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  • #235518
    Vicenç Feliú
    Keymaster

    @sabreur76

    We have been having really mild weather in South Eastern PA in the last couple of days so my wife and I decided to take a ride out in the Brandywine Valley this morning.  Here’s a shot of Montse in front of Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester, PA. 
    It was a great day for a ride and we really enjoyed it.  I am dreading having to put this little car away for the winter.  Maybe I should reconsider moving back to New Bern or Baton Rouge.  

    Vicenç - (bee sense)
    Pembroke Pines, FL
    1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"

    (1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

    #262491
    Royal
    Participant

    @royal

    Vincenc, when did you live in New Bern? I’m an upstate New Yorker who had had enough hard winters (and traffic and taxes). I tried but couldn’t tolerate the Florida heat.
    New Bern is a great little city of 30,000. Every few years we get a snow that lasts for a few days – just right. I do miss the northern twisty roads and long vistas of the northeast, but NC’s western mountains are an acceptable substitute.

    Come on down and join us. With Happy Jack’s two and my one, we’d have 4 TDr’s and would be the unofficial TDr capital.

    You would have to buy a house that had a garage ceiling high enough to put in the lift that neither Jack nor I have. 😉 …and we’ll even fix your main seal leak.

    #262492
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    or  Come on down to Wilmington which is  even nicer and  warmer  plus  beautiful blue water 

    #262493
    Vicenç Feliú
    Keymaster

    @sabreur76

    Hey guys!

    I lived in New Bern from 91 until 95, had a house in Trent Woods, on Steeplechase, with a nice two car garage but not high enough for a lift.  My son lived in Wilmington for a while, he did his undergrad at UNC there.  Would love to come back and join you guys… and put up that lift.

    Vicenç - (bee sense)
    Pembroke Pines, FL
    1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"

    (1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

    #262494
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    yes  and I could borrow  your lift  every now and then    🙂
    #262495
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Hey I got Bridget out to the grocery store today and had enough time to take a ride down to the park too. 45 degrees is OK at 30 mph.

    No overheating either!
    Dang valve cover drips on the catalytic converter though. ratsa fratsa…

    edsnova2014-12-29 19:39:46

    #262496
    Dave B.
    Participant

    @dave-b

    Thanks for the photos.  You guys are making me feel guilty for winterizing mine.

    #262497
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    No photo proof, but I had mine out Saturday. No running boards or rear cover but it was a beautiful day.

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #262498
    Vicenç Feliú
    Keymaster

    @sabreur76

    It was 40 degrees here today.  I took the bike out because it was bright and clear.  I got five miles down the road and my hands told me I had to turn around a get back.  I guess 40 degrees at 60 mph without handwarmers is not doable.  😕





    Vicenç - (bee sense)
    Pembroke Pines, FL
    1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"

    (1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

    #262499
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    One of the Speedster guys drives his all winter. He wears welding gauntlets, I think over thinner driving type gloves. Works for him.

    #262500
    Court Wizard
    Participant

    @court-wizard

    Watta Ya talkin’ ’bout? I drive all winter.

    I admit, sometimes you got to dress for the part…

    No trees were injured in the making of this message, but some electrons were inconvenienced.

    #262501
    Royal
    Participant

    @royal

    John, is that a collapsible steering column on your TDr?

    #262502
    Court Wizard
    Participant

    @court-wizard

    No, My steering column is rigid. It was originally the Chevy Chevette column with the switches and all hanging on it. I didn’t think the look matched with the rest so I removed the Chevette parts and constructed a setup more like the original.

    I moved the ignition switch and turn signal to the panel in keeping with the ‘look’.

    when I installed the new engine I had to route the steering column around the exhaust manifold.
    The Chevette engine had the intake on the left and ehaust on the right. The new S-10 engine is just the opposite.

    By adding another universal joint.

    No trees were injured in the making of this message, but some electrons were inconvenienced.

    #262503
    Court Wizard
    Participant

    @court-wizard

    I found a better pix of the steering column.

    No trees were injured in the making of this message, but some electrons were inconvenienced.

    #262504
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    I’d think about maybe purring a collapse cage above that first U-joint. Jes sayin’.

    Hey and on another subject: I’ve always liked those Demotivational posters and for two years wanted to make one with the TD and the dog. So today my wife and I dragged Fritz down to the marina and we finally did it. 
    The over caption: 
    Speed: not always an advantage
    Confidence: not always a strength

    #262505
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    Great shot. Great caption.????

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #262506
    Vicenç Feliú
    Keymaster

    @sabreur76

    Loved it!

    Vicenç - (bee sense)
    Pembroke Pines, FL
    1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"

    (1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

    #262507
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    ED

      excellent 

      about  time  !!Thumbs Up
    #262508
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    The final poster came today. Looks like this.

    #262509
    Vicenç Feliú
    Keymaster

    @sabreur76

    That is a great poster.

    Vicenç - (bee sense)
    Pembroke Pines, FL
    1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"

    (1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

    #262510
    greg press
    Participant

    @greg-press

    50 degrees this Sunday in Buffalo NY . Maybeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!       

    #262511
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    nice day  to do errands in …..and yesterday  and the day  before  Jan 1 🙂

    #262512
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    Gee …Life is grand … 60 degrees  sunny  ready to launch our asphalt sailing Roadster for a 15 mile sortie
    #262513
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    So cruel, so cruel…

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #262514
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    😛

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