[AT] Pacer back online

[Spencer Yost]

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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