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Author:  Old6rodder [ Wed May 15, 2019 4:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Found some play time in the garage yesterday & today. So finished up the throttle linkage.

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Author:  emsvitil [ Wed May 15, 2019 6:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
That doesn't look right...……….

A slant is

EIEIEIIEIEIE

Looks like you've have a carb on an I, then a carb on an E, then E , then I.


And you're missing 2 carbs.


:?:
Author:  Old6rodder [ Wed May 15, 2019 7:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
EIEIEIIEIEIE ..... oh! :lol:
Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Fri May 17, 2019 6:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
I think it a Buick straight 8 trying to do a slant thing!


Greg
Author:  Old6rodder [ Fri May 17, 2019 8:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Sorry, I'd assumed Ed was kidding me some. Presently "re-membering" said definition. :lol:

Yes, per this thread, Cassi has a Buick str8 impersonating a slant. I wanted the space to play intake and exhaust games a la Ma Chrysler on this roadster (as well as simply being addicted to unique, one off toys), so added 28* to the engine mounts.

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One of the fun parts so far was cobbling up the pb904 adapter kit. 8)
But I forgot to take pictures of the bell housing aspect of that part, so will have to add'em later, when I dismantle for paint & reassembly.

Here's the Flick'r set link for the project.
Author:  emsvitil [ Fri May 17, 2019 5:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
I counted 12 ports, so assumed slant 6.

Wasn't thinking siamesed intake ports.
Author:  Old6rodder [ Fri May 17, 2019 7:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Yeah, and we think a slant's intake path's convoluted. :lol:

Not that adding 28* helps the problem any.
Guess I'm just a glutton for punishment, eh? :roll:
Author:  sixinthehead [ Sat May 18, 2019 4:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
I finally got around to noticing what appear to be 3/8" extensions used as the firewall end of the linkage 8)
Are they of the wobble variety to allow for flex? :wink:
Author:  Old6rodder [ Sat May 18, 2019 8:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Nah, there's enough wobble in the regular ones for the application. They're more for ease of disassembly & modification when I fiddle with things. Came up with the idea on my cars back when. I'm pretty lazy at heart. :roll:

I'd wanted to go with 1/4" drive ones for Cassi, but only had spare 3/8" to sacrifice to the cause.
Author:  sixinthehead [ Sat May 18, 2019 7:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Genius doesn't equal lazy in my book.
Work smarter, not harder :idea:
I love it!
Author:  Dart270 [ Sun May 19, 2019 2:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Agreed!

Lou
Author:  Old6rodder [ Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Had to clean out my old ceramics shop area for the stained glass shop I'm putting together for "retirement". That was where I'd stashed all Cassi's parts while I cobbled on the "slant 8" conversion. So, I had to paste'er back together (nowhere else to stash the parts for now). The C-19's changed several of my plans, setting Cassi back a bit once again, but I thought I'd at least add a pic or two of how she looks together.

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Author:  Dart270 [ Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
I look forward to a ride in 2021 or maybe 2022! Thanks for doing what you do, Dick...

Lou
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Very cool! I love her!
Author:  Old6rodder [ Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cassandra, a '50s style lakes bucket for the street.
Well, it's been awhile once again. However, it looks as if my life's settling down for a bit, for now at least. Been having a fang at Cassi the last three days, working out on the dash. Just needed to get something visual accomplished to get back in the "feel" of actual progress. 8)

Only our definition of "slanted" by stretching said definition of course, but a couple extra cylinders & only two degrees shy of thirty should qualify for at least a humor award consideration, right? :lol:

Aside from the /str8 aspect, I'm also building'er with a pb904. The buttons're now in, and are Mahogany, and in an oval pattern, both of which go with the rest of the Nash dash. Took a bit of tinkering to get'em working smoothly (and neutral's still a tad sticky), but I'm happy with the result.

Re-assigned a couple of the switch functions, but managed to keep the gennie switch panel intact. Re-faced it with some more Mahogany of course, a bit darker this time to go with the steering wheel & push buttons.

Anyway, here're a couple pics & a vid link of the latest work ........

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