On 7/21/2010 3:02 PM, Mary McCarthy wrote:
I also got the same info on the Nova list. :) Too bad I don't have my truck any more. Down to just 2 vehicles now: the Burb and the Monte Carlo (race car...eventually)well, it's a PHOTO contest.
Yeah...I spose I could send one of the UT when I first got it.
Camp rat sounds like fun (not). Just be careful climbing up on top of the burb. I HATE camping.
I'm not real hot about camping, either. But I simply can't afford the $200 per nite that the motels/casinos raise their rates to for Speed Week. I've been doin this for a while and I figger that if I've gotta be there for 2 weeks straight, I might as well make the best of it.
I GOTTA be careful climbin up on the Burb. If I'm not, I might drop the camera. :) I just put a $90 fluid-drive head on my tripod so I can pan it smoothly. I had to get an adapter and I'll have to locktite it into place. But it seems like it's gonna work real well.
Jim and I have discussed how we can go about building said platform and I think it's gonna work out ok. If I get real serious about this, I might consider making some pockets at the corners and building a rail around the platform. Gotta let the back of the brain think about that one.
Ya know, I seem to remember something very similar to the streamliner. I think it was way in the back corner at Harrahs in Reno. It was a yucky shade of greenybrown.
Doesn't sound very appealing. How about a photo next time ya head there? It couldn't be the liner in the attached photo, could it? This is the Summers' Brothers Goldenrod...with 4 fuel-injected Hemi motors. Supposedly it still holds an FIA record for unblown fuel unlimited displacement cars. Also supposedly, Mike Cook, who runs the Streamliner Shootout events on the salt is overseeing its restoration after it had a stay at the Henry Ford Museum for a while. Dunno where it's gonna end up, but the Petersen Museum in LA is a good bet.
For those of you following along - Jake is back home with his leg taped top to bottom, a plate and a bunch of screws in it. the vet cut it to re-align it and repair the ligament damage. 6 weeks and we get to do the other leg. But he should be able to walk again.
Wonderful. I hope he recovers fully and can enjoy a long and happy life. r
MaryWith 3 weeks until Speed Week, I've been asked to show up a few days early and photograph the course setup. So I decided that I'm not gonna live out of the back of the Burb for 2 weeks straight. I'm tryin to find the gear to set up a tent with room for a desk (card table), chair and cot. I'm gonna set up "Camp Rat" and be do a little less of the roughin' it thing. I think I've found a generator (slightly used, 3kva, good price) and I need to find an 8x8 wall tent. And I need to set up platform on top of my Burb so I can get the kinda shots I've been asked to provide for next year's program cover.I've had very good results with my sports car posters (which is why I've been kinda scarce around here....about 10 16-hour days in a row with 2 back-to-back race weekends has had me runnin in circles. And now I gotta finish editing photos for the race events to put 'em on my web server. The fun never stops. :)Oh...and this morning I shot the freshly restored and painted "City of Salt Lake" streamliner:http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2010/20100720/Welcome.html Ok. Back to work.
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