So sorry to hear about Alf

[Magoo541]

I live on the other coast just south of Portland, OR.  He lives a little North.  He has been consulting me about shooting competition for the last few months.  He's my youngest brother, 'nuff said 

My dad is taking the two of us out bottom fishing next weekend, so we will talk guns and IDPA some more.  I may have to take up IDPA, my local USPSA club just isn't fun anymore (too many cliques  )

[Timothy]

Nice part of the world, Oregon!

I made the five hour drive from Ferndale, CA to Coos Bay, OR on the 101, at night...drinking beer..

Didn't realize at the time that some of the roadway is about five inches from oblivion...  Kids do stupid things...  That was 1977...we were much more careful going back to the base on the return trip!

 

[Magoo541]

Nice part of the world, Oregon!

I made the five hour drive from Ferndale, CA to Coos Bay, OR on the 101, at night...drinking beer..

Didn't realize at the time that some of the roadway is about five inches from oblivion...  Kids do stupid things...  That was 1977...we were much more careful going back to the base on the return trip!

 

I think we all had a few of those drives, in cars with load stereos, bad brakes and leaky gas tanks 

[Solus]

I used to drive from Cincinnati to Fort Knox and return trip on leave  during Basic and AIT in a 1956 Ford.

I would fill the gas tank, radiator and oil at the start.  Drove as close to 80 as the roads allowed and when I arrived at the gas station outside Ft. Know, all three were low.  I was in awe looking at the headers glowing bright orange/red when the hood was up.

[Timothy]

I think we all had a few of those drives, in cars with load stereos, bad brakes and leaky gas tanks 

I think it was a Duster...  Icky green, slant six, maybe '73..

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[tombogan03884]

Went to annual rifle qauls in a 65 Fury with no floor boards.
 That REALLY suced on TAINY days !

[crusader rabbit]

My story features a 1961 Triumph TR-3.  Soft top.  Nearly opaque driver and passenger window panels.  Really bad lower windshield gasket.  When it rained, buckets of water would funnel under that windshield and onto the lap of driver and/or passenger.  Additional water would blow in from the window sliders.  Even more water would come in around the rear vinyl window.  When the sun finally came out, the mildew bloom would overwhelm.  Only solution was to remove the top and drive uncovered for about a week.

On my honeymoon, the coil crapped out.  Put in a new standard coil not realizing the ones meant for TR-3s had a built-in ballast resistor.  Managed to burn up three sets of points in the 200 mile drive home.

Then, heading to the Long Beach Naval Base from housing in San Pedro, one of the long bolts holding the radiator fan in place managed to un-turn and machined a perfectly round hole through the center of the radiator.

Driving that car was a daily challenge to ingenuity and to wallet.

I still miss it.

Crusader Rabbit

[Timothy]

I have a couple Triumph stories...  Car and motorcycle!

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