The Good, the bad, and the ugly



Well, the god was that the carburetors are installed and the car started and ran well.
The bad?  Take a look at this picture of the rear wheel.
The ugly? installing the tires is a son of a gun, took me a couple of hours to get the tire and tube on only to have the tube blow out when I inflated it.  I was careful to use talc and avoid pinching the tube but something happened as I don't think it should have blown at 36-38 psi?  I guess it's better to have it blow now than when it's on the road to Colorado.  That being said I think we'd (Bill) better find a competent shop to install these tires/tubes.


Three broken spokes in a row


Looked pretty good after cleaning them up.


Well, that's all folks!   Wish someone could have caught a picture of my expression when the GD tube blew.  

Cheers,

Lynn


 

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