I drove the tires over from Scotts Valley. Richard drove the engine all the way from San Diego, having to spend a night in Orange County because of the fires.
We put the tires on, which are breathtaking, and are buttoning things up so Richard can drive back down to SoCal for a Friday morning tech inspection. Then he’ll drive back, we’ll install the engine and have a running car by Sunday.
The Baja 1000: Local Team Will Drive 1300 Miles of Desert for Diabetes
The Valley Post, October 23, 2007
By Michael Thomas
For most of us, driving a 30-year-old Volkswagen from Felton to Scotts Valley without breaking down could be a challenge. But driving that same car for 1,000 miles over Baja deserts, along crumbling roads, through dry ravines and slippery creek beds? It sounds impossible, but that’s exactly what a group of locals plans to do in November.
I couldn’t sleep early this morning, and that means Skid shouldn’t sleep in either, courtesy of the Transformers website.
Photos of today’s work here.
I downloaded the 27 pages of driving directions from the SCORE website. All I can say is that we’re carrying two GPS units in the car and hoping I never have to crack the binder that the print directions will be in.
Take a look at the three instructions above and try to guess what they mean.
To make it easy, I’ve included the answers below.
Check out the cherry race rim.It’s Cary’s birthday today and he’s celebrating by welding gussets. 🙂