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    I love the sound of this exhaust...

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    33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/

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    Is that yours.... taken the star theme to the max!! hahahaha

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    Was actually approached a few weeks back by the VP of Creative Services for our local CBS affiliate. Asked if I would be interested in letting them use the car for some promotional shots. Told him yes, exchanged contacts, talked a bit more and really didn't think too much more about it, as the things tend to not work out. Well, last week he emailed me and said he wanted to shoot Monday. We both thought Monday was a bit aggressive, so we pushed it out to today. I'm not sure what all they are going to shoot, but I did have them sign a Hold Harmless and a Vehicle User Agreement - just in case. I think they are going to do some drone shots and then some close up of the dash, so they can superimpose their logo on it. I will keep you guys updated! Take care & stay safe!
    33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/

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    Here are just a few stills from the shoot yesterday...

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    33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/

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    Without kissing your *** too much, Jamie, you’re one of the best enthusiasts I’ve ever come across. Every post you’ve ever written has been positive and you’re definitely a true hot rodder at heart. Hats off to you buddy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sethmark View Post
    Without kissing your *** too much, Jamie, you’re one of the best enthusiasts I’ve ever come across. Every post you’ve ever written has been positive and you’re definitely a true hot rodder at heart. Hats off to you buddy.
    I appreciate your comment - and the check is in the mail! Don't let cautious optimism fool you. My Brother use to tell me, "I went in with no expectations and came out thoroughly impressed"!

    Thanks!
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    Fair enough. You just seem to have so much fun with the car. You’re not afraid of it, you’re not afraid of admitting what worked and what didn’t work, and you truly love everybody’s reaction to it.
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    Nice little show last night at a local Hooter's. Was fortunate enough to walk away with 1st Place, "Unique" Class ...oh well!


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    One thing I will mention, that I have encountered at least twice now, if you are going to show your car with the hood up, PLEASE come up with some kind of lock to keep the wind from blowing the hood open. Not only can this damage your car, but if it were to blow off, it could damage many more or even hurt someone. I am working on a way to secure mine now, but usually just lower it, if I am able to catch it in time.
    33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/

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    Congrats on the trophy, as stated ion my Facebook post to you, you better get a shelf started!!

    As to the hood prop, I am looking at this too as I am perplexed in keeping it attached in the engine bay. My thoughts right now is to mount the bracket and then I would unclip it when not needed. On the other end I am seriously thinking of adding a suction cup, like from a kids toy arrow (about the same diameter), that would adhere to the underside of the hood but is easily removable. Simple and clean and should be enough to hold it in place in a gust. At the end of the day I would pop it off the hood side and unclip it from the ball end. Again, just thinking out loud trying to keep it simple and inexpensive.
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    I agree as well with the "simple and inexpensive". I was thinking of maybe pinning the front hinge brackets to just lock them in place. Others have suggested safety chains or a lanyard.
    33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/

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    Leave it in the garage? Hoods are silly......
    33 Hot Rod #1133. LS/TKO600
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    Quote Originally Posted by sethmark View Post
    Leave it in the garage? Hoods are silly......
    I totally agree. Why cover up and overheat all that, shiny, well engineered horsepower. lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by sethmark View Post
    Leave it in the garage? Hoods are silly......
    I would tend to agree...until you're driving in the Roadster with the Hood off and the Upper Radiator Hose pops off! Just saying.
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    Just rolled past 4000 miles today!

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    Wow. Holy moly. I’m at barely 2000. That’s awesome.
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    I try to run it about 10 miles each day, just down the road and back (weather permitting). I drive it to work at least once a week and then on the weekend I am usually good for about 150+ miles.
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    I have too many cars.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by JOP33 View Post
    I try to run it about 10 miles each day, just down the road and back (weather permitting). I drive it to work at least once a week and then on the weekend I am usually good for about 150+ miles.
    Thats awesome! Get it out and enjoy it! With working-from-home and two young children (and living in a VERY small town), I'm lucky to put 10 miles a week on my daily driver!
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    Hot Rodder's should always have a good relationship with their local Fire & Rescue...

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    Getting ready to put the Hardtop back on this weekend. I must admit, riding around in the car as the Roadster is a lot more fun - but it is hot as hell! The car also shows better with the top off, but with many of the shows being postponed or cancelled, not too much of a concern right now. Before it goes back on though, I need to sure up some connections on my AC vents. The hardware to install the Roadster Windshield (and subsequent front of the Hardtop) all lie in that Cowl area in front of the dash. When I was installing the windshield, I knocked off some of my vent connections. Since I hadn't been running air, it was not an issue, but I will take advantage of the Top being off to access that area prior to putting it back on.
    I also had my accelerator pedal come loose this week! Luckily it is splined on as well, so it wasn't as critical as it may sound, but it did have the potential to be worse had it happened actually out on the highway. It's a Lokar Billet pedal, so it's not what FFR supplies with the kit. The pedal is clocked onto a spline and then there is a set screw from the bottom that engages the splines - theoretically locking things in place. The set screw had backed out. My mistake, as I should have placed a second set screw behind it to prevent this from happening - will do this as well.

