Drove Clyde to Valley City Sunday for a barbecue chicken dinner at Saint Martins Church on Station road. The Bumps and Grinds Model T club was meeting there as they have for many years. The trip was about 20 miles by the back roads and without the top on Clyde and the sun shining, temperature around 90 degrees, it was a warm trip. Took the GPS to measure the speed of Clyde and got him up to 37 mph on a fairly flat section of road. Didn't want to run at that speed long so backed off to around 25-30 for most of the trip.
Clyde is running at the top of the temperature meter when running at speed but actually cooled down a slight bit when he came to a stop or slowed way down. Not sure what the cause of this is. I had adjusted the timing before taking this trip as it was to retarded, and would not even run unless at least half way advanced. Thought that might make him run cooler since I now could advance the spark more, but actually was running hotter than before I think. Also ran the fuel mixture a little more on the richer side, again hoping for cooler running. I guess next I need to pull the head and look at the water passages and flush the engine and radiator as well as I can.
There was about 20 or so members of the Bumps and Grinds group at the dinner. You got a lot to eat for 10 bucks, leg and thigh, noodles mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans (yuck), coleslaw, pie and a bottle of water. More than enough to fill you up. Had an enjoyable time talking with some of the members, and looking at the many old cars there.
After the trip home, Jan had a good red tan on here legs and neck from the hour drive there and hour drive back. She said no more rides until I get the top on, so I guess that will be my next major T project.
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