I can’t believe after all the time I spent swapping tires and painting those steelie wheels a couple times to get them just right for the 87 4wd, that, with my new vision of Lincoln-ising it, I might use a spare set of 5x5 Lincoln Turbines that have 225/75-15 white walls, the wheels and tires I pulled off the Mark V. So for $130 (completely blowing my budget) I bought wheel adapters 5x4.5 to 5x5. But, they’re basically Jeep adapters, and I have to hog out the inside to 83mm to fit the 4wd.
Why am I telling y’all this? When I got the Mark V (7.5/460 bored, etc.) I met a guy who owns a speed shop who converts stock 460s to 1,000hp+ for drag cars. I’ll never do anything like that, but he helped me sort out my engine and we became friends.
Why am I telling y’all this? So this guy has done me favors, a little machining here and there, including modifying the adapters I used on the Mark V. So I went by today and dropped off these maybe-Ranger adapters & he said he could have them by Friday for $20.
Why am I telling y’all this? There were these guys from Louisiana and from North Carolina picking up engines today (460s, a 1,241hp and the “little” one), and they had one of the cars there. OMG, the most birchin’ engines I’ve ever seen, the car was like from outer space, and these guys were a hoot!
Why am I telling y’all this? So my next deadline on the lawsuit is Friday. I had a “discussion” with a trespassing City contractor for a couple hours this morning and then an hour with the Police reporting it, killed my day, little production. To cool off, I ran down to the speed shop to drop off the hubs. I ended up fooling around with these guys for 6 hours. What an unexpected blast, rock stars!
Why am I telling y’all this? I was wondering on y’all’s opinion: what do you think the chances are that the Judge is a motor-head and she’ll grant me an extension for this important distraction?
& BTW, I’ll share the name of the speed shop in a couple weeks. I can’t give out any names now cuz this was all super hush hush since these guys are heading for races, and pictures were verboten. These guys have more money in the engines’ custom paint jobs than I have in my fleet!
Such a cool day, had to share with a crowd that appreciates it (Redhead was a little luke warm on it) & now heading for the computer, writing all night, but it was worth it!