[AT] Pacer back online

[Stephen Offiler]

I stole this picture off Dean Vinson's page...

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

> I must correct you.  That was 173HP that day on the dyno
>
> Just between us friends I'll admit that kind of power why I took the
> weights off the rear wheels.  The Pacer kept spinning the tires off the
> rims. (-;
>
> Spencer Yost
>
> > On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 143 HP back in action. Those of us that were there that day at Portland
> > will always remember that cloud of smoke around the dyno as the mighty
> > Pacer amazed the crowd and the guy signaled 1 - 4 - 3...  :-)
> >> On Apr 10, 2017 9:41 AM, "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks! That is the paint job from my restoration in the mid-1990s. It
> is
> >> still actually in very good shape but is very dirty and moldy from
> sitting
> >> in the shed. So the paint doesn't look that great in this picture.  The
> >> side shield is not installed either, as I was tapping on  the starter to
> >> get it started :-)
> >>
> >> Spencer Yost
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Spencer Yost
> >>> On Apr 9, 2017, at 9:57 PM, Paul L Waugh <paul at plwaugh.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> look good. Is that the original paint??
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 4/9/2017 9:00 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> >>>> After languishing in a shed for 5 years(split rear tire I was too
> cheap
> >> to replace till now), the Massey Harris Pacer is back online doing work
> for
> >> the farm.  It needed a starter button(not sure how that went bad just
> >> sitting), a tune-up and carb cleaning, but was otherwise fine even tho
> it
> >> sat for a long time.  But after about an hour the high speed circuit
> >> plugged up a bit and need a touch of choke at high throttle.  So I am
> going
> >> to have to go back into the carb.  I also had forgotten the starter had
> >> developed a flat spot and you need a block of wood to use as a hammer
> >> handy. (-;
> >>>>
> >>>> Otherwise it took care of business today.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope you enjoy the picture.
> >>>>
> >>>> Spencer Yost
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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