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May 30, 2017 by Chris Leave a Comment

Great Dale Visits New Mexico

We took a trip to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM.  We pulled the Mini all the way there and the Torquemonster performed perfectly.

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May 15, 2017 by Chris Leave a Comment

1926 Jordan Model A House Car

We happened across this exhibit at the Western Reserve Historical Society’s Cleveland History Center

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April 21, 2017 by Chris Leave a Comment

Mini Cooper Dinghy Tow Setup

One of the downsides of not having a trailer is transportation when we get to the destination. We have a Mini Cooper with a standard transmission that makes for a great pull-behind dinghy-tow vehicle, so we decided to see if the new torque-monster couls pull it.

We took a test drive to Cherry Creek State Park Campground and the toruqe-monster can pull both vehicles with ease. There’s a small stability issue that may be a problem.  We’ll see what happens on further trips this year.

 

If it does work out, we’ll probably paint the Mini to match the Dale

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December 18, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

Introducing the TorqueMonster

The final piece of the 1965 Coronet Great Dale re-imagining is complete.

The old 361 engine has been replaced with a 383 cubic inch block bored to 494 cubic inches with a custom camshaft to produce maximum torque with the available 600 hp.

The oddball ’65 transmission has been replaced with a ’66 standard transmission. A Gear Vendor overdrive was added to provide overdrive for highway driving and 1/2 gears for mountain pulling.

It apparently has been raced against many cars during the mechanic’s “burn-in” period, and many people were surprised as they watched the tail-end of the House Car take off ahead of them.

I made it all the way home on cruise and overdrive and the engine was barely engaged.  I accidentally hit 80 mph trying to pass someone on the freeway and the engine barely noticed.

 

 

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July 24, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

Refurbished Dashboard

We sent the dashboard to the fine folks at http://www.justdashes.com/ last winter and we should have posted the pictures then. But I couldn’t find the heater knob until recently, so here they are.

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September 20, 2015 by Chris Leave a Comment

The Great Dale at Elsewhence

The Great Dale made an appearance at Elsewhence 2015.

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