You can stay at my house, Kevin. No need to make an extra trip. You will like the drive that Mike and I are planning. I made up 1/2 of the route & he made up the other half. I discovered a country road that's quite a bit of fun the other day.
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1975 Sahara 2002 ('Dieter')

We braved the wind and rain in the am. Later on it cleared up and we could cook some hotdogs. Then we had a great drive with dry roads and super visibility. We had 7 '02's today and Mike Self fixed Kfunk's brake lights. Later, I gave Kfunk my old taillight lens when his disappeared on the drive somewhere. Thanks a lot to Mike McCarthy for delivering Dieter in the nick of time. He still needs a few more hoses to be ready for Vintage it seems, so back to the shop on Monday. Thanks to all who showed up today.
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1975 Sahara 2002 ('Dieter')

It was also very good to meet John Blake and Jason Gipson today for the 1st time. They came up from the Cincinnati area. (Mariemont and Batavia to be exact about it.) Welcome to our madness.
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1975 Sahara 2002 ('Dieter')

Mmmmm.....cake!

Any pics!
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HarryPR
BMWCCA #19290

Harry, I have pics, but I don't know how to post them, I hate to say. My son is good with the digital camera and has helped me send some via email. I haven't seen our many pics from yesterday yet. We had 4 Saharas yesterday if you include John Blake's '76 with rattle-can black over Sahara. (the other 3: mine, Mike Self's, and Brian Aylor's) We didn't have any crazy colors like Mintgrun, Golf, Inka or even Paselblau. See you at Vintage, Harry. (p.s. the other colors represented yesterday: Riviera, Atlantik, & Polaris.....)
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1975 Sahara 2002 ('Dieter')

Harry, I have pics, but I don't know how to post them, I hate to say. My son is good with the digital camera and has helped me send some via email. I haven't seen our many pics from yesterday yet. We had 4 Saharas yesterday if you include John Blake's '76 with rattle-can black over Sahara. (the other 3: mine, Mike Self's, and Brian Aylor's) We didn't have any crazy colors like Mintgrun, Golf, Inka or even Pastelblau. See you at Vintage, Harry. (p.s. the other colors represented yesterday: Riviera, Atlantik, & Polaris.....)
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1975 Sahara 2002 ('Dieter')

Hey Jim, thanks again for the bed and the pizza and the lens. I actually got a good night's sleep and got there in time.
Thanks for the help with the brake light switch mechanism, Mike. I had no idea there was ever a problem with it. I took it out and worked it around with some WD-40, but unfortanately I don't think it was viscous enough, and it got stuck again by the time I got to the autocross. Before heading home from the AX, I took it out and fiddle with it and crammed in a bunch of silicone grease, and I think that might do the trick for a while. It's not much fun driving down the road with no bumpers, much less with questionable brake lights! I've been going extremely carefully and watching my mirror, and as soon as I see someone coming up behind me at a light I make a quick turn to the side in case I need to get outta the way.

But anyways, the car ran amazingly well today, and thats all that matters to me. That was pretty much the best that cars ever run for me. I wasn't able to take down a couple of the fully prepped/caged cars, but oh well, atleast I have seating for 4! Several of the course workers told me that was the fastest and smoothest they've ever seen that car go.
I'll put up a full thread in the main forum with pics once they get posted online. I've gotta get busy cleaning up that rust that was hidden by the rear bumper, then put my big beautiful bumpers back on.
I'm probably gonna pick up a spare driveshaft from a local guy in Athens along with a tranny output flange too, and hopefully fix my guibo problems for good.
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1974 2002, 4224479, #74 EP/FSP, daily driver, track toy
1983 Yamaha RX50: 7hp/70+ MPG, in town run-about
1992 Miata: #43 CSP, winter beater