Corvette/Cobra "Hug The Border Run"
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Corvette/Cobra "Hug The Border Run"
What a blast....34 Corvettes...about 6 Cobras....102 F in the shade and we ran hard for 145 miles round trip.We stopped halfway at an Indian Casino for lunch...
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The blue Daytona dropped a drive shaft just pulling into the Casino.As we parked,Border Patrol was busting some illegals...(.lunch was great.)..when we came out,two California Highway Patrol cars were parked near our cars joking they had 16 tow trucks coming....
They were really cool and just joked as hardly anyone had a front plate...
And...six miles from home I lost my water pump...no big deal..and I recruited some more C3'ers to the forum...Good day all around..
My 78 never seen anything over 200..even at 80+ mph.....I figured I lost pump when I seen coolant appear at hood/fender joint on drivers side..I had heard a loud belt squeal earlier hitting 2nd gear hard...OOPs !!
Rich
They were really cool and just joked as hardly anyone had a front plate...And...six miles from home I lost my water pump...no big deal..and I recruited some more C3'ers to the forum...Good day all around..
My 78 never seen anything over 200..even at 80+ mph.....I figured I lost pump when I seen coolant appear at hood/fender joint on drivers side..I had heard a loud belt squeal earlier hitting 2nd gear hard...OOPs !!
Rich
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Now for a short rant....I'm dumping AAA...this is the second time I have got a busy signal/and or..."our lines are over-loaded" recording for a tow in 6 months....I called a local company (Two Bit Tow) and they were there in 30 minutes...cheap too...
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Sounds like fun...
By the way..that will teach ya for not taking the 502 
Seems strange in regards to the AAA I've never had a problem with them, but... if I did ever get a busy signal... I think I might sack them too. Muddy 
By the way..that will teach ya for not taking the 502 Seems strange in regards to the AAA I've never had a problem with them, but... if I did ever get a busy signal... I think I might sack them too. Muddy
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Originally Posted by Muddywaters
Sounds like fun... By the way..that will teach ya for not taking the 502 Seems strange in regards to the AAA I've never had a problem with them, but... if I did ever get a busy signal... I think I might sack them too. Muddy
By the way..that will teach ya for not taking the 502 Seems strange in regards to the AAA I've never had a problem with them, but... if I did ever get a busy signal... I think I might sack them too. Muddy 
Really hot...but what fun...
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Originally Posted by Muddywaters
Sounds like fun... By the way..that will teach ya for not taking the 502 Seems strange in regards to the AAA I've never had a problem with them, but... if I did ever get a busy signal... I think I might sack them too. Muddy
By the way..that will teach ya for not taking the 502 Seems strange in regards to the AAA I've never had a problem with them, but... if I did ever get a busy signal... I think I might sack them too. Muddy I get more miles than the standard AAA towing (I believe it's 50 mi. radius), I can call just about any towing company I want and get it covered (Western Towing, throughout San Diego, just wants to see the little thing on the insurance card saying I've got emergency roadside assistance, and write down the policy number)...The only downside to this is that it only covers the car, not the driver, so if I were riding in someone else's car, my roadside assistance through State Farm wouldn't cover it.
Anyway, looks like you had a great time, including the stop at Golden Acorn...Where'd you pick up the 8 freeway from your run, out by El Centro and then come back, or did you make the run out by Lake Morena and then out to Golden Acorn and then back on the 8? It looks like it was fun!
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Originally Posted by Sprzout
Anyway, looks like you had a great time, including the stop at Golden Acorn...Where'd you pick up the 8 freeway from your run, out by El Centro and then come back, or did you make the run out by Lake Morena and then out to Golden Acorn and then back on the 8? It looks like it was fun!
Rich
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Originally Posted by aocm77
34 Vette's including some C-3's. Mines still up on jacks. Maybe next month. No Club No Rules Looks and sounds like a fun run.
Rich
RichSaw you for a minute when we gathered for the lunch run, where did you dissapear to?
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[QUOTE=kaymonster]A few more shots.......
Thanks for posting the pic's and welcome to the C3 forum....
I enjoyed lunch with you yesterday....did you drop much in the casino ?...I left after lunch to run with some C5's/C6's....awesome run back home...
Rich
Thanks for posting the pic's and welcome to the C3 forum....
I enjoyed lunch with you yesterday....did you drop much in the casino ?...I left after lunch to run with some C5's/C6's....awesome run back home...
Rich
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Originally Posted by Paul Borowski
...GSC3 now has a Daytona Cobra Coupe???
If he does,he drove it to Califiornia 
I was behind that Daytona for 40 miles..ran pretty flat in the corners...
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Originally Posted by Sprzout
I've had probs w/AAA as well, decided to just get towing through State Farm instead.
