Event Coverage Lloydfest 2023 is in the books

Hey, man; thoughts and prayers for the best possible outcome.

 

Bummer; bummer; bummer.

I just found out that Clarence will NOT be at Lloydfest. I was hoping, but it just ain't happenin'. Current date for finish/pick up is now November.

That said; Sherry and I WILL be there, although in a late model. Clarence is on for next year though.

 

@fastcar1953 - Best wishes for a quick procedure.

 

Good luck to ya!

 

Too bad you're not going to be there. Just spent 6 days in the hospital with pretty much the same thing. I am now a perfect A-hole. We could have compared notes AND pictures

 

@Bandit Billy , you ain't right, man. A frozen choco banana .

 

I put it on the post in the events section, but if you're gonna be in the area on Thursday the 5th, let me know. @Bill's Auto Works is coming in on the 5th, and we're gonna get together at my house to grill steaks.

 

Steaks on the 5th, Yum!

 

Bring your hippie ass on over James!!

 

They allow a hay seed in your county?

 

You damn right they do

 

I will be there for the steaks. We'll start the party early. Ron

 

You guys can help celebrate my wedding anniversary lol

 

Seven days left and four days of work!! I’m crossing them off. I wish we could be there on the 5th to help you guys celebrate your anniversary, ours was in May, but this is our 25th wedding anniversary trip!

 

Heck yeah man! I work Sunday and then I'm off til the 10th. We'll make sure you guys enjoy your trip

 

my buddy and i thrashing on this heap all day. I put a new carrier and 3:36 gears.changed up from the 2:57 "lakes" gears i been running and burning up clutch/flywheel/pressure plates for years. My first try at this, went kinda so-so but ok i think. Iwent to put the axles back in and am having trouble getting the outer axle bearing on one to go in the hole correctly .Im outta steam tonight,gonna try again in the am. Hoping i can get her all together and test before Thursday!

 

Getting close now! Anyone else coming from Atlanta area on Friday? I'm flying solo in my Willys up I-75, if anyone sees me broke down, Help!

 

You have balls! It takes me a loooong weekend to set up a rear when it’s out of the vehicle on stands.
Not a darn chance I’d abuse myself with one under the car!

 

Hehehe! No just a knucklehead trying to get to Lloyd's party

 

Hahahaha! The first one I did by myself was a Dana 44 I picked up to swap into a PU I had. So armed with shims, bearings, etc..and a Motors manual with the rear on stands on the shop, I bet it took me 3 full weekends to get it done.
But now I have “experience”. The next one didn’t get done any sooner. After another few, I did a 9inch. “Wow, this is gonna get done today”. Killed that weekend too.
Going to keep my paying job lol

 

In my younger days, I would just go to one of 4 local junk yards and pickup a rear end with the gears I wanted already installed. The swap only took a few hours.

Then as I got older, instead of going to a junk yard, I would just buy the whole car off the street, pull what I wanted, and junk the car. That was cheaper then getting the parts from the junk yard, but then I had to watch for the car that had the gears I was looking for, finding that could take a while. After a few years of doing that, I would just go to my collection to get what I needed.

These days, I no longer have the parts or the cars sitting around, most cars on the road no longer have many useful parts, and the only salvage yard in the area doesn't like to sell many parts. I never did learn how to change rear end gears.

These days, I solved this problem by not changing rear end gears. I do pay much better attention as to what gears are in the rear end while I'm building the stuff now.

 

Hell yes man my number is in the events thread, if you have any issues on this end just call. We'll take care of ya

 

Jeep's are allowed

 

Push it, pull it, drag it, or ride with somebody!!! Just get your ass here!

 

hope everyone brings a few parts to sell . a swap meet makes every event better. I am going to try to bring a few or more items with me

 

I've got some model a sedan fenders, front fenders have holes cut in them from somebody that put an independent suspension in a model A lol. Got some traction bars, 55 up Chevy truck cab corners, odds and ends that I'm gonna bring. And I'll have deez there

 

Don't have much laying around here anymore (building or rebuilding 6 hot rods in 10 years, then the following property clean up, will cause that).
I'll see if I can find anything HAMB related to drag along, but don't expect much.

 

maybe we can get some new ideas for the crazy swap meet stories

 

Final week is here! Been almost a year since I brought this up. I hope that everyone that can gets to attend and have a good time. Just got off the phone with Tim and he's gonna mow on Wednesday so our area is nice. He's looking forward to it just as much as I am! See you real soon

 

Do the campsites have the little grills in them for cooking out?

Ethan, Darrin,and I are heading out Friday morning.