Cars & Coffee - Toys for Tots

Glenn, KV, Matt and the rest of the SOC, Saturday 12-04-10 IF the weather is good let's meet for the Toy drive and possible run afterward.
So hang your lights and get all your stuff done before Sat.
we're on a roll !!

Cabanaboy - $10.00 or more Toy donation, these will be given to the children of wounded Marines in the Navel Hospital at camp Pendleton

Sounds like fun, I was bummed I miss tech night but my car made it sitting in Rolands shop :), I got a private lesson from Roland on carb adjustment so that was good, hope to be up and running for this weekend.

Matt

I'm in....

Looks like the weather will hold, remember to bundle up, it will be the 60's

I'm in.

I will try to make it, not sure if it is warm enough for me in the speedster but I think I will take something with a heater.

Keep an eye on the weather, bundle up like your going Snowboarding

Cabanaboy - Same area / against the 5 Fwy

Alot going on this weekend;
Pomona Swap Meet - Sunday early
John Force Holiday Car Show - Sunday

Join us Saturday early and you may see this

1- Ferrari
2-?

The second one is a Morgan Aero-8.

Here's a list of a few other SoCal car events this month...

http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html

Jimbo you joining us?

Juggling my Honey-Do timeline for Saturday. I'll probably hook up with you guys at C&C but might not have enough time to do the cruise.

Got my Christmas lights up yesterday, Marky you coming down with your dog?

I just got the drool off from the last one Desi, I'm going to try. Fri night is or anual Seal Beach Chrismas Parade and we have an open house as well...Come on down. Parade starts @ 7:00 alot of people get here earlier due to parking. I have 2 memorials this weekend...People are diein out there! One was a good friend who went out with bladder cancer and one is an old girlfriend's mom...lung cancer..F@CK CANCER!! My wife is an Oncology Nurse and I hear alot about it......

what time do I need to be at C&C to see you guys?

Looks like weather may be cloudy with chance of rain. Who's gonnna show?

Hope to show, getting the wife up that early isn't as easy as it used to be. She heard about the Orange County Fair Grounds swap meet and she wants to check it out.

Won't be able to make this one.

You guys have fun.

I'll be there around 06:45 or so, rain or shine, however it will be without my Speedy. Its in the shop!

I'm shooting for 6:38 am, if it rains, i'll have to abort ( no top)

OK, if it is raining, I sleep in, if not I'll be there 6:30. Vince we usually hang around until 8:30 at least. If you are coming, call Jim and we will wait for you.

OK, if it's precipitating we'll all take a rain-check on C&C until some other weekend.

Peace - Out!

Jim! What's this, in the shop? Finally after all those "trouble free" miles you are having a problem?

Jim,

Sorry to hear that. I know a little about inattentive drivers who could care less about our cars and all the time and effort we put into them.

Last weekend I was on my usual cruise route and just a few miles from home (on Balboa Island/Newport Beach) my car was rear-ended (stop & go traffic, walking pace). Dickwad's Tahoe bumper punched a hole in the rear clip and spyder-cracks around license mount area. Fortunately there were a lot witnesses, otherwise I'd be writing this post from a jail cell.

I drove it to Kirk's shop (Vintage) for repairs (re-glass) and I should be able to pick it up soon.

Glad to hear nobody was injured and that you still have not had a mechanical problem.
Troy

What a drag Jim!!!
But I have to say that he/she was only busy putting on his/her make up,talking on phone/texting, doing his/nails,adjusting radio/cd player, eating hamburger/hotdog, drinking a Starbucks/soda/mixed cocktail/hard liquor or beer,turned around talking/yelling at people in back seat,having/giving or enduring sex with self or others, looking at map while driving or just drunk/stoned or high and couldn't be bothered to watch what was happening 3-5 ft in front of them at 2-5 mph and I'm sure it was your fault for stopping to fast because "they have never had an accident in their life". In other words a typical male/female/too young/too old or currently already dead California driver. This is why I would like someone to invent a "M18A1 Claymore directional anti-California driver" rear license plate holder.

Good News!!!I'm sure your baby will be back soon and as good as new.

Thanks guys! Fortunately I'm only a 45-minute drive from Vintage Speedsters so help is not too far away. This type of incident is definitely one of the hazards of driving such a small and distracting car.

If I had been in my beater (Range Rover), I would have shifted the transfer case into Low Range and then reverse and slowly and unstoppably (is that a word?) push the offending car's radiator 24" closer to the engine's flywheel.

This suks , but I'm glad no one was hurt, I believe most of us that drive these Tubs do so at a very alert stage, that is why we're so tired after a run, not so with some other drivers.

Cabanaboy - Bee Hive time : )

Jim, sorry for your BS driver behind you. I feel your pain, been there, my man. Kirk will fix you up quick!

Bummer dude! Post some after photos when repairs are done.

Will do!

I had asked Kirk if it would be worth the effort to do a color change (I've always wanted a black Speedster). He said it would be very labor intensive (from Metallic Silver to Black / Navy Blue interior to Camel/Beige). I guess that translates to $$$. Silver it is!

Plus, you know what happens once you go black!

Jimbo, just reading about your being violated. You are right, nice being close to the creator....glad you are alright.....

Jim.
I had Kirk take Black Betty from Mexico Blue to black and it was IMHO a reasonable $1650. He took everything off of BB and folded the carpets in and then reglued them after it was painted. Your car has a little more body molding than BB, but I can't imagine it would be that much more expensive unless you needed to replace carpet and interior too.
Troy

The query on 'Anything Goes' was "What happened?". I copied this post from that thread in order to attach pics;

I was ending my routine cruise with a quick trip on Balboa Island. Its a little island within Newport Beach Marina with the usual tourist/specialty shops on a narrow street.

Traffic flows through this tourist area at a stop & go snail's pace (cars frequently stopping for pedestrians or vehicles pulling into or out of parking lots). So there I was, enjoying the scenery as I was driving the boulevard and stopped for some pedestrians in the crosswalk. A second later, CRUNCH! A Chevy Tahoe rear-ended me.

I won't bore you with the drama that ensued, but the driver quickly retreated back to his car and locked his door when I jumped out of my car and threw off my skullcap and sunglasses yelling obscenities at him.

Its all good, no-one got hurt, I didn't get thrown in jail and Kirk is fixing my Speedy! It'll be back on the road soon and all will be right in SoCal once again.

Vehicular intercourse sucks and sorry to hear of your not at fault mishap my west coast skull cap toss'n friend, but glad you are ok as that is what's most important. ~Alan

I wanted to make it! I was at Rolland's shop getting the carbs dialed in. Finally someone knows what they are doing..."Take care of your customers and you will have them for life!" Job well done 5 stars!!
Thanks again Rolland!
Ken

We should make some Porsche skull caps that read "Kills Bugs Fast" I am sure Cory has a source.