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Picked up a brand new Brave wood splitter last week. It's a 30-ton model. It will split wood in the vertical position as well. Honda engine. Now I don't have to swing the axe anymore. Towed it home with the EcoDiesel.

Yeah it ran good. No real problems. Since it had no compression it got over 20mpg too. Later it suffered from a bad set of points or condenser, or both. But I had the engine rebuilt and a Pertronix kit put in. No problems at all.

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Sept. 21: The weather has finally cooled off here. It will be in the forties tonight. We took the Meadowbrook into town to gas up and then took a cruise out in the country. I opened the valve for the heater about halfway but didn't need the fan at all. Car ran great and it was a fun cruise!

My Meadowbrook engine was burning as much oil as you say yours does. When we took the engine apart 5 of the 6 top rings fell apart in many pieces. Having the engine rebuilt was a blessing. Hope you find the answer.

Welcome! Looking forward to some pics of your car...

Monday Sept. 10: Drove the Meadowbrook to work this morning in the foggy blackness. Had the heater on low the whole way. Stopped at the market on the way home for some groceries. Feels good to be behind the wheel again.

Sept. 8: I told my wife she wouldn’t see another Meadowbrook. I was right, but later on this guy pulled in with a 51 Coronet with the Gyromatic tranny. He only lives 30 minutes from me, and invited me to his semi-weekly gatherings (for old cars). He had just got that 51 running and welded in some floorboards. The plugs looked like they had been in there for 50 years! Yet that old flathead ran.

Sept. 8: This old Dodge was kinda cool. It had a full length snap on leather top! Now that’s a convertible. You can see it rolled up most of the way.

Sept. 8: I thought this 52 Plymouth was nice.

Sept. 8: The woman next to me had a 55 Ford Parklane 2 door wagon her and hubby put together. She was around 70 years old and said they’ve been hot-rodding for 50 years. She did the car’s interior and painted the frame too!

Sept. 8: This was just a sample of the vintage trailers people towed in and used to camp over the weekend. Must’ve been at least 30 parked. Also, figured you guys would like the vintage motorized bike. They had races for those. Plus a lot of people had the little Honda 50cc bikes they cruised the grounds on.

Sept. 8: At Mayhem. Car ran great on the way over, no leaks or problems. Drove about 60mph on the interstate. I think there was around 400 cars that made it.

Sept. 8: Warming up in the driveway. We actually had to use the heater for a bit. On our way to Mississippi Mayhem!

Sept. 7: Well I spent a couple of hours messing around with the fuel line. I had to take the threaded flange off the old line and put it on the new. Easier said than done, but I got it. After making some Frankenstein bends, I got the line situated okay. Just hope nobody looks under my car and asks me what the hell THAT is! LOL Put some gas in the tank from a couple of cans...about 2+ gallons I estimated. The tank was completely empty. Then my son and I drove into town and I filled her up with premium. 12.7 gallons is what I ended up with. So I'm thinking the tank is 15 gal, not 18 like I thought it was. Anyway, no leaks, car ran good, heater works good. Mississippi Mayhem, here we come! Happy to have the car going again. Can't wait to drive it tomorrow. Hope to take a lot of pics for you guys and fill you in on the action. Stay tuned.... http://www.mississippimayhem.com/

Sept. 6: I was gonna head into town for a test drive and some gas. I ran out of fuel while idling in the driveway. It was a good thing. I tackled that leaky fuel line without having to drain anything from the tank. I’ll put on a new piece of line tomorrow (coming out of the tank) and be ready for Mississippi Mayhem this Saturday.

I have 8,000+ miles on my Pertronix system; not one problem. 51 Meadowbrook

She is okay. We switched her to some soft canned food; she’s her spunky old self, has a good appetite, and hasn’t vomited for quite a while now. Thanks for asking ?

You are right, it all adds up. If it’s just little bit at a time pretty soon you have enough for the winter. I’m thinking about getting a wood splitter. Last two years I split everything by hand. It’s just too hard on my elbow and right hip to do that. Not sure I want to put up with that pain anymore.

My truck doesn’t have a trailer brake controller. However, I am very cautious and took it slow to get the feel of it. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated!

September 1 wood haul: You can see here that my truck is weighted down pretty good.

September 1 wood haul: The amount of wood is deceiving. Don’t look like much here but believe me it was.

Sept. 1: I’m behind on wood this year, so I need to get busy. We have a wood boiler, and love to keep our house at 75 degrees during the winter months. Anyway, I put the Ecodiesel to work today hauling wood. I don’t have a trailer, so a friend let me borrow his. It’s a 16 footer, tandem axle. It’s quite heavy on its own. He had some logs on his property that we cut up together and loaded. Used 4wd getting out of his steep hayfield with the loaded trailer. I’m happy to say the Ecodiesel pulled the load (we estimated two 8 foot pickup boxes of wet wood loaded) with no problem. It’s 40 miles between his place and mine, and half that is winding hills that put my truck to the test. I lugged up hills no problem at 2k rpm (max torque range) and the truck shifted at about 3,200 rpm between the first 3 gears from a dead stop (3,200 is the rpm for max hp-about 240). I don’t believe I ever went over about 2/3 pedal. I averaged about 16mpg loaded and 18.5 unloaded. 26.5 with no trailer after I took it back and dropped it off. It was fun; I’ve never pulled a trailer before of any kind. Also, it felt good to get a start on this wood and stack it all in the shed.