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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by general gow, Aug 2, 2010.

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  1. general gow
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    just bumping this up while i sip hot chocolate and dream of temps warmer than the 12* outside my window right now. i nearly get tears in my eyes when i think about this trip and i wonder when i can do it again.
     
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  2. daddy_o's_diner
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    ^^^^^ that is what it is all about my friend ^^^^^^^


    You need to take another roadtrip and do the Detroit Autorama in a few weeks.

    Lots of HAMB folks and fun. A sure-fire way to fend off the winter blues.
     
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  3. daddy_o's_diner
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    Oh, by the way, it's about 10 degrees here and I'm running at 101.5 and feeling like ****.

    Looks like I'll be hanging on the HAMB a lot tomorrow as I won't be going in to work.
     
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  4. general gow
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    oh, would that i could. but school has me locked down until may. i might try to make the jalopy showdown again. that would be a good way to welcome in the season. going back to school as an adult has taught me one thing already- sometimes a day job is the easiest thing you could live through. school is tough when you know what you want from it.
     
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  5. Greezy
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    Since when can a trip to Detroit relieve the blahs? ;)
     
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  6. hiboy32
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    damn Mark, threads like this DO work to combat the winter blahs. Heck, I think I will have to fire up the coupe and take it to Hooters tonight!

    Hell of a great trip and story. Thanks for resharing.
     
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  7. Tman
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    Made me smile on a cold winters night!
     
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    It's cold as **** here.
     
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    Nice to see that again. Worth the bump. And hope for summer...
     
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  10. BlockBuster
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    Glad you bumped this Mark; had I known you pulled off this epic trip, I wouldn't have stood around at the Gathering of the Faithful with my finger in my nose and stumbling through small talk...
     
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  11. general gow
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    oh, i got stories...remind me to warn you about this guy in kansas :D.
     
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  12. Jung
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    Absolutely loved this thread. We drove from LA to Miami last year for our honeymoon in a 63 Fury, this brought back many good memories.

    Here's a pic somewhere in Arizona, west of the Hoover Damn. It was HOT!

    [​IMG]
     
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    Ahhh.

    This thread just warms the soul.

    Which is good, because it's about 100* colder outside right now...
     
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  14. Nicks Hot Rod Garage
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    I love that trip!! Had a Great time when our tires crossed in Bonneville!
     
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    When did this happen??:p
     
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    burrrr, it was coolllddd last night.
     

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  17. general gow
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    good for you jeff. you actually took it out. awesome. i am dying to take the 54 out. but the rear main hemorrhages like like a man with his neck cut.
     
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    Well, I do live pretty close. But dang , it was cold! I am sorry to hear that the 54 leaks like that.
     
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  19. general gow
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    well, i just need to do a new seal. maybe over spring break. that and front wheel bearings in the t-bird and i am ready for cruising season.

    and, thank goodness it decided not to leak like that until after we got home!
     
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    Yeh, dropping the pan and swapping a rear main while laying on the side of the road in the desert is no fun!:cool:
     
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  21. mctim64
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    That was a great trip! Will we see you on the salt and at "the Bend" again this year? ;):D
     
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  22. general gow
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    andy- no kidding! that would ****.

    tim- i dont think it's in the cards this year. i'm not working now, and have gone back to being a full time student. so, i gotta save my pennies.

    but, a big new england contingent is tentative for next year. lots of alter boys, etc. in on the plan. so we're kinda planning on that.
     
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    its weird that 3 years later I stumble on this tread...
    your a lucky man. what a trip! the pictures are perfect and the story is one that you can tell over and over again. I enjoyed the hell out of reading all 15 page of it just now. there is nothing like the salt flats, but better yet, the trip there... or so im told anyways.. I still have another year of work to do before my project is ready for the trip of a lifetime like that. I read every ones cross country trips and stories I can, its a hell of a lot of motivation to do what needs done for a trip like that!! great story and thanks for all the great pictures.. it sure paints a great picture
     
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  24. general gow
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    Thanks man. It was an amazing experience. We are going back in 2015. People call it a trip of a lifetime, but I'm not willing to only do it once in my lifetime.
     
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  25. gonzo
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    Wait a minute didn't you just do this trip again last summer? What are you going to go every other year?
    Man I have to get a job where I can take time off in the summers!


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  26. Tman
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    Our paths shall cross.
     
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  27. zman
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    Ha ha, every other year, why not every year? You've got to want it that bad.
     
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  28. general gow
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    only did the hamb drags last year. it was only half a trip.

    going to hamb drags again this year. another half trip.

    2015, is the year for the epic: Bonneville-Burning Man. if i live through that, we'll plan the next one...

     
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  29. zman
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    LMAO, burning man... Hippy! ;)
     
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  30. Tman
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    I agree! But, a local Hippy hot rodder is the SD contact for Burning man. Tom is good folk. I can put you in touch with him Mark if you would like to pick his brain?
     
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