Carlisle 2021.... Save the Dates !

Ed we'll wait on you to go to dinner ......call me if you're running behind.

We will probably be there tomorrow around 3p or 4p

Good luck to y'all for a very nice weekend. This would have been the 10 th anniversary  of our mega trip to Carlisle from Sacramento. Weather looks great for you ..enjoy and get er done, eh ?   Mega thanks to the organizers.....it can't be easy.

Safe trip and enjoy your time at Carlisle, see you next year if they parole us.

Make sure to take and post plenty of pictures for those of us who are living vicariously. Be safe!

Thanks guys. People in Charlottesville panic when they see their own shadow. All gas in Cville gone around me. Will check the Costco on 29 at 6am. My last hope in this town. SUV is full but Spyder is empty. Towing the Spyder so I should be fine if there is gas in PA.

Pa is not associated with that pipe line that is down , so they say ...

MSN this AM ... “Colonial Pipeline is continuing to work in partnership with third-party cybersecurity experts, law enforcement, and other federal agencies to restore pipeline operations quickly and safely,” the company said in a statement. It plans to gradually reopen sections of the pipeline by the weekend. It is currently operating under manual control one line extending from North Carolina to Maryland

Safe driving and enjoy, everybody.  Post lots of pics and see you all next year, eh!

And don't forget to stop by @edsnova's room (aka "Pepe") for the latest event updates, posted on his door:

Have a great time, everyone.

2022 can't come soon enough. 

FYI for you guys coming up Rt 83 . Rutters in Newberrytown exit 32 has ethanol free for $3.79. Was not too busy at 9am today. There is still the Gulf near the hotel for us ethanol haters also. I live near the hotel and gas is not a problem around here.

Have a safe trip.

Be safe fellas and @Lane Anderson cannot wait to see your SEG in the SC.

.......we're out the door and on our way !

I’m here, but where the @&$! is everybody else?  Am I gonna have drink alone?

BEER THIRTY IS ON!

I’m out by 6 tomorrow and at the hotel by about 0930. Going to be a beautiful day. Hope to do some driving.

No gas problem in Harrisburg so far.
Costco Harrisburg has been jammed every day.
$3.09/gal here now.
The main problem here is that 25% of the tanker trucks are sitting idle for lack of drivers. Deliveries are delayed.
Cheers!

Maybe I should get my CDL back!  

VW Thing made the 100 mile trip. Almost hit 57mph.

It was downhill but a stat is a stat

Bad bearing in the right front.  Replacement bearings/races/seals supposed to arrive 9:30 tomorrow AM.   Need to find someplace with a press so we can leave Friday AM.   Fingers crossed. 

 

Have fun everyone.  I wanted to blast down, but my office manager's husband has serious complications after a knee replacement.  I need to hold down the fort.

@East Coast Bruce posted:

Bad bearing in the right front.  Replacement bearings/races/seals supposed to arrive 9:30 tomorrow AM.   Need to find someplace with a press so we can leave Friday AM.   Fingers crossed.

You just need a hammer and a drift, and cut the old race to drive the new one in. No press needed.

Bruce, Danny says it right.  Can be done in the garage. Carefully. Don't know about cutting the race.  Never had to do that.  I have a small collection of pipe sections and rods of different diameters that seem to be about right for knocking out races.  Tippy-tap-tap and out they come.

Meanwhile, fixing to get lost within 400 yards of the hotel by around noon Thurs.

@DannyP posted:

You just need a hammer and a drift, and cut the old race to drive the new one in. No press needed.

Put the race in the freezer and the hub in the sun for about 1/2 hour (or heat lamp/gun). Coat the race with grease and work fast ant they'll almost push in. I generally use drifts to remove, but sockets and a ball pien to install.

I have a couple of old races (1 inner, 1 outer) in the tool box so I'm not beating directly on the new parts.  I seem to remember skimming their exteriors ever so slightly on the grinder so they're a loose fit and won't get stuck when you get the new ones seated properly.

Rather than disrupt this thread with my bearing woes, I'll start a new thread called "Front Wheel Bearing Replacement" in the Technical General section. 

Found bad gas leak in the Thing in the parking lot of the hotel before departure. Fixed gas leak completely.

No issues otherwise and home safe. Great time everyone!!

Here's a video for the event.

https://youtu.be/nbBSJc02f0E

Thanks for that Chris. We never would have made coming from North Carolina at 13 MPG. Glad the weather was great for you all.

Planning to do a part 2 if anyone wants to send me pictures.

Nice job Chris!!

Umm, yeah. Well done, my friend.

Almost like you are a professional creeper. I never noticed you taking pictures or video LOL! Aren't you supposed to be on some kind of registry somewhere?

Great pics and video, Chris. Thanks!

@Chris MacDonald Outstanding. See my after-action report ( with link to https://www.flickr.com/gp/farsightful/8F21ou ) for overlapping photos and then coverage at the raffle Saturday night.

Glenn and I have landed safely and without any additional issues.  Thanks again to Danny and Alan for the work. Thanks to David for the margaritas and thanks to Danny for the moral support.

That should have said ED in the first instance. I need another beer.🤪Sent from my Galaxy
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Hey errbody!

Lane's arrival (Dude, where's my car??):

Paul and Glenn (or Greg, as I sometimes call him) near a covered bridge with a picnic table in it, pondering life's persistent questions:

Gravel roads and 550 Spyders just go together, I say!

In Danny P's Rolling Palace of Wonders, a quorum:

Beck courtesy car:

Digestif:

Too many interesting cars on the field, but among the home-built specimens drawing a crowd was this Manta Mirage the owner took 40 years to finish.

Dave Kumpf managed to bring his Speedster and his Cobra to the Marriott; Bill Ascheman has solved the cooling issues in his V8-powered MG:

I decided to wear my helmet on the ride home. Really pulls the room together, eh?

Thanks again, everyone, for a great weekend!

Nice Ed!

Thanks Ed. Great update!