Herbold Racing!

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

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Entries from May 2008

Be Gone, O Grey One! Part Trois.

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Now everything front-grille-related is back on the car. Here is a picture of it. I think it looks great.

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More Summit Racing Parts

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

While Jerad and I worked on the car last Saturday, we came up with a list of more parts we need to finish getting the car race-ready.  Then on Sunday I ordered those parts.  Here is a list of the parts I ordered:
Generic Tire Covers (for the trailer) (MDS-AO-9004)
RCI Transmission Blanket (RCI-7808A)
RCI Blue Driving Jacket [...]

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Be Gone, O Gray One! Part Deux.

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I added on the second coat of flat black this morning. I need to head out to work in a few minutes but I thought I’d put it on the car to see how it looks. Wow. What a difference. I’m loving it. I’ve included a picture of the old grille on front of the [...]

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Be Gone, O Gray One!

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Every body part on the car is a beautiful lime green, flat black, or chrome. Every single piece. Every frickin’ piece except one… the front grille. The front grille, for whatever reasons the powers-that-be decided, is drab gray. It looks out of place and not very stylish.
Well, I took care of [...]

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Video of Day 1

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I made a little video of the work we did on Saturday.

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Big Day Yesterday

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday was a big day for me, so this is going to be quite a long post! To start the day off I went over to Deer Valley Trailer to pick up the trailer. They were going to put on the winch, and spare tire and mount for me. I paid for the [...]

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