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    set screw needs some locktite!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by j33ptj View Post
    set screw needs some locktite!!
    Prefer the loctite not get into the Splines on this, so opting for the double set-screw instead.

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    After having the top off for about three months, this weekend I decided to put it back on for a while. First, I want to see how well the AC actually cools (more on this in a minute), secondly, this would actually be the first time I had installed the hardtop & I was interested in seeing about how long it takes. To be honest, I think it could have been done in less than two hours...it took me four, but I worked alone (for the most part - my wife jumped in to help with alignment when the time came) and it was the first time. I had been using the overhead crane to store it, so I just drove the car underneath it, centered as best I could, then just slowly lowered the hardtop down. Once I had it relatively close to the car itself, I placed some "swim noodles" under the hardtop just to gap it enough while we aligned it. Once aligned, it just drop in. There are (5) bolts in the back & (5) nuts that go in the cowl area. The biggest challenge with removing/installing it is accessing the nuts that install on the studs in the cowl area. I have several wires and ALL of my AC ducting running through this are...both with removing and re-installing I have knocked vents off. Once I had the top secured down, I took it out on the road just to make sure it wasn't going to blow off (I guess as if I would just grab it as it was lifting off - if it were to). All secure and no lift off, however the AC was not blowing cold. After I got home, I came to the conclusion that the compressor is not turning on, so I will try to look into it this week...as driving with the top off in 105° heat is warm to say the least, but driving with the top on and only the windows down and no AC in 105° heat is pretty sweltering! One of the other challenges that I will be researching this week, is that for some reason the Driver's Side door pop is not popping. It is getting the signal from the control unit, but not actuating the solenoid. When the windows are up and the top is own is not the time to have issues with the door opening, luckily the passenger is working as it should...

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    On Friday evening I had the opportunity to stop in at local, weekly, cruise night in Grapevine, TX. This was just a small group < 15 cars and about 20 people. This was my second time visiting and it is just a really relaxing atmosphere...everyone parks their car and then just BS's for the next three hours while some of the locals coming out of the restaurants stop by and look. The green car you see in the picture below is actually one of the last Hot Rods that Aaron Kaufman (Gas Monkey Garage) built before going off on his own...

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    While I was at Cruise Night, someone asked if I was going to be the Cars & Coffee the next morning in the next city over. I honestly hadn't heard about it as information on any formal shows or cruises has been pretty limited and very last minute as of late. I can't stand the smell or taste of coffee, but I would put up with the smell to see some nice cars, so I decided to head out there Saturday morning and boy was I surprised! I have been to a few Cars & Coffee and typically there are 20 - 30 cars that show up. I hadn't been to this one though, held in Southlake, Tx...there were 200 - 250 cars that showed up! It's sponsored by the local Lions Club and you do have to pay $10 to drive your car in, but man there were some amazing vehicles there! In some cases it just look like a Mustang, Corvette, McLaren dealership. Lot of great people and outstanding cars though...

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    Just a bit of an update with regards to my AC issue...the compressor is not locked up, the coil works and the clutch engages with a jumpered 12v, the AC controls are turning on the blower motor. I still need to chase back the 12v lead from controller to relay to trinary to find out either what is loose or not working that is causing the loss of 12v to the compressor, but that will likely have to wait until Sunday. I have a show about an hour a way tomorrow evening, so it will just have to be a warm drive!

    I believe the issue I was having on the Door Pop was more about signal. The antennae for the unit is up in the cowl area (along with everything else), so as I was trouble-shooting the AC issue I noticed that the wired antennae for the Door Pop transmitter had fallen well below some other wires. I brought it back up to the top of the car and secured it a bit better. Hopefully this will take care of that challenge as all other connections looked secure and operable.

    On a similar but different note, I have the Speedhut Legends 6 in 1 GPS Gauge Cluster that FFR offers as an upgrade. I have noticed over the last few weeks that as I leave my house it shows to be "acquiring a signal" for a couple of miles either direction and then the Speedometer finally kicks in and all is good. Does this almost at the same spot every time. Don't really know what might have changed with regards to the area or possibly satellite location, but while I was in the cowl area I also had noticed that antennae had also shifted, so I repositioned it as well and will see on the next drive out if it made any difference.
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    If your low on R134a the compressor won’t kick in.
    If your not low and you jump 12v to the clutch (engine running) do you get cold air from the vents? One of the lines at the compressor will be cold.

    I enjoyed watching the shows Aaron K did after he left Gas Monkey Garage.
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    Just received copy of CBS 11 Promotional Video...

    Should begin airing this weekend locally.

    https://youtu.be/EpDvIJSKVUo
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    THAT IS REALLY A GREAT TRIBUTE TO YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS YOU HAVE MADE TO INTRODUCE COWBOY FANS TO HOT RODDING

    Don

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    Very cool!

