Johnny 5 is Dead

Well this is a new one for me. Saturday after the Alvin car show I saw my Fuel gauge jump past the 'Full' and then bounce back to the 3 o'clock position. It weird ed me out. All my other electronics seemed to be working. and the car was running fine. I knew I had plenty of gas to make it home so I had to bypass the HALF groups yearly celebration!
My first thing to check was the fuse. No dice. I had a feeling that wasn't the problem since all the other gauges were working.
So it's got to be a grounding issue. I checked the grounding wire coming out of the fuel sending unit. It looked a little gunky so I I cleaned it with a wire brush and and cleaned the trunk wall where it was attached. Reconnected the battery and ..... No dice.
So maybe a bad connection at the circuit board.  I dropped the steering column and took off the gauges.
Pretty obvious in the picture to what caused the weird signature. Part ordered and I hope it gets here soon. Autorama is next week! I have to have a fuel gauge so the fire warden lets me in.

Novemberfest in Alvin Tx

Went to the Alvin show for the first time. It was a great day weather wise until is started to lightly rain for no reason other than to hurry up the judging. Which had it own drama but I got to walk away with a plaque. About 90 cars so the field of competition was not staggering like Autorama.I will probably skip this next year because they have a scoring system that does not place cars in a particular class. they allowed you to be what class you want to compete in. So typically people were sandbagging. the 69 Camaro next to me which was a complete restomod with not a single original part, huge sound system and a TV monitor on the trunk lid was in the same class as me. The jerk should of been in the custom class.But thats what you get in a small town car show.

 

Kemah Car show

Nice weather to hang out at the Chick-Fila car show in Kemah. The car next to me won 1st place. maybe next year.

Cannonbird Run to Fredricksburg Tx

Met my dad and the rest of the H.A.L.F group in Fredricksburg Tx for 2011 CannonBird Run. Had alot of fun and the car ran great. I added a reproduction lower baffle to get better air flow to keep the car running a little cooler. Ran aroun 205 - 210 F on the highway.

Link to the Photos

May 7 - Took the car to Aeros and Autos at Ellington Field in Houston. But I made sure to Polish the wheels because they needed it badly.









Later that night Nat took the car out -

Oustanding in Class

Pretty cool Thanksgiving Autorama!

Some new pictures at the Wings over Houston show

Our H.A.L.F group was included in this years show at Ellington field. The surprise was when we got to display our birds next to the Thunderbirds.