Herbold Racing!

The chronicle of my adventures with a 1973 Plymouth Duster 340 drag car.

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Entries from January 2008

What Heads Art Thou?

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

"a-bods" over at the Allpar.com forums asked me to take pictures of the letter that appears between the spark plugs just to see what heads they are. Looks like a "J" to me.

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Trailer Hunting

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

After watching my kids’ soccer game this morning, my wife and I went trailer hunting.  Well… I went trailer hunting while she tagged along and pretended to be genuinely interested in my new hobby.  The first lot we hit was Mr. Trailer Sales and we asked for another quote from them – this time for [...]

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Forget the Tiny Trailer

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I got a call from an uncle of mine who lives very close to me, whose house is on a one acre lot not regulated by a homeowners association.  He gave me some very good news, indeed!  Basically he said, since I am the bestest nephew in the whole wide world, that he will let me store a [...]

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More Books Shipped

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I got an email from Amazon saying they shipped the engine and tranny books.  I sure am looking forward to them!

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More Trailer Searching and Loper’s Performance Center

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I got up very early in the morning, well… earlier than when I normally get up, so I could go to the DMV to transfer the vehicle title to my name. When I got there, I learned two things… one, because it is an out of state vehicle, I have to bring the car in [...]

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The Search For a Trailer Begins

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I drove to a few racing shops today and they were all closed! Saturday and Sundays are race days at the track so you’d think that those shops would be open on those days. However, the day did not go to waste… I spotted a sign for www.MrTrailerSalesAz.com near my house so I will go [...]

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