too and it has springs. Of course I will have to wire the lights. I hope to use what it had with it but I may not be able to.  It had a plastic water tank that can be used as a gas can. It must hold 15 gallons. The plywood floor is screwed to the frame but I can't find the screws. I have the wrecking bar standing by.

Almost back to normal.

Last Thurs. I went to the package store and got a 30 pack of cheap beer. I put it on the floor as the dope in front of me was buying lottery tickets one at a time. When it came to my turn I picked the 30 pack up with my right hand and placed it on the counter. The tendons in my hand felt like banjo strings being plucked. The pain didn't go away as soon as usual and lasted until the next Wed. I called the VA and spoke to a nurse who called me too old to be lifting a 30 pack with one hand and that I had inflamed tendons and to take ibuprofin for a week. An hour after taking the first load of pills my hand felt a lot better. I played horseshoes last night with a splint on and it didn't do a thing for my pitching but we did win one game out of the three.
  I mowed the club field and circle this morning before the heat got too high. It was too hot by the time I finished to get in a flight so I came home. There was no wind either.

Contorversy at MIR.

The way I see it is nascar made Goodyear bring less gripping tires for the left side of the cars  in order to slow them down. Jr. wins by over 5 seconds. I'll bet nascar gave Jr. the good tires just so he could have an advantage over the rest of the field and get a win to excite the fans.

Road test results.

The rain slowed to a very fine mist so I started the El Camino andadjusted the choke for a 1000 rpm idle. I went up the road and turned around at the far end of the cemetery. I gave it some throttle and it went ok until it shifted into 2nd and hit the rev limiter/choke set to 1000rpm. It took a second before I figured out what was going on and pushed the choke open. The next trial went as it should have. This carb seems to have as good or a bit better response than the Holley. The hand choke is more useful.

Even m ore progress.

Plan 'A' was to install the Edelbrock carb. on the El Camino and be done with it. Well Plan 'B' sounded better as there was nothing wrong with the set up on the hot rod. So I removed the 750 Holley from the hot rod and installed the Edelbrock. Then I installed the 750 on the El Camino. The hot rod ran well and the El Camino did not. So back to plan 'A' this morning. I removed the electric choke carb. that I put back on the El Camino last night and removed theEdelbrock from the hot rod. I put the 750 back on the hot rod and the Edelbrock on the El Camino. I already had installed the hand choke cable so it wasn't much of a problem to swap carbs. The El Camino started right up and idled without stalling and I put the high idle screw back where it was in the first place. I'll give it a run if it ever stops raining.