Carlisle

Lane  ...  it was spontaneous and no cherry picker, just me on a trash can

Alan ... believe me, there were lots of us very nervous, it would have taken just one car from the back to spell disaster

Trahn Weston, I wonder if I could ask for your permission to use that Photo on the Porsche 356 Speedster Replica Group on Facebook please? I'd like ti use it as the group cover Pic. Do you have any objections?

regards

Alan

It's actually Tomm Rahn (Trahn) from Weston, Florida.  He was just efficiently packing info into as few letters as possible, right Tomm?

Alan:

Here's the group shot from 2010 (the latest one I can find - there have been others later).

Let me know if you want the original file and I'll email it.

Alan .... you have full permission ... no problem ... however I think you may find a better picture from a drone that was flying around that day

Lane ...  it's actually Tom Rahn

Tom, TERRIBLY sorry for the faux pas on your name, my sincerest apologies.. Thanks for the permission.. Gordon, the aerial Pic is awesome, pls email me a copy for the FB group. alan at paterson dot co dot za.

Much appreciated chaps.

(Sorry Tom)

I guess I liked the 'm's so much yesterday I thought you needed two of 'em.

Gordon - Yeah I looked for later ones too, because the one in 2010 only has 24 cars in it.  I know later ones were considerably larger.  I think I have pictures on photobucket, but I can't get to them from work.

actually I have a picture of last years  .... someplace ... i'll try and find it and send it over the weekend

regarding name .... I have been called many things not fit to print.  trahn, Tomm etc. all work fine for me

HOME!!  Alice and I pulled into the garage yesterday at 6 pm after 2,653 miles;  Hot Springs to Carlisle, to Arlington, VA, to Richmond, VA and back home.  The car ran flawlessly mile after mile averaging 27.1 mpg running 75-80 on the interstates with the only issue being a failed turn signal "clicker" which was replaced at a NAPA store in Knoxville on the return trip.  Used 1.3 qts of oil and never had a drop of oil on the tins or engine the whole way.  I wish my rear end was as hardy as the car!

Thanks to Bruce and Norma for another primo event!  Too bad about the group picture---I am sure the promise of a copy for everyone would get participation up.

Highlight---seeing Todd & Danny expertly replace David Stroud's windshield.  Sweet.

Max Zimmer's book was both moving and sensational---I read it in the evenings after Carlisle.

So many friends and wonderful people in one place ---rare in this life.  A chance to be with my son, Russ & grandson, Sean ---a treat!  Many first timers like Ron and Maddie from GA that added so much to the gathering.  Dave Bas's Suby-coupe---daaang! Tom & Jami's car back from Beck--sweet. Most missed: Al & Heidi Gallo and Musbejim! And Hoss' anti rain dance came through again delivering clear skies Saturday.

Can't wait for 2015!

Great trip, Jack, and great report. I love your exuberance and stand in awe of your endurance. Wow. Glad you and Alice had such a flawless and rewarding trip.

Alan - here is a pic I took at Carlisle 2013.

           MUSBJIM, the Guamanian lightning rod...

Well, back in South Florida, after driving over 3100 miles I have more aches and pain than ever. However, a few glasses of some very fine Malibu Rum sooth better than 2 Aleve and and an Asian Massage, well almost. The grog is way too good to share with our local ants so they'll have to find their intoxicants elsewhere. Max is explaining how to tell what sex an ant is, I writing it all down. Sorry about it being fuzzy, not sure if it's Max or me,

Glad to hear your trip was safe and smooth, Jack. We missed you knuckleheads as well. About 2 weeks before we were going to leave,all our best laid plans went down the tubes. We'll be there next year for sure.

Wow Nolan! 3100 miles! If I did that in my car I would need a back transplant. Happy to hear that all you Road Warriors got back safely.

Thanks Al, extra mileage was due to side trips which accounted for about 800 miles. I was able to find a better picture of the lovely Toni correcting Max's method of telling the boy ants from the girl ants.

How was Max's birthday cake this year?

Mmmmmm....Beeeeer!!!!

I think Blackie had as much fun as I did!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...amp;feature=youtu.be

~WB

A few views of the weekend...

Damn, Nolan, 3100 miles. Glad you took home that kingsize jug of Malibu. How to tell the sex of an ant is to keep drinking till you don't know or care what an ant or sex is. Glad you're not sharing it. With the ants anyway.

Don't forget your right-seater. I assume she rode every one of those miles with you. Was really cool to meet her.

No cake this year, Al. I got to stay my same old age.

Mr Bridges, that photo guarantees that neither one of us will ever be leader of the free world.

Everyone's books are on the way.

This was one great Carlisle.

Guamanian lightning rod. That kills me.

Folks, I have uploaded my Carlisle pictures to my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/hlane...764568299&type=1

Enjoy!

Hey Lane, I've tried to view your pictures several times and Facebook says they're not available or I don't have permission.  Do we need to need Facebook friends, maybe?

Here are the very few I took, BTW...

You're the third person to say that they couldn't see them.  I set them to be visible to everybody, but obviously that doesn't work.  Just for the sake of experiment send me a friend request.  We can see if that fixes it.  I may have to post them on photo bucket so that they're visible to everyone.  Facebook seemed easier, but appears not to have been after all.

