1200 miles in 24 hours without sleep kicks yer ass......

Went to Phoenix and picked up the Speedster replica. Traffic on the I 10 SUCKED!!!!! 10PM in Blythe...still over a 100F.....speed was limited to 55mph due to traffic, speed limit laws and the fact that @ 57...the ass end started doing the blue fin tuna boogie.....heavy truck, short trailer and a Ford F-150 with a racing six banger with less HP than my 914....

At least 10 accidents in the 500 miles from SB to Chandler (a suburb of Phoenix)....got there around 1:30 AM.....unloaded the traded truck.....loaded the Speedster, did the paperwork thang and was on the road to San Diego to meet V8 Sean......

Tried to catch a few ZZZZs on the side of the road at like 5am....did you know it can be 90 plus in the desert at 5am and that flies BITE.....so fired it back up and fortified with Red Bull(s) and intestinal flatulence made it to Sean's by 11:30am.....24 hours on the road....

He pulled the motor while I had hallucinations and checked out his cool house...interior has 1/4 sawn first growth redwood from early 1900s.....decided it was too freaking hot to slam it in the Speedster, so in the truck it went.

Next stop....Moms....Orange County....did some honey doos...grabbed some rack time for 2 hours and just hit the door at home 12:30 am....2.5 days later.....

Manana (actually today) is the wif's B-day....I get to ride in a bus to the Magic Castle for the whole day...I'll bring earplugs and maybe catch some ZZZs, w/o the flies....

Pics tomorrow when it's light out.

Sounds like a long day. It also sounds like you got another cool project on your hands.

did vegas to seattle in 17 hrs once and stoped for dinner on the way. two fuel stops 40n gal tank 20 mpg in a suburban.

easy when I was 25.....2.5 days solo across country.....18-20 hours/4-6 sleep....not so, 20 years later....

my hands are still shaking...Sean tried to get me to crash at his house...I was wacked....he called me Miles once....

geezer...

QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 28 2005, 01:41 AM)

....he called me Miles once....

Whoa!

Glad to hear the trip was fairly uneventful, i.e., no tickets, accidents, caught with cross dresser in car in dark alley, etc.

Hurry up with the picks though...

I once went from my doorhere in Georgia to the front gate at MCAS Tustin California in 29 hours.... Thats 2350 miles straight through with a couple of power naps..

I was running 90 MPH for most of the trip.. In a Ford F150..... I got so tired that I would put the truck on cruise control and throw my legs across the bench seat!!!!

I had orders to be on base and only had 3 days to make the trip.... It kicked my ass for a week afterward..

last month I drove the whole famn damily from old faithful inn at jellystone to My house in Orange, Mexifornia, straight through. 1100 miles in 16 1/2 hours. I'm afraid to do the math
Luckily there were severe thunderstorms near the end to keep me awake.
I was tired for 3 days afterwards. No way would I go through that fer a car.

QUOTE (Sammy @ Aug 28 2005, 12:17 PM)

last month I drove the whole famn damily from old faithful inn at jellystone to My house in Orange, Mexifornia, straight through. 1100 miles in 16 1/2 hours. I'm afraid to do the math Luckily there were severe thunderstorms near the end to keep me awake. I was tired for 3 days afterwards. No way would I go through that fer a car.  :wacko:

Sammy that's a cake run. I do that from my door to yours. 15.5-16.5 hours straight through.

Where is the old geezer anyway? Still sleepin?

QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 28 2005, 03:41 AM)

my hands are still shaking...Sean tried to get me to crash at his house...I was wacked....he called me Miles once....

I used to be the goto guy for overdrives (anything over 500 miles) when I was teching, and I convinced the road manager that we didn't need a truck driver..

I'd go 3-4 days with 60 second naps ( in between mile markers) and I have slept through whole shows, under a drum riser, with a rock concert going on above me.



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Gint, the point was it's easy for you but not for me. Prolly cause I'm old and yer crazy
That was averaging 66 MPH over 16.5 hours.

That drive kicked my butt. Next time I stop in mesquitte for some gambling.

best I ever did before that was Artesia NM to Orange (900 miiles) in 14 hours (64 mph ave.).

Just got back from the Magic Castle with the wif and kids....slept the whole way down and 1/2 back..I love ear plugs and someone else driving....

Dropped off Frank Jr. and will get some pics tomorrow....promise.

Hope to have the engine in and running this weekend.....stay tuned.

Hey Cool

Scare the shit out of me even more....I am picking up a car in the west coast and driving it 5000km home.
Alone. in a couple of weeks.
I did it when I was 21 years old, now I,m 38....
I gonna bring some Preperation H for the ride.

wish me luck
Later

dont call me at 7am on a saturday morning again.....

friday night party hard.....saturday, sleep it off

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Aug 28 2005, 07:58 PM)

dont call me at 7am on a saturday morning again..... friday night party hard.....saturday, sleep it off

Pansy....yer not supposed to have hang overs until yer in yer 30s....not before 21...

QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 28 2005, 09:03 PM)

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Aug 28 2005, 07:58 PM) dont call me at 7am on a saturday morning again..... friday night party hard.....saturday, sleep it off  :D Pansy....yer not supposed to have hang overs until yer in yer 30s....not before 21...

you can still remember when you were 30?

I remember when Mike was 30, and that was the year I got my first big boy pants.


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