[AT] Pacer back online

[Paul L Waugh]

The Pacer is holding its age better than the operator :)

Paul


On 4/10/2017 3:00 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 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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