A few pictures from today's ride delivering Thunder Roads Magazines with SharonH and BobF
... photograph by BobF
Gas at Chevron at 50&Enterprise, across the causeway...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by BobF
... photograph by Russell Holder
- off the freeway- Chiles road - Mace Blvd - Tremont...
...that shudda been Tremont - Sikes or Runge - Hackman - Rodban Road...
... photograph by Russell Holder
- Rodban Road - Vaughn Road - 1st Street in DIxon...
... that shudda been - Rodban Road - Dixon Ave E - - 1st Street in DIxon
... stop in to visit Mike Doyle...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
one of his new projects is an ALL ORIGINAL (in a barn for last 30 years) 1923 Buick...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... the big chrome canister is a float bowl for the push water which is sucked from...
... the gas tank by engine vacume and fed to the up-draft carburetor (which is behind it)...
... (which is mounted on the bottom of the intake manifold which you see aiming down to it)...
... also note the two pipes off of the exhause header which, when the engine is cold,...
... provides heat to the air intake...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... oil can - use to lubricate the rocker arms (which have little pieces of felt to absorb...
... oil to make it last longer)...
... drive off the front of the engine spins the water pump, and, to the distributor, ...
... and, the COMBINATION STARTER/GENERATOR - don't know why this idea did not take off...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... temperature guage in radiator cap can be read from behind the windshield...
... no front bumper, a $20 accessory which is in the way if you need to hand crank to start...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... other projects... last month the brake lights on the fire truck were not working - are now...
... Pierce Arrow still a work in progress, 57 chevy picked up while at the April Mecum auction...
... in Houston (where Mikes entire collection was auctioned off) needs some wireing work...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by BobF
... photograph by BobF
... photograph by BobF
- 1st Street becomes Rio Dixon Road, and, aka, Hwy113...
... photograph by BobF
- Hawkins Road...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
- Vacaville, viz., Vacaville V-Twin to drop off magazines...
and to Ironsteed Harle-Davidson to drop off magazines...
... photograph by BobF
- I-505 - Puta Creek Road - Winters
to DD's Bar no more - now Gary Renold's Creekside Bar to drop off magazines...
... photograph by BobF
... photograph by Russell Holder
- back to I-505 - Hwy 16 - Madison - Esparto - Capay...
to Road Trip Bar & Grill to visit Paula&Jerry and drop off magazines...
... and have a Spare-Tire burger w/pepper-Jack cheeze, fries and onion rings...
... photograph by BobF
... photograph by BobF
... sorry buddy, can't help ya...
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by BobF
... photograph by Russell Holder
- Hwy 16 - Main St Woodland...
to Bachman's Custom Cycles to drop off magazines...
- Main St Woodland Road 22...
to Elkhorn Saloon Country Bar & Grill to visit with Skip and drop off magazines...
... and have a some libation...
- Old River Road back into West Sacramento...
Nice day...
3 riders on 2 motors for 116.8 miles, 233.6 total miles
BobF,RuslH&SharonH
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