Mary should be getting the eyelid nipple in today.

Looking forward to lots of pics from the build!

Mary: If you would please. E-mail me at
iamjoesharp@hotmail.com
I have a tracking number for you for the RC stuff.

With any luck I will be posting a time lapse video of each day's progress up to YouTube each night. I plan to have the recorder take an image every 60 seconds and play back 1 frame per second - that way 1 hour gets condensed to one minute.

Stay tuned for details.

After a near cardiac arrest due to devastating new I am happy to inform all that my car is home and being packed with parts and will still be Kansas bound this time tomorrow night. Super props to my fabulous mechanic for making this possible! So next time you see djohn on line be sure to him and tell him he rocks!

Have a safe and enjoyable trip!

3am and I cant sleep I leave for the airport in 4.5 hours

I need to check if there is anything I am forgetting.

go to sleep man

This is the most productive time of the day, sometimes....
No carparts to polish here, but I'll start working on the Bierocks...
Or, maybe go to the grocery store. Wouldn't be crowded, but probably no checkers, either....

At Logan waiting to board

I've been up for hours - too excited to sleep!

I leave for the airport at 3 this afternoon. I am dropping a boxy off with Bill (bandjoey) to bring up with him on friday.

I will be there tonight.

Mary... would you be so kind as to print off a legal page sized copy of the color wiring diagrams for Buttercup? It is much easier to have them ready when I start on the electrical system. I can't get to pelican here at work because it is blocked by the content filter.

exciting!

I was up til 3:30 a.m. getting the car all packed and loaded and ready to go. Got a few last minute items to toss in and need gas, then I am set. Not a cloud in the sky today so I hope it stays that way all the way to Garden City. I will let you guys know when I depart and give you my phone number in case anybody wants to call and keep me awake around midnight or so.


Shoe.............on a double...triple dog dare mission!

I'll get it printed. THANKS!!!!!!!

P.S. Coffee is on my grocery list.....

Anybody wanting a google map to Luke's place please email me maryshortridge@gmail.com and I will send you a jpg. Or just call me on my cell for directions. 620-272-4379.
It isn't hard to find, honest.
Looking forward to seeing all of you!
~Mary & family

At the airport, enjoying free internet. I love small airports for the free internet. I cant believe I am awake. I got maybe 2hrs of sleep last night.

I have a manual in my luggage. I dont need no color wiring diagrams

I also have some self made circuit diagrams that can help. After all, electrical/electronics/avionics was my first avocation

Thanks Clay,

I have the laminated 8.5" X 17" color version with me for '73 - should be fine.

Ed, Doc and I will be there tonight as well - we should be in about 7PM.

I also have PET catalog on my laptop and Mary has a hard copy of Exploded Diagrams I made for her back in August.

Shotgun!

We have an awesome team coming from all directions.

Hey! BTW: Who ever ends up running in the RC AutoX you better draw straws for the cars. Maybe each driver will have to run my car then run Joes car. Then average the times. Joe Sharps cars are really fast! Mine is stock

Smart call - my vehicle is packed - had to fold down one of the seats in the back - it will be close quarters for the backseat passenger.....

Good thing Ed is skinny!

My car is all packed and I have done everything to it I can think of. Wish I had gotten the rear tires balanced but too late now. I will be rolling out of Memphis by 7:00 central time. Only a mere 805 miles to the destination. My cell number is 901-484-6977. Feel free to call anytime if you are bored. I am sure I could use a wake up call every now and then. I am hoping to make Little Rock before I have to stop and put the top back on. Rock on and see you all in 12 or 13 hours if all goes well.


Shoe

OK, I'm still up in the air for Saturday. Got a nasty cold I'm trying to shake but I keep coughing myself awake every night and not getting any sleep. And the weather has gone to crap both here and there and everywhere in between during Saturday when I wanted to drive there and back.

I had a cold the week after I left Denver. I think I caught it on the plane on the way home. I'm good now.

I hope you get to feeling better - tow words - ginger snaps!

by this time tomorrow Bill and I will be nearing KS I'm fired up!

I'll say it first, Good luck boys and girls! Make us proud!!!!

No until after!!!

Donald is on the road screaming towards Kansas. He is experiencing some mechanical problems with fuel / injection with sporadic hesitation at speed. He mentioned having a non stock inline fuel filter installed yesterday. If anyone here can help Donald diagnose the problem, give him a call....

156 miles down, 641 more to go!

Made a pit stop at a fellow teener owner's house. Back on the road again

How far have you made it so far? Rooting for you, especially after the triple dog dare!

Very cool - still at the shop - Ed has been up about 24 hours.

Okay folks, I have worked my magic(which means I have no clue what the hell I did) and she is no back to running smooth as silk.

Dons phone number is wrong. I get a disconnected message. Anyone have the right one?

Looks like Rob talked to him. I sent Rob a text to see what number he used to call him.

901-484-6977

Just talked to Donald. He's about a half an hour from Oklahoma rolling along about 85 mph. The car is running fine. If the build team has time I think he could use a hand with his head lights. They are working but not aimed very well. I've driven the Alien all night long before head light are a good thing.

Be safe Donald!

310 miles down, 495 miles to go. Cutting a trail through Oklahoma now!

First test video from the build site. This is about 2 hours of work we did after we ate dinner. All the work was being done in the engine compartment fixing some firewall "plumbing" issues.

Enjoy - real noticeable progress Friday!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWar2u2Pfg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWar2u2Pfg


Added youtube tags to video url - Gint

DINNER?

Nobody said anything abot dinner! My last meal was 12 hours ago. Damn it, I knew I should have faster!

Hey, at :49 Ed looks like he's just watching. I hope you're puuting him to work.

Great job you guys, wish I was there.

You should post a few short videos done at real time with audio.

615 miles down, 189 more to go. Running a little behind. Had to go back & pick up the pieces of my car that fell off.

It's like you guys are barely moving in the video? Common Pick up the Pace
Update the parts list before Wayne and I leave tonight, to see if there's anything else we can find to bring.

Happy Wrenching!

How come I get the impression that you're going to show up wearing aviator goggles and have bugs stuck on your face....

I have duct tape here - we can fix it.

I am up (didn't I just go to bed - at least I got some sleep).

Headed for coffee.

Be safe Donald.

Cheers!

Just talked to Don....He is a couple hundred miles away....He had some windshield trim blown off by a 18 wheeler coming the opposite direction and had to stop and retrieve it....Said he was looking for a place to get out and "wake up". That incident did the job plus having to find the missing trim.....He does though need to fix his left headlight as it is pointing down.