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Heyyyyyy,, hi ya lop eared SVTC riding varmint - welcome back from the netherworld @ChiefGunner!!! How was your summer out there CTFW,, how many miles on er now? Glad to hear you are finding what us old time Venture riders have found over and over again,, when Mom Yam makes it,, Mom Yam stands behind it 100%,,,, also nice glad to hear she has not changed in that iconic way! An acrynom for defining "Number 1 In Honoring Warranties And Standing Behind Our Bikes" spells - Y.A.M.A.H.A.!! Cant wait to hear some of those stories!! Hope ya go endless pictures and videos cause,, even though Don is making some awesome changes around this joint, I highly suspect that the club code of "no pictures, it didnt happen" hasn't changed LOL!

So am I the only one that's in this solely for the money??? Kind of sounds like it... I figured it out and got a bottom line amount figured... At this time I figure @Freebird owes me exactly,,, figuring 1 month @ 1 dollar per month divided by 30 days per month = 3 cents per day times 2 days of down time = 6 cents.. That would be payable in cash only cause I dont take no stinkin Paypal even though I paid with Paypal LOL. Pay up ya lop eared varmint!!!!! Oppssssss,, ah ohh,, Tip is yelling at me for stirring the pot,,, says shut up Puc,,, I remember watching you sneak a cookie out of Eileens cookie jar that was well worth 2 dollars so NOW you owe Don $1.94.. Can I pay that $1.94 with Paypal next time my club dues come up brother? You got your scoot down yonder with you?? Hope so!!

Poppa,, sorry we could not hook up on the phone,, I am lost for words on the water coming out of the frame my friend!! That is crazy!! Did you check it,, maybe taste a small drip of it,, to see if it was coolant?? For the life of me I can not imagine why that is... You living in Missori,, is it possible that you have a flood damaged bike? Maybe it spent some time underwater?? Unreal!! THANKS FOR THE PIC!! Puc

Hey brother,, speaking of the REAL hot rod days,,, here is a pic of my 2 year old grandson in California that I took during his 2nd Birthday party a couple weeks ago.. Look carefully,, doesn't he look like one of us as a teenager leaning on his first car?? My son in law said I should photo chop a long blade of grass hanging from his mouth LOL!! What say you?? P.S.,, you never did say whether or not you got the FL going!! PS,PS - stores up here still have Faygo - come on up and we will chase some down!!!

Well look what the cat dragged in,, hi ya lop eared varmint!! How's life? Tip sends hugs and love to you both and me too!! You got that FL going? Hope so!! Squid,, what is that car in your Av? Still working thru my bucketlist and looking at Vette's now. Life is short, get er done brother!! Love ya Puc

Wish I was there brother! I would show you how to catch them southern bass with just a dark blue rubber crawler!!!!! You lop eared varmint,,, probably sitting in the CaptN's chair puffing on Cuban cigar LOL!! Tip and I did color tour in upper lower Michigan,, still green up by tunnel of trees,, not much longer for anyone interested!! Any colors down there yet Don? Getting pretty nice here in Mid Michigan!! Thanks for getting the site back up for us,, was really starting to feel lonely LOL.. Wonder if this picture attachment icon will work yet,, hope this dont blow the site up!! If this works YOU will be required to post a pic of you two on the houseboat!! Come on mannnnnnn

I was extremely active on Ebay back when running my shop, using thier services for business and for personal use.. I bought/sold a lot of stuff thru the years there-in.. My problem with Ebay began when they started showing their true selves in extreme censoring/control.. I had a huge, antique air gun collection that I began the process of dissolving.. At that time, I had done well over 250k of business thru Ebay.. After sticking one of my late 1800's air guns on their site, Ebay sent me a note that they were putting me on a 1 year suspention and locking up my Paypal account for the duration.. Their complaint was that I had violated their Firearms Sales policies.. I tried to contact them to discuss the matter but that ended up proving just how insensitive to their customers they truly are,, quite frankly,, they could have cared less about people who were their customers. I ended up with over 20 grand in funds being locked down for 1 year PLUS the applicable opportunity costs in my business associated with their nonsense. When the smoke cleared I gutted my Paypal account, keeping it open but never keeping more than a few bucks in there. I remain an Ebayer to this day BUT I am strickly in it for what ever works in my favor and have zero respect for Ebay. I work steadfastly to protect myself when doing business thru Ebay and have come to expect nothing of them in my dealings whether it be buying or selling.. All they are to me is a place on the internet to come in contact with other human beings,,, no more - no less..

