WoaH!
been a busy while since da B-day...sooo here it goes...
The Nats. were AWSOME!...had a blast...and had a KILLER 3rd story tower ticket...so after runnin around then realizing the alcahol cars wern't there I ran up the tower, had free food, beer, and drinks, and was right behind the right lane retaining wall! Fuckin awsome...
body art expo was equally as fun...saw a ton of cool people, loads of kick ass art...some fuckin KILLER bands and so on...I'm ready to go back...<sigh>
on a sad note...the following weekend I drove my lovely new toy home for the first time...after taking an 1.5hr cruize to work out any bugs...the speedo broke...no gauges, no dash lites, no turn signals...just before puttin it up...the fan shroud came loose, got into the fan, broke off 2 blades sending one thru the radiator!...so after tearing that down, fixxing the rad, tossin on a different fan, it was alive yet again...that Friday I drove 150mi home w/o a hitch!...that is till I got to my lil town where the fuel filter began to clog making the car cut out and die...got'er home tho...and fixxed!...went and saw a bud and went out for his lunch (1:30am)...sunday evening rolls around and I head back to Ohio...I get 5 miles inside the OH border and get some coolant on the windshield...pull over, check things out...not hot...runnin fine...think the level must just be adjusting and venting a lil...now remember I have NO gauges...further down the road she starts to get pissed...actin like a blown head gasket...so I keep lookin for an exit that actaully has something there other than just a road...I get about a mile from one and the motor gives up...75miles from home...75 miles from where I'm goin...dead in the middle...phone w/o service?!...finally get some for whatever reason I didn't have any...made some calls...talked to a cop that checked in on me...so my Dad and Bro-in-Law snag a trailer and come after me...and this is about 9-9:30p...cop comes back by...takes me to the nearest food joint...and I take off lookin for a bar (forgetting its sunday) finally hit a McD's where I get picked on by the girls workin...anyways...I get'er home, and in the garage the next day...pop the motor apart and find a bent vavle and a marred piston...and metal in the oil...so she's mos def hurt...
I call my Boss in OH...he tells me to just get a car together for Great AMC Day on June 17th...seeing as what happened to the Jav. I looked at the stuff for the Grem and decided to toss it back together...
so I head to OH later in the week to get my Truck and pick up a fuel pump for the Grem from my Boss...50 miles later I have smoke rollin up the steering column in my truck...I get my ol mans attn. as hes runnin in front of me...pull over and start checkin under the dash...nope...see it commin out from the front of the truck!...pop the hood and all be damned in the A/C compressor is smokin!...so the clutch in it burnt up and I learned something about A/C...when yer not using the heat or A/C make sure everything is in the OFF position...or it will continue to run the A/C compressor even if you've got the heat on...
so the mood was set for the next week and a half...everything breakin...no money...and a car to build...the to do list was weld on a rocker, under coat the car, build door hinges and hang the drivers door, bolt on a fender, find and replace the steering box, bolt on bumper, install the grille mounts and grille, get an alternator, new battery, run all new fuel line, install a fuel regualator, electric pump, fuel pump relay, and filter, and buy a shit load of fittings, and a pass side seat belt...
I managed to rack up around 700$ on my credit card tryin to get this car done...but all be damned if I didn't get it all done early...and managed to order some mufflers and get new 3" exhaust ran...low and behold that day I got sick...the next day I lost my voice and slept all day but still managed to go to the drags...slept the next day and sunday started to feel better...monday I picked up a trailer to tow my car w/...I put some oil treatment in the truck, gave it a bath, cleaned it out and so on...continued to button up the gremlin and was all packed by tuesday...wednesday about 11:30a I took off back to my boss's house w/ the truck, and gremlin on the trailer...stayed at his place that nite and headed up to Norwalk OH thrusday about noon...another 2hrs from my boss's house...so me, him, another fella w/ a car in tow, 2 other cars driving, and a truck full of Canadians head out...(headed up around Cleveland)...1/2 way there me and the other fella pullin a trailer about get in a HUGE ass wreck...I ruined a right front tire but we all came out alive...
I head to the track to drop off my truck and trailer...unload the car and head to the Hotel...where we proceeded to meet up w/ all our buds and had a party in the parking lot...I helped fix a jeep...and more went on than I can even type!...was a fuckin blast...nuttin but truck w/ car trailers and race cars in those trailers!...
