Excellent progress John, and what a nice surprise from Mike.
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Re: 1967 Family Patrol Project
All this makes me want to move to California!!
Excellent progress John, and what a nice surprise from Mike.
Excellent progress John, and what a nice surprise from Mike.
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Im happy for the family Patrolers! 
And that was very nice of you Mike.
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You'll see....faux40 wrote:What 'cha picking up this time?
Hint: It started out as doors, then it grew into doors and rear seats, and then.... well.....
You'll see.
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While Rob was out picking "something" up, we took our Patrol out for a test drive.
After our usual Friday pizza night - something we've been doing nearly every Friday for EVER! Barritt, Jay and I decided to hunker down and finish up the last handful of things remaining so we could take the beast out for a test drive. And, we succeeded!
First stop -- Gas! The four gallons I put into it from the can brought the gauge up to "E". Well, actually, the gauge really didn't move at all with the four gallons. I added ten more at the pump and the gauge moved on up to "1/2" -- Obviously a built in safety factor!
We still have a few out dash lamps -- So Jay is holding the backup instrument panel illumination device
And, of course, the second stop was for ICE CREAM!
What a blast! We did it... again! It drove even better than before. We do need to chase down a pretty big fuel leak that formed during our drive -- One could almost call it a gusher! At the rate it leaks, we're probably down to two or three miles per gallon... but they were super fun!
John
After our usual Friday pizza night - something we've been doing nearly every Friday for EVER! Barritt, Jay and I decided to hunker down and finish up the last handful of things remaining so we could take the beast out for a test drive. And, we succeeded!
First stop -- Gas! The four gallons I put into it from the can brought the gauge up to "E". Well, actually, the gauge really didn't move at all with the four gallons. I added ten more at the pump and the gauge moved on up to "1/2" -- Obviously a built in safety factor!
We still have a few out dash lamps -- So Jay is holding the backup instrument panel illumination device
And, of course, the second stop was for ICE CREAM!
What a blast! We did it... again! It drove even better than before. We do need to chase down a pretty big fuel leak that formed during our drive -- One could almost call it a gusher! At the rate it leaks, we're probably down to two or three miles per gallon... but they were super fun!
John
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It's ALIVE...!!!!
Great job Patrol Family.
Great job Patrol Family.
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Yayyy!!! Great job! Did Mike help? Nice seeing him and his hounds, all smiling. The Family Patrol finally took the family out for a ride! And ice-cream! Topped with ethanol. 
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My favorite desert...RiverPatrol wrote: ice-cream! Topped with ethanol.
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No help working as I squeezed a short visit between school and soccer.RiverPatrol wrote:Yayyy!!! Great job! Did Mike help? Nice seeing him and his hounds, all smiling. The Family Patrol finally took the family out for a ride! And ice-cream! Topped with ethanol.
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Driving through downtown Roseville on our way out to Folsom Lake, Joe took this picture...RiverPatrol wrote:Great progress. Can't wait to see you driving it!
Wanna see some evidence that it actually drives? Watch the video!
John