I would like to say Thanks to Flounder, and Nancy as well, for hosting this
event, it really was great.
Butt crack Cam,, (you bastards :) ) lol
welding floor pans.. the fabrication I did was pretty good, considering the
only "brake" I had was and old bed angle iron, a hammer, and some clamps.
b+
welding, first attempt I will give the first floor a d (only because it is
funtional, but it sure isnt pretty)
the second side, actually started looking a little bit better till the only
tip melted in the mig. Im sure its something I did, but not really sure
what.
like I said Im pretty new to the welding.
I sure would like to thank all that lent a hand on Mickey,
Everyone at sos was more than willing to help any time we needed it.
When Im working on a car, Im so darn slow at what I do, thinking up jobs for
people is almost impossable, of course TODAY Ive thought of a 1/2 dozen
things all the other people that wanted to volunteer "could" have done..
darn it
all in all a great 2 days, Thanks again all!!
On 11/26/05, David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com> wrote:
>
> Wow! What a great weekend. I had a great time working on the Babe-Rally
> Midget, lending a hand here and there, and taking a few laps of the track
> in
> a go kart, to say nothing of the food.
>
> Dream Farm has proven to be a fine venue for SOS. The whole area was quite
> warm, despite the occasional need to open the overhead doors to get stuff
> and victims in and out. Even with a substantial assortment of Thicko race
> cars, there was plenty of room for working on all of the cars that showed
> up. The video corner was a nice touch, too. Those who needed a break from
> their labors could relax on the couch and watch Donald Healey's home
> movies,
> footage of Sebring 1964, and many other arcane pieces of race video.
> Thanks
> again to WST for his consumate hostmanship!
>
> The Babe Midget (henceforth occasionally referred to as "Mickey" in honor
> of
> the corpus delectus found on the floor mat) now has brakes, a fuel pump,
> horns, floor boards that are more substance than illusion, and almost an
> alternator. Many thanks to Peter Caldwell of Worldwide Auto Parts for
> supplying brake parts, hoses, etc, complete with special "Babe-Rally"
> pricing!
>
> Mickey has now left for Racine for continuing work in preparation for his
> big trip in May.
>
> Terry's 1967 Sprite had some issues which only manifested when thoroughly
> warmed up, so he had it out on the track for some warmup laps in the
> morning. Our gracious host had plowed it, but it was still plenty
> slippery.
>
> Larry Daniels' Bugeye went on a slimming course and lost a lot of weight.
> No
> sign of floorboards remains to be seen and the carcase is about ready to
> pay
> a visit to the media blaster. Larry also was gracious enough to show us
> the
> short way around the track with the fastest laps timed on the course
> today.
> You should have seen him drifting that kart around the front of the track
> with the inside front wheel picking up some air time.
>
> Several kart drivers discovered the hazards of being the only kart on the
> track when plenty of raw materials for snowballs were on hand...
>
> Food and drink were abundant and good. Willy brought bratwurst from
> Racine,
> Larry supplied the steaks, Nancy cooked breakfast both days, including
> killer swedish pancakes with home-made applesauce. I had never had
> bratwust
> chopped into inch-long chunks and fried up as breakfast sausage, but it
> won't be the last time I do. Son of Secretariat failed to make his
> traditional appearance, but we were all so stuffed that we did not really
> have a chance to miss him, let alone lament his absence appropriately.
>
> I would like to say that we missed all of you that weren't able to make it
> this year, but we really didn't have much time for that. Better plan your
> priorities better for next year!
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