| [GMCnet] trip report [message #153866] |
Wed, 21 December 2011 06:44  |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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I spent most of a week at the AKC - Eukanuba National Championships and the three all-breed shows before. A 450 mile one way ride, and the first chancde to try out the Toadstone. The only way I could tell it was behind me was to leave the blinds up on the rear window so I could see it in the insiode mirror - and when the guy came around me franticalloy waving and pointing. I stopped to find one of my magnetci tow lights had come loose and was bounching off the freeway. A liberal application of racing tape healed the problem. I set the coach up with 60 pounds in the rears and 65 in the front, it rode and drove well. It's stock suspension save a giant front rollbar installed by Sirum at the PO's behest.
The show venue wanted $130 a night for electric only with six feet of clearance on each side, so I stayed in the Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka for $24 a night. $20 of diesel ran the Toadstone all week. Highly recommend this park, it's a nice venue with water, electrics, fire rings, picnic tables, Hot n cold running bathouse and a huge State park with a big lake and 30 miles or so of hiking trails. Friendly state employees everywhere. The coach burned 102 gallons of gas for just a bit over 900 miles gicving 9+ MPG. It's a stock drive, and we did 60 - 63 MPH on cruise which gets it just into the pulling range on the tach.
Only concerns I had were a minor twitch in the speedo needle at times, abnd ne of the bushings in the Toadstone's shift linkage failed which makes it a challenge to get it into first gear. I >think< it's a part on the transfer rod, maybe one of the gurus of VWs here will tell me and save some time poking around behind the engine. PO had Sirum put a rebuilt cruise servo in, I*'ll pull both cabkles and check/grease them.
I drove home on the first day iof what's developing into a miserable cold, the FlexSteels are a comfort when you're feeling lousy.
Passed a 26' coach which looked smoked up on the outside just S of the FL line in an industrial place beside I75, I didn't have time to look closelt6y. Appeared to have maybe been inside someplace which aught fire... sooty opu the outside, but nothing missing or burnt.
Starkville, MS in three weeks, a shorter ride and no toad.
--johnny
'76 23' Transmode Norris - Double Ring Chestnut Mountain's Jazzman installed
'76 Palm beach
and the Toadstone - '91 diesel Jetta
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Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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