Conway

At the Beaver Run Reservoir, Westmoreland County, PA

Some information here: http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/137949-space-saver-spare-in-15in/page-2?hl=spare+tires#entry10060 I was planning on doing some junkyarding myself when it warms up a little.

Roads are uber salty. I was surprised this guy was out in an 02!

Yes, Brad is doing one for 2014. Just not sure of completion date.

The NC 02 group puts one out. Should be coming soon. You'll find them if you Google the 02 group.

Loving my yokohama S-drives in the same size.

http://www.petrolicious.com/the-addiction-of-vara-racing Well done boys, well done.

x2 on the Derby. Former Louisvillian here.

Here is the wire I used: http://www.skygeek.com/ms20995c32.html I wouldn't hurt to replace the "special" bolts after you get them out. I got mine from Blunt. Soak those bastards good with some penetrant. You don't want to have to drill'em out!

Go ahead and cut the wires. I too was nervous about safety wiring. There are some videos on youtube on how to do it. I watched a couple of those and went at it. nothing has fallen off so far! knock on wood......

Check out H&R's website. They have lots of quality spacers available.

I have the S drives in 195-50-15. I love them. Handling is great for enthusiastic driving. I'm on ST springs, bilstein hd's and have a 22mm front sway, and 19mm rear sway. The tires are more than adequate for what I do. No track or autoX.

Here in Pa, fall is in full swing and winter is upon us. Yesterday, my wife and I awoke to light rain, grey skies, and 55 degrees. After some breakfast and coffee, the skies cleared, and the rain stopped. We checked the oil in Ol Blue, and headed about an hour south of Pittsburgh into Greene County, PA. Our destination was a historic metal truss on TR 597, that spans Ten Mile Creek. Of the ten or so of these historic trusses that I saw this summer, this one was my absolute favorite. This truss was erected in 1878. Yes, I said 1878. This truss is a pin-connected double intersection Pratt Whipple truss. The bridge was erected by the Massillon Iron Bridge Company of Massillon, OH. The bridge has a clear span of 163 feet, sits on cut stone abutments, and has a timber road deck. (This pic was taken on my initial visit for work) This thing must have blown peoples minds in 1878. It blew my mind the first time I saw it. It's hard to believe it's still standing 135 years later. The original floor beams would have been wrought iron. The original floor beams were replaced in the 1990's with modern steel beams. Other than the floorbeams, the bridge is completely original and considered of "Exceptional" historic significance by PENNDOT. You might be asking yourself what the hell is this bridge doing in the middle of nowhere. Well, the short answer is, I have no idea. I'm guessing farmers in the area petitioned the county to build it. It is not wide enough, and doesn't have the capacity to carry coal trucks or equipment that was prevelant in the area in the late 1800's. (Sorry, couldn't resist the grainy pic) At the east end of the bridge is a railroad underpass. I'm guessing the railroad was in place when the bridge was built. It is an active CSX line carrying coal from nearby mines. The underpass was obviously not built in 1878. (messing with HD settings on camera) After an hour long visit, we headed west on PA 21 to the town of Waynesburg, PA. We stopped at the Airport Restaurant for lunch. Let me tell you, if you ever find yourself in Waynesburg, stop here and eat. It's a tiny little place that takes up half a building at the Greene County airport. The serve great home-cooked fresh meals, and the people serving you are as nice as can be. I do not have any pictures of the place, I was way too full to even lift the camera after noshing on a giant cheeseburger. I'll finish this post off with some random pics from the drive. I was playing around with the settings on my camera in most of them. Until next time, Cheers!

Call Blunt and order his rebuild kit. I just did mine. The difference is unbelievable.

Dangit man, I've been avoiding buying a track for years. Now I'm going to have to.....

Rocks - thank you sir. TR - PA currently has about 4000 structrually deficient bridges. The problem in PA, as in most of the country, is getting the idiots in government to approve transportation funding. Governments just aren't getting it. I guess we need a few more bridges to collapse before they do.

Awesome. You'll love the yokes. I've put close to 1500 miles on mine. I love them.

Thanks. Yes, this car was as rust free as you could get. Keep up on your progress, I'm sure she'll look great when you're done!

In my first post I mentioned that I'm an engineer. To be exact, I'm a structural engineer. I graduated from the University of Louisville with a masters of structural engineering. I moved to Columbus Ohio shortly after graduation and began working at an engineering firm designing buildings. A few years later I moved to Pittsburgh PA for an oportunity at a transportation engineering firm. I work in the bridge group where I design bridges. Here are a few pictures of the first bridge I took from begining to end. It's a 106' simple span, plate girder structure. The interesting thing about it, is the integral abutments. Integral abutments allow the expansion joints that are usually at the begining of the bridge to be moved to the begining of the approach slabs. This helps keep the bridge in service longer since there won't be any water or salt leaking through the joints casusing damage to the beams and bearings. The underside of the superstructure Ol Blue standing proud Here is a picture of a bridge over the Allegheney River in Foxburg PA. My company designed it, and construction was finished just as I started with the company. This bridge replaced a double decker truss bridge. The upper deck was for trains, the lower deck was for vehicular traffic. This summer my company was tasked with surveying and writing reports on western PA's historic metal truss bridges. This was a lot of fun since it got me out of the office, and I got to see some great old metal truss bridges. Most of the historic trusses I saw were all built before 1920. The truss that follows, is refered to as a "pony truss". This particular bridge was built in 1920 by the Farris Bridge Company of Pittsburgh PA. This bridge replaced a metal structure that was built in the 1880's. The area was home to blast furnaces as early as the 1830's, where early steel shapes were produced. This bridge is near the town of Parker, in Armstrong County PA. The setting of the bridge was one of my favorites. The creek is as clear as a bell, and is apparently a great trout fishing creek.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/blog/37-ol-blue-the-2002/ Steve, here's the link to my blog. I did notice if i clicked on the image it would take you to the larger image. Is there a way to upload the larger pic instead of doing an attachment? like I said, i eventually used P-bucket to upload and got the size pics I was looking for. Thanks.

I was using the site uploader to upload pics into my blog. I noticed the uploader brought in the pics very small. I looked for a way to re-size, and didn't see any way to do it. I uploaded from P-bucket and the pics came in original size. Is there a way to re-size with the site's uploader?