While the Late Model is undergoing a make over that I hope covers up the mess I brought to Steve Lyons at Creative Edge, the Modified is going together very nice. The paint job on the Modified, done by Josh Watson is amazing and that car will look great as far as paint is concerned. […]
Author Archives: Gary Elliott
2016
We Made Opening Night…Broke In The Engine & Some Front End Parts….All Fixed & Loaded For Lettering At Creative Edge
The season opener was quite a night. I wasn’t prepared at all. The full story is on Diary of a Season 2016, on our Message Board. Things didn’t go so good Saturday night but we got there and that was the main thing. Since then David dug in and really helped his Dad the past […]
Not getting my Late Model till mid April really made things hard for me the past few weeks. Over that time I had different people put a few hours to help. some an hour, some 2 or 3. My son David was crucial to me having a chance to be ready. He helped with some […]
The past few days have been good but hectic. I have been very fortunate to get some help here and there. Over the past 2 weeks I have been able to get help from Lloyd, David, Brian, Ron and tonight I was at MacDonald’s in Waterdown and asked 3 young boys, friends of my grand […]
It’s been a tough go this year and especially now trying to get ready for opening day. I have a lot left to do on the car and now down to 4 days. Some things left are installation of…..rocker panels, body braces, led, plug wires, return springs, oil temp gauge fitting, the annoying brake leak […]
Ran into some issues this weekend with wrong parts and problems with the water pump. I remembered when I bought my first 604 the passenger side timing cover bolt had to be ground down so the water pump would clear and fit tight against the block. I did grind it down, but unfortunately not enough. […]
More progress, but now that things are going together, more problems are popping up. That’s not uncommon when putting a car together before the season starts, but usually in the past I had 10 weeks…..we have less than 10 days now. Special thanks to Brian Watson for his help on Thursday night and my son […]
Special thanks to Ken Bayliss, Lloyd Lariviere and brothers James and Jason for helping get a few things off our list today. We couldn’t complete much of it because of missing or failed parts. The brake reservoir was leaking, never had one of those leak before, so the brakes couldn’t be bled. The water pump […]
This weekend should be a big one for us as we try to get a bunch off our list. The panels for both cars are being painted now by Josh Watson. His Dad Glen Watson has been a very successful Super Late Model racer for years with OSCAAR. This picture shows the red panels now […]
I know it’s filthy….but that’s okay right now. Picked up the Late Model from Jason Legge on Tuesday night. Then Wednesday I took all the Mod panels and some Late Model parts to Josh Watson for him to paint. Got the new engine from Bennett Chevrolet today. Now to cram over the next few days. […]
I picked up the Late Model from Jason Legge who has been very helpful to me this winter. We have a long list of things to do. We don’t want to miss any scheduled events, it’s important to keep our streak of 753 consecutive nights going. The next few weeks will be intense, but it’s […]
The past few days have knocked off most of the first list for the OSCAAR Modified. Lloyd came down and we got the wheel bearings repacked, a complete nut and bolt, the brakes bled, the led painted, the chassis painted and an oil and filter change. The body panels will hopefully be dropped off to […]