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Offline Russ

October Cruise-In

« on: September 18, 2012, 11:49:30 PM »
Our next cruise-in will be held on Friday, October 5th. We will once again meet at the Sonic on East Brainerd Road at 7 PM. Bring a chair and hang out with us!

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 11:52:09 PM »
Someone be sure and take pictures please, I won't be able to make this one.

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2012, 10:28:09 AM »
Is anyone going tonight?

I'm hoping I can make it, but I've got to get the Chalk Bug from Kyle's place up to the River Park for the RMH Children's Festival.  I should get off work about 2.  I've got a Super Beetle tow bar, but I've got to bolt the bracket under the car and I've got to make a wiring harness to hook up the chalk bug's taillights to my trailer light socket.  I don't know about the condition of the tires, so I may have to deal with that too.  Soooo . . . I'm not sure if I'll make the cruise-in or not.   :scvf:

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2012, 10:46:25 AM »
Is anyone going tonight?

I'm hoping I can make it, but I've got to get the Chalk Bug from Kyle's place up to the River Park for the RMH Children's Festival.  I should get off work about 2.  I've got a Super Beetle tow bar, but I've got to bolt the bracket under the car and I've got to make a wiring harness to hook up the chalk bug's taillights to my trailer light socket.  I don't know about the condition of the tires, so I may have to deal with that too.  Soooo . . . I'm not sure if I'll make the cruise-in or not.   :scvf:

isn't there a tow dolly about 20 feet away from the chalk bug?!?!?

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2012, 10:47:26 AM »
Oh and, I won't be there. But the owner of your buddy's old bus that KC bought and then sold a few weeks back said he might come (from a thread on the samba).

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2012, 12:37:34 PM »
isn't there a tow dolly about 20 feet away from the chalk bug?!?!?

I think so.  But once the bracket is on and the lights are wired, towing it from now on will be super e-z.  As long as the tires aren't flat.  Putting the car up on that tow dolly alone is royal pain in the rear.  Been there, done that.   ;)

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2012, 04:01:56 PM »
I feel kind of dumb now. I waited at the sonic in East Ridge until 7:45 and no one came so I went home. I didn't see East Brainerd Road!!!!!

Oh well.

Next time I will get it right!

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2012, 04:21:18 PM »
isn't there a tow dolly about 20 feet away from the chalk bug?!?!?

I think so.  But once the bracket is on and the lights are wired, towing it from now on will be super e-z.  As long as the tires aren't flat.  Putting the car up on that tow dolly alone is royal pain in the rear.  Been there, done that.   ;)

I put a can of fix-a-flat in the one flat tire it had, bolted on the bracket, hooked the tow bar up and headed out with it. Oh, yeah, I didn't take time to wire the bugs lights up.  I just slapped on a set of Habor Freight magnetic tow lights and secured them with duct tape.  The first two miles or so went well.  Then after I got on East Brainard Road, all #$@& broke loose.  I couldn't get over about 20 without the car going crazy.  That's not a good thing on East Brainard road at 5:30 PM.  I don't think I made a lot of friends.  So, I went in short, slow burst and kept pulling off to let the traffic by and finally made it to the Sonic around 6:30.  I pulled in there and waited for back-up.  One of the times I had pulled over, I took a look under the car and realized the problem is the right tie-rod has been cut off with a torch.  At least, that's what I thought the problem was.  When everyone else started arriving, I unhooked and went back to Kyle's and got the tow dolly.  When we started to put the car up on the dolly, we realized what the REAL problem was.  The bolts had fallen out and BOTH controll arms had fallen out of the frame head.  The only way this car got as far as it did was through divine intervention. 

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2012, 12:26:04 AM »
A few photos - small gathering but fun!

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2012, 08:28:45 PM »
So who all showed up?

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2012, 10:29:42 PM »
I pulled Kyle's tow dolly to work today.  After work, I headed for the River Park and picked up the chalk bug and towed it back to Kyle's.  This end of the trip was rather uneventfull than getting it there!

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2012, 10:37:44 PM »
I pulled Kyle's tow dolly to work today.  After work, I headed for the River Park and picked up the chalk bug and towed it back to Kyle's.  This end of the trip was rather uneventfull than getting it there!

I saw you as you were on 153 passing the airport! You should get that sewig machine out of the bed of your truck! It's been raining a lot lately...

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Re: October Cruise-In

« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2012, 10:57:28 PM »
You should get that sewig machine out of the bed of your truck! It's been raining a lot lately...

I've got it covered up good.  And I have no other place to put it.

I did some cleaning and olling on it last weekend.  It has a shaft with too much end play . . . gott'a read the manual and figure out how to adjust it.  Other than that one issue, it runs great and it's sounds a lot better now that I've oiled it.

If you really want me to get it out of the bed of my truck, I will bring it to your place and unload it . . . for a small fee . . .   ;D

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