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Lickity Splits journey to Auto-Rama
#1397039
03/04/13 01:10 AM
03/04/13 01:10 AM
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Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,841
MI, usa
dvw
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MI, usa
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Detroit Auto-Rama is next week. I figured I'd show the Belvedere One time before we beat it up. Of coarse living in Mi means snow and ice. My faithful 95 Cummins fired right up, good. It is a 2WD dually stick which means it gets stuck in frozzen spit,bad. Got my buddy's 4WD Cummins to pull me out,good. Tried to pull my 32'tri axle out of the 3" of ice,bad. I chopped out the ice, still stuck. We strapped both the trucks together along with the trailer out it came. Took it for a drive ,all good. End Saturday,day 1. Sunday a warm front must be at least 30. Next business to pull my supercharged Volare out of the trailer. Charge the battery, air up the slicks, crank it up, won't start. It always starts, except this time. Probably do to the fact that the upper blower pulley came loose during it's last trip to Norwalk. The rotors aren't rotating during crank with out the belt. Pour some fuel in the carbs, fire it up, quits. Another 15 minutes of start a quit finally runs long enough to make it to the shop. Did I mention the tool box drawers were open on the road trip so the tool box tipped and emptied its drawers. End day 2. Hopefully my 1/4 trim panels will be finished tomorrow so I can install them before move in day on Wednesday. Doug
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Re: Lickity Splits journey to Auto-Rama
[Re: dvw]
#1397040
03/04/13 11:26 AM
03/04/13 11:26 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,978
Hilltown Pa
1967dartgt
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Wow sounds like a ordeal for sure.
Brett Miller W9 cnc'd heads
STR Chassis fabraction
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Re: Lickity Splits journey to Auto-Rama
[Re: dvw]
#1397044
03/04/13 09:06 PM
03/04/13 09:06 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,410
Belpre,Ohio
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Belpre,Ohio
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Detroit Auto-Rama is next week. I figured I'd show the Belvedere One time before we beat it up. Of coarse living in Mi means snow and ice. My faithful 95 Cummins fired right up, good. It is a 2WD dually stick which means it gets stuck in frozzen spit,bad. Got my buddy's 4WD Cummins to pull me out,good. Tried to pull my 32'tri axle out of the 3" of ice,bad. I chopped out the ice, still stuck. We strapped both the trucks together along with the trailer out it came. Took it for a drive ,all good. End Saturday,day 1. Sunday a warm front must be at least 30. Next business to pull my supercharged Volare out of the trailer. Charge the battery, air up the slicks, crank it up, won't start. It always starts, except this time. Probably do to the fact that the upper blower pulley came loose during it's last trip to Norwalk. The rotors aren't rotating during crank with out the belt. Pour some fuel in the carbs, fire it up, quits. Another 15 minutes of start a quit finally runs long enough to make it to the shop. Did I mention the tool box drawers were open on the road trip so the tool box tipped and emptied its drawers. End day 2. Hopefully my 1/4 trim panels will be finished tomorrow so I can install them before move in day on Wednesday. Doug
You're a better man than me!! If I had all that trouble/bad luck, there is NO way I would put that beautiful car in a trailer and tow it anywhere right now.  I could only imagine what it would look like after the tool box fell into it, or it came loose from tie-downs, etc!!  I would have to wait for the moon to change or something.  Hope all goes well. 
If you like drag racing, support your local track.
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Re: Lickity Splits journey to Auto-Rama
[Re: dvw]
#1397046
03/04/13 09:48 PM
03/04/13 09:48 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
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Good luck with it Doug... hope you get best of class... I will see if I can make it down there to check it out... still on the road but we SHOULD be home tomorrow 
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Re: Lickity Splits journey to Auto-Rama
[Re: racerx]
#1397057
03/06/13 10:03 AM
03/06/13 10:03 AM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,495
Shelby mi.
JAKE68
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doug when you get checked in see what class they have you in. You should be able to get into super stock becuase the car can fit into (appear)ss/da. If you put into nostalgia you have some tough comp. Just a thought. Good Luck see you thursday.Jake
JAKES AUTOMOTIVE
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Re: Lickity Splits journey to Auto-Rama
[Re: JAKE68]
#1397058
03/06/13 09:32 PM
03/06/13 09:32 PM
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s e mich
ro23car
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s e mich
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doug when you get checked in see what class they have you in. You should be able to get into super stock becuase the car can fit into (appear)ss/da. If you put into nostalgia you have some tough comp. Just a thought. Good Luck see you thursday.Jake
it wont be that tough i wont be there cuz i have to work  .
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have fun & best of luck 
to see both car entering/exiting these events in video 
