RonnieroadsterSenior Member |
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About Me
- About Ronnieroadster
- Location
- East Coast in CT
- Occupation
- Retired Railroad Signal maintainer
- Interests
- Tradtional Hot Rods Land Speed race cars collecting fllathead Ford speed parts plus much more.
- Biography
- As a kid growing up in the sixties I spent many hours building plastic car models. My passion for Ford Hot Rods was gained from the many hours spent modifying those old plastic kits. In the very early seventies I purchased a 1932 Ford roadster it was actually just a body held on top of the frame with 2 x 4 wood there was no floor or sub rails. At the time I had no idea what a sub rail was. So as time went on I built that roadster teaching myself how to weld and make parts I still have that roadster today.
My wife and I have driven the roadster all over the place including two cross country trips to California we continue doing a lot with our roadster.
Besides a few deuces we also have a Land Speed Race car which we built ourselves. It's a Rear Engine Modified Roadster powered by a flathead V-8. At Speedweek on the Salt Flats in 2016 I set the gas blown flathead record at 192.448 MPH In 2017 with Ardun heads we have the record at 225.003. we machine and build the engines in hou
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Signature
- I use the F word a lot no not that word these words Flathead, Focus and Finish
"Life Member of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club using a Ford Flathead block
First Ford Flathead bodied roadster to run 200 MPH Record July 13, 2018 LTA timing association 200.921
First Ford flathead roadster to run 200 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats setting the record August 7th 2021 at 205.744 MPH reset the record in 2024 to 211.830 running to mile four. Top speed 2024 mile five 220.672 exit speed 221.587
- I use the F word a lot no not that word these words Flathead, Focus and Finish