so who is planning on attending this years meet?

[rohnk]

Probably have to be the backend of the Toyota loaner I have from the dealer. I think the carb needs a rebuild on my Eagle and I don't have the time to get it done before the meet. Oh well, at least I am planning to make the meet! See you all there soon.

Dude! You've got plenty of time to rebuil that carb! Seriously, a kit is like $30 I think and even a novice can rebuild it in about an hour or so. Just get a big piece of paper under you and trace your screws and label them where they go so you don't forget. The rest is pretty easy as far as replacing gaskets and stuff. You may have a hard time "tuning" it once you get it on... but if you can just get it running well enough to drive here, then we can slap on the finishing touches when you get here! C'mon! You know you want to!

I will give it a try as I have an extra Carter carb that I can rebuild and put on. Never rebuilt a Carter before and the last carb I rebuilt was 15+ years ago! It is a 6.5 hour drive for me, so that is a lot to ask of the Eagle since I haven't done any real work on it since purchasing last December. I also want to start taking it apart to begin the restoration on it later this month. Your "peer pressure" is getting to me though! 

[Mavericke]

Well hey, look at it this way... 6hrs isn't too bad. If you can get her here... you'll have more heads together to help out with some minor work before you head home.

And if worste comes to worse... 6hrs isn't that bad of a haul if I HAD to tow you home. And I would if you got stuck on account of my peer pressure, lol! But you gotta buy the donuts and milk and diesel, lol!

Honestly, I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to risk it. The intelligent responsible side of me would agree... but on the other hand, I don't listen to that side much and I've driven Eagles across the country that shouldn't even be pushed across the yard with a tractor, LOL! My first Eagle was BAD... REAl bad and I drove it literally all over the country. Heck, I even put about 800 miles on a donut on the interstate, LOL! Those were my younger crazier rockstar years but I survived and have great stories for the kiddos! I took that thing from NW Illinois to Appletone, Wi and back to IL and then BACK to Appleton and then straight to Fort Worth in a one week time frame. It had no sway bar bushings so it swayed and clanged, the exhaust "ended" in front of the tranny... the tranny shifter housing was shattered so the exhaust fumes leaked into the car so we had to drive with our heads hanging out the window half the time and it was freaking 20 degress in Wi when we left and then 98 in Fort Worth... it was ridiculous! The carb was jacked up and there was a hole in the return line from the tank that spewed gas at random times. The carb would run great for days and then you'd pull into a gas station and you couldn't get it to fire up - no matter what. OH yeah and lastly? No turn signals. We had the windows down for oxygen anyways so we used hand signals. My poor brother had to drive most of the way because my license was suspended for... well, we don't need that posted here. Too many tickets ok? lol I drove that car around like that for two years. I found the nest and fixed the turn signals in 10 minutes on the side of the road and was so mad that I drove it around like that for so long over something so simple.

Anyway...

Yeah, I was pretty reckless then... but my kiddos "sobered" me up.

I bet your eagle is in much better shape... and if I can do it at 18... JOO CAN DEW EEET!!!

[Mavericke]

Carver... where are you coming from? And are you on your way here?

[rohnk]

When I bought the car sight unseen, I drove it 17 hours from Nebraska back to Michigan. It was a great trip that I did a write up on in the road trip section.

If I can get it to fire tomorrow, it comes with me on Friday. I'll also bring that carb kit along with me just in case. This will be the last hoorah for the Eagle before I begin the restoration. I have a name picked out for it too which I think will fit the car nicely. Not going to say it before I start the postings about my progress though!

[Mavericke]

Sweet! I look forward to seeing you both here!

[jim]

WonderEAGLE and jim are at the Holiday Inn Express, Galesburg, patiently -no, wait, that's impatiently- waiting for something to happen.
309)343-7100
room 123.
Hurry before I break out the canned adult beverages!
Jimmie

[lmhsx/4]

Originally planned to meet up at Cordova. But plan on making the 2 hour trip after work tomorrow. Arrive about 6:45 PM.

I had attended the first meet for a couple of hours at Tama. Can not bring either one of the SX/4s. Still in project phase.  Will drive one of the DPV's.

 Plan on attending a little while Friday night. Have other commitments Saturday.

 I remember meeting IAEagle, Jim, 83Eagle, & allend.

[Mavericke]

We look forward to having you here! I was at the first Meet as well, but there were a couple guys that missed in passing.