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This photo gives you a general overview of the site of the rally. The spaces were large, well spaced and we had a great view out over Puddingstone Reservoir. There were two FMC coaches on the outside of the ring road and four on the inside of the ring road. Behind and inbetween the two middle coaches was a fire ring so we set up an FMC Fire Box and put our chairs in a circle around it. | This nice coach is owned by Ed Marshall. It is coach #848 and was originally owned by Clint Eastwood. This was Ed's first FMC rally. He is now officially retired and is hoping to make it to the June Mega Rally in Colorado Springs this summer. | With all of the nice grassy areas, the Millers were able to pitch a tent for the teenagers. This allowed Greg, Liza Lee and Greg's mother, Jerryne Miller, to have peace and quiet inside their coach (which is to the right of this picture). | This is a shot of four of the coaches tail ends. FMC tail ends also have character! Left to right the units are 587-Whedon, 708-Miller, 621-Herbert and 059-Ruiz. |
uhoh, what is this? Why it is the usual sight at FMC rallies! Take a piece of cardboard and slide under a coach to look things over. Here Louis Cruse is checking out the shock mounts under Jim Woestman's 617. | (1 Comments) While Lou's coach, #120, was not ready for a significant trip, Lou was able to load up his Suburban with a lot things and bring them to the rally. Lou was able put on a good seminar about several aspects of FMC coaches and engines. The informaion he shared was appreciated by the other attendees. | Here you can see a harmonic balancer, a windage tray, various gaskets, a torque multiplier and other stuff which Lou explained. | On the left is the water pump and housing from a Chrysler 413 and on the right is the housing and water pump from a 440. The 413 head is taller and discharges coolant directly into the water pump housing rather than passing back down into the block like the 440 does. |
Here we have a standard FMC rear shock and two styles of mounts that Lou has designed to help properly align the shocks in a vertical manner. | Lou is a strong poponent of changing your exhaust manifolds to the one you see here. It drops the exhaust gases down and away from the valve covers and the top of the engine. | Now we are going to get to see the big stuff! | Here are two heads. The one on the left is the 440 head that came on FMC engines. The one on the right is the head from a 413. Note that greater hight of the 413 head and the more desirable bolt pattern for the exhaust manifold. 413 heads can be put on a 440 with some additional parts included. That will allow better head cooling and higher compression. |
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