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Re: [GMCnet] Route 66 Rolling Rally. [message #252225 is a reply to message #252221] |
Sun, 15 June 2014 21:11 |
dwayne jacobson[1]
Messages: 345 Registered: July 2009
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Sounds like a gong show.
At least glad you made it to randys.
I saw the weather report showed heavy rain there.
dwayne j
On 2014-06-15 7:04 PM, "James Hupy" wrote:
> Well, today was a journey from Cahokia, Illinois to Battlefield, MO. at
> Randy Van Winkle's place.We will be here tonight and tomorrow night,
> leaving for Vinita, OK. on the following day.Today was a scheduled
> maintence stop. Turns out there is a bit much more maintence to do. When we
> started engines this morning, John and Deb Harper's coach began to run very
> rich. So, we just put them in gear and headed for the nearest gas station.
> All 4 coaches filled up and we headed out for our next adventure. When we
> got up to speed, Harper's coach seemed to smooth out, so we rolled along to
> the first rest stop and pulled off. When we were all finished,and once
> again ready to leave, the coach flooded and would not restart. The float
> sank again. So, I pinched off the fuel line and John started the engine.
> When it began to stumble for lack of fuel, I unclamped the hose, and he
> threw it into gear, and off he went. Straight through to Randy's without
> stopping or shutting off the coach. I followed as chase car, and the other
> coaches went onto a side road to see more route 66 attractions. When I
> arrived at Randy's, I took the carb apart again and replaced the gasket and
> put a new float in that Randy had gotten locally. We still need to replace
> the Onan cylinder head gaskets and put on a new shift cable and a lower
> steering column bearing and clip. Some of our group decided to go to
> Branson, Mo to take in a show and they will rejoin us tomorrow. Ron and
> Pattie Smith broke a part on their 5th wheel hitch, and cannot resume until
> they replace it on Monday. So much for the traveling road show. More later.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, OR
> 78 GMC Royale 403 (now known as the Devil Dog)
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 5:42 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not positive that Oklahoma's brag that it has the most miles of
>> original US-66 routing is accurate, but we do have lots of it! I don't
>> remember for sure whether it is Vinita or Miami in NE Oklahoma that still
>> has a stretch of original 2-lane concrete in town. Most of what remains
> of
>> US-66 in Oklahoma has been relabeled as OK-66 and it remains the "Main
>> Street" of many of the towns. There are books available to enable a
> person
>> to actually retrace the old route in probably 90% or more of Oklahoma.
>>
>> Every September for the past dozen or more years, a ham radio special
>> event takes place over 11 days where stations on old 66 in various towns
>> "get on the air" to enable others to contact these towns/cities. I have
>> been the coordinator of the Oklahoma City operation for the past two
> years.
>> Each special event operation creates its own QSL (acknowledgement) card
> to
>> confirm contacts with other stations who send their own QSL card and a
>> S.A.S.E. to cover mailing the return card. I think our Oklahoma City
> group
>> contacted around 1600 or more stations during last year's event.
>>
>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>> ~~ ~ D C "Mac" Macdonald ~ ~~
>> ~ ~ Amateur Radio - K2GKK ~ ~
>> ~ ~ USAF and FAA, Retired ~ ~
>> ~ ~ ~ Oklahoma City, OK ~ ~ ~
>> ~~ ~ ~ "The Money Pit" ~ ~ ~~
>> ~ ~ ~ ~ TZE166V101966 ~ ~ ~ ~
>> ~ ~ ~ '76 ex-Palm Beach ~ ~ ~
>> ~~ k2gkk + hotmail dot com ~~
>> ~ www.gmcmhphotos.com/okclb ~
>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>> ______________
>> *[ ]~~~[][ ][|\
>> *--OO--[]---O-*
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>>
>>> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:09:14 -0600
>>> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
>>> From: jimk@appliedairfilters.com
>>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Route 66 Rolling Rally.
>>>
>>> Out here in the West, there are long stretch of original 66.
>>> On the way back from Texas, there was a bad accident and we were routed
>> on to the 66 for 15 miles.
>>> The road was in excellent shape.
>>> Jim and the gang, we have a sewer dump here and electrical should you
>> have time to swing by.
>>> --
>>> Applied/GMC, Fremont, CA
>>> 1-800-752-7502
>>> jimk@appliedgmc.com
>>> www.appliedgmc.com
>>
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