NICE BOSS,, REAL NICE!!!! THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK!! NOW TAKE A NICE BREAK AND ENJOY YOUR VACATION!!

I am wayyyy to tired to go out and pull the covers on my 83 and see if this is applicable to the left rear pot cause I have been chasing a three year old all over the county today but here is a video of mine that may,, or may not be of use here.. Other than this transfer tube (if there is one on the left rear,, number 1 pot) I cant quite think of what would put coolant on the exterior upper part of the head... Take a look here Pops and tell us what you think:

have :sign yeah that: Hey Pops,, seems how you have watched a few of my vids and seem to have come away without being traumatiized to badly,, here is one you may,, or may not find useful in your picture posting endeavor... @Freebird,, something just dawned on me (I know,, ahhhh ohhh,, right?),,, is the club still under the "must have so many posts to be able to post pics" ordinance?? If so has Pops got enough posts?? Always here to promote endless :photographing::photographing: postings!!!

HI YA POPS,, HI YA NANA!!! And,, !! Pops,,, you came to the right spot for your grand intro my friend ,,, good on ya!!! Sounds like you two are sort of cut from the same cloth as a lot of the lop eared VR club member varmints around this joint,, my wife Tip and I included:grandma:... Matter of fact,,, excluding the "puff of white smoke",, what you wrote pretty much defines us.. Our million mile plus Venture adventure pretty consists primarily of miles accumulated on bikes with no 2nd gear that I picked up for practically nothing just like yourself and that all started back in 1987 and continues (somewhat,, cancer has kicked us off the open road adventures on our 83 Venture now) to this day. While I have experienced many power outages while running each of our 6 MK1's into the ground, I have never ever encountered what, at least it sounds to me as such, may very well be a blown head gasket or cracked water jacket. My M.O. of days gone by would be to just park the bike out back to be used from parts and grab another bike for few bucks and start over BUT,, I know times have changed,, like us the bikes got old and are now harder to come by. Many years ago my 1st 1st Gen, an 84 Royale with no second gear, decided to retire its crank bearings after just under 260K miles of pure torment and fun. As my daughter and I clunked our way back home from a wonderful tour of the west and turned the corner about 5 miles from home Beeges (kids named the bike BEEG, short for Big Girl) headlight shined on another Mk1 for sale on the corner.. It was 3 a.m. so I had to wait till the next day to go down and grab.. It had set under a tarp outside for over 20 years - because it had no second gear.. That one had 22k miles on it, the pipes were rotted right off it and even the throttle cable was locked right up.. I hit it with a set of jumper cables, touch the button and the motor rolled:thumbsup:!! Took it home for $150.. Combined the two MK1's now in my possession and a few days later was back out CTFW . I dont tell you all that for bragging rights cause lets face,, aint much to brag about crossing the country on a beat up old Venture with a tent flappin in the wind behind you and your wife who is wearing an old set of motocross goggles but I do tell you all that so you will understand that I do know we are living in different times and the supply of CHEAP missing 2nd gear, best touring bike ever deals is pretty much diminished.. So,, that said,, what would I do if faced with your situation.. I think I would probably pull its plugs,, hit the radiator with a pressure pump to put some pressure on the coolant to see where the leak is.. Your probably have enough smarts about you to be able to just look at the plugs and determine which pot is being pee'd in so maybe run that jug to BDC and drop a bore scope in and see if its the head gasket or jug.. If its the jug,, got some bad news,, these scoots have integrated block/jugs.. Yep,, replacement engine time.. If its a head gasket - not so bad.. Personally,, if I were gonna rip one of these great big ugly mud suckers,, I mean one of these purdy little touring bikes all apart to drop in a head gasket,, I would just pull the motor, split the cases and fix the second gear.. At the same time I would tip the bike upside down and weld in frame supports so I would never have a cracked frame like some of experienced.. I would also double check the stator and water pump assemblies to see if they had been updated. I would also drop in a set of Progressive front springs if that hadnt been done. This is getting lengthy,, sorry about that,, I have gotten :Im not listening toin my old age I guess... I will shut up but before I go I only wanna add one thing,, 's!! These varmints LOVE 's!! Lots and lots of 's!!! Welcome Pop n Nana!! Puc

If it were my bike,, knowing that I never fill beyond half way up the window and it was reading high, especially covering the window I would have the oil drained and checked for fuel/coolant quicker than you could ride a five gear wheelie on a CR250... Unless you have a habit of over filling the case, running your scoot with contaminated oil is not a good plan IMHO..

