I agree about Peter at World Wide. He's always been very helpful to me. His
shock rebuilding is very good.
I was not aware he was a TT member.
Chris from Madison will have his land barge, so we must save him some room.
I bought another 5+ lbs of hickory smoked brisket as animal sacrifice.
Fitz
"Wm. Severin Thompson" wrote:
> To all,
>
> As you can tell, when the Flounder bullshit level increases, race time must
> be near...
>
> So... what's wrong with this picture? The Red Rat Bastard is race ready. How
> can this be? Don't I have to be fixing umpteen different things well into
> the night the day before I pack and leave for a race? Something's wrong
> here... oh yeah... I have no life. Hell, I even got the moped running today.
> Do you realize that I possibly could even show up with the car "clean"?
> (Clean being a relative term when applied to the RRB...).
>
> New rear leafs, rebuilt shocks, prototype bearing/seal combo on the double
> bearing hubs... 4 qts of new Redline... I'm good to go. I'll be roping up as
> much real estate as I can Thursday... Greg "Hand Tool" Schultz will be there
> early to help with the land grab. Friday will be laid back... a little
> toolbox organizing, a little Land Barge maintenance, and a little
> harrassment of the competition. If you're going to be around for Friday
> night, let me know early, as I'll have the Smokey Joe fired up.
>
> I want to give a shameless plug to Peter at Worlwide Auto Parts in Madison,
> WI. They do a great job of rebuilding lever shocks... better work, and
> better price than places like Apple Hydraulics, etc. And, he's a Team Thicko
> member, so send some business his way. It's my understanding that they've
> got a whole slew of parts for your foreign car... you can reach Peter at
> nosimport@mailbag.com . He will be at Thicko Village next week. I'm going to
> stop by his shop on Tuedsay on the way back from Minneapolis... so let me
> know if you need me to pick up anything for you.
>
> Who's race ready, and who's not? I've heard from Roger "L. F." Heil... he
> won't be making it... something about going through 6 quarts of oil at
> Grattan.
>
> When I pulled apart the rear end on the RRB, I discovered why it quit moving
> forward on the 6th lap of the feature race at Grattan... seems as though I
> wiped the pinion off...completely. Funny how those things need oil.
>
> Elmo (where the hell are you?0 has been conspiring with Chuck "Lumpy
> Rutherford" Maranto for some sort of Group2 & 8 combined race. Trophies will
> be awarded. Now, before you guys get all excited and drive like most of
> those assholes at Grattan in Group 6 (that lost their minds because trophies
> were at stake) realize that these will be made of mostly broken race car
> parts. And, if you think about it, who's race car seems to brake the most
> parts? Yep. Your chance to win a little piece of the RRB.
>
> That's all for now... quit lurking and speak up out there...
>
> Flounder
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