No other like it.

[Old Iron]

...41 beautiful cars and trucks and one that was somewhat weird.

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![cl

 

[CORPO]

41 cookie cutter cars... And one that was awesome!

 

[bob w]

We're gonna have to build a big RRR trophy case. Nice going, guy.

 

[earthman]

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![cl

EXACTLY

 

[rapid49]

Normal is overrated !

 

[NickFish]

I just checked the website for pictures. www.copperstate.org
No pictures of anything, just this paragraph.



...41 beautiful cars and trucks and one that was somewhat weird.

Opinions are like @$$holes, everyone's got one and they all stink. This is one of my favorite builds I've seen so far by far.

 

[Old Iron]

Normal is overrated !

Everything we do on this site is normal
It's the rest of the world that's abnormal [ddd

 

[forbigpicture]

As with most things, the weirdest one gets the most attention

 

[willyD]

Be proud that your car was the only one that you couldn't buy from a catalog and pay someone else to bolt together for you! They obviously liked it if they gave you a trophy Great build!

 

[8literbeater]

I have some pictures from the show, on my camera. I'll get them posted soon.

Pictures from the show:
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34289

 

[DJ3100]

What, no apple truck? Earthman stayed home?

 

[8literbeater]

What, no apple truck? Earthman stayed home?

When you build them five at a time like he does, you don't have much time for lollygagging.

 

[8literbeater]

 

[NickFish]

great picture

 

[8literbeater]

A little update. First of all, Earthman and I each got a trophy for our rides at the 2015 Sanderson Ford rat rod show.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153785238092229.1073741858.96973782228&type=3

 

[8literbeater]

Next, I've done some checking on my fuel mileage. The dyno test made me richen the mixture to get peak power. After that, I also started doing a little bit more highway driving. Once to a show, where I drove 75-80 mph for 30 miles, then about 65 on the way home. Then more city driving, etc. It came out to 9.02 mpg, which was an improvement over the 8.5-8.7 that I was getting before.

Next, I managed to drive another 200 miles being very very careful to keep RPMs under 2000, and keep boost under 2 pounds. It was a mix of highway and city driving again.

The result was a 4.4% increase in mileage, to 9.41.

This means I'll be driving however I like from now on.

For some extra thought. LPG supposedly gets 80% of what gas gets. This means I'd be getting about 11.5 on gas. More testing and tweaking to follow.

 

[Dirtyrat]

Even with the more modern modular V8 I'm running on injected propane, I'm only getting 15-17 max on the freeway... Propane is still cheaper than gasoline for me however... 1.59/gal in non heating months... What are you paying a gallon?

 

[8literbeater]

Haha! HA! $1.59? Here's how it goes around here. Where I normally get it, it starts at 3.19, there's a TWO cent discount for alt fuel, so that's 3.17. Then there's an 18 cent discount if you buy over 16 gallons, that makes 2.99, then I get a 20% employee discount , which brings it all the way down to $2.39.
If I go to the propane company about 8 miles away (if I can get there when they're open), they charged $2.10 last time I checked. Gasoline has been around $2 per gallon here lately.

I'm doing 23 cents per mile, you're doing 10.

 

[21willys]

That's kind of discouraging for propane when you brake it down to the cents per mile. With current prices of diesel it cost me about .15 a mile to pull the livestock trailers that I've been delivering.

 

[Dirtyrat]

I'd say look for a place that is not a corporate propane business. When I found this place they are a private owned propane reseller. I'm nervous that when we move I won't be able to get as good of a deal on the fuel, but we will see.