Yesterday, Paul Moore of The Moore Speed Co and I busted out some tin work on the Race Wagon. We added an access panel to the left side of the fuelcell firewall to make it easier to get to the fuel pumps, changed the top panel of the firewall from riveted on to dzus fasteners for [...]
With so much good content available online these days, it’s gets harder to spend money on old school magazine subscriptions anymore. But there are a few left that I definitely look forward to filling my mailbox each month. Two of them are Classic Motorsports, and their sister magazine Grassroots Motorsports. I like that they cover, and sponsor, the amateur club racing [...]
Every wagon needs a roof rack, and the Race Wagoon was looking naked without one. The factory rack weighed 16 pounds, so that just wasn’t an option for a race car. So I went with the Radio Flyer red wagon theme and added some wood stakes to the roof. I used some large headed aluminum rivets for the [...]
…but worth the wait. My wonderful wife told Santa I was “in need” of a new steering wheel for my race car. Today the big brown sled dropped off a Personal Grinta 320 wrapped in beautiful black suede. The stitching is even in red to match the wagon! I just know this upgrade will be worth at [...]
The rod knock I heard at Laguna Seca last month ended up being quite a bit of damage. The crank and the #3 rod were damaged beyond repair. We also discovered that there was some “questionable” machining done by a previous owner of this shortblock, and that some of the parts were not as advertised. Wouldn’t ya [...]
“You meet the nicest people in a Datsun.” I was out hunting parts for The Race Wagon, and met Mike, the owner of dozens of Datsuns. I bought some motor parts I was looking for, but something very special caught my attention on his ‘south forty’.
This reproduction grill emblem is a recent import from Malaysia, definitely good for 5 horsepower! …and a cool new shift knob is definitely good for two more.
You gotta check this one out – Check out the entire story here – One Big Red Wagon