turbo V8, ultimate b2200 conversion, "Stranger". Final pics

I'll end up paying for it later I assure you. The cosmos has to be balanced......lol.

Today I gave the air lines to the shockwaves a hair cut.

I put the air ports where the old gas cap used to live. Since the real gas cap will be painted black maybe this might confuse potential gas thieves. And, since I have the lock for the old gas cap door, it also will keep kids from letting air out of the shocks.

haha neighbor kids in my old apartments use to do that to my air shocks. lol. looking good man

Speaking of that, it might be a good idea for me to have one of those little emergency air compressors that plug into the cig lighter.

I used the cheap harbor freight one for a year or two

$20 at autozone wil get you a slime compressor in a little kit with a bottle of slime. It worked great for my air shocks when I had them.

Hell of a day guys, last week.

I went to get Stranger {my twin turbo Ford 363, Mazda pickup} off the trailer where I was doing some body work, and fixing a few things hanging down from the bottom.

Well, I got my wife to make sure I was lined up with the off ramps, then I jumped in the truck, and pulled the emergency brake off.

Well, I started moving, at least I thought I was, tree's and shrubbery were passing by, then I heard my wife screaming. I thought I had ran over her. So I hit the brakes.

I didn't hit her, but I thought it was curious that I was still way off the ground, and moving. I found out WHY I was off the ground, and moving even though I had the brakes held down, it was because the damned TRAILER was MOVING.

Yes, my little truck and I were heading right for Eleanor who was parked in the garage just a bit down from us.

I really don't know what happened next, but for some reason I stopped. I think it was because I let my foot off the brakes, and the truck was still rolling off the trailer, and my rear wheels touched the ground, which made the whole works stopped when I stabbed the brakes for the 100th time.

I was about 6 FT from the garage when this happened, and about three inches from the side garage, for which I went down the entire length of two cars without ever touching it.

My wife was using words that would make Gen. George Patton proud, as was I. I tried to tell her to put some blocks behind the wheels so I could get out.

Then the other thing almost happened. I could see that the unsecured front of the trailer was aimed at the sky like Bob Glidden launching his pro stock Ford Fairlane in Pomona raceway.

I was able to get out of the truck without letting the front wheels of Stranger move from the rear of the trailer. I then grabbed some cinder blocks, and put them under the jack at the front of the trailer, then moved Stranger off the ramps.

Man, I was shacking all over, good thing I still believe in drinking.
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trying to understand what your saying...... so did the wheels of the tow vehicle come off the ground causing it to roll? or did the trailer come disconnected to the tow vehicle?? or were you trying to unload the trailer without it being hooked up??? also what type of vehicle were you using to tow with????

There wasn't any tow vehicle, which was the problem.....lol.

See, I found that you can use a trailer as a good makeshift lift, which is what I was doing.

So I moved Stranger onto the back of the trailer, then disconnected the tow vehicle as its my wife's daily driver.

Usually when I took a vehicle to the track or a car show, the tow vehicle stayed attached to the trailer as it didn't make sense to unhitch it.

This is the first time I can remember that I have put a vehicle on a trailer and just left it.

Lesson learned.......

Was really wondering what your reply would be for this one. Now it makes a little more sense. Still very happy to hear that things turned out as well as they did. And trust me, your not the only one to have done something that was, shall I say - Einstein worthy. One time at a car show I had my purple show truck on a flat bed trailer. Time to unload.... Take off the rear ratchet straps, go to the front and start taking those off (have not set the ramps on the back of the trailer yet). Got to the last strap only to realize the emergency brake was not on (I always put it on when trailering the truck). Well needless to say I was screaming at the top of my lungs for some help as the truck rolled right off the trailer and into the open parking lot. Fortunately the flatbed trailer sat very close to the ground and nothing was damaged.... well, except for maybe that foul smell in my shorts.

sounds pretty scary linn, i once had a near sharting accident that was completely stupid on my part, changed the brakes on the gfs car, started the car up, popped it into reverse (automatic) the car started backwards without me giving any gas...... hit the brakes...... no stop....... hit the brakes again..... no stop still..... drivers door was open and my dads car was a car link behind on the other side of the driveway..... needless to say the door folded completely backwards as i rolled pasted it. took a total of probably 25-30ft of pumping to finally come to a stop. don't know how many times i pumped as i was so shook up the entire time till several mins after i came to a stop. to top it all off my gf just walked past behind the car and my dog was following right behind her. luckily didn't run either of them over. i forgot to pump the brakes back up before putting into reverse. thankfully no one was hurt except for the car door.