💸Captain Awesomes Fresh Finds/General Ramblings

[Captain Awesome]

Weilder and references someones building a bike

 

[ingola]

You got the tools now research someone is getting ready to build a bike. I really brighter than my writing would leave one to believe ask @MattiThundrrr

 

[Captain Awesome]

You got the tools now research someone is getting ready to build a bike. I really brighter than my writing would leave one to believe ask @MattiThundrrr

Fixtures first. Then some experiments

 

[ingola]

Fixtures first. Then some experiments

Bike or house fixtures?

 

[Captain Awesome]

Bike or house fixtures?

The former

 

[MattiThundrrr]

... believe it or not, I don't watch Paul's videos. I barely watch any online vids at all. I mostly read words and look at pictures. I find that I don't really retain the information in video format

 

[ingola]

... believe it or not, I don't watch Paul's videos. I barely watch any online vids at all. I mostly read words and look at pictures. I find that I don't really retain the information in video format

Really he does dude has a library.

 

[Captain Awesome]

New toy

Cheap starter model to learn from

 

[ingola]

New toy

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Cheap starter model to learn from

Please just no confusing videos that don't make sense

 

[ingola]

Passed this while on the road shared it here because I know you'll love it

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That bumper gives me ideas for fenders...

 

[Ulu]

Whoa! That’s a real tugboat.

Is that possibly a rare dual V8?

They built some of those with a top engine and a bottom engine.

I can’t imagine what the transfer case was like. That almost certainly has a dual range transmission.

EDIT…
Nah, forget what I said. They quit building those in the 40s. From the web:

“How many Twin-Motor Trucks were produced is not known. However, while it was quite possibly the first, Grico was not the only builder of dual-engine Ford trucks in that era. Manufacturers included Spangler, E&L, Merry-Neville, Thorco, and others.”

 

[ingola]

Whoa! That’s a real tugboat.

Is that possibly a rare dual V8?

They built some of those with a top engine and a bottom engine.

I can’t imagine what the transfer case was like. That almost certainly has a dual range transmission.

EDIT…
Nah, forget what I said. They quit building those in the 40s. From the web:

“How many Twin-Motor Trucks were produced is not known. However, while it was quite possibly the first, Grico was not the only builder of dual-engine Ford trucks in that era. Manufacturers included Spangler, E&L, Merry-Neville, Thorco, and others.”

I have no idea but it's a tow truck just on the Quebec boarder and it runs.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Passed this while on the road shared it here because I know you'll love it View attachment 249635

Whoa! That’s a real tugboat.

Is that possibly a rare dual V8?

They built some of those with a top engine and a bottom engine.

I can’t imagine what the transfer case was like. That almost certainly has a dual range transmission.

EDIT…
Nah, forget what I said. They quit building those in the 40s. From the web:

“How many Twin-Motor Trucks were produced is not known. However, while it was quite possibly the first, Grico was not the only builder of dual-engine Ford trucks in that era. Manufacturers included Spangler, E&L, Merry-Neville, Thorco, and others.”

Pretty sure it was originally a Mercury COE. Hard to tell if it was converted to a tow truck or what

 

[ingola]

Pretty sure it was originally a Mercury COE. Hard to tell if it was converted to a tow truck or what

1951 ford cabover

 

[Captain Awesome]

1951 ford cabover

I was gonna say 52. Basically the same with different badges

 

[ingola]

I was gonna say 52. Basically the same with different badges

I'd use it to mow down Kia's on the highway just screams get out of my way.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I'd use it to mow down Kia's on the highway just screams get out of my way.

Just don’t use it to mow down Kei’s

This’ll be me soon

 

[Ulu]

Top speed of that ‘52 is probably about 48 mph if the engine’s running correctly.

I remember test driving a 60s model of this coe truck with the ohv (390?) Merc V8 engine. It was over 30 years ago in Fresno.

It had the road ranger type dual range transmission. Split axle. 16 forward gears. Possibly three reverses. I don’t remember driving it more than 25 feet in reverse.

In the lowest gear it topped out about 2.5 mph. Just enough to make the speedometer needle jerk a little bit.

 

[ingola]

Just don’t use it to mow down Kei’s



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This’ll be me soon

That completely changes my view of Kia's very cool