Saturday May 18 we drove the Starliner to the Kingman Wine & Food Festival and car show. The weather was grate Karen & Charlie enjoyed the day and met a lot of people. The car turn out was small but we met some new people.    We were given tickets for free food and wine tasting and tasted some of the local wines.  The Starliner won 1st place classic car custom. We had a grate time and got to give the a good run.

 Once the DIY gas petal was installed and the throttle cable I had a stock kick down cable from a Mustang that fit the throttle body but had to be adapted to the AOD transmission (rather than a C-4) so with a little mounting bracket & kick down lever modification it worked fine.  The inner finders and radiator U bracket were sand blasted and painted then installed with the radiator bolted in place I used left over chrome pipes to connect to the engine. I bought new 3/8 steel tubing and fabricated the transmission to radiator cooling lines using a hand bender for the fit along side the oil pan. Battery was moved back toward the fire wall to clear the power steering pump and hold down brackets made. I used battery cables that were left over from a previous project.  The starter solenoid , horn relay, barometric sensor and voltage regulator were mounted and wired. While checking out the wiring I discovered that the 1950 starter button went to ground (-) when ...

The route 66 fun run is held the first week end in May each year and we have attended for the last 7 years.   Open to all types of vehicles there were a wide variety with this chopped Buick above and at least 50 Corvettes like this one below. We set up under a tree along one of the 2 old town main streets that are closed for the Fun Run along with 3 square blocks each year for the show & shine on Saturday. Karen and Charlie were happy in the shade with a light breeze blowing. Charlie road in "Karens Kaiser" with a moving blanket over the back seat and console.  Lots of cars on Andy Devine Dr.  1947 Hudson pick up truck  "Cars" Mater                                        3 wheel car with motorcycle engine  Family wagon with ...

I decided to keep the 50 Ford a DIY project by making my own throttle pedal. Its hard to see but the finished pedal turned out pretty good. I have a Lokar pedal in the 51 Ford so I had a model to go by. I started by making a cardboard template from the 51 pedal and had a leftover Lokar throttle cable to use. I cut the upper and lower arms out of 1/8 mild steel on my band saw then welded a 1" pipe with a 1/2 " hole in it to the top arm. A 1/2" rod with a gruve cut in it (for the C clip) on the leigth was welded to the bottom arm.   A pivot block was cut out of 3/4 aluminum with a 1/2" hole drilled in it and a spacer/mounting plate cut from 3/8" aluminum with 2 - 3/8" holes to except the pivot block mounting studs. The gas pedal was made from 1/4 alum. plate 1/4X2 alum. angle that was bolted to the pedal.   The upper arm 1" pipe boss was drilled and taped for a set screw that would hold the assembly to gather and could be ad...

April 18 thru the 20th we took the 51 to the AVI Resort & Casino south of Laughlin NV. for the River Cruzers car show on the Colorado River arived on Thrusday and picked up our entry papers for the show on Friday & Saturday. The first two days were very windy but it setteled down on Satruday.  Karen and Charlie enjoyed the breeze off the river and the grass parking.  Lots of nice cars showed up for the 3 day show.  1954 Kaiser  1959 Edsel  It was about a 1/2 mile walk each way from the RV park to the show so I used our scootr to get back and forth.   They have a very nice swim beach & lagoon but the water was still a little cold to swim. Sunday morning we went to the awards presentation then loaded up and was home by noon.