Frank,,, just an FYI... IMHO,, the original fork springs Mom Yam sent in these 83's are/were Ink Pen springs at best.. If your springs are sacked and have never been replaced with Progressives that could cause bottoming out which would be heard as clunk clunk clunk when hitting bumps.. Also though,, loose neck bearings can do the same.. One thing about forks bottoming out,, if that is the case,, when they are bottoming, the clunk you hear is related to the part you are working on... In the shop I always referred to that as valve damage,, fork damping valve damage - not to be confused with engine valves... You may want to check all parts down at the bottom of the fork upper tube for damage too.. Also,, while you have it down,, run the tubes thru the upper bushings and look for wear or check the bushings with a set of verniers before reinstalling.. Freshen em up while your there if you plan on riding it.. You will be glad you did!! Glad you got it apart!! Puc

A good father will never abandoned one of his kids when summons and I am not about to do that now Son-shine :grandpa:even though I know I am going to step in it ... You know your old Dad,,, you want the long version or the short version??? I know you would pick the long version .. Many years ago I was sitting in a 4th year Business Law lecture in College.. The Prof began his lecture by reading a real life story about a man and his neighbor who had received extreme hand injuries from a lawn mower they were using to trim the hedges between properties.. Apparently this intelligent men did not know of the dangers associated with holding a lawn mower above the hedges in their hands and what would happen if their fingers got inside of the blade housing/deck.. The courts decided in their favor because no warning stickers were found on the deck stating DO NOT USE FOR HEDGE TRIMMING.. Many people will say,,, well Puc,, what has that got to do with tire air pressures,,, but I am sure you already know where this is going cause your smart like your old man .. IMHO,, those factory numbers found on all street legal vehicles are put there to protect the manufactures and their dealerships as well as service centers from lawsuits that would result if a mechanic tried to determine the best PSI for any given vehicle.. I worked in a couple of auto service centers thru the years and was ALWAYS under the corporate rule to follow factory data to the tee,, under NO circumstances, as a Licensed Mechanic working for a company was I allowed to fudge the numbers,, whether it be in a tune up, front end alignment and yes,, even tire pressures and that was ALL,, 100% insurance based to protect the company. Outside of that,, with my own stuff and IMHO - any and all of those numbers are a guide at best for the savvy owner who wants to readjust his tire pressures to any given situation he/she may find himself in.. Personally,, I am not totally convinced that those numbers are not also fudged a little to increase tire wear to sell tires while at the same time still remain safe in the process too BUT,, you know me,, I am Mr. Conspiracy Man so there is that:witch_brew:.. Concerning the motorcycle tire psi concerns you bring up.. This is a can of worms that hours and hours of writing has been done about... One thing I would like to toss into your thinking Son cause I love you.. Your old Dad has seen many many issues come up concerning accidents caused by and people hurt by improperly inflated tires.. Guess what one thing that 99.9999% of the time pops up when ever I have seen this happen on street bikes??? If you guessed UNDER INFLATED TIRES you would have guessed right.. Over inflation,, on car/truck/bike/trailer and any other street application normally results in premature wear on the tire but seldom results in an accident.. Matter of fact,,, and speaking strickly of NON RACE/TRACK vehicles,, I have never heard of over inflation causing an accident except for the lame brain who cant see the cords sticking out of the tire and it blows.. That said,, I prefer to run at top recommended by the tire manufactures PSI or close to it at all times.. Yes,,, the tire may seem hard if riding one up with nothing in the bags BUT,, you know your Mom,, at any given moment we could be headed out cross country and end up filling the bags with all kinds of heavy stuff!! I like being always ready for adventure.. I will also add this though,, you are 100% on the "is it relavent to" question.. ABSOLUTELY! Dropping the PSI down to 25 pounds when off roading Tweaks is a MAJOR advantage!! Especially in loose stuff.. So,, all that said,, what do I suggest for finding your best PSI,, all around number... Because bike tires are made to run on a radius and not on a flat tread contact with the road I suggest that the next time you swap on some new tires,, inflate them to factory spec,,, now load up your bike and take a ride on it with it fully loaded like you were heading to Michigan to buy me an ice cream cone.. Go a couple miles,, get off and check the ride pattern on the new tires.. Is the contact area in the center more than a couple inches?? It shouldnt be... Your best handling is when you are able to ride the radius in the corners,, this increases the flickability and handling of your bike majorly.. Adjust air pressure allllll the way to top spec on sidewall if you need to to obtain proper contact patch.. Does that make sense?? Once you find the air pressure that accomplishes this task,, LIVE BY IT!! And live by it unless you switch brands of tires... Do this with both front and rear tires... Try it and see what ya think and then come back and let me know if you think I am nuts There,, now I will let one of these other lop eared varmints :Im not listening toyour ear off!! Dad

