Springfield Flyer.

[wobblywalrus]

A ceramic coating to keep the heat inside the header pipes is a big help.  Also, ceramic coatings on the tops of the pistons.

[Dynoroom]

Sid, it is behind the rear axle.

I had nowhere else to put it.
The water tank and extinguisher system are behind the cockpit.

Mike, you might want to look at these photos of the new Speed Demon fuel tank placement.
Seems you're in good company......  

Also notice the size of the fuel tank used for a 2200 hp engine running alcohol.

Carry on....

[tauruck]

Thanks Mike, if I told you guys I was a genius would you have believed me???.

Thanks for the pics. Actually a member here PM'd a while back saying he thought it might be an advantage having my gas tank where it is.

I feel better now.
Today was mixed. I finished mounting the tank. It looks great.
At lunch time I came to check my email and the PC was dead. For good this time I'm told. :x
Back on the mini laptop and I can't download pics or retrieve email. Bummer but I'll sort something.

It couldn't have broken down at a worse time. Tomorrow I have a meeting with the board of directors
of an international company and the proposal is on the old machine. They asked for 6 printed versions
or something I could put on their overhead projector/big screen system.

A friend had my proposal on email so he came over just now and transferred it to my memory stick.
Maybe the PC crashed for a reason?.

Wish me luck. I need it. This sponsorship could make or break my project.

[manta22]

Mike;

You may be able to pull the hard disk out of your bad PC and install it in another good computer. Possibly you could retrieve all your files this way.

Regards, Neil   Tucson, AZ

[Buickguy3]

  Mike,
   Lost one a couple of years ago and I had a guy in Billings buy a new old stock hard drive the same as mine and he took the platter out of mine and installed it in the new one and it worked great and I was able to transfer all of my data to a new computer a short time later when Microsoft quit supporting my old operating system. I was lost but it worked.
   Doug 

[tauruck]

Thanks guys. The drive is OK. The motherboard is shot. These things aren't supposed to last 10 years but mine did.

I like XP pro even though it isn't supported anymore. My computer guru works outside the country
and will be back in September. I'll find the disc that came with the phone and install the programme
to transfer images. I'll be up and running by tomorrow.

This little machine works OK for what I need.

Busy on my battery box for the long car. Got some of it done. It should be finished tomorrow.
Space is in short supply. The long car is shrinking!.

[manta22]

"Nature abhors a vacuum", Mike. However much space you have, it will be eventually filled to overflowing. 

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[tauruck]

How right you are Neil.

Life would be boring without these packaging issues.
I go on Linkedin and see guys who say they are in packaging.
I always giggle.

Long cars should be called tight cars. I need a BIG shoehorn.

[tauruck]

I managed to get the programme installed.

Photos of the gas tank mountings.

[tauruck]

Two more.

I forgot to radius the corners on the one plate.

[tauruck]

Longer shots of the tank.
It has 8 mounts.

[tauruck]

One last one.

I can't find the cork gasket for the filler mount.
Is cork OK for Ethanol?.

[Peter Jack]

"I forgot to radius the corners on the one plate.   "

Don't worry Mike. You're not alone. I find that sort of thing happens more and more often as I age.  :|

Pete

[SPARKY]

PJ just was having a conversation with Sumner yesterday---about how I didn't have any idea what aging was going to be like other than maybe getting just weaker and stiffer  jeeze I think I am get more education in the last part of my life than I did in the front end!!  LOL

[fordboy628]

Mike,

Awesome build with tremendous details . . . . .


Ya know, one of the problems is that the average "spectator type" hasn't a darn clue as to how much time and effort goes into a custom build like yours.    "They" think that guys "go out and buy" the kind of parts which are agonizingly and lovingly hand fabricated by people with "real talent".

Only another fabricator/constructor can appreciate how much time, effort and care goes into a build such as yours, or Neil's, or Wayno's, or Sumner's, or 38 Flattie's, or Target 550, or Speed Demon, or the SOS, etc, or put in whatever build one finds amazing and interesting.

I find it helpful to occasionally step back for a moment, and savor what has been accomplished so far . . . . . . .

Your psyche will thank you later for the break.

Fordboy