[AT] Pacer back online

[Paul L Waugh]

very true for me, Phil

Paul


On 4/10/2017 4:16 PM, Phil Auten wrote:
> Not just the operator, Paul. I suspect it's holding it's age better than
> most of us. :o(
>
> Phil in TX
>
>> 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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