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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:52 pm
by FRUNKenstein
January is Pinewood Derby month at the museum where we host about 25 different Cub Scout and Girl Scout Pinewood Derbies for kids from all across the KC metro area. So, we clear out our "Drive In Movie Theatre" room, where we host monthly car club exhibits and dedicate it to the scouts. The problem is that the derbies are pretty much during the weekends, so for museum visitors during the week, our biggest room is void of any cars. Since my cars don't melt when they get wet (unlike apparently most car collectors' vehicles), I told the curator that we can use 3 of my cars during the week so at least have something in there, then just pull them out into the parking during the weekends in January when the derbies are going on to provide room for derby participants & spectators. If they get rained or snowed on, so be it.
So, I brought these 3 crapwagons over last night, then spent about 3 hours detailing them today as they were all filthy. My biggest takeway after viewing the pics was that we need to mop the floor.
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:01 pm
by 32wildbilly
gnat: Assume you will be staying off the local interstates on Friday?
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:11 am
by gnat
32wildbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:01 pm
gnat: Assume you will be staying off the local interstates on Friday?
Went out yesterday to get my summer wheels from my Indy that won't store them any more (pro tip, 4 P!g wheels require MUCH more space than 4 late 90s 5 series wheels...) and hit up the store. So I don't need to leave the house for awhile and the idiots can have the roads.
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:52 pm
by 5chn3ll
Sitrep: still looks acceptable when warshed up.
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:24 am
by FRUNKenstein
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:52 pm
Sitrep: still looks acceptable when warshed up.
20220108_164510.jpg
Yeah, but what happened to the orange rim from RennRun? That was bitchin’.
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:27 am
by 32wildbilly
Frunk is right that wheel was pretty Fly!
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:52 pm
Sitrep: still looks acceptable when warshed up.
20220108_164510.jpg
FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:24 am
Yeah, but what happened to the orange rim from RennRun? That was bitchin’.
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 2:33 pm
by 5chn3ll
Don’t tell Johnny Irish (the spare tire police) - but the orange spare has been replaced with tire-in-a-can…plus a plug kit for bigger holes (heh). The spare is so expired that it cracks when inflated. Like Gnat’s weenus.
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:48 pm
by 32wildbilly
I know you know this but if you pick up something through the sidewall the goop and plug kit ain't gonna help. I'm just sayin'.
One of the first things I bought for the Type R was a spare tire kit. Given the 20" wheels and the rubber-band sidewalls it was a disaster waiting to happen.
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 2:33 pm
Don’t tell Johnny Irish (the spare tire police) - but the orange spare has been replaced with tire-in-a-can…plus a plug kit for bigger holes (heh). The spare is so expired that it cracks when inflated. Like Gnat’s weenus.
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:17 am
by OceanBlue2000
FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:52 pm
January is Pinewood Derby month at the museum where we host about 25 different Cub Scout and Girl Scout Pinewood Derbies for kids from all across the KC metro area. So, we clear out our "Drive In Movie Theatre" room, where we host monthly car club exhibits and dedicate it to the scouts. The problem is that the derbies are pretty much during the weekends, so for museum visitors during the week, our biggest room is void of any cars. Since my cars don't melt when they get wet (unlike apparently most car collectors' vehicles), I told the curator that we can use 3 of my cars during the week so at least have something in there, then just pull them out into the parking during the weekends in January when the derbies are going on to provide room for derby participants & spectators. If they get rained or snowed on, so be it.
So, I brought these 3 crapwagons over last night, then spent about 3 hours detailing them today as they were all filthy. My biggest takeway after viewing the pics was that we need to mop the floor.
Pinewood Derby Month 2.jpg
Pinewood Derby Month.jpg
The Pinewood Derby was my favorite part of The Boy being in cub scouts. We came in second in his whole troop a couple years ago. I am convinced the first place kid (younger than my kid) used a pre-built kit, but since I "helped" my kid so much I kept my mouth shut. The secret weapon was the little tools I bought to bend the axles. We used a friend's woodworking tools to carve it, and the boy wanted it in the shape of my old 928. Brings a tear to my eye.
Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:53 am
by FRUNKenstein
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:17 am
and the boy wanted it in the shape of my old 928. Brings a tear to my eye.
Did it catch on fire halfway down the track?
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