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Hot Rod Power Tour -- Attending??? - Event Date: Jun/09/2018 - Jun/15/2018 |
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wcamp70
AMC Nut Joined: Dec/04/2009 Location: Kennesaw, GA Status: Offline Points: 370 |
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Great Bruce! We will look for you. See you in Bowling Green!
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70 AMX 360 5speed
68 American 401 200r4 auto AMO #5013 |
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tomj
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/27/2010 Location: earth Status: Offline Points: 7522 |
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i'm leaving los angeles on sunday. i'm passing through santa fe NM, visiting friends there, then will head out 6 june wed. i plan on driving through NE new mexico through the OK panhandle, sticking to highways 64, 412, 60 as much as possible and off the inevitable interstates. |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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dkrtgood
AMC Addicted Joined: Jun/27/2011 Location: St Pete, FL Status: Offline Points: 1370 |
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Doing the full tour, 70 BBO Donohue
Connected with a few facebook people that are bringing AMC's also Guy in Texas with Rebel Machine, a rebel wagon and a couple 71-4 Javelins I will PM you my info We are leaving Tampa Thursday night to get into BG by hotel check in Friday
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Dave Goodwin
President of Tampa Bay AMC 70 Mark Donohue BBO 390 5-speed 77 Matador Coupe AKA "The Beave" 70 Javelin 360 / Auto - BBG |
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dkrtgood
AMC Addicted Joined: Jun/27/2011 Location: St Pete, FL Status: Offline Points: 1370 |
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I had posted on the power tour facebook page, we are doing full tour (Gold) come find the BBO Donohue and come say hi and pick up a free AMC decal for your car!
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Dave Goodwin
President of Tampa Bay AMC 70 Mark Donohue BBO 390 5-speed 77 Matador Coupe AKA "The Beave" 70 Javelin 360 / Auto - BBG |
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wcamp70
AMC Nut Joined: Dec/04/2009 Location: Kennesaw, GA Status: Offline Points: 370 |
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Great. We will see you along the way. We met a few years ago at the Atlanta regional. Talked with you about the t5 conversion. Finally got ours finished and trying it out on this trip.
Jeff and Lynn. 770-595-6165 Edited by wcamp70 - Jun/07/2018 at 8:14pm |
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68 American 401 200r4 auto AMO #5013 |
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wcamp70
AMC Nut Joined: Dec/04/2009 Location: Kennesaw, GA Status: Offline Points: 370 |
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Leaving Atlanta early AM Saturday heading north on I75.
Safe travels to all who are coming. |
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68 American 401 200r4 auto AMO #5013 |
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wcamp70
AMC Nut Joined: Dec/04/2009 Location: Kennesaw, GA Status: Offline Points: 370 |
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Completed the entire tour in the amx! 2100 miles. Met many amc'ers along the way. Pics to come, still recovering from the long trip!
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Bruce Clarkson
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/09/2013 Location: New Bern, NC Status: Offline Points: 538 |
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Wife and I had a great time. The yellow Ambassador had no problem. A great event. Well worth doing.
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farna
Supporter of TheAMCForum Moderator Lost Dealership Project Joined: Jul/08/2007 Location: South Carolina Status: Offline Points: 19611 |
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I attended Darlington and was going to attend Charlotte -- paid for it! BUT... as I was leaving a gas station about 15 miles from home I bumped a curb. Saw I was going to hit it, and instead of backing up a bit and going on decided to just ease up on it. That was fine, but coming off the tire hit hard. Wouldn't think that would bend anything, but it did! Knocked the alignment out enough that it was hard to steer straight... too hard to make an hour and 45 minute trip. So I nursed it home and found a bent control arm. I cobbled together a rack and pinion system for this car when I built it in 2003, and had to fabricate new steering arms to match the rack and pinion setup. About 2008 I had an issue with a steering arm bending after hitting a curb hard (by accident). I took both arms off and reinforced them. There is an inherent weak spot where the arm has to be notched to fit around the steering knuckle. That is where it bent this time as well. Took the obviously bent side off and welded and added reinforcement. Toe in still isn't quite right, which makes me wonder if the other side is bent some as well. Will take it off later and find out. This is the risk/problem with fabricated components, you sometimes don't know if they are strong enough until pushed to the limit. Same as a drag car -- add power until something breaks, then replace (or repair) with something stronger, only to find the next weak point...
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Frank Swygert
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farna
Supporter of TheAMCForum Moderator Lost Dealership Project Joined: Jul/08/2007 Location: South Carolina Status: Offline Points: 19611 |
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Oh, in case someone thinks the arm probably bent on front impact... it couldn't have. It was the right front tire that hit, slowly at an angle. Apparently I have the arms reinforced enough for an anticipated front edge hit, but not from the rear outer edge! Toe change was OUT -- would have been IN had it bent on impact. The clearance notch is on the inside... which is the weaker side, so that makes sense also. Bent at the notch.
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Frank Swygert
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