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  • BLACK SNAKE CREEK FESTIVAL - SATURDAY 11TH OF OCTOBER 2014 (p.2)
2014/10/10 18:58:23
tralfaz
So the list for PM's being sent out today with details, is: (wait for it)
 
1. Tralfaz - AW11 S/C (again, out of the museum, no, the car, not the driver)
2. Run Manager - SW20 - Black
3. Danny - SW20 Shinny Red B-)
4. JJJohan - ZZ30 Will also be bringing my dad out of the museum ;)
5. Rob - sw20  if im up and running by then - yes I do have it in bits again lol
6. Nate_p - SW20 with all new wheels
7. Ben77 - mr2 support car - RAV4+2kids.
8. Eric - SW20
 
Footnotes:
a. Lumix and Groper - no problems at all. All the more trophies for us. He he.
b. Ben77 - at least the support car is a Toyota.
c. Rob - it had better be fixed after the last Run. Have you ever considered it might be struggling with all the extra weight of the added carbon fibre??
d. Nate-p - this isn't one of those jokes about how do you know you live in (insert a name here like Browns Plains) is it ??? Answer: You mow the lawn and find a car, and the wheels on the car are worth more than the car is.
e. JJJohan - I am the only one in the Club permitted to have claims on the museum piece thing and have a card to prove it.
 
2014/10/10 19:47:51
DVS_MR2
Hmmmmm im a bit concerned we wont have long enough time to give our unique cars a detail before judging?? As after a 6am wash an wax an the journey there it will need 1 ;-)
2014/10/10 21:14:52
Rob
Well looks like I won't be making guys still putting it back together :(
2014/10/10 23:21:23
tralfaz
Rob,
thanks for trying to get there.
 
I'd normally say "Why not bring the Porsche?" because we miss yours and Amy's company, but, to be true to my new calling as an apprentice trophy chaser, (I won't say who I am apprenticed to) there being only one award category for 1980's cars your Porsche not being there will certainly lessen the competition.
 
More seriously, I am actually having similar problems with my SW20 still being in bits. I set myself a goal of getting the windscreen washer system fixed (it hasn't worked properly since I bought the car) but the MR2 "kaizen" demon has struck again.
 
Because mine is a very early car the washer bottle and pump I purchased from my favourite MR2 dismantler, which was from a later variant of the SW20, has some slight fitting differences that have been just big enough to cause me to run out of time.
 
Interestingly the Toyota "kaizen" philosophy has improved the design of both the rubber fitting that isolates the clear funnel from the bottle (different shape to improve the water proofing from over-filling) and the electrical plug (totally different type of plug which is properly sealed from dust and water ingress). How many times would you see such attention to detail in modern cars of the same model run? I would guess probably not many.
 
This delay means I will only have the AW11 there in the morning.
 
I hope you will get this fixed before the Hill Climb the following Sunday.
 
Walter
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