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Receipt reply received from Bruce. THINK SPRING !!!
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"I am perilously close to losing my navigator unless a few wives/girlfriends commit to coming.
Julie doesn’t want to be the only woman on the field (of TDrs) and the 900 mile round trip is too much for me to make alone.Anybody??Royal2013-04-04 01:40:58
Sorry Roy. At the moment, I am flying solo…through life…and Carlisle!
But remember, it’s not just the few TDs. The Speedster group is over fifty cars. There will be plenty of wives & girlfriends.Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Max Zimmer often brings his wife Toni, who is very cool.
I think Merklin will bring his wife. Norma comes with Bruce usually (always?). She’s good company . . .
Schu, tell Lois we wish she’d reconsider.
Sorry, Patti has announced she can’t go. She says she has to work.
(I believe she thinks there’s a tunnel on the way there)Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Ed,
Lois had a good time last year and likes everybody, but had really bad time w/ allergy’s – so bad that it confined her to the hotel our last two days – a real bummer for her. With the med’s she takes allergy drugs are not allowed.Hey folks. A member’s post (Donna) said she was interested and planned on attending. Please don’t forget to mention her to your wives/SO. I’m sure that there will be some other ladies to chat with. Paul…any word from Wobby? haven’t heard a peep from him lately. Hope he’s doing okay. Had a great time chatting with him and all the TD and Speedster crew last year. Wish I could make it again this year. newkitman2013-04-05 13:03:59
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackNope. Have not heard from Wobby.
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Wobby told me a month or two ago he’s coming and will bring a shade tent and probably Mrs. Wobby. My impression of him in the past three-four years I’ve known him is that he is a man of his word.
A madman, but a man of his word.
Ed, please tell Karen that she has (as in HAS) to come. Other than the possibles, looks like Julie & Karen are the only certainties. If Karen changes her mind, then Julie and I are likely out also.
I don’t remember Donna, maybe our gatekeeper, Paul could send her a PM?Would be fun to joust with Wobby again. …and meet his wife.If we could get Wobby and Paul to enter the AutoX, I may bring a trophy. That would make 5 VW TDs. (I notice that Paul has been silent on our AutoX ramblings.) I recently bought and am restoring a TD model and I was thinking that it may be cool to have a perpetual (relay race, – pass it on) type trophy for the winner. Seriously, would it be fair to include the front engined muscle TDs in this race? What do you think? I’m not promising my model as a TD trophy yet (I’ve got about $40 invested) and it’s still not done.What do you Carlisle attendees think?Royal2013-04-05 16:18:00
No, Roy, I don’t need your trophy. Maybe you could give it to second place.
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Funny Bill – there you go Roy – the challenge has been laid out for us. I think everyone should be included. Bring a third place trophy for Bill.
Hah! Yeah, everyone’s in the pool. I don’t believe I’ll be in line for any trophies. I plan to look fine while losing though.
Roger that on looking fine. That’s why I took off the Judson supercharger- it just didn’t look good.
I’ll give it the autocross a shot!
Just need to borrow a hard hat!Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
They have ’em, Paul.
Roy: don’t you forget to take out two spark plugs before the race. Saves weight, and the open holes allow the engine to pump air out more efficiently. Just as good as that Judson, at least, and with no style penalty whatsoever.
Serious question for Bill or Ed: When you are “up” at the AutoX, how long do you have between runs? How many runs are you allowed? I’m wondering how much time to do tweaking – adjust tire pressures, carb mixture, swap engines (sorry, I couldn’t keep it totally serious) etc.
My wife Barbara is hoping she will be able to make the trip to Carlisle with me. If she can’t make it, I will be asking my daughter Debbie to join me.
Don Loveless
Ford Pinto Fiberfab
Rochester, MILast year we had 3 runs of 3 laps. The time between runs was several minutes (5-!0)? This depends on how many are in the run group. Plenty of time to some fine tuning. I believe you could swap the engine if you could come close to the record time. I read somewhere a swap on a Beetle could be completed in about 5 minutes?
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Don, looking forward to meeting one of your girls.
Bill, I won a case of beer once by swapping a beetle engine with my 80# son, and a 16ft long 2×10 and a few cinder blocks and tools. 15 minutes in my driveway. (I was only 34.) The board was my quickie jack with cinder blocks as the fulcrum.A minute and four seconds is all you need. Guinness world record:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1000/fastest-vw-beetle-engine-swap/
Of course that’s with the rear end off the ground already. See it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKF6dcKjLJo
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
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