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I'm jealous! I can almost feel the air and atmosphere... I have long ago memories of driving through places like that when I lived in So Cal.

But yes, you always have to be on your toes for stupid...

DROVE my 64 1500 to the Annual DROPS Spring Roadster Pizza Meet.
Great day with sunshine and 7 roadsters in attendance.

Ted Oil leak from a Roadster? How can that be!.

Did a 3-day backroads drive last weekend with some buddies.
Peter Harrison (mraitch) joined us for the Friday departure.
Double overnite in San Luis Obispo.
Day 1 was great although our route crossed a MAJOR bicycling event, so narrow, blind curve roads with packs of cyclists made for a challenging afternoon.
Day 2 looped up east of Carmel and inland down CA-25, which is gorgeous and deserted roads.
The Spitfire had a minor mechanical breakdown, which required a Sunday morning trip to Home Depot, but I got "preferred parking" (see pic below)

940 miles in 3 days was a lot, but great roads, great folk, great gearhead chat sessions.

Sports Imports to pick up 4 “Christmas lights”. 160 mi

Drove to Solvang Car Show - Alternator quit working in Thousand Oaks. Made it to Gaviota State Park and set up camp at the beach on Thursday Night/Friday Morning. Friday morning, Trouble shot my Alternator...broken voltage regulator wire going into the alternator....Fixed with a small piece of duct tape. Go have breakfast at my usual spot in Buellton, ELLENS DANISH PANCAKE House before making my way to O'Reilly Auto Parts to buy tolls and supplies for a better fix of my Alternator. Test drive up to Santa Maria for IN-N-OUT for lunch, then Back to Buellton. After a burger at the Friday Night meeting in Mendenhall's Museum, it was back to the camp site. My Tent was still there even thou the wind was howling...25 mph with higher gusts. After Breakfast in Buellton, off to the show. Smelling a little antifreeze on the trip over to the show, park to find the intake manifold is leaking...looks like the welch plug in the bottom of the manifold. After the show it off to O'Reilly for more supplies. Stain is getting bigger on the side of the block, so I get some Aluminum Seal and fill some water bottles. Filling the radiator, I check the overflow and its got a short cap which is incorrect. Got the cap situation straighten out. Short test drive and then off to the Raffle-dinner. I was one of the big winners, maybe my luck is changing. Among other things, I won at certificate for set of Z-therapy carbs rebuilding, and Set of VTO Wheels of my choice. Back to the Camp site, still windy. Wanted to start early toward home, so added the other half of the Aluminum Seal and topped of with water. Only need 1 qt. of water...good sign. Allowed the engine idle as I packed up my camp site and tried to get it back into the trunk...LOL. Set off about 6:30 for the drive home....usually it take 3.5-4 hours. Drove with a eye on the gauges to the Ojai cutoff, about 45 miles and stopped to check. System was now holding pressure, able to add 1 qt. of water and reseal for another short section. Drove another hour to my usual Shell Gas Station in Thousand Oaks. Fill with gas for the final section. Home for lunch, skipped breakfast
Car got louder as the trip went on, hole in the muffle has gone from a pin hole to a quarter size hole and the alternator started over-charging, I ran the lights to help control the amount.

Wow, Phil. That was a heck of a weekend drive! Happy you made it back without a tow.

Glad you made it home ok FJ20spl311. We left about 7am and grabbed breakfast and made it to Laguna Hills about 11;30 or so without incident. Great windy weekend for sure!

Took an early morning drive to shake down the car after the water pump install...
31st Annual by 2mAn

Came up on another Roadster which NEVER happens...
31st Annual by 2mAn

Decided to follow him and ended up seeing a few more Roadsters... can you spot mine?

31st Annual by 2mAn

Solid 300 mile shakedown

2mAn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:18 am Took an early morning drive to shake down the car after the water pump install...
31st Annual by 2mAn

Came up on another Roadster which NEVER happens...
31st Annual by 2mAn

Decided to follow him and ended up seeing a few more Roadsters... can you spot mine?

31st Annual by 2mAn

Solid 300 mile shakedown

u we're there ? I had that top with me for u . wait ,that didn't sound right . but u know what I mean ..... shoot I turned around for that sucker too ....

Yea Lorna Im sorry. The whole game plan was all last minute changes. I wasnt even sure if I was going to make it. Saw your car too and totally forgot to reach out to you. I had the clock with me as well. I will come grab it from you one of these weekends, I have to head out that way for something else too

2mAn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:39 pm Yea Lorna Im sorry. The whole game plan was all last minute changes. I wasnt even sure if I was going to make it. Saw your car too and totally forgot to reach out to you. I had the clock with me as well. I will come grab it from you one of these weekends, I have to head out that way for something else too

it's cool . I'll cry later . hahaha . no but my car was a mess . oh man ,one day there will be allot of funny stories about this last 2/3 months , but for now it's not too funny .. hahaha not until I've fixed my messups . lotta messups . boy a few of them . but it was fun anyway .

On the way back from Solvang I took an extra credit route through the hills between Coast Highway and the 101. It was a spectacular drive to my cousins in Woodland Hills. From Oxnard, I took the 1 south to just past Point Mugu SP and headed up Yerba Buena Rd. From there I followed Mulholland Hwy all the way to Topanga Canyon. Went past the Porsche Club, road cyclists, super cars (no superstars), tons of motorcycles, and four police cars. I highly recommend the drive. Just watch out for the Cops.
It looks like there are some other good roads around there: Latigo Canyon, Stunt Rd, Pluma Rd, Old Topanga, Las Flores, Tuna Cyn.
The LA group needs to setup a fun run through these.
Rustbucket

Gregs672000 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:55 pm I'm jealous! I can almost feel the air and atmosphere... I have long ago memories of driving through places like that when I lived in So Cal.

But yes, you always have to be on your toes for stupid...

lol , yep ! always

One will get ya THREE
Great weekend at Solvang
Driving home Sunday morning, a must stop at Bobs Well Bread in Los Alamos.
Parked one out front and when we left, there were three

Santa Monica Mountains are full of kool roads - and then also there is Angeles Crest and GMR as well.