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that: Take this very seriously!! IMHO, do exactly what @videoarizona is speaking of here!! Check your air pressures COLD as instructed on the side walls AND follow those side wall instructions concerning max load at stated air pressure.. Do not go by guesstimates stated in any manuals as the tire manufactures all have different PSI for different max loads.. Trust the tire manufacture engineers.. Once you get your cold temp psi set for the load range you want (generally speaking,, I personally like to air up to max load both front and rear when riding two up and loaded - always remember,, heat is your worst enemy with rubber and can/will destroy a tire quickly and low air pressure are a MAJOR heat producer - beside the ill effect low air pressure has on handling).. Once you have your pressures set where you want them ONLY use your TPMS as a monitoring system and only trust it for exactly that IMHO... Those ups and downs in PSI with temp changes are normal,, even 10 pound or more just like David mentions.. If the tire case says 50 pounds PSI for Max load and you are running 50 pounds and are not over weight and the PSI climbs to 60 pounds running the hot tarmac of Death Valley your in good shape.. Another point that I have experienced many many times.. In dealing with desert temp touring be very very careful with thinking you have more rubber on the road then you really do.. I have actually ran a brand new Dunlop 404 out in 3400 miles running hot tarmac.. Keep a very close eye on the tread depth if running in the heat and,, IMHO,,,, really watch it carefully once you get near the wear bars.. It always seemed to me that the rubber in the deeper part of the tread is not as wear resistent as the outer part of a new tire.. I know,, seems backwards dont it?? Seems like the squarer the tire would get,, the more contact patch you would have and the more material on the road would increase the resistance to wear cause there is more there across the tire BUT,, I really have never found this to be the case,, at least not for me... Its the other way around and WOW do those cords come up quickly when on the wear bars in the desert!! OK... I'll shut up .

Hiya Frank!! Puc here.. Frank I dont know a lot about these things but have rebuilt the forks on a couple of my 83's a couple of times and seriously,, for the life of me my pea sized brain can not recall any parts in there being referred to as an "oil lock".. It may be worth while for you to take a peek at this link: https://www.yamahapartshouse.com/oemparts/a/yam/5004247cf8700209bc787e42/front-fork and scroll thru the fork break down and see if you can locate the part(s) you are referring to in there and identify them by part number before someone who really knows what they are doing shows up and tries to assist.. I only say that cause I did do a quick rundown of the parts in that list and saw nothing there referencing an oil lock... Let me know if the link does not work for you and I will gladly try something else.. Puc

No idea @Marcarl.. Is there a Canadian parts fish available to see if that is the case?? Babbitts (YamahaPartshouse),,, the same place I took you to find that stuff for your Spyder, that I used to locate the parts I used in the note to Borg does not show a 1600cc Yam made in 96,, now that you mention it I am sure it is possible that you Kanuckians got something cool before we did here in the states..

Here in Michigan USA Menards lumber yard is my go to place for everything from Sleeping bags to Brussle Sprouts (in season LOL).. I have used thier sewage hoses for years to do what you are planning.. Personally, if I were you I would get the bigger size as shown below and make a cardboard extension on the end of the exhaust to extend a couple feet inside the hose,, this will help alot to keep the plastic from melting should you decide to run er up in the r's for extended periods of time and also protect your pipes from melted plastic in doing the same.. I just take card board, wrap the pipe, duct tape the cardboard at the pipe (not to it) and slide the sewerline over the cardboard.. If you build up the card board carefully you can get it so you dont even need a clamp to hold the pipe on.. May not right,, may be ugly but works great and its cheap.. The extra diameter of the pipe also allows for exhaust expansion so you dont have to worry about back pressure https://www.menards.com/main/plumbing/pumps-tanks/pump-well-tank-accessories/1-1-2-sump-pump-drainage-kit/sk2200-0000/p-1444451528633-c-8672.htm?tid=-1&ipos=2

