Topic: Hey Gerhed!!

[Rocking-M]

"This Sunday a whole Supertanker sized fleet of Italian cars head out for a 111
mile road run through Virginia."

They end up at the Ferrari dealership in the DC area somewhere, I'm not sure of the
locations but if you want to try and make it I'll get the information for you.
I would have liked to make it up myself but I have to do the cam tower gasket on
the Spider this weekend. She sprung a leak at our last outing. 

[bill440cars]

                   Whoa!!  I'll bet THAT would be a sight to see!! Wouldn't mind that myself.
           Back when they opened the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky, They had a bunch of
           Corvettes come from the east & west coasts to meet at the museum. They traveled I-40 and I
           happened to be able to see some of them. Awesome sight, all those Corvettes!!

                                                         Later on, Bill

[gerhed]

"This Sunday a whole Supertanker sized fleet of Italian cars head out for a 111
mile road run through Virginia."

They end up at the Ferrari dealership in the DC area somewhere, I'm not sure of the
locations but if you want to try and make it I'll get the information for you.
I would have liked to make it up myself but I have to do the cam tower gasket on
the Spider this weekend. She sprung a leak at our last outing. 

Rocking,

Sounds like a notewothy event.
Might be out of reach this weekend--Thanks for the heads up, though.
My Spyder dumped me in the middle of the road last Monday.
The only way I could get going was if I engaged the clutch above 4K r.p.m.
and then kept the revs above 4000--otherwise engine had no power and would kill. !
Your diagnosis ?
I'd say low speed jets are somewhat clogged ?-still have original Weber-never rebuilt, of course.
I am going to visit the new Civil War Museum in Richmond--on Sat.
Supposedly located on the river in an old brick warehouse.
I'll report on it.

[Rushoid]

                   Whoa!!  I'll bet THAT would be a sight to see!! Wouldn't mind that myself.
           Back when they opened the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky, They had a bunch of
           Corvettes come from the east & west coasts to meet at the museum. They traveled I-40 and I
           happened to be able to see some of them. Awesome sight, all those Corvettes!!

                                                         Later on, Bill

Actually, Bill, they do that every year. http://www.corvettemuseum.com/registration/celebration/info.shtml That first one was probably the biggest, but they draw a good crowd every year. BG is about 1.5 hours south of me so you always see a lot of them on the road that weekend.

Louisville hosts the NSRA Street Rod Nationals. http://www.nsra-usa.com/38annual.htm Now that's a sight! Street rods everywhere you look. Hotels are packed for miles and miles.

[bill440cars]

        Hey Lee,

                       Thanks for the info on the Corvette Museum. I wouldn't mind seeing that sometime.
         Street Rod Nationals in Louisville sounds like a real treat also. I've always dreamed of building a
         Street Rod but never had the finances to actually do it, you know. Don't want to get very far into
         this discussion, cause I could so easily Hi-Jack this thread and I don't want to do that. Got a local
         car show here tomorrow. Pretty good turnout of usually about 300-350 cars, trucks and a few
         motorcycles (H-Ds & Sportbikes, no Hondas ) Thanks again for the heads up.

                                                          Later on, Bill

[Rocking-M]

Here is the info for the event. Sounds like a jetting problem on your Spider
but there are a great bunch up there at DC Fiats that will be glad to help diagnosis.

The Museum of the Confederacy is near the Hospital in the middle of town.
Great place to visit and it'll be moving to Lexington soon as it has
become to crowded in Richmond I hear.

Here is the info;

This Sunday is the All Italia rally in Northern Virginia

This annual event draws 75 to 100 Italian cars for a relaxed
Breakfast/drive/rally/lunch. This is a lot is fit into 1 day, but we do it.
DCFiats along with the local Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and
other Italian car clubs all get together for this event.

It is not late to sign up for this event or even just show up Sunday morning
with your car. Weather is predicted to be great Sunday in the DC area and I know
the drive and rally will be fun.

Here is the information from www.dcfiats.org ;

The All Italian Car Tour–Raduno Primavera (Spring Gathering) is set for Sunday
April 29. Our partnership with the other DC area Italian car clubs and Ferrari
Maserati Lamborghini of Washington's strong support should once again yield a
stellar event. Participants will meet at the Ferrari dealership near Dulles in
the morning for a light continental breakfast followed by a healthy serving of
car ogling and chatting with fellow owners. We will depart late in the morning
for a spirited drive along some magnificent roads, and then return to Ferrari of
Washington for a super Italian lunch which includes a choice of specialty panini
sandwiches, about seven side dishes, and Ricotta torte. There will be awards for
classes of cars, goodie bags, and other handouts to include a commemorative dash
plaque.

Cost is $25 per driver or passenger, plus $5 per car. We recommend that you sign
up soon by downloading and mailing/faxing this Tour Flyer. (Acrobat Reader
required) You may also register online at FMOW's website.

For more information/questions, please contact the DC Fiats event POC, Carl
Friedman at (703) 323-5657 or carlfriedman@verizon.net

[bill440cars]

    Hey Lee,
          This is from the link you posted to the Street Rod Nationals and I'm in love!!

           

[bill440cars]

        Rocking-M,

                 Great info you posted. Bet that it would be something to see all those Italian cars too!!
        Pictures would be nice for those of us who couldn't be there. Hint hint.

                                                         Later on, Bill  

[Rocking-M]

Hey Bill, I'll post some pictures as soon as the fellows up that way
post them. I really wish we could make it up ourselves but
my Spider also required some maintenance this weekend.
I run the snot out of it at the autocrosses and it's to be expected.
30 year old cars are much easier to work on though!