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"Not everyone can be a hero. Somebody has to sit on the curb and wave [at the parade] as the others walk by." Bill Cosby
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SCTA World Finals and since we didn't have a team to crew for, Ted (635) and I met out there and volunteered where we could and put up a display of our own.
First trick was getting there. The #$%^&* new iPhone 'turn by turn' map gave me the option to go diagonally to I-80 so I took that over the 'long way'...
Got to the freeway and the road ended about 50 meters from the freeway and zooming in to the map indicated I was on the 'right' blue line and it turned left in the direction I wanted to go but now I'm looking at a dirt road climbing over a finger of a mountain topping 180' above the freeway...at night...:rof:
Once I got on the freeway with the sun coming up behind me
I had 77 miles to go to meet Ted for breakfast at 8:00 and it was 7:15 so I needed to make up some time...
Ted took a page out of my book and packed a few spares (tools, pmd, starter, more tools, bumper....) with him to ensure a successful trip...but a @#$%^& chassis?
That's from the Monster Truck "Destroyer" piloted by Roger Stidell and Ted's taking it the long way to Texas for engine and shock mount relocation.
Here's a diesel powered rail built by the Mechanical Engineering students at Utah State University (Aggies).
Here's the motor.
Ok, so it isn't a big diesel but it went 72 mph into a head wind!
An elementary school principle and his wife are headed to Los Angeles via the flats and Tahoe in this ugly old thing
That's a 1994 "Python" with a P series motor. They brought the documentation and it's the only V-6 Python out there and I think the only one he did in Purple.
Their plan is to backtrack Rt 66 to Chicago before returning to the land of 'Eh!"
So, we had a great day, lent a hand where we could and entertained others that cared to drop by to include my wife and her mom. Standing about 20 feet from a 270mph capable Ferrari was a real treat for my mother-in-law (she's 88 and used to be a pilot, loves fast cars still). But when he lit the fires and blipped the throttle she jumped back about 10 years. Lots of friendly folks to keep her steady and she had an absolute blast.
We went back this morning for the last couple of hours and then realized that we were pretty burnt out, sun burnt out and the fun meter was pegged so we loaded up and headed out.
Oh yeah, And you guys back east bitch about the salt on the roads...this is after only about 10 minutes of driving out here on the 'lake'
"Not everyone can be a hero. Somebody has to sit on the curb and wave [at the parade] as the others walk by." Bill Cosby
:hello:
SCTA World Finals and since we didn't have a team to crew for, Ted (635) and I met out there and volunteered where we could and put up a display of our own.
First trick was getting there. The #$%^&* new iPhone 'turn by turn' map gave me the option to go diagonally to I-80 so I took that over the 'long way'...
Got to the freeway and the road ended about 50 meters from the freeway and zooming in to the map indicated I was on the 'right' blue line and it turned left in the direction I wanted to go but now I'm looking at a dirt road climbing over a finger of a mountain topping 180' above the freeway...at night...:rof:
Once I got on the freeway with the sun coming up behind me
I had 77 miles to go to meet Ted for breakfast at 8:00 and it was 7:15 so I needed to make up some time...
Ted took a page out of my book and packed a few spares (tools, pmd, starter, more tools, bumper....) with him to ensure a successful trip...but a @#$%^& chassis?
That's from the Monster Truck "Destroyer" piloted by Roger Stidell and Ted's taking it the long way to Texas for engine and shock mount relocation.
Here's a diesel powered rail built by the Mechanical Engineering students at Utah State University (Aggies).
Here's the motor.
Ok, so it isn't a big diesel but it went 72 mph into a head wind!An elementary school principle and his wife are headed to Los Angeles via the flats and Tahoe in this ugly old thing
That's a 1994 "Python" with a P series motor. They brought the documentation and it's the only V-6 Python out there and I think the only one he did in Purple.
Their plan is to backtrack Rt 66 to Chicago before returning to the land of 'Eh!"
So, we had a great day, lent a hand where we could and entertained others that cared to drop by to include my wife and her mom. Standing about 20 feet from a 270mph capable Ferrari was a real treat for my mother-in-law (she's 88 and used to be a pilot, loves fast cars still). But when he lit the fires and blipped the throttle she jumped back about 10 years. Lots of friendly folks to keep her steady and she had an absolute blast.
We went back this morning for the last couple of hours and then realized that we were pretty burnt out, sun burnt out and the fun meter was pegged so we loaded up and headed out.
Oh yeah, And you guys back east bitch about the salt on the roads...this is after only about 10 minutes of driving out here on the 'lake'