Hi Borg,, pleasure to meet you.. About your seat latch issue,, can you provide us with some pictures,,, the more the better IMHO.. Also,, I am assuming you have a 1300 Royal Star and not a 1600,, is this correct? The parts fish I am looking at does not show a 1600cc in that year so I am going to assume we are talking a v-4 yam? From the parts fish I am looking at found here: https://www.yamahapartshouse.com/oemparts/a/yam/50043ab1f8700209bc78d097/seat Can I assume you are speaking of screw number 25 being stripped? that appears to be a screw for the cover over the latch? The actual latch assembly is held in place by 2 screws and they are part number 13,, do you see them? Are those screws stripped?? Either way,, the easiest way that I have found to remove a stuck, stripped screw like this is to take a center punch, sharpen it to a good point, make a small starter punch mark on the side of the screw or on its remaining face if it is a countersunk screw then hold the punch at the angle you want the screw to move in with the sharpened tip in the punch mark - now rap it sharply.. I have literally removed thousands of small stripped screws using this old school trick.. Another way is to use a hand impact with a bit that fits in the stripped head as tightly as possible.. You could use a dremel tool with a cut off blade in it to carefully cut an X into the screw face and then drive an impact bit into the X before attaching it to the impact.. Now with a good twist on the impact and then smacking it,,, out she'll come.. Are you familiar with the type of impact I am speaking of?? If not, let me know and I will hook you up with a link to a thread where my brother @VentureFar and I discussed them and how to use them.. Get those pics up,, doing so will help when one of guru's read this.. One of them will probably have fixed your exact issue cause they have owned such a bike as yours.. I never have so I am just guessing All the best in your repair!! Puc

You nailed it again!! Thanks my brother:beer:!!! I know where most of the really really really cool stuff is over there too Fool,,, you havent forgotten that I am the one who snuck over and stuffed rags into your WWW nozzles are you:confused24:... You dont think for one minute that while I was stuffin and tweakin the WWW that my ,, :dancefool:brain wasnt recording all the cool stuff stacked in the corner did ya?? I said to myself,, self - just think of allllllll the fun you could have with that little mill and a hunk of that brass laying over there... Why think of how pretty a set of bronze scope mounts would look atop that little Ruger Mk1 back home .. Ohhh I KNOW cool jeff!!!:hurts:yet Fool,, while I got your attention.. Here is the latest on my 68 L89 possible purchase.. I am still considering it and have a locked in buy option on it for this week.. No money in it yet,, just some research time.. I requested the owner to send me a pic of the engine stamp pad showing numbers to confirm it is indeed an original L89 and that the stamp pad VIN stamp also confirms its matching numbers to the cars VIN.. Here is the response I got today with the pic they sent me (see below): THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN PULL ........ VERY WORN OFF ...... WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING.... AS YOU CAN TELLLET ME KNOW ....... I PUT UP ON A BIG SCREEN COMPUTER SCREEN Here is my response back to him: """"Thank you Dean!! Pretty much not legible here on my end.. Just wondered if you could try one more thing before I say no go.. Could you try taking some white chalk and rubbing it across the stamp pad and then wiping it off lightly to give the numbered area a chance to stand out? I am sure that sounds corny but I have used that trick numerous times and had it work successfully,,, worth a try.. Also,, if you could take a piece of paper and write down any distinguishing numbers/letters that you may be able to make out with the naked eye that I cant see - that may help too.. Just leave spaces between non legible numbers and such to give me an idea of what may or may not be there.. THANK YOU again for your attention here Dean!! It is greatly appreciated appreciated!! Also,, and I know this is a longggg shot,, any chance you may have gotten the Protecto Plate with the car? It would be attached to original documents,, maybe in an owners manual.. That tiny little stamped piece of tin also has a ton of info on it.. Thought I might ask,,, never know..""" Jeff,, I KNOW that more can be done to reup the stamp pad,, consisting of acid treating it to eat some of the non work hardened area around the stamped area,,,,,, like the FBI does to reup ground off gun serial numbers.. You ever done anything like that?? I am thinking that IF I can pull enough numbers that increases the probability that this is 1 of the original 680 1968 L89's and IF I can pull enough numbers to the vin to increase the possibilty that it really is a numbers matching car I will just go ahead and buy it,, have it shipped and then do the acid treating here.. Thoughts?? Anyone else have thoughts?? ALL WELCOME and ANY responses will be treated with total respect and treasured!!! :thumbsup: Thanks you lop eared varmints!! Puc

