2019 West Coast Cruise

@*LongFella

What are the specs of that hat? You know the drill. Is it 100 thread count per inch or a polymer blend. What percentage poly versus cotton? What is the weight difference between the mesh hat versus full cotton hat. If mesh, how many holes are in the plastic strap? If it's a buckle adjustment, what is the tension strength of the buckle? Can the hat brim be manually manipulated for a vintage curve? What would be the proper radius for a vintage curvature of the brim versus a more outlaw curve?

By the way, Longfella, what's your name. These avatar signatures are immoral. 

 Disclaimer:  Just joking and having a little fun on here!         

It’s a super special organic non-gmo cotton blend that is SPF 1000. Based on the flat brim shape, it helps with aerodynamics when the top is down. Curved hats don’t do this and cause unnecessary vibration of the head...

You need a replica of a hat.

@ALB

Marcel is the name, and I believe I'm 1 of 2, met the other Marcel at lunch in Santa Margarita. However don't call me Marcel #2   

Great lunch stop too BTW, good views...

i drill holes in  my hat to make it lighter

Safe drive home everyone

barncobob posted:

i drill holes in  my hat to make it lighter

Probably helps keep deer away as well.

Lane Anderson posted:

After looking closely at the picture of the hat I believe it to be photoshopped (note the edge of the hat against his forehead).  Either that or the only things keeping it off of his shoulders are his ears.

It’s real. 

I'll take a hardhat version for forehead protection

@SimplifyTALightness wrote- "Marcel is the name, and I believe I'm 1 of 2,..."

Thank you Marcel. Don't worry, I haven't met the other Marcel (is he a club member?) and don't even know who he is, but it will stay Marcel. Not Marcel 1. Or Marcel 2. Or Other Marcel.

barncobob posted:

i drill holes in  my hat to make it lighter

After taking the time to compute structural integrity with various hole patterns and weight lost with each (69 different patterns and hole size scenarios with weight added for sewing hole edges so holes didn't fray uncontrollably and sun coverage/structural integrity was lost were run in the sophisticated engineering software on the newest, state of the art computing machine available in the secluded Yoda cave) it has been determined that in the interest of protecting my and other bald heads from the damaging rays of the sun that the official model for older farts should have no holes.

Sincerely yours, Al Lightening Holes Blanchette

I got home with the car’s own power, the ignition keeps cutting off and on again, I had to stop do some shade tree coil replacement and go on. I am not sure if it really the coil or the distributor. What is difficult to diagnose is the intermittent nature of the cut off. 

Great to see some familiar faces and some new faces. I hope everybody will get home safe.

See you next year.

@Karyadi

Eddie, glad you made it home safely! Hopefully, now that you're home you'll find a solution as something simple. Had a great time hanging out with you all the other knuckleheads this weekend! 

Definitely a great time. 

Great Job @Robert M 

Another great event under our belts! Each year breaks the previous year's attendance record. This was largest group yet with 35 cars in our entourage and 70 knuckleheads and friends to wreak havoc at our host hotel.

I will start another thread to solicit pics and videos with some instruction for submitting. I will finish the Carlisle 2019 video and post later this week then will commence on 2019 SLO to post following week.

Click on pic to enlarge...

VSpyder posted:

Definitely a great time. 

Great Job @Robert M 

Thank you Greg. 

Eddie - If you are running a Pertronix and it was relatively warm/hot during the day, I would look there first.

Greg, I concur, this was a great reunion if not the best we've had since I've been hanging around here the past 5 years. 

Robert went to great lengths in terms of planning and running the show, the guide-books are a great example of that and the meal last night...spectacular!

Kudos too, for the great decals that will make their way onto our vintage suitcase for future speedster trips. Was Teby responsible for those? They are great!

Will

SimplifyTALightness posted:

@ALB

Marcel is the name, and I believe I'm 1 of 2, met the other Marcel at lunch in Santa Margarita. However don't call me Marcel #2   

Great lunch stop too BTW, good views...

We lost a great opportunity to make a speedster traffic light with the red, yellow and green speedsters. Next year!!

@@Kevin would have been a great poster/shirt graphics. Red Yellow and Green speedster

House LongFella made it back safe. I thought my Speedster was going to overheat when I went through Thousand Oaks at 106F outside temp in stop and go traffic... had to have been at least 125F inside the Speedster... it was HOT AS HELL!!!

That heat is making me re-think what I engine I put in the Coupe. It would have been too hot for my wifey and daughter...