I pick up on a waitress where we went to eat and got her to come to the track friday...
friday comes around...we all head out to the track...for a day of AMCs and Racin!...out of 80 racers, and 30 show cars I knew 75% of them...and did a shit load of talkin...made 11 passes that day and went out first round of eliminations w/ a redlite...(I don't call myself the redlite guru for nuttin!)
so a few beers a few more passes and I end up w/ a 12.61@104.89mph as a best for the day...drove the car back to the hotel and we went back to havin a party in the lot...took the grem on 3 more beer runs that nite!...not bad for runnin around, gettin caught in the rain w/ bald tires and no wipers at nite...race all the next day runnin mid 12's then make beer runs after the race!...
manage to get to bed about 5:30am after bummin another room off of someone else...get up at 9:30a...head down for breakfast and somemore BSin w/ friends...people slowly left all morning...I managed to get back to the track about 12:15 to load up and head home...the ladies at the gate only gave me a 1/2hr to get loaded up and out to get my money back...and while I was loadin up I got stopped by a girl that races a BLOWN gremlin!...now that was fuckin cool!...
I'm off...4hr drive home...and a B-day party to get to...I manage to roll in at 3:30 saturday afternoon...b-day is at 5...so clean up...unload some stuff and off to my niece and nephews 3rd b-day party!...twins are a BLAST!...I end up passin out around 9:30p on the couch and don't get up suday till around 11a...
sunday was my pop's B-day and fathers day!...so I hung w/ him...returned a trailer...moved my jav outta the garage so he can have his spot back...and just hung out...the twins came over and we played out lil hearts out...had a bud stop by thats got a gremlin...checked shit out and showed his cuz my grem...
got packed yet again...cause well...as I sit here and type...I'm at my sisters TownHouse in Indy!...thats right I moved in w/ her...I ditched the school idea in Pittsburgh and got a job 10-15min from my sis's place...its called DK Motorsports, he's a small business that paints Prototype, IRL, Formula BMW and other race cars!...so I'll be there strippin, tapein, sandin, and so on...
when I call to let him know I was gonna be at the shop at 9am...he said just start tuesday cause he's got a funeral to go to and wisdom teeth to get pulled...we babble on about things and I find out that while workin for him I'll be starting my own business!...I'll be an "independent contractor" but I work for him...so I've gotta do all my own taxes and figure out how to write all this shit off and see what kinda goodies that I can get for a small business start up!...
things could go either way I imagine...could be the best thing I could do or it could really fuck me...just gonna roll w/ it and see what happens...
so now I'm off to settle in somemore...pick some stuff up...explore my new surroundings...get a bite to eat and wait for my sis to come home...hell...I'll prolly go see my mom at work too...atleast now I'm only an hour and fifteen minutes from home unlike the 2hrs that I was before...heh...
sorry for the lack of entries...but now you knows why...
-Simms-
<damn thats a long one>
been a busy while since da B-day...sooo here it goes...
The Nats. were AWSOME!...had a blast...and had a KILLER 3rd story tower ticket...so after runnin around then realizing the alcahol cars wern't there I ran up the tower, had free food, beer, and drinks, and was right behind the right lane retaining wall! Fuckin awsome...
body art expo was equally as fun...saw a ton of cool people, loads of kick ass art...some fuckin KILLER bands and so on...I'm ready to go back...<sigh>
on a sad note...the following weekend I drove my lovely new toy home for the first time...after taking an 1.5hr cruize to work out any bugs...the speedo broke...no gauges, no dash lites, no turn signals...just before puttin it up...the fan shroud came loose, got into the fan, broke off 2 blades sending one thru the radiator!...so after tearing that down, fixxing the rad, tossin on a different fan, it was alive yet again...that Friday I drove 150mi home w/o a hitch!...that is till I got to my lil town where the fuel filter began to clog making the car cut out and die...got'er home tho...and fixxed!...went and saw a bud and went out for his lunch (1:30am)...sunday evening rolls around and I head back to Ohio...I get 5 miles inside the OH border and get some coolant on the windshield...pull over, check things out...not hot...runnin fine...think the level must just be adjusting and venting a lil...now remember I have NO gauges...further down the road she starts to get pissed...actin like a blown head gasket...so I keep lookin for an exit that actaully has something there other than just a road...I get about a mile from one and the motor gives up...75miles from home...75 miles from where I'm goin...dead in the middle...phone w/o service?!...finally get some for whatever reason I didn't have any...made some calls...talked to a cop that checked in on me...so my Dad and Bro-in-Law snag a trailer and come after me...and this is about 9-9:30p...cop comes back by...takes me to the nearest food joint...and I take off lookin for a bar (forgetting its sunday) finally hit a McD's where I get picked on by the girls workin...anyways...I get'er home, and in the garage the next day...pop the motor apart and find a bent vavle and a marred piston...and metal in the oil...so she's mos def hurt...
