[tcb] Re: Camp sites
- From: Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 14:54:29 -0600
March; in like a lion, out like a lamb.
Duncan
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From: photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx
Date:03/02/2014 2:38 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: Tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
Its 3 degree windchill with flurries in Abilene u better be happy!
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From: Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 13:57:57 -0600
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Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
Returning from Galvaston: 73° in Cypress and 33° in Austin.
WTH?
Duncan
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From: Steve Chamberlain
Date:03/02/2014 12:01 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
Denis, the pictures like you took of my bus on the way home from Buses No Where
Near the Arch, after you cried and whined about not getting to ever drive but
if I let you drive your bus and put mine on the trailer how happy that would
make you. Then less than ten miles down the road I get a call that pictures
were all over the internet of my 'Trailer Queen'. I was wishing for your
trailer Friday. We headed out to celebrate Madi Gras but after fighting the
wind all the way to Buffalo as the weather turned colder we looked at all the
clouds and thought this is not fun. So we turned around... with the wind to our
back it was smooth sailing going north on 45. After lunch the sun came out and
about Corsicana Sharon said we could easily cut across to First Monday. So off
we went on a side road toward Canton. Well we didn't get there, off to the side
of the side road there was a Goodwill thrift store in the small town of Mabank.
The bus had not been idling since leaving home so we decided to stop and I
worked on the carb while Sharon shopped. Big mistake. She bought an antique
wooden bed. After pulling everything out of the bus including the kitchen sink
(well the refrigerator with the water pump) I still couldn't get the head board
inside. We finally tied it on the roof rack and since by then it was getting
late we headed off into the sunset toward home. The bed seemed to be secure so
everything was going smooth, styling like the Beverly Hillbillies, up 175 till
we hit I-20. Road alert signs indicated a wreck and traffic was moving along
sometimes reaching the lightning speed of 20 mph. Shifting from 1st to 2nd and
back was getting old till just past I-45, in the center lane, there was a pop
and the gas pedal went to the floor. I got out crawled under the bus (still in
the center lane) and sure enough the accelerator cable had broken.
I finally had Sharon turn the wheel and I started pushing; except for the jerk
in the semi that almost took us out the drivers let us over to the shoulder.
There I pulled out my spare cables to find the one for a bus was a single wire
with no head to attach to the carb. Note to self - make sure you carry a
complete correct cable or a spare attachable head.
By this time a nice young kid had pulled off to help. He said he lived in
Temple and drove a 61 bug. Ted & Alma, turns out he is on the base and attended
the Garlyn Shelton show last year. Said they call him Da-way (not sure of the
spelling) like Yay-way the basketball player. Anyway he was a lifesaver, he
drove to the auto stores to find an attachable head. Well he couldn't find one,
which I didn't really think he could but he brought back a package of metal
wire crimps. We took the old head that had broken off just outside the dog
house and butt crimped the two together. We were back on the road (which was
still bumper to bumper) in no time thanks to Da Way. I told him that we would
see him at the Shelton show in May.
Once again we were shown that it's not the destination but the adventure
getting there. That and don't change course in the middle of the stream. As a
bonus, I had to take the distributor and the kill switch off to get to the
cable. When I put the kill switch back and tightened it the bus started to idle
correctly. DUH!
Saturday morning we were still thinking about Canton but decided to head down
to Austin. Just got home to 29 degrees with sleet hitting us. Hope everyone
makes it home before the blizzard gets too bad. Guess we should have gone to
Galveston - we sure missed everyone.
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Steve Chamberlain
<steveraychamberlain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Denis, did you get pictures?
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Denis <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
No. I have all the cold rain I need right here at home
From: Duncan
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 4:40 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
So you arr coming to Bulligras?
Duncan
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From: Denis
Date:02/28/2014 3:59 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
Bev, I was kidding. Yes, if I want to see my friends more than six hours away,
I do trailer. Galveston is more than 10 hours. Not a lot of ‘63 busses can do
20 hours round trip without a bunch of drama. too old for much drama.
From: Duncan
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 2:50 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
Or two years. And to the Classic. And to T@P. Pretty much anywhere outside of
AR.
Just kidding,
Duncan
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From: Bev
Date:02/28/2014 2:42 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
Oh, my bad. I thought you trailered Murray to Galveston one year. :-)
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> On Feb 28, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I don't trailer that much! I just went to Portland and got Dan's bus, Homer,
> and took it to Denver. Some people out there love my trailer. And you know
> who you are, Steve.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Bev
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 10:19 AM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Camp sites
>
> That's not good! You could do like Dennis and trailer.
>
> Sent from somewhere
>
>> On Feb 28, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Eric Durmon <wacotxman1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> At least yours made it out of the driveway mine dead in the drive way
>> transmission wacked
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Bev <bevwill64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> The bus started sputtering outside of Nac. Sammie is changing the
>>> distributor thingamajig in the parking lot at Golf USA and hopefully we'll
>>> be back on the road in a few!
>>>
>>> Sent from somewhere
>>>
>>>> On Feb 28, 2014, at 9:34 AM, shirley hall <vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have sites 3, 4, 5, 6 at park. See ya soon!
>>>> Warmer this morning than last night. Looking good!
>
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