Charlie69 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Hey Mike, quit looking at "My ol' lady's risen sun" & "Posttits" and you wont be having to haul wood!!:lol::lol::lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted September 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Luckily my shifter is on the column or I might get confused! :) 1 Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Mike are the G-engine motor mounts in the same place as the r16? Meaning not close to the E1(And thus the J and the C also aren't the same as the r16)? I guess I am wondering if the only the C, E,and J share motor mount locations with each other? Man I love visiting this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The G15 and R16 mounts are in the same location.....for the most part, the blocks are interchangeable. I don't know off hand, how the mount position on those engines compares to the E/J/C positions. I hope my engines survive....the swap won't be happening this winter......maybe next? 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Geez! What a pain to find my own threads now! Probably half of the ones I've started don't shop up under my content in my profile anymore! What's up with that?!!! Real PITA! :) Anyway...... Took my buddy Dave and the NL for a bit of a drive today. From my house, to Dave's, to Antique Powerland in Brooks, OR, then up to McMinnville(air museum), then Newberg(yello620's), then home....about 150.....148 to be exact! We had a blast. Even when the throttle cable snapped! We only had about 2/3 throttle for the last 1/3rd of the trip. Went fine on the flat...didn't care for the hills much :) We even met a couple of new dato guys when we finished with lunch at 5 guys. They should show up to BL. Here's some of the pics from the day. There's more in the PB folder....I just didn't want to pollute my build thread with all of them. :) http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k162/mklotz70/Misc%20pics2/Powerland%20Trip/ What an awesome day!!!! Got an awesome steering wheel from yello!! Thanks!!! More on that shortly! :) Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 We used to be able to post 30 pics at a time....now only 10?? WTF??? Whatever that last tweak was to the site....I don't like it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Ooooo an FC, love those things...and 5 guys :w00t: 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 That FC would make a cool hauler for the NL!!! It was a major rust project!! 1 Quote Link to comment
watsonius Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Hey Mike- good to see you are back. Might be by sometime to see your projects- watsonius 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Sounds good Brian! I'm looking to get busy. Gotta lot of stuff planned for a lot of projects :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Great pictures Mike. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 I may post one or two more things, but for the most part, it has come to an end :) ....the NL now belongs to another. 1 Quote Link to comment
Javin Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 What?!:blink::bye: 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Yep :) Even Paula didn't believe it! 1 Quote Link to comment
Javin Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 I told my GF you sold it. She just didnt understand. In my mind I think you sold it because you ran out of problems with it. You were no longer fabricating stuff every other day. Amazing work Mike and I am sure the new owner is going to be happy with "mikes NL" 2 Quote Link to comment
Bob3 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 HOLY SHIRT . . . :confused: I'm floored . . . It's like the end of an era! Mike, you have been my hero since I joined Ratsun. I'm sorry to see the NL go. I hope you chose the new owner carefully! I will be watching. If there is ONE screw up the NL is mine, but I'm sure he read that in the contract! 1 Quote Link to comment
burrito213 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 without your nl, mine would be a flower pot... And don't worry, I have plenty of problems and questions with my build so hopefully I can grab more insight and help from you for my nl. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Mike I found it hard to believe at first when you told me as well. I do understand how you are and what interests you, so it's not totally unbelievable. It's always fun to watch you get another one running. Can't wait to see your next projects. "there just a canvas" 2 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 You pretty much hit the nail on the head!!!! I was done with nearly everything I wanted to figure out on it. I've got plenty of other rigs to do upholstery on, so doing it to this one wasn't critical. Rear discs were the other thing...which I can do on Mend. So, it basically became a really cool driver....one I had to wash, check the oil on, do service and repair work to......all the boring stuff. I'll miss taking it to shows, but it was time. If it had stayed with me, it would have deteriorated even more...the new owner is already trying to decide on paint :) 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 (edited) Since this is the build thread, I thought I put a link to the carb swap that just got completed today. I probably should have put it in this thread, but I didn't....not sure why :) http://community.ratsun.net/topic/23024-e1-carb-swap/ edit......the links never seem to work with the "community" in them.....if you remove that, it should work... Edited March 6, 2021 by mklotz70 fix link 1 Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Sad day to see it go, but i am sure we have not seen the end of the. So is the new owner a member here? 1 Quote Link to comment
808DA6 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 The book of mKlotz is extensive and constantly under construction. The NL is just a completed chapter. :) Thats not to say that I won't miss the NL. Shows won't be he same w/o it. Hope the new owner lets us have a glimpse every now and again. -B 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 LOL!!! I didn't realize there was another page already....my response about "hitting the nail on the head" was in regards to Javin's post. Like Icehouse said....and I've always said, they're just the canvas, or "excuse" to build stuff. I had no desire to do the paint/bodywork on the NL and the new owner does....the the NL definitely upgraded owners at this point. Thanks for all the kind words!! Owning the NL certainly put me in a unique position. The rig garnered tons of attention because it was so rare and unique....but not so much because of anything I had done. I still have a lot of ideas for Mend, which I'm hoping, will stand out more because of what I do to it than because of what it is. Does that make any sense? :) Anyway.... The new owner lives in Vancouver. I drove over there, we went to Camas, then back to my place in Gresham....the rig really does run nice out on the highway. He goes by wayno on here. http://community.ratsun.net/user/5657-wayno/ He's doing the extended 521. I've learned some major life lessons lately about myself, which made it a lot easier to let go of the NL. 6mo ago...even a month ago...I would have sold it for the wrong reasons. It drove away today for all the right reasons.....but that doesn't mean there won't be times I miss the hell out of it!! :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Thats not to say that I won't miss the NL. Shows won't be he same w/o it. Hope the new owner lets us have a glimpse every now and again. ditto 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 The book of mKlotz is extensive and constantly under construction. The NL is just a completed chapter. :) Thats not to say that I won't miss the NL. Shows won't be he same w/o it. Hope the new owner lets us have a glimpse every now and again. -B Part of the plan is that by me having less projects, I can do more of the kind of thing I've done for you on your rig :) 1 Quote Link to comment
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