Month: June, 2011

Home for the weekend!

Ok…so I will probably get sued for having the music jamming in the background on this video, but…it was just too fun to be listening to ZZ Top while cruising through town last week, on the way to Batesville.

It’s funny…I share most of my pic’s on Facebook before I have a chance to post them on StreetRodder.Net.

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Approaching Calico Rock, AR. I really wish the pictures would have showed how awesome it looks in real life!

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A little closer to Calico Rock. The White River runs between the first tree line and the bluff. It’s very cool.

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Stopped in Flippin, AR, to pop in on one of my customers, and had to take this picture.

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And this one…

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Just south of the 76 Country Music Boulevard exit in Branson, MO.

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Two pictures just north of Walnut Shade, MO.

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Just south of the Highway 14 exit, at Ozark, MO. Hope I don’t get a ticket in the mail!

So…before I ran off to Batesville, for some more customer visits, I had left the ’37 at the house with cooling fans that didn’t work. Tuesday evening, I had ordered a fan switch from Summit, and it arrived today, while I was working. After work and before supper, I had drained down the coolant, pulled the old switch and installed the new one. Warmed the car up, by taking it for a cruise around the neighborhood, and sure enough…the fans were kicking on and off like they were supposed to.

Tomorrow, I will call Greg and see if we can figure out the dang computer “open circuit” issue, and then it will be on to moving to the electric brake switch!

Back to Batesville, but this time, in the ’40!


A little video from the road, just north of Marshall, AR.

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I had a great opportunity for a couple of projects to work on with the hospital down here in Batesville, so I got to do another road trip! Since I did 800 miles in the ’37 last week, I had already decided that this week, the ’40 was the ride of choice! Besides…I had ordered a fan switch for the ’37, and it hasn’t come in yet. Also…it wasn’t until I was part of the way down here, when I thought that I could have just bypassed the thermal switch, and just used a manual toggle switch!!!

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I had meetings in Ozark and in Branson, before heading down here to Batesville, so it wound up being another nice “evening” ride. When I got to Mountain View, I cruised the lot of my new buddies, Jim and Brad Broyles, but they weren’t around, so I power parked and snapped a pic!

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I hit Batesville during the “magic hour” for photos, so I made a quick run south to Mark Martin Ford for a couple quick pics, before meeting up with one of my customers for dinner.

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The ’40 ran great and rode like a dream! Gotta admit…parallel leaves and my high geared rear end make highway miles in the ’40 a real pleasure. Man, do I like that hot rod!!!

Remember, the FUN is in the RUN!!!

Bret Chrismer
Bret@streetrodder.net