Today, I was able to spend some seat time in the wagon, after having done the final tweaking on the Church Boys front suspension. Both Chuck, and his father flew out, after some initial issues with the installation cropped up, to help correct and clarify the install. I must say, the wait was worth it. The steering is both fast and responsive, and cornering, well lets just say that I've never been able to dive into a corner and still keep my foot into the throttle. The only weak link is those skinnies up front. Its time to roll into a wider front tire, one that'll keep the front end glue'd to the pavement. That, and the fact that the wagon has a bit of heft in the rear, makes it want to roll around. But, a rear sway-bar will help correct that! I'm starting to like the performance that this front suspension offers! :hurray:

Dale.

Church Boys and prayers? Is there a connection here?

congrats Dale, glad everything worked out and like (hehehe) Mike said... are ya crackin' a "Funny" here ? :D

A lotta guys read my religious jokes and say - pew!

Church Boys and prayers? Is there a connection here?
hee,hee.good one mike!
reminds me of my banker.her name is andrea BIBLE.i told her upon meeting her that "i'd read your book"..she didn't get it,but it made that much funnier in my twisted little mind..........:p
leftcoast carl.

hey dale-glad everything is working out.i hope to get down there one of these days and see your new shop in person.i'll be in contact (for some insight into the do's and don'ts)when it's time to install my church boys rack kit into my wagon.i have the stuff waiting,but i'm too busy at work to nistall currently.
cj

Church Boys and prayers? Is there a connection here?

A lotta guys read my religious jokes and say - pew!


i need to get up earlier... or go back to bed and get up again later in the afternoon :boring:

;) :D

JR and I are gonna be the choir boys...

only if the Priest is a woman :D

To get back on the subject, what was the original problem and how was it fixed?

oh, sorry, that's an altar boy :rolleyes:

To get back on the subject, what was the original problem and how was it fixed?

from talking to Dale the other night i guess it was the front end shop. they had the alignment so far out of whack to begin with then tried to align going backwards if ya get my meaning. from what i understand the Church's basically started from "A" and started over and now everything is fine.

Good to hear.

Now Dale put some real tires on the front of that wagon and show us a video of the handling.

Thats the plan!! But first, here's my stab at humor:

Chuck Church passed out t-shirts before we all went out to dinner. My thoughts were he did this to try and get us all free meals. The resturant would think we were part of the Church Boys Choir, and we'd be asked to sing for our food. It did not materialze. Wade and Mike would not play along, and instead sabotaged the night by telling everyone it was my birthday in order to divert attention, while Chuck continued to try to get someone in the resturant, or at our table for that matter to at least sing some kind of song before they left for home. Of course, this is a tall tale..... well, not quite all of it....:thumbsup:

I'm pumped about the upcoming slalom test, as the car is ready to carve. Still cannot believe my Uncle Johnny Rotten ran such a stiffy set of front shocks! We had strong man Mike Morgan try to compress them next to cousin Bryan Fargo's stocker front shocks, and Mike just about popped a hernia trying to push them puppies down. They'll be put in a section of the shop called "The Rotten Ones Section" where his broom, side pipes, and other odds and ends are kept!!!:D;):p

you must be talking Springs and not Shocks Dale... the shocks are a std replacement gas KYB but the springs were the "Drop" springs from CPP. if you don't like the front shocks you may wish to look at the rears too as they're the same brand etc ;)

I am glad most of it worked out for you Dale, to bad you couldn't sing your way into a free meal though.:D:D

"The Rotten Ones Section"

Are building a shrine to him? Ya know we will never hear the end of of the :bs: now :rolleyes:

He's coming down to tomorrow, to christen it. I heard something about "lifting a leg up"- - - -:noway:

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:beers:

you REALLY need to be careful going that fast in THAT car... might blow off some of the rust :eek:

Come to think of it, we were going ALOT faster than the speedo says. Twenty seven inch tall rear tires, and 3.08 gears. Going so fast, we blew the glass off the rear view mirror!!!! Bonneville time. If only I could find the spoiler that Johnny found, then re-ditched!!!

left back wall of the shop Dale... on top of the old A-Arms, steering box etc. sitting right on top ;)

left back wall of the shop Dale... on top of the old A-Arms, steering box etc. sitting right on top ;)


I guess I didn't do a good job of losing it!:noway:...............I'll have to come back out and hide it again:D

HA !!! my OCD kicked in when Dale said it had been hidden. Bill & i scoured the shop and then kinda gave up until it basically jumped up and bit me on the as... ok, you get the picture :eek:

...............Bad visual!

I really did not hide it I just put it with the rest of the removed items from the install. Dale can put it back on once all the photos have been taken for the magazine. Of course if he trys to put it on he will find out that while he was having dinner and dad and I were at the shop double checking things I welded a couple of the holes up in it so that it would not be an easy mistake to put it back on right away:D:D:D















......................Naw just kidding!