Hot Cars – July 2019

2 HOT CARS

Vol 4 / Issue No. 6

SUMMER 2019

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Roy R. Sorenson

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Eric Ottoson

Roy R. Sorenson

Lynne Ottoson-Sorenson

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Neil Van Zile

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Lynne Sorenson

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ON THE COVER

Cruising at the American Graffiti night in

Modesto, California! Thousands and thou-

sands lined the streets to watch the cruise!

You can feel it in the air, you can see

it on the social media. Short clips of guys

warming up their hot rods in the drive-

way, taking short bursts down the neigh-

borhood street! Spring time! All them cold

long months of wrenching on your ride

are over, it’s time to get out and start to

put some miles

on that sucker!

Your throttle

foot is itching,

you’re just

waiting for that

warm, clear day

when you can

back out of the

driveway and go

for a long cruise!

With that in

mind, we bring

you some of the

great car shows

of spring here

in Northern

California. I know a lot of the back east

guys are jealous that we get to break out

our cars a little earlier than them, but then

again gas just went up another 50 cents

a gallon here in California! Ouch! When

you drive a high performance car that only

gets ten miles per gallon, that can really

hit the ol’ wallet hard! But if you’re driving

the right car, it’s worth every penny!

Speaking of putting miles on cars, we’ve

been racking up the miles on BOB, our ‘

Coupe project car! Except for a couple of

minor electrical problems, and an oil leak

I still need to fix, it’s been very reliable!

The American Graffiti cruise night saw

cars overheating and falling by the wayside

all night long, but BOB handled it well.

The big Walker aluminum radiator cools

the V6 with no problem. The ProForm

HEI distributor and Edelbrock carb have

proven to be a winning combination! The

car starts every time and runs great!

Driving the car on the road, it drives

and handles great. The only complaint is

it is a little load inside, and anything over

70MPH and the big, flat radiator buffeting

against the wind is kind of scary! But we

enjoy cruising at 65 or 70, so no big deal.

One morning I came out to the garage

and there was a small puddle at the inside

of the right rear tire. The car had sat for

many years, so I figured the brake wheel

cylinder was leaking. But after pulling off

the tire and brake drum I discovered that

the axle seal was leaking. I was lucky and

caught it early. I put in two new rear axle

seals, but when I pulled the sight plug to

check the gear fluid level I was shocked

to find a chocolate milk-like substance

pouring out of it! Sometime in the cars

life water flooded the rear end and filled it

with water! Geeeesh! Wish I had known

that earlier! An afternoon of pulling out

the axles

and third

member,

cleaned

things up

and put

it all back

together

with fresh

gear lube.

How much

it hurt the

rear end

remains to

be seen, but

at least we

found it with only a couple hundred miles

on the car.

So if you’re attending a Northern

California show, keep your eye open for

BOB and stop to say “HI.” Three shows we

know we’ll be at are; 1)August 23rd, 24th,

& 25th - Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Good-

guys West Coast Nationals - Pleasanton 2)

Sept. 21st - Saturday - Billetproof - An-

tioch, and 3) October 20th - Sunday - A &

W Rootbeer End of Season Show - Lodi,

CA!

EDITOR’S NOTES