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Roo Man's Room / Re: attaching upholstery
« on: March 27, 2014, 01:54:09 PM »
Why cant the male part of the snap buttons go directly onto the fiberglass seat?
Cool looking chassis
Cool looking chassis
FEDs Forever!
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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Nitro Cam Springs
« on: February 02, 2014, 10:03:36 PM »
Just 270 on the seat in my early hemi.
The cam is suprisingly mild and max revs at 8200.
Cheers
Graham Slapp
The cam is suprisingly mild and max revs at 8200.
Cheers
Graham Slapp
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Fossil Fueler
« on: November 22, 2013, 04:27:16 AM »
Thanks guys. With any luck I'll have the digger in the USA in 2015. Racing mainly on the west coast.
FYI Roo, the chassis was built by Richard Botica in Sydney and the bodywork by an old panel guy with just a beat up 18" x 6" x 6" tool box.
Cheers
Von Zoom
FYI Roo, the chassis was built by Richard Botica in Sydney and the bodywork by an old panel guy with just a beat up 18" x 6" x 6" tool box.
Cheers
Von Zoom
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Front Engine Dragsters / Fossil Fueler
« on: November 21, 2013, 02:34:27 PM »
Finally. The Fossil Fueler A/Fuel digger has been christened at the Willowbank Dragstrip in Australia.
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Drag Racing / Re: Bob Malloy Dragster. Alsip, Illinois
« on: November 21, 2013, 01:06:45 PM »
LOVE IT!
Von Zoom
Von Zoom
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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / New T-shirt
« on: July 26, 2013, 01:11:05 AM »
Fossil Fueler T's will be available about 25th August.
Cheers
Von Zoom
Cheers
Von Zoom
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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Black Sheep
« on: July 26, 2013, 01:08:02 AM »
BEEOOOOTIFUL!
Von Zoom
Von Zoom
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Roo Man what for bare chassis
« on: July 20, 2013, 01:50:10 PM »
In Australia we use a product called Innox. It is similar to WD40 but with more lanoline, which is sprayed/wiped on the chassis after rubbing the tubing to a light grey color with very fine grit paper and/or scotch bright pads. The result is great! But it is a tiresome process. Best idea is to get any little kids that like hanging around to do the job. They tend to be wildly enthusiastic about working on a real race car, and their little fingers can get into all the tight corners.
The Innox seems to last a couple of weeks until finger and hand prints start to show up again where crew have been handling the car. I can't believe how much acid must be in the human skin to get through the Innox. And, the more progress you make on the chassis, the more difficult the job becomes due to the profusion of brackets and tabs to be negotiated. However, you'll find the term "labor of love" must have been coined for this work.
Good luck, and enjoy caressing your tubing.
Cheers
Von Zoom
The Innox seems to last a couple of weeks until finger and hand prints start to show up again where crew have been handling the car. I can't believe how much acid must be in the human skin to get through the Innox. And, the more progress you make on the chassis, the more difficult the job becomes due to the profusion of brackets and tabs to be negotiated. However, you'll find the term "labor of love" must have been coined for this work.
Good luck, and enjoy caressing your tubing.
Cheers
Von Zoom
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Fossil Fueler faces the tree - licensing
« on: July 15, 2013, 04:38:28 PM »
OK fellas. I'll post the raw footage soon. I tend to agree, the sound of a nitro engine must prevail. Just try and convince my daughter of that....... Hahahahahaa.
Cheers
Von Zoom
Cheers
Von Zoom
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Front Engine Dragsters / Fossil Fueler faces the tree - licensing
« on: July 12, 2013, 11:46:05 PM »
Greetings from Australia.
Our new a/fuel digger has successfully completed the first stage of licensing in Australia.
You can view photos and videos via our facebook page - just search for " Fossil Fueler" on face book.
It was a pretty lazy day because all we are allowed to do on the first day is start, stage and launch. Next Time we can go half and full track.......yippppeee!
Cheers
Von Zoom
Our new a/fuel digger has successfully completed the first stage of licensing in Australia.
You can view photos and videos via our facebook page - just search for " Fossil Fueler" on face book.
It was a pretty lazy day because all we are allowed to do on the first day is start, stage and launch. Next Time we can go half and full track.......yippppeee!
Cheers
Von Zoom
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: New Guy Here Hello
« on: June 17, 2013, 02:45:16 PM »
Hey.... I'm no longer the newest guy around here hahahahaa.
Welcome, Tommy. Your photo loaded OK and the car looks real cool. I love those Woodies.
Von Zoom
Welcome, Tommy. Your photo loaded OK and the car looks real cool. I love those Woodies.
Von Zoom
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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build
« on: June 11, 2013, 10:15:03 PM »
That's going to be a classy classic digger!!!!
Congratulations on the good progress so far.
Von Zoom
Congratulations on the good progress so far.
Von Zoom
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Events / Re: Woodburn Oldies but Goodies
« on: June 10, 2013, 01:30:00 AM »
......I bet Spud will be there!
Von Zoom
Von Zoom
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Events / Woodburn Oldies but Goodies
« on: June 10, 2013, 01:28:53 AM »
I hear there is an event 21 - 23 June at Woodburn. A couple of years ago I was at Woodburn when Kin Bates and Gene Adams ran a 6.11 with their A/Fueler, using a 17 gallon pump (non sanctioned event). This year I hear Gene intends to use a Vertex magneto (internal coil) to test the new B/Fuel rules. I know there is a large contingent of FEDs running in that area, and I would hope some of them will support the B/fuel concept.
Are any of our board members going to this event?
I wish I could get back there to watch and learn some more, but with my new car ready for testing in Australia, I'll be blowing the money out the pipes closer to home.
Cheers
Graham Von Zoom Slapp
Are any of our board members going to this event?
I wish I could get back there to watch and learn some more, but with my new car ready for testing in Australia, I'll be blowing the money out the pipes closer to home.
Cheers
Graham Von Zoom Slapp
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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Fossil Fueler
« on: June 08, 2013, 08:18:42 PM »
Thanks for the comments guys. It's good to join in the passion shared by everyone here. I'm also a member on HRE and a couple of others, but this place rocks. The name says it all for me. Don't know why it took me so long to find it.
Cheers
Von Zoom
Cheers
Von Zoom