Lane:

I don't do Facebook! Someone might post a naked picture of me there!

AGH!  I think my brain just exploded at that thought, Nolan.  Ok, I'll put 'em on Photobucket.

Nolan, if somebody posts a picture of you nekkid on facebook, wouldn't you want to know about it?  Think of the rave reviews you might get from 80 - 90 year old cougars.  Some of them have lots of money, ya know? 

Ok, I've posted them to photo bucket as well.  They're at http://s53.photobucket.com/use...14?sort=2&page=1

I took a week or so off of the computer, haven't been on here at all. But Carlisle was another great year, great weather except Thursday night, dry the rest of the weekend. I had a great time, again! I have viewed the copter footage and need to edit some, but will post as soon as I do that. It was great to see everyone, look at the cars, drive, eat, and drink!

Carlisle was great this year. I enjoyed examining all the differently engineered speedsters and spiders and meeting so many people I only knew thru the forum.

Danny P-Thanks for the tuneup on the webers in the parking lot.I got an honest 25mpg on the way home and I did 195 miles in exactly 3 hours-thats an average of 65mph. The car has better response and I hit 80mph several times with no problems. I have a stock tranny and never got such good gas mileage. I checked it with the speedo and GPS and I filled the tank before and after to the same level-7.9 gal! Next you will have to straighten out the stubborn idle circuit.

Jack Crosby and Mrs.-My wife and I enjoyed brunch with you on Sunday-You have a nice car and thanks for all the tips on how to make mine almost waterproof and how to keep the top from ballooning at speed-it worked on the way home.

I hope to see everyone next year.

Joel

Someone say Group Shots??  Here are two from years past.

Joel. I wouldn't keep driving it like that. You need to figure out why number two(I think?) has no fuel. Don't put it off. You should probably get those idle jet holders Lane had with a hex bolt. Might make life easier.

I can't say enough good things about those hex wrench idle jet holders.  What a dream compared to trying to manage a stubby flat edge screw driver, blind, while standing on your head. Maybe a little pricey for a couple of brass parts, but worth every penny.  Now all four jets in and out in about ten mins.  So,  tip of the hat to Lane for diving in first on this deal.  Even if he was too ham-handed to do it right the first time.

Kelly,

Did you get your engine running right?

Bruce, no, he is going to tear it down as one cylinder head and piston are damaged from something metallic mashing around in there(washer?). I'll be happy to come down and help, Kelly!

Uh, OK, that would be no and no.  As to car running right, that is the first "No" -- press of other business has kept me from it, so no good news to report yet. But I am pretty sure I know the problem.  I have an intake manifold vacuum leak.  Will do an R&R of the manifold, renew the gasket per Danny P's instructions (What Locktite compound do I use to seal the gasket??) and I should be good.  I am pretty sure something did go into the cylinder, but it was either beat to oblivion, or expelled rather quickly, and left not too much damage that I can see.  And so the second "No" is that I do not plan a tear-down. My plan here is to fix the leak, and press on unless/until I can see that more is needed.  Vacuum leak and small foreign object in the cyl appear to me at this time not to be related.

So the whole thing is STILL hanging fire.  I'll be out of town again this week, so maybe next week I'll have more to tell.

PS: Anybody know how to turn the intake manifold forward nuts?  As best as I can see, I'm going to have to shorten an open-end wrench so I can swing it w/out hitting the fire-wall.  Perhaps there is a trick to this -?-  If anybody knows, pls say.

Kelly, get steel 11mm wrench-size nuts from a VW supplier. There also some twelve point 10mm out there somewhere on the web. Use  8mm hole steel thick washers underneath(two will have to be ground down a bit for clearance). Cut your own thin gaskets. DO NOT use thick squishy gasket material. Loctite 517 anaerobic gasket maker is the stuff along with spray primer for the sealant. You need both for it to work well. 

Danny,

Txs for the info on Loctite product.  And about the nuts to use.  But still no magic on how to deal w/ the nuts that are on there now, and have to be removed first before all the other stuff is done.  The cut-down open end seems the only answer.

I'll be back in town next week, and back in the garage at last to get this resolved one way or the other.  The car has been down too long . . .

Kelly:

As one who just recently replaced my carbs, I found that two things worked very well in getting at those silly manifold nuts: (BTW:  I have those 11mm nuts that fit an 8mm stud).

1.  I had removed the engine heat shields (mine is a single, big horse shoe shaped thing, surrounding the engine and installed from the rear of the car) which gave great access to the manifold nuts from the side.  Look right up in there and, Hello!  There they all are.  I know that Carl Berry and Al Gallo have both installed ports into the side walls to provide access for plug changing - I would think that a removable panel about 4" X 12" (like a marine-style cover) would be perfect there.

2.  On the front nuts, I used an 11mm, stubby, open-end wrench.  My manifolds curve gently toward the front of the car, making access with a socket on the front nuts (even a shorter, combined 11mm/universal) all but impossible - the stubby is the way to go, even though I don't like using an open-end wrench on those nuts.  If I had been thinking when I had the carb/manifolds out I would have relieved the area of the manifold next to the nuts a bit to allow a box-wrench to go on, but that didn't happen this trip.

The rear nuts are wide open and I could use a socket on them, but went easy on the torque so as to equalize between front and back.