Out for ice-cream

Things are looking Up..

Mechanically the Checkered Flag Jalopy Showdown was just a mess.

Thankfully every cloud has a silver lining.. and in the end. my friend Kevin Fritz literally saved my tail.. I am eternally indebted.

As usual it was great hanging out with Tokyo, Clark, Larry, Kieth, Bill and John, Andy, Matt, Barb, Kevin and Pat and his crew of "Lopers" from New Jersey. Ultimately I Finally put a lot of faces to names, which is always good. and Mr Paxton continues to be my hero..

In the end, my long lost cousin Jason from COLUMBIA walked off with a stash of my "rarest" pontiac parts. and I broke even selling other stuff i don't need nor want.

it was a good day..

This is bad

Going IS great.. BUT STOPPING is SPECTACULAR..

Something just didn't feel right... Stopping distance was increased, and the brake pedal felt "soft"

Friday afternoon I did a quick tear- down to identify the issue.. As it turned out one rear brake shoe was cracked, and  both passenger side shoes showed signs of glazing.  At this point I am thinking that somehow I picked up a bit of debris somewhere..


Luckily new parts were "ordered" Friday night and were in my hands before 9 on saturday.. My pal Brian at NAPA is once again my hero..

My test drive saturday night included several screeching stops.. which make me very happy .