Cool Car Trailer...

[barry2952]

It's done!

I had the recycled rubber floor installed. I painted the floor tracks matt black and reinstalled them on top of the 1/8" rubber. I have black caps for the stainless screws and bolts but I may leave the heads exposed.

The cabinetry at the front of the bay is finished. The devices near the ceiling are the water tank fill port and sight glass. Each side cabinet is about 24" wide, 20" deep and 30" tall. Each cabinet has a shelf.

It's going on Maiden Voyage 2 tomorrow. Same show, same route, same car in the back. The only difference is, I'm not driving. I'll be about a 1/2 hour behind him.

[barry2952]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.



I hired the man that took it to the scale for the trip to the Krasl Concours, in St. Joseph, MI. I thought he told me that his Avalanche was a 3/4-ton. While we hooked it up I asked again he told me it was a half-ton. That made me very nervous. Anxious, in fact.

However, he was confident that the drive across the state of Michigan would be a breeze since it's virtually flat. In fact, he said it was a breeze. He said his gas engined truck never even breathed hard towing a 12,000 lb. load.

He had never towed with a weight-equalizing hitch before. He was amazed at the stability and the noticible feeling of weight transfer to the front wheels. The attitude of the truck changes noticible.

I learned a great lesson about weight equalizing hitches. Too little torsion will allow the porpoising that I experienced just before I crashed. It allowed the trailer to get to an angle where the friction left as the equalizing arm unloaded and it fell out of it's socket. That, coupled with the fact that I loaded the Porsche (rear engined) too close to the rear created a cascade failure that was impossible to overcome.

The conclusion, after it's first long run, is that the aerodynamic shape, coupled with a full belly pan and rock-hard tires (offset by air ride) on precision packaged bearing hubs makes this trailer much easier to tow than the norm. He also loved the brakes. He felt that the trailer's brakes were doing all the work.

I'm relieved that there's nothing wrong with the design of the trailer and I can now go on to the next 2 projects.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by barry2952

I learned a great lesson about weight equalizing hitches. Too little torsion will allow the porpoising ................... I can now go on to the next 2 projects.

It's nice that you know what the problem was after all this time. Not knowing and having only theories would leave me nervous for sure.

What are the other two projects?

[barry2952]

I have two custom Lincolns to do. I pre-inherited "Clara" from a friend that thinks that she's dying and wanted me to have another Continental convertible. It's a custom-made 1969 Mark III convertible. It's real rough and I got it in many parts, but it's all there.



The second Lincoln is a real odd-ball. It's a 1968 Lincoln Continental limousine that's not a stretch, it's a splice. It's one car from the front bumper to the "B" pillar and another whole car spliced to it from the "A" pillar back.

It has two sets of front doors with different VIN tags and the rear doors are suicide style.



Still seeking the last three cars for the Continental Collection.

1933-34 Continental roadster

1953 Cunningham C-3 Continental

1955-58 Bentley S-1 Continental

[barry2952]

The October issue of Hemming's Classic Car features our '56 Mark II convertible.

IF you'll PM your e-mail address I'll send back a much more legible PDF.

[Racerbvd]

Barry, growing up, one of my buddy's dads was into old Mustangs, everyone in the family had one, but the coolest car, a 40 something Lincoln with a V12 and a tree growing between the body & bumper

[Brillo]

It's for sale.

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[Stanley]

Its been for sale for a while. Barry also has a car blog/ writes some articles for online magazines that are awesome about classic cars. I'll try and post some links if i can find them

[porsche4life]

Amazing...


Who's got 125k I can borrow?

[daepp]

Probably OT, but these are the skills that made America great and why we won the (2) great wars!

No - definitely OT, but if you followed the build you would be equally impressed!

IMHO of course!