I'd just like to make it more than ten miles between rebuilds. Thousands of mile would be icing. Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: here is how i see it, if the home on the roam dude can go thousands of miles in a rivera with a way the f@&^ out of balance crank, for surely i can make it to fredricksburg and back. >From: Mark Sawyer >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] Re: could i be the first? >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:28:08 -0800 (PST) > >Don't forget things like fuses, jumper wires (in case the starter dies, Ask >Steve) Oil (naturally, we are in VW's) wheel bearing grease, spare CV bolts >(I broke 4 showing off one year) and the tool to replace them, and a rain >jacket. > >Brian Denning wrote: yea, but i have 2 months >to get hershey in tip top shape for fredricksburg. >he did great going to eureka so i am not really that worried, i drive him >trouble free to work quite often as well. and now that his oil leaks are >fixed i think i can really trust him on the trips. i have a backup >distributor, 3 fan belts, gaskets, i am going to buy new throttle and >clutch cables. and like i said the potential of building another complete >motor as well. i am not too worried about the drive. infact, i think the >only thing i currently don't have in my arsenal is a spare tire. and i am >thinking about going to the used tire place up the street and picking up >one >of those this weekend. > > > >From: Mark Sawyer > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [tcb] Re: could i be the first? > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:10:37 -0800 (PST) > > > >You've got 3 weeks to get ready for Bulli Gras in Galveston. That would >be > >a good test run. I think at last count we have over 20 buses coming. > >including Denis. > > > >Brian Denning wrote: lets not talk about it > >cause my goal is to be at work on monday. might be > >camping infront of work that night but that is the goal. we'll see. > > > > > > >From: Mark Sawyer > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: [tcb] Re: could i be the first? > > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:00:36 -0800 (PST) > > > > > >It will take longer to get home because it's all up hill. It takes us 2 > > >days to come to Arkansas from Houston and only 1 day to get home. > > > > > >Brian Denning wrote: well, i know it took 12 > > >hours to get to austin in jason's vanagon so i am > > >thinking 15 or so. keep in mind i am only like 2.5 hours away from > > >texarkana > > >and that is going bus speed. and if i don't make it i am driving a >camper > > >so > > >i can pull off at a walmart and sleep for a bit. > > > > > > > > > >From: Mark Sawyer > > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Subject: [tcb] Re: could i be the first? > > > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:28:53 -0800 (PST) > > > > > > > >Mapquest does not take into account that we drive VW's. Denis' house > >was > > > >only 11 hrs from Houston according to mapquest. They were WRONG!!! > > > > > > > >Brian Denning wrote: i looked it up > > > >yesterday. it's like a 9 hour drive according to mapquest > > > >and, to top it off it bypass' me around austin. so i won't have to >deal > > > >with > > > >midnight traffic. i plan on leaving from work thursday before and > >driving > > > >all the way there. oh, i'm making it. acutally, i am thinking about > > > >building > > > >a backup motor for it and toting it down there just in case. i am > >comming > > > >down in the camper this year. > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Eric Woodall" > > > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >Subject: [tcb] Re: could i be the first? > > > > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:13:54 -0600 (CST) > > > > > > > > > >Wait a minute, isn't that like a 14 hour drive for you? > > > > >Think you can make it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to register for the Texas Classic? > > > > > > > > > > > > It's on like Donkey Kong who's comming this year > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. 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