[Hallicrafters] caps

[Carl]

Back in the late 50's early 60's there was a Bug with a transverse 
mounted Olds V-8 mounted in place of the rear seat. It was a direct 
drive via chain and sprockets to some modified rear end.

It was the terror of Milwaukee and I saw it on the streets a few times 
when I was at USN ET School.

In 66 I dropped a Corvair motor and transaxle in a Bug, it won a lot of 
money street racing.

Ive done many other strange conversions, not all successful! A 283 Chevy 
in a Bug Eye Sprite was one well remembered failure. Upon launching from 
a stoplight the first day on the road the right front wheel did not 
return to the ground. That engine wound up in a A-H 3000 were it 
performed quite well.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rrkrr" <rrkrr at comcast.net>
To: "Paul Kraemer" <elespe at lisco.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] caps


> There's a smart guy in California who figured out how to put a jet
> engine in a Volkswagen Beetle and drive it on the street:
>
> http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/street-legal-jet-powered-vw-beetle
>
> In fact, there is quite a variety of creative work done on old VWs, to
> turn them into everything from the most accurate original to the 
> wildest
> custom invention:
>
> http://www.hotvws.com/issue_preview.html
>
> I applaud all these people for their art, science and creativity 
> applied
> in their leisure time.
>
> I myself have a 1966 Karmann Ghia convertible in my basement, 
> something
> I have wanted since my father took me to a VW dealer as a small child 
> in
> 1961.  At 6'5" tall, I had to move the front seat mounts back a few
> inches in order to fit inside to drive it.  It has non-original 
> paint -
> as do most restored automobiles.  Is this a crime?
>
> Bob
> K4ERR
>
>
> Paul Kraemer wrote:
>> Absolutely
>> Take a fine classic vehicle and drop a big block Chevy into it. No
>> difference
>> Destroy the collectable value
>> It's your property
>> Have no regard for the art of presevation
>> If you want really high performance---buy a rice box
>> Just my sentiments and I expect at least a few others.
>> Paul K0UYA
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <bonddaleena at aol.com>
>> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:00 PM
>> Subject: [Hallicrafters] caps
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Gary, if you just want to 'look' at the radio, leave it alone. If 
>>> you
>>> actually want to 'turn it on and use it', replace ALL the caps. I
>>> have restored many, many boatanchors and that's the 2nd place I 
>>> look,
>>> after checking the tubes. My personal SX-101A 'came alive' after a
>>> recap (as did my 75A-4, etc).
>>> I consider them to be: 'limited life components'. A term used in the
>>> Nuclear Weapons trade, in the Navy.....
>>>
>>>
>>> ron
>>>
>>> N4UE
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