[Amps] 3CX800 filament voltage

[Carl]

Colin youre as nutty as I am!

Many moons ago I had a 55 T Bird with a 389 Pontiac and tripower 
shoehorned in. The hood had a cutout for the carbs to clear.

One nice summer Sunday I was tooling around about 25 miles from home 
when the carb linkage broke.

Rummaging around in the glove box and trunk came up empty. Out comes the 
pocket knife and I lop off a length of wire for the tailights. Tied that 
to the center carb and ran the wire over the windshield top (It was in 
roadster mode). The only discomfort was that I had to use my right hand 
to play throttleman as well as shift the Muncie 4 speed.

Got some real weird looks including some cops that drove by and 
continued on their way.

Stalled a few times due to the fairly radical cam and got home OK.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin Lamb" <k7fm at teleport.com>
To: "Bob Maser" <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] 3CX800 filament voltage


> "Stacking transformer in an Alpha amp???? That's really tacky."
>
> Wait a minute.  Have you seen the finished unit?  Prior to do doing my 
> conversion, I saw a converted Alpha that had the filament transformer 
> bolted onto the back.  Now, that was tacky.
>
> The transformers I used were beautifully made, but surplus.  I 
> fabricated all the brackets needed with my shear and brake and the 
> whole assembly looks quite nice.  I doubt if my amp would be graded 
> down on points with another amp using a specially made transformer.
>
> And, I figure if my body does not have OEM parts, there is no good 
> reason for my amp to be so limited.  Sometimes making do with what is 
> available is half the fun.  I still remember driving home in a 
> snowstorm in my van that had a leaky carb float.  There were no repair 
> parts so I ran a gas line into the passenger compartment with a valve, 
> gave it to my wife and told her when to turn it on and off.  My wife 
> still laughs about it 25 years later.  You would really be surprised 
> knowing what I had to do on the high seas to keep the sailboat going.
>
> 73,  Colin  K7FM
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