The Gremlin Dale ran into a major problem trying to put a set of my old ductile iron Isky rockers on his Indy SR heads. The stands are too wide to give the Isky bodies room to set over the valve tip, not to mention the fact that someone had ran these without hardened shims, and the separator springs had dug into them pretty bad. In a last ditch effort to save them, he grabbed an extra SR head and went to Gene Carter's place. Gene is a Tulsa legend, still racing an 8 second 59 'Vette well into his 80's, and still able to work circles around a shop full of younger machinists. 5 hours later he told Dale to come get the stuff. When Dale arrived, he found that Gene had machined down all 16 rockers, and his 8 spares, as well as building spacers to separate the rockers. "Ever heard of Billy Ray's Catfish and BBQ, Dale?" Gene asked. Dale affirmed that he had. "Call them up and tell 'em to send ole' Gene a 2lb catfish dinner! Now get out of here and get that car done!" They fired it yesterday, and a test drive is scheduled for later today, but it's still got a long ways to go to be ready.
The Satellite New windshield installed finally, oil changed, full 15 lb. bottle of nitrous on board, Chrome box added. I'll decide in OK whether to swap the 255/60 drag radials on, or put them on a set of police wheels to bring along. Other than that and a fresh set of plugs, she's ready to haul 800lbs and finish 33rd in Daily Driver!!