I call my Boss in OH...he tells me to just get a car together for Great AMC Day on June 17th...seeing as what happened to the Jav. I looked at the stuff for the Grem and decided to toss it back together...
so I head to OH later in the week to get my Truck and pick up a fuel pump for the Grem from my Boss...50 miles later I have smoke rollin up the steering column in my truck...I get my ol mans attn. as hes runnin in front of me...pull over and start checkin under the dash...nope...see it commin out from the front of the truck!...pop the hood and all be damned in the A/C compressor is smokin!...so the clutch in it burnt up and I learned something about A/C...when yer not using the heat or A/C make sure everything is in the OFF position...or it will continue to run the A/C compressor even if you've got the heat on...
so the mood was set for the next week and a half...everything breakin...no money...and a car to build...the to do list was weld on a rocker, under coat the car, build door hinges and hang the drivers door, bolt on a fender, find and replace the steering box, bolt on bumper, install the grille mounts and grille, get an alternator, new battery, run all new fuel line, install a fuel regualator, electric pump, fuel pump relay, and filter, and buy a shit load of fittings, and a pass side seat belt...
I managed to rack up around 700$ on my credit card tryin to get this car done...but all be damned if I didn't get it all done early...and managed to order some mufflers and get new 3" exhaust ran...low and behold that day I got sick...the next day I lost my voice and slept all day but still managed to go to the drags...slept the next day and sunday started to feel better...monday I picked up a trailer to tow my car w/...I put some oil treatment in the truck, gave it a bath, cleaned it out and so on...continued to button up the gremlin and was all packed by tuesday...wednesday about 11:30a I took off back to my boss's house w/ the truck, and gremlin on the trailer...stayed at his place that nite and headed up to Norwalk OH thrusday about noon...another 2hrs from my boss's house...so me, him, another fella w/ a car in tow, 2 other cars driving, and a truck full of Canadians head out...(headed up around Cleveland)...1/2 way there me and the other fella pullin a trailer about get in a HUGE ass wreck...I ruined a right front tire but we all came out alive...
I head to the track to drop off my truck and trailer...unload the car and head to the Hotel...where we proceeded to meet up w/ all our buds and had a party in the parking lot...I helped fix a jeep...and more went on than I can even type!...was a fuckin blast...nuttin but truck w/ car trailers and race cars in those trailers!...
I pick up on a waitress where we went to eat and got her to come to the track friday...
friday comes around...we all head out to the track...for a day of AMCs and Racin!...out of 80 racers, and 30 show cars I knew 75% of them...and did a shit load of talkin...made 11 passes that day and went out first round of eliminations w/ a redlite...(I don't call myself the redlite guru for nuttin!)
so a few beers a few more passes and I end up w/ a 12.61@104.89mph as a best for the day...drove the car back to the hotel and we went back to havin a party in the lot...took the grem on 3 more beer runs that nite!...not bad for runnin around, gettin caught in the rain w/ bald tires and no wipers at nite...race all the next day runnin mid 12's then make beer runs after the race!...
manage to get to bed about 5:30am after bummin another room off of someone else...get up at 9:30a...head down for breakfast and somemore BSin w/ friends...people slowly left all morning...I managed to get back to the track about 12:15 to load up and head home...the ladies at the gate only gave me a 1/2hr to get loaded up and out to get my money back...and while I was loadin up I got stopped by a girl that races a BLOWN gremlin!...now that was fuckin cool!...
I'm off...4hr drive home...and a B-day party to get to...I manage to roll in at 3:30 saturday afternoon...b-day is at 5...so clean up...unload some stuff and off to my niece and nephews 3rd b-day party!...twins are a BLAST!...I end up passin out around 9:30p on the couch and don't get up suday till around 11a...
sunday was my pop's B-day and fathers day!...so I hung w/ him...returned a trailer...moved my jav outta the garage so he can have his spot back...and just hung out...the twins came over and we played out lil hearts out...had a bud stop by thats got a gremlin...checked shit out and showed his cuz my grem...
got packed yet again...cause well...as I sit here and type...I'm at my sisters TownHouse in Indy!...thats right I moved in w/ her...I ditched the school idea in Pittsburgh and got a job 10-15min from my sis's place...its called DK Motorsports, he's a small business that paints Prototype, IRL, Formula BMW and other race cars!...so I'll be there strippin, tapein, sandin, and so on...
when I call to let him know I was gonna be at the shop at 9am...he said just start tuesday cause he's got a funeral to go to and wisdom teeth to get pulled...we babble on about things and I find out that while workin for him I'll be starting my own business!...I'll be an "independent contractor" but I work for him...so I've gotta do all my own taxes and figure out how to write all this shit off and see what kinda goodies that I can get for a small business start up!...
things could go either way I imagine...could be the best thing I could do or it could really fuck me...just gonna roll w/ it and see what happens...
so now I'm off to settle in somemore...pick some stuff up...explore my new surroundings...get a bite to eat and wait for my sis to come home...hell...I'll prolly go see my mom at work too...atleast now I'm only an hour and fifteen minutes from home unlike the 2hrs that I was before...heh...
sorry for the lack of entries...but now you knows why...
-Simms-
<damn thats a long one>
Lexi