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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #100 on: September 20, 2016, 01:01:28 pm »
Amazing idea and it looked like you had the makings of a great weekend!

I have to ask:  who won and how did you do with your Special K car?
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #101 on: September 20, 2016, 01:06:17 pm »
That looks like a freaking great time!!!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #102 on: September 21, 2016, 11:38:53 am »


I can't give away the ending yet!  :)

Here is part one of the two for the first day. Linked so I don't have to copy/paste, relink photos.

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/road-trip/cc-road-trip-the-great-beater-challenge-day-1-part-1/

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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #103 on: September 21, 2016, 01:43:32 pm »
Part 1 packs a lot of interesting stuff into the story, both on and off the road.

Looking forward to Part 2.   :thumbup:
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #104 on: September 21, 2016, 01:54:28 pm »
Quote from: random006 on September 21, 2016, 01:43:32 pm
Part 1 packs a lot of interesting stuff into the story, both on and off the road.

Looking forward to Part 2.   :thumbup:

 :iagree:  Me too!!!

We're gonna have to place bets whether the "Special K" finished the race or not   :rofl2:
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #105 on: September 21, 2016, 01:57:10 pm »
Quote from: Gurgie on September 21, 2016, 01:54:28 pm
Quote from: random006 on September 21, 2016, 01:43:32 pm
Part 1 packs a lot of interesting stuff into the story, both on and off the road.

Looking forward to Part 2.   :thumbup:

 :iagree:  Me too!!!

We're gonna have to place bets whether the "Special K" finished the race or not   :rofl2:


I'd bet it finished, albeit very S-L-O-W-L-Y........

Looking forward to the rest!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #106 on: September 21, 2016, 01:57:49 pm »
Boss!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #107 on: September 21, 2016, 02:00:45 pm »
This looks like a riot!  I'm enjoying reading this!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #108 on: September 21, 2016, 03:16:05 pm »
Arthur what kind of sparkplugs were in the K car and what did you replace them with? My father had a few of those cars in the day and they only seemed to run correctly on champion's. I think chrysler even recommended  them not their mopar brand.
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #109 on: September 21, 2016, 08:46:04 pm »
It's this image that had me want to go with "Iacocca's Ball Sac" for the name.

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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #110 on: September 23, 2016, 11:15:52 am »
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #111 on: September 24, 2016, 12:57:53 am »
Great read! Looks like fun. I'd love to join in next year, already have a car picked out- 1983 New Yorker that I was actually thinking about doing a coast to coast road trip in with my two teenage son's.

Doing such a run in a group would be epic!!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #112 on: September 25, 2016, 08:48:21 am »
At first I was like this...


You have


Grrrr...


But then, I thought about it, and those hallways were so narrow, you probably couldn't turn it properly sideways if you wanted...so all is forgiven.  ;D Besides, cool trip, cool places, cool you could take your son with you on the adventure - he'll have that in his memory banks for a long time - "can we do this again next year!?" (I bet he's already asked)...so, carry on! Looking fwd to Part III. Hold your ph however you want.
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #113 on: September 25, 2016, 10:03:49 am »
I hope Dent wins by a wee nip.............. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: ...K.. ???  Pray tell....
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #114 on: September 25, 2016, 05:46:39 pm »
Yes I did hold the phone that way design. Old building, narrow hallways and such.

Here is part 1 of day 2

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/road-trip/the-great-beater-challenge-day-2-part-1/
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #115 on: September 26, 2016, 10:24:20 am »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on September 25, 2016, 05:46:39 pm
Yes I did hold the phone that way design. Old building, narrow hallways and such.

Here is part 1 of day 2

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/road-trip/the-great-beater-challenge-day-2-part-1/



Keep it coming!  It's a great story and travelogue!


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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #116 on: September 26, 2016, 11:45:46 am »
The Top Gear team with the smoke show lol. Reminds me of this 1980 Malibu sedan I had when I was 17, filled the washer fluid reservoir with used oil/varsol mix and directed the hoses to the carb, hit the washer button and huge clouds of smoke would pour out of it's dual exhaust. My pals and I had quite a bit of fun with that mod!

And I love the beater articles!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #117 on: September 26, 2016, 11:58:18 am »
Should have the last one all finished up for tomorrow morning.

The official Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/greatbeaterchallenge/

and webpage for anyone interested for next year

https://greatbeaterchallenge.wordpress.com/

revalations - if you bring a K-car they might just give you a four hour head start!
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
« Reply #118 on: September 26, 2016, 12:38:47 pm »
Looking forward to it!

Your issues climbing hills reminded me of my first owned car:  a 1992 Ford Escort wagon.  A nice enough car for a young family, it had serious issues climbing mountain roads when fully loaded.  I once was going through the White Mountains of New Hampshire while on a family vacation and had the pedal pushed to the floor.  I was still slowing down.

Although, if you did manage to get it up to speed, you couldn't go too fast.  At 120, it would start shake and become rather unstable on the road.  Not the best of road manners to say the least.   :o

In fact, it might make a great entry for next year's challenge, should someone find such a beastie.  To get you in the mood, here is a musical introduction to the car, courtesy of "Shakin' all over":

I got shimmy in the chassis!
I got wobbles in the wheel well.
I got tremors in the tranny!*
Shakin' all over!


*:  Saffy, behave.   :rofl2: :rofl2:
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Re: The Great Beater Challenge
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