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    That’s awesome. Congratulations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JOP33 View Post
    Just received copy of CBS 11 Promotional Video...

    Should begin airing this weekend locally.

    https://youtu.be/EpDvIJSKVUo
    Almost makes me a fan

    LOL

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    Awesome!
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    Since I had put the hardtop back on, I was looking for a way to store the Roadster Windshield & Cap, so I found a few hangers around the shop and came up with this as a solution. I will likely cover with a sheet as well for long-term storage, however I have yet to trace down my power loss to the AC, so my plan is to remove the Hardtop again this week. I have a show Sunday, but it also makes working inside the car a little easier...

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    I had gone to a show about an hour away this weekend...When I got there it was about 107° and hot, to say the least. Out of nowhere, by the time I was leaving, storms came in! Luckily I did have the top on at least, I had not installed the windshield wiper though. Honestly, I think because the windshield is so vertical, I really had no issues seeing out of the window without the wipers and it was coming down pretty hard. The majority of the issues were created by other traffic throwing water up. All in all made it home safe though, hopefully that doesn't happen too often...it definitely proves the car is water-resistant but not water-proof!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JOP33 View Post
    Just received copy of CBS 11 Promotional Video...

    Should begin airing this weekend locally.

    https://youtu.be/EpDvIJSKVUo
    That is really cool! Congrats, man!

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    Thanks to all for the great comments and support on the Promo...it was a lot of fun! Hard to believe that 4 hours of camera work in the 100° heat yielded about 3 seconds of video! A friend at work said the car is a celebrity now...to which I said, yeah it's all good and fine until the Cowboys do something stupid and then you find yourself driving down the road with bottles being hurled at you...hopefully it never comes to that...(and if it truly were a celebrity - it would offer a political opinion ).

    Just a couple noteables about the shoot...Bill Jones, the gentleman driving the car, is probably 6'2", he remained in the car for the entire shoot - he did get out to stretch his legs for five minutes at the two hour mark and told me his legs were numb! It is my understanding, that the drone they used for the follow shots can be "locked in" on a specific feature (in this case the license plate of the car) and then told to just follow at a certain distance. However, the drone could only travel at about 20 mph, so they had to slow the car down to that speed for it to keep up and then we had a follow car behind to gate traffic a bit. Keith Russell, the passenger in the car, who is now Bill's colleague and a Sports Anchor as well locally, was the Sports Anchor in Philadelphia for a period time prior to coming to Dallas. Luckily, they used my suggestion of location for the shots - which was just less than a mile away from my house.

    So, many people have asked me, what my intent was with building a Cowboy themed Hot Rod...the first thing I point out (while completely understanding that there is no denying the connection) is that there is absolutely nothing on the car that says or states Cowboys, even the floating star is skewed & halved. When I am out, I never represent the car as a "Cowboys Car" - I leave that to the spectators. Secondly, I am just a kid at heart and huge fan that let that guide a vision for a Hot Rod. There was no intent of promotional aspirations in my mind when I built the car, but I do enjoy driving the hell out of it and yes it tends to get noticed. Some of the feedback I get is good and some, not so much, but it is all a whole lot of fun! I also get asked several variations of the following..."Are you with the Cowboys", "Does Jerry Jones sign your check", "Has Jerry Jones seen this car", "Nice car, except the paint", "Oh, it does have the same colors as the Cowboys"...but still my favorite one by far is "Oh, this isn't a Prowler!" As mentioned, it does tend to get noticed, but honestly, I don't think anymore than another '33 might and no, I don't place signs on the car while I am driving down the street stating that I am for hire and will gladly do kids birthday parties! Hey, but these are tough times, give me a call - we can talk!!!!!

    Ya'll take care & stay safe...and thanks again!

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    Now you need to make a Greenbay Packers themed 33 Hot Rod.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 33fromSD View Post
    Now you need to make a Greenbay Packers themed 33 Hot Rod.
    I am going to leave that project for someone much more dedicated to the cause, but I would love to see one!

    Thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by jop33 View Post
    i am going to leave that project for someone much more dedicated to the cause, but i would love to see one!

    Thanks
    lol

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    As previously mentioned, I was planning on taking the hardtop off again as I need to trace down an AC issue I am having and having the top off just makes accessibility into the passenger compartment and dash much easier. I decided to make a short video of the process as well. I position the vehicle under the hoist I have, remove the Cowl Access Panels, remove the nuts on the front (5) studs, then the (5) bolts in the rear, lift off the hardtop, replace the vinyl Rear Cap and then install the Roadster Windshield. I left the access panels off so I can get to the vents on the AC. Thought it might be helpful to someone...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Z_...7eqPuYhrofsWKM
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    Rolled past 5k today! “Vehicles with round tires are meant to drive, pull one off the trailer today!” ...

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    How do you like the Dakota Digital FFR gauge cluster? I ordered this for my kit so just curious.

    Interestingly enough Dakota Digital builds these clusters in my home town (Sioux Falls, SD).

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