JVL & AC can choose from breakfast on me Sunday morning or a couple extra "zeros"... I'll be checkpointing in the black Civic about 6 seconds in front of car 1 trying to get in position.
Brian C.
www.islandrallysport.com
VE7BCX

Please..... PHOTO's of JVL's car & crew?

Thanks!!

Rich Smith Wrote:
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> Please..... PHOTO's of JVL's car & crew?
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> Thanks!!


I agree...make with the piccies or it didn't happen!

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/

Crossed the Border without getting shot edition. After finally leaving Seattle, we crossed into Canada without much hassle. Rallymech had his usual interogation but they let him in anyway. Arrived at the host hotel and immediatly set to work on the broken exhaust, driving lights and radio install. 2 outta 3 aint bad. Hopefully the popcan, hose clamps and wire will survive the weekend. The rally crowd was glad to see that he actually did make it and we collected on the $50 bet that he wouldn't. Thanks Garth!! The car still has to pass tech in the morning.

The parking lot is full of great cars including Garth's 1969 SAAB 96, what are the odds of 2 red 96s showing up? The Historic class is really growing. Satch's Sonnet, several old Volvos, early BMWs, an Alfa, a vw super beetle, Gary Webb's toyota Celica gt and a huge cadillac.
The rest of the field is glutted by the usual hord of urabuS, most very well prepared. Alcan Rally Veterans are out in force, several nicely done VW golfs, a new Mini, several Audis. Competition will be tough.

I have been shooting pictures, so there will be proof.

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Diamond Jim
Co-Driver in the Double Zero course opening car
Charter Member of O.U.C.H.
Organized Union of Cat Herders

Break a leg boys!

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Kirk Coughlin
Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI

Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.

Gary Webb!??!! Cool!

Say hi to him from one guy on the east coast who misses his old Maine/Atlantic Driving School TSDs. I still have a picture from the last one (early January 2000) up on my refrigerator! Fun times...I always thought the student driver checkpoints were a fine touch.

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

The ship of fools/car of idiots edition. with all of JVL's wit and charm the car passed tech. of course it wouldn't start in the morning without jumper cables. since rallymech and I had much earlier starting numbers we left JVL and AC in the capable hands of the rear guard. And that was the last we heard of them......
until the MTC at the end of the day. Control workers reported them just finishing the next to last stage. The did finally arrive at the MTC with tales of woe. The wiring known only to God and JVL surrendered to the punishment and the fuel pumps quit, as well as the minor lights. They are currently locked in the parking dungeon of the Royal Anne with the pokey light, bonus wire and rusty relays trying to make good sparks.

The day's stages opened with frozen gravel hard pan and iceberg filled water bars, brisk speeds and twisty roads, intersperced with the occasional icy corner just to keep your attention. Darkness fell with a kinda boring brisk run luring most folks into complacency followed with a hairpin that turned into a classic elbows flying, oposite lock twice over, OMG, that caused several check point crews and competitors to run out of talent in the rutted deep snow. The rest of us had way too much fun and ended up adding points by running early after succumbing to the joys of too much throttle.
Un-official scoring rumours have 4 cars tied for 1st and the next 2 tied for 2nd. Yikes, these guys are tough. Early start later this morning.

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Diamond Jim
Co-Driver in the Double Zero course opening car
Charter Member of O.U.C.H.
Organized Union of Cat Herders

Its all over but the shouting edition. Good Morning campers. continuing the last week's ever so late nights we all managed to get home safely. JVL, AC and the Good Lord resolved most of the wiring issues, leaving them time to discover many of the suspension bushings were MIA. This resulted in the grand tour of Kelowna's auto spas and them missing the first 2 regularities. They did manage to fix them and finish the event!!!! Huzzas around.

Sunday's stages were brisk, flowing hard packed snow with the icy corners in the sunny spots adding to the fun. The mighty BlackHole Audi slid wide and high centered itself inches before plunging over a 30'drop. That pretty much took care of our top 10 finish. Meanwhile, the rallymech was having way too much fun and manage to sew up second in the calculator class! big round of applause for him.
All the real dirt on scoring and image links from the event staff can be found at the Rally BC 2009 Thunderbird web page when they wake up and post them. I gave my images to the rallymech and he will post them on his Flicker site. I did manage to get a urabuS to pose with JVL's car when they were locked in the dungeon.

AC said JVL managed to have a good time in spite of himself. Our hair brained scheme to get JVL out to an event was worth every moment. JVL can't THANK YOU enough and neither can I. You people are truely wacked.

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Diamond Jim
Co-Driver in the Double Zero course opening car
Charter Member of O.U.C.H.
Organized Union of Cat Herders

The deed is done folks! You sickos made it happen! We got John off his ass and on a rally. We all had that thousand yard stare at the end but we made it! Pictures will follow but check out the Thunderbird site for now. Thanks again!

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

First a huge Huger thanks to all who donated money and effort to make this happen.
I can't believe it.
I was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of the habit of packing and going to a far away event.
The starter didn't need a jump in the end it needed a whack.
Fuel pump wiring was fine----in the first place and when put back to original config, it was dead relays.
Exhaust header broke right by floor so we were listening to a half of a V4 blaaaaat blatting in a annoying uneven way.

Worse and that which sunk us was the Rancho polyurethane shock bushings first on the pass sise rear, then both upper front shocks DISAPPEARING presumablby into poly-dust from whence it came.

You think a beat ball joint rattling is annoying?


I kept saying "Man I hope something is rattling to death in the suspension" and several times got out and shined the flashlight at---Lower front bushes, lower rear.

We both figured a lot of the noise was exhaust rattle (no tunnel on a 96).

I saw the lower bush on pass sie missing when we got into the warm garage and within minutes of having a
Pokey Light (test light) had the fuel pumps sorted, the tail and brake and blinkers working etc.

So while everybody else was partying at the penthouse suite brave Adam and I fought the elements and snow cascading down in our faces from the nooks in the wheelwell to make a bush from DUCT TAPE!!!!!
Worked good.

Then in the garage I checked the upper bushes front.
Both GONE.
We were fucked.

More later I have to run to the bank and get some dough in
There's $22 in the account and I have no idea how the finances of this thing was supposed to work, but with $22 in the account and checks out, something hasn't worked right , yet.

And my wife will use the defense of "Justifiable homicide" when the charge her for my murder---the mortgage isn't paid yet.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
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is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

John,

More $$$ coming your way. Call me.

Robert.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

Pics or it didnt happen.

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Welcome to the cult of JVL drink the koolaid or be banned.

This is the first batch of pictures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lad_robert/sets/72157613543377387/

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2009 07:06PM by Rallymech.

More pictures. The first two were taken by Brian.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2009 07:59PM by Rallymech.

niiiiiiiice!

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/