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Heading out to Reno in Mid-Sept for the Air Races.... Anyone going????

SWEET!!!!

Roosty is going to join me in Reno!!!

Who else?

its official, 74000 airmiles (should have booked weeks ahead and it would have been less than 1/2 that)

Strega and Voodoo ...... 1 & 2

I used to go to those when i lived in tahoe.

BOB you gotta go to AWFUL AWFUL when you're there. it's an awesome burger.

tough to find your first time, but worth it.

also check out Rubicon deli for afternoon sandwiches. they kick ass.
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/LbhraX3q ... zQelDDYxFg

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/260 ... ze=620x400
http://www.yelp.com/biz/rubicon-deli-reno


oh yeah, if you're going to the strip clubs head straight to diamond dolls and leave the others alone.

its going to be great, the last packard/allison/merlins i've heard were in tractor pullers.

"Packard" logo on fuselage

"Rolls Royce" Valve covers.....

those parts mix tho dont they?
the packard was the european one and the merlin was the north american right. or was it alison/merlin?
either way, they all had steel cylinder sleeves we had to change to castiron and the alison rods were the best.
I think its a merlin that Diemert has in the shed stil

some of the best uses on the ground....
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http ... ,r:13,s:75

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http ... =101&ty=47

and this tripple engine tractor at the bottom of the page...
http://www.news-on-tour.de/?p=8486

Gardner Stone built a dual alison tractor for a guy in Manitoba (Bill Lawrence) back in the early 80's, i stil have the pulling power magazine somewhere with its feature, the trailer door read: CAUTION 7500 ALCOHOL DRINKING HORSES

The Allison is the American V-12. Not real powerful, but very smooth... and yes, the Allison rods are the ones to have.

Rolls Royce built the Merlin over in the UK, and its big brother.. the Griffion. At Reno, most of the fast Merlins have Allison Rods in them.

Rolls Royce could not build Merlins fast enought during the war, so they licensed Packard to built them. Packard build a shit load of them here in the U.S.,
and supposedly they have better metalurgy, but otherwise are identicle to the R/R version.

The Rolls Royce Meteor is basically the Merlin, with no supercharger, and was used in British tanks...



Bad ass!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

check this out if you like merlins rod hadfield ledgendary aussie automotive engineer [/youtube]

we bought them from a company called Skip Coulee, they came in barrels of grease and either rotation.

the most winningest tractor of the 80s, the Randy Canadian Special
Its altered for alky, custom cams and its injected with a datalogger. He pulls into the pit and hooks the printer on, 1 sheet of paper per second with each cylinders temp, pressure and timing.

He owned a Case equipment dealer until 5-6 years ago, now the tractor is in hiding from creditors, altho the last i heard its painted a different colour and won its division in the usa again this year.

all the pictures are here...
http://cid-bd4aa2685d9bf2e9.office.live ... ris%20pull

oh my god that is sick must be a hell of a ride what sort of roost would that chuck shame about the creditors tho

Best All-You-Can-Eat Sushi

•: bling : Sushi
•Choices Sushi Bar, Eldorado Hotel Casino
•Francis' Asian Bistro
•Ichiban, Harrah’s Reno
•Kokopelli’s Sushi, Circus Circus Reno
•Oceano, Peppermill Hotel Casino
•Sushi Bar on the Sky Terrace, Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
•Sushi Club
•Sushi Moto
•Sushi Pier II

Hope they can absorb the shock of Roosty and me coming thru their doors!!

Sushi Pier is the local favorite for All u can eat.

which hotel bob? el dorado and silver legacy have best rooms for the money.....

Circus / Circus...

We got the kid with us....

Where the fuck did the prop go?????








Scary shit!!!!

Engine shoock loose, only held in by restraint cables.

Fire

Oiled windsheild

Dead stick landing.

Just another day at Reno.....

I'll let Roosty post up his impressions of the trip to California and Reno.

I think he had a pretty good time.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhyEnqudx8M#ws[/youtube]

This is called "Zinging" a motor..... eh Roosty?

WOW

It was an awesome trip, Bob picked me up at the airport as I'd expected. when i called to say i was in, had my luggage and was ready to go, he asks what gate and tells me to look for a white duramax, that took like 2 seconds, it was the only one to the floor in the parking lot.
I left a damp 52f to land in dry 104f, it was great.

The first stop from the airport was Subway, yes we have subway here, but dude, its alot different . we have more mustards and they have tripple sized drinks.

We stopped by the lair of Solid Bro, good to meet another dude from the board. On the side he comes of as a comical dude that takes no shit and thats how he delivers, awesome to hang with, we managed to fit in supper with Bob Eric and I on monday night and he came on the tuesday road trip to get me back to the airport. Eric is working on some AF bikes, making a hell of a nice job welding frames and doing the fab work building components for new conversions. Expect some high class parts to be available soon.

Bob and the family are awesome! seldom a day goes by that i dont talk to Bob, he's very good at describing how things are, i was surprised by the geography but everything else was bang on how he describes it.

We got up early friday morning and hit the road, pulled into Reno mid morning and strait to the races. Getting out of the truck the sound of the planes was great, we have rotary spray planes fly over home alot, hearing one is nothing compared to hearing 6+ wfo.

It'd be a great show for anyone to attend, but having Bob there telling me tech and history of the machines made for an experience many would appreciate even if they'd gone to it their entire lives.

Jack had lots of questions eh, and was willing to put his homework aside to tell me stories as we drove .

I've got a few good pictures to post but i gotta get up to speed in the shop here first, check in later for those.

Thanks Bob, Vicky, Jack, Berlin, and Eric for making it an excellent trip!

oh, and then there were the buffets




all the pics....
http://cid-bd4aa2685d9bf2e9.office.live ... ublic/Reno

Is that Canadian bacon?

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