Went to Paso this weekend for the first time, also the maiden voyage of this size for the "No Bux Special" (23 Dodge Roadster). What an awesome show. I have a bunch of pictures to share with you guys, but I thought while I'm uploading them to Photobucket I'd share a photo of the near miss, or one of them... I made it down to Paso or to within 10 miles or so, and my shimmy, shimmied the hair pin loose. The nut spun off, but was recovered sitting on the frame. No problem... put it back together and made a mental note to get a cotter pin for that while in town tonight. Got to town what a rad scene. It was entertaining from the cruise to the band and the continuous string of rods rolling down the street. Carried my camera all night at A&W but forgot to take any pictures, too stunned I guess. Oh yeah stopped into Kragens right there and picked up some cotter pins. While leaving we took one cruise down to the park and then back past the A&W on the way to the camp ground. My father in-law (Aisle7 here, rarely seen often heard) was rear-ended right in front of the A&W, about 200 people and 15 cops. His Model A roadster came out relatively un****hed. The guy who did the hitting came out much worse, including getting caught driving AND wrecking his car without a valid license (oops). Made to camp got some shut-eye. Saturday was a blurr. Had to be there to appreciate. I did however get some great photos that will be posted when Im done uploading them. Met a lot of really nice people all day long. It was cool to finally put some faces with those names of other HAMBers. Sunday was a short day for us and we headed back to home around 2. We rolled out and made it about 4 mile before the fan belt decided it didnt want to back to Folsom and wanted to stay with all the pretty cars in Paso. So, it blew up and ****tered itself all over Hwy 101. No big deal, had an extra with me, 10 minutes back on the road. Made it about another hour down the road and then a very familiar sound reminded me to put THE ****ING COTTER PIN IN!!!!!!! An hour later, the hair pin was reattached AND the cotter pin was in, back on the road again. Made it to Gilroy and split up with some of the folks from Santa Rosa. Glen, someone I met this weekend who frequently reads but rarely post, we cool enough to travel with me back to the Sacramento area. We noticed some oil on the front of his car and we thought it was being puked out of the breather on my car because my windshield was coated pretty good. The next stop was worse, his car was thoroughly coat with some tacky oil. I could believe it was come from the front end so I looked in the rear (differential that is) . It seems the spring shackle bolt extends down just far enough that when compressed hard enough will puncture the cover. The story ends well. I made it back to Folsom without any problems and inspected the problem while in my garage thinking of all the cool rides I enjoyed all weekend. I love this ****. Im really understanding the addiction now. Cheers, Tim. PS - it may be tomorrow before I get these photos uploaded, damn slow connection.
musta been one hell of a bump? how far are those bolts extending???? did mike leave a bunch hangin off? pretty sure a dana 44 cover from a early 70s chev. 4x front cover will work you can probely get one in chrome for 20 bux if you dont want to goto the jyd.. it didnt hit the ring gear???
Great road trip story! Now if only you drank your wine out of a bottle with a cork instead of out of a bag in a box you coulda put the cork in that hole...looks about the right size! Yea, I'm pullin yer chain... glad you made it ok... How about a pic of the rod now it's home with some miles on it? (Some day I'll tell the story about stopping at every gas station between Pomona and Long Beach to fill up a boilin over plugged up radiator... )
As for the one hell of a bump, can't say I remember any one, California Highways ****... Not to much hanging off that bolt, about 3/4" I can trim them down, but the apparent travel on the cover is about 2". We can figure something, this is what makes it so fun. I'm sure I can come up with a replacement pretty easily and cheaply. Best part is it didn't hit the ring gear. But the remaining rear diff oil was pretty burnt. What a fun adventure, can't wait for the next...Billetproof... Speedweek...yeah!!!
you might want to give some serious thought to going completely through that rearend. probably metal shavings everywhere in there.
glad you made it back... we had a hell of a time on the road home after gilroy...but we made it... see you soon? xoxoxo nic
Here's the car breather barfed oil splatter down the right side and on jack stands to pull the cover, but most importantly in the garage...
........glad you made it home OK. Just enough "problems" to remind you that you're a "HOT RODDER" and not a STREET RODDER!" Thanks for the photos.........
If you ever rolled a manual shift car you never forget the smell of gear oil..... makes tracking down where it came from much quicker
[ QUOTE ] put THE ****ING COTTER PIN IN!!!! [/ QUOTE ] I can relate to that. Several years ago I stopped at the parts store and grabbed a pair of U-Joints after work on a friday. It was sprinkling rain a bit when I got home and I needed to pack for a trip the next day so I figured I'd just do the new U-Joints when I got back from the trip. Instead, I got to replace the rear U-Jount the next day in a blizzard on a mountain p*** 20 miles from the nearest town. I had the car held up by a jack on one side and a big ***ed rock on the other. I had to jack it up next to the rock and push the car sideways off the jack onto the rock. Then jack up the other side to get enough room to get under there. I slid another rock under the car by the jack so hopefully it wouldn't crush me if it fell. Luckily it came out ok as I'd forgotten to take the new U-Joints out of the car the night before. Cost me another $40 for the use of a grease gun and hoist at a gas station to swap out the front joint and grease them.
Nor Cal Nic... Did you guys make it home alright? I ran into you at a gas station somewhere down there...The safari had just been loaded up onto the flatbed... The shoebox was bleeding.... Hope you all got home fine. -J.
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