36 Skater Project
01-11-2012 | 01:53 PM
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on the steering system, I decided to go ahead and ship the old tie bars and clevis that were from the triple engine days to Latham for custom cutting so they'd work on the new quad set-up. Those people are great to work with, and their reputation speaks for itself. I'm keeping all of the controls and steering Latham, just having it modified and updated. It;s not cheap but everything they do is top notch.
Here are the two tie bars that were used on the triple set up Snakeman Racing. They will cut these down accordingly, and furnish one new tie bar with clevis
Here are the two tie bars that were used on the triple set up Snakeman Racing. They will cut these down accordingly, and furnish one new tie bar with clevis
01-11-2012 | 02:25 PM
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Latham was able to trace the serial numbers on my steering rams and noticed that they were kind of rare heavy duty shaft rams that had been ordered by Ocean outboard back in the mid nineties when the skater was rigged.
All of the work that Glassdave put into careful measuring and spacing of the engine jackplates paid off as the tiebars, wingplates, and rams all assembled together without a hitch
All of the work that Glassdave put into careful measuring and spacing of the engine jackplates paid off as the tiebars, wingplates, and rams all assembled together without a hitch
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01-14-2012 | 03:06 PM
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01-17-2012 | 12:06 PM
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Pretty sure your talking about purple candy powdercoat. Basically the purple is translucient over chrome powercoat base . I was in this business for many years and tiger drylac has exactly what you need however not everyone can properly lay the purple as just a little too much and purple will be dark .
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01-17-2012 | 04:10 PM
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If you send them a sample they can match it.
01-18-2012 | 08:06 AM
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That is good news! If these are old alum parts and you are doing the prep work be forwarned , make sure you use fine media as too coarse or aggressive and it will leave to great of profile and you will see fine craters in finished product . I dont wont to worry you , this advice comes from being in the media-blasting/ powdercoat business .
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01-18-2012 | 11:23 PM
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08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
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