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Mid-South ride, eat, and meet
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mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
Our first New as in not previously owned car, 1983 Cutlass. Loved that car and loved getting to break it in. Nothing like your first New car smell.
From supercharged small block Ford to bored and stroked VW. Some guys can do it all. You the man, Ron.
Back in the 70's Leo Goff was having a fair amount of success with his Norton drag bike. The weak link was the transmission. There was no way the stock tranny could be modified to handle drag racing. Ron was hanging with Leo at the time. Got his scale out, did a little rough measuring. Leo, I can take a Z1 Kawasaki tranny, turn it around up side down and machine up some pieces and connect it to that old Norton engine lump.That's your solution. Ron did it and the drag bike was a total success. I like giving shout outs to Ron. Some people talk and some people do. Ron does some of the most impossible jobs and makes it look easy. A Kawasaki transmission in a old Norton drag bike.
I take it back. The only thing old on the bike was the old Norton engine from the late 60's. Allen Mueller the rider built the form for the streamlined body. Eddie Wilbanks welded up the tubular frame. Ron Wiginton did the tanny. This was probably the early 80's. I'll talk to Ron and get the correct dates. A mind is a terrible thing to lose; even a feeble one like mine. 
Ron had never built a VW engine before. He had two to build. A totally stock one and the more complex bored and stroked. He picked the hard one first, now all the rest will be easy. He bought 2 books to help during the build.
Ron said you better already be an engine builder. Those books will get you a blown up engine if ya don't have a lot of experience.
Ron knows his way around an engine building shop.
Ron said you better already be an engine builder. Those books will get you a blown up engine if ya don't have a lot of experience.
Ron knows his way around an engine building shop.
Back in the mid 60's rode around in a Beetle a buddy of mine had in Hot Springs, Ar.. A long ago girlfriend had on in the early 70's. Several more buddies had them in the 70's. I never knew what to make of them. Odd. Now I appreciate them. Go figure.
