On Mon Feb-28-2011 16:45, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 28 Feb 11 09:23, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> Here's a link to the ride home in the 56...and some of my Z28 too.   
      
    RW>> http://www.rayyoung.org/NEW_PAGE_6.HTM   
      
    RN> Interesting pictures, especially of your Z28.   
      
    RW> Not to mention me, when I weighed 35lbs more than I do now. The   
    RW> Texas flag has been repainted since those pics were taken. And I   
    RW> haven't had the Z28 out of the garage all winter.   
      
   I keep thinking, for some reason, that the Del Ray was a station wagon.  Silly   
   really, because I've been around Chevys all my life and my first new one was a   
   '57 Bel Air.  That was a sweet car, especially after I upgraded the stock 283   
   to a 'Vette 283.  We then tried to cut corners by collapsing the hydraulic   
   lifters, which was a flop of an idea and I ended up putting solids.  Manifold   
   was an Edelbrock 2-pot with altered Rochester 2-bbl carburetors and   
   progressive linkage.  We also used a burr drill bit to smooth out the rough   
   interior of the exhaust manifolds.  That was the hardest part.  Engle 3/4 race   
   camshaft, Mallory dual point distributor started that engine so fast, you'd   
   swear all you had to do was look at the ignition key and the engine would   
   start.  Logy below 40 MPH, but after that, no one could stay with me.  I don't   
   recall what rear end ratio was in it, but we didn't fool with that and instead   
   concentrated on the engine.  137 MPH clocked speed and took a mile to stop.    
   Later on, I installed dual exhaust.   
      
   I think I have the 35 lbs you lost.  (-:  I have to get back to 219 or so or   
   I'll regret it if I don't.  At my height it isn't too noticeable.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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