Another great Winternationals ? ? ?

[ron morehead]

hey Jack
I'm watching both of you guys since my car is in Billy's Trailer, ask the GM dealer if you guys could use there shop to load everything up. Tell them your sponsored by a dealership. Your a used car salesman sell em

[Jack Matyas]

Ron - I'll sure try to sell 'em. At least your car is in the trailer -- I've got to get close enough to load mine up into the "docking station" ..................

[Mark Yacavone]

Jack , It looks like it's moving out of your area.

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx


Been there, done that. 1977 .Snow and below freezing all the way to Kingman ,Az
Good luck, give me a call when you get out here.
602-769-0346

[Dave Turner]

Hey, so that's where all our white stuff landed!!

This has been a "non event" winter (so far), up here in the wilderness. Drive safe Jack.

[63corvette]

Jack, I live on I-40 in the Texas panhandle and I would suggest you go further south and take I-10 through Phoenix and enter LA from the south. That is the way we go to Pamona from here during the winter. The Texas panhandle has snow on the ground but the roads are dry right now but it is cloudy now (Saturday Afternoon) with a winter storm expected Sunday evening through Monday all day. I would expect I-40 to be closed Sunday night into Monday again. I-40 was closed all through Texas last week for almost 48 hours with snow and blowing snow. I still have snow drifts about 3 ft. deep next to my barn where my race rig sits. I did not register for Pamona this year but would have had to hire a tractor or skid loader to get my rig out if I had.
The 300 plus mile stretch of I-40 from Albq. to past Flagstaff is really rough in a bad winter and it seems like we have had a winter storm come right down I-40 about every 3 to 4 days for the past two weeks.
If you get to Amarillo TX and need some help give me a call. I have a Jeep and can come and get you, but the rig is another story. Home Phone 806-655-9216.
Stay Safe
Rick Cates

[vic guilmino]

hey jack i am in sunny fla

[John Leichtamer Jr]

Jack

Give up on Calif. Come on down to Fla. and run the races here. when you hit I77 head south

Hammer

[Jack Matyas]

Well here's the skinny gang - nothing and I sure mean nothing can quite clear a path out of a snowdrift like an earthmover with a front bucket and I found me one-and a real nice guy to boot as I tried to duke him half a c note for getting me out and he wouldn't take it .

Right after that I hooked up with the mothership and Billy was kind enough to beam my racer on board and he promptly left for sunny California .Only thing left for me to do was maybe sing again - this time I'll steal a line from a 70's so song -- you'll remember it - -it went something like "Gimme a ticket to an airoplane " ........I can tell you for sure that after the last few days I'm ready .Tomorrow its back to the "Christmas City " and plow the lot as they say .

Yak -- I'll have plenty of time out West and will be sure to ring you up .
Dave -- thanks but you can have your stuff back .
63corvette -- just load up and join us .
Vic -- thanks buddy -- I was only a few miles from your house .
Hammer -- Florida is nice but there is only one sunny California .
Rich - you're less than an hour from Newark Airport ..........
Ron -- the guy at the GM store was real nice - Billy sold 'em .........

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

It is gonna be GREAT ! Just to get out there......gremlins, schedule delays, parts problems, blown motor last night. Im buying a couch at Salvation Army fir $20 (I thought 10 but it IS california) when I get there , gonna plop it down next to the trailer and yall wake me when its over and let me know how our car did ok ?

At least we outran the snow coming back down here....

Cheers all, off to tear the motor apart and see what "really" happened....as opposed to the 2 other things I THOUGHT happened only to get the heads off and be suprised (nicley) our valve train is good over 8k...nice to know.....

Apprently the bottom end is only good to 6250.....

Wonder what kind of times it will run with the limiter set at 6000

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Could it be happening again ? We left rly yesterday morning to hookup with my "ride" to the left coast -- Billy Leber and Co. and arrived early thinking everything was cool .Been sitting here in a Wal-Mart lot since around noon yesterday and things -- well they really don't look good - at least anytime soon . Billy -- he's not doing much better as he got very close to my location and proceeded to get his rig stuck for three hours and then signed up for a $700 tow out -- ouch ! !

From the pictures below you'll see we're going to be here for another day or two and Debbie is not -- I repeat not a happy camper as its cold , windy ( huge gusts ) and supplies are running low as we thought this would be a day trip and even the Wal-Mart is closed today .

Good news - not much except there is a Marriot Suites about 100 yards from us and there is no way I'm not signing up for a deluxe deal tonight ( if I ever want to go again ) .Because the whole area is under snow diaster and we already have 22" I'm not sure how long we'll be here -- talk about cabin fever --- thank God for the Internet .One last piece of good news - they're plowing the lot next door -- its the Crispy Creme joint and they look like maybe they'll open soon ....................

Opps - Sorry about the pics -- too much snow -- I'll get fresh ones ! !

[Irv Johns]

Drooze, at least you will help the average only turning it 6K. ,I'll say one thing you are much more determined than I would be this late in the game... I'd get a couple cold Bud's and watch the Superbowl. And I dont even drink. what your are going thru would drive me to drinking..LOL. Irv