Thanks Case,, glad you enjoyed!! Wanna hear something wayyyyy cool?? For many many many years,, while heading to Sturgis and also out there just enjoying South Dakota for the freedom it offers,, I/we/us would camp in a spot just outside of the east gate of the Badlands.. My connection with South Dakota/The Sturgis rally goes way back to the early 70's when bikers would camp openly across the prairie lands which was (and still is) 100% my kind of biking adventure.. The freedom feelings that can be felt simply by laying on the prairie floor and feeling mother earth breathe in the silence of the night is almost unspeakable and,, back then as it is now - South Dakota remains as OPEN CAMP on the prairies.. For decades,, while camping on the prairie during the rally I would tell my wife/kids that people have clearly lost the knowledge of the fact that SD is still open camp,, this based on the fact that we always had such places as those shown in the pics below all to ourselves while our biker brothers suffered in such madness of campgrounds like the Chip.. Fast forward to our recent trip and I am finding myself having crow for lunch once again!! Look carefully at the pics below.. This is one of my "secret private campgrounds" I have used for years on the open prairie whose entrance is about 1000 feet before the booth at the entrance of the Badlands NP.. Troop, Tip and I pulled in at about 3 a.m. - crawled into the sack and this is what we woke up to :scared:!! We drove out across the prairie and counted over 500 camps!! I guess when it comes to seeking freedom,, people still remember where it can be found!!

Got er done EC,, you got mail!

good catch Neil !! That flowed freely from my tired old worn out bean and I didnt even realize I had written something worth something but now that you point it out I gotta admit,, that is kind of catchy... Getting a big head here :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:!! I am so vainly proud of myself that I think I will copy/paste it over to our clubs quotes thread :big-grin-emoticon:.. I like it!! I like me!! I love you!!! You are a heck of brother pointing something like that out for your brother by a different mother:farmer: !!!! PS!! You are welcome!!

As you know my brother,,, I have been steadfastly picking me way thru my bucketlist,,,, picken em off one after the other .. Somewhere down deep inside of that bucket I ran into a farrrrrr distant memory of the need for a Vette .. I found this need right between the Schwinn Orange Krate pedal bike (which my sciatic nerve damaged backside could definitely no longer ride) and finding the Speedway pin ball machine from Annies Bar and Grill that claimed so much of my hard earned change back in the late 60's .. I have been researching,, looking,, digging and saving for that special Vette now for a while.. Of course,, as you well can remember,, back when we were living the true muscle car days,,, working at a Sunoco Gas station for 1 dollar 60 an hour and pumping 260 into those genuine factory built, real deal, big block cars that the town rich boys (or our heros home from Nam :usa::usa:) were paying 5 grand brand new for left us kids with no option other than saying to ourselves,,, some day... My "some day" statement was wrapped up in a big block Vette,,, C2 or C3,,, in all fairness - the 58ish with its double headlight and dual quads churn me too .. So we have been lookin... While on the way home from a REALLY great time in Sac at the end of Sept and cutting across Wisconsin my eye caught the shape of a C2 sitting there with a for sale sign on it,,, we stopped and the fun began!! Even though it wasnt a big block car I was still drueling on it and the owner must have seen me doing so cause he came out front and offered to start it for us.. Shortly afterwards I found out he was not the owner of the car but the owner of the AUCTION that the Vette was going to go thru in 3 days!! He also told us about an OLDER vette (the blue on in the pic) he had in a barn outback that would also be sold.. Of course,, probably because of how pretty Tippy is,, he gave us permission to go thru ALL the cars he had "out back" as well as the other Vette!!! Below are some pics of what we found!! WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO SPEND A DAY:beer:!! Like I said,, an AWESOME Summer brother!! P.S. - Oh,, by the way,, GUESS WHAT??? I just got hooked up with,, what is suppose to be a REAL DEAL 1968 L89 (that would be the L71 427 with Aluminum heads = only 680 produced in 68) within my budget!! It is down in North Carolina in a town called Lafayette... I spoke with the owner tonight about it and he is suppose to be getting me the drive train numbers to match up.. If all goes well and this is not another false alarm Tip and I plan to jump in Trooper and head down there the end of this week to meet with an Appraisor and go over things... I will know more tomorrow what I am dealing with!! You know what brother,, IMHO working thru the bucketlist is almost as much fun as spending all those years developing the list itself !!

Jeanie looks like she is gonna barf ,, I have seen that look on Tippies face numerous times Jeanie = dont feel bad... Aren't you glad you got a Raggy to keep life adventurous young lady?? We sure are!! Hey J,,, is it true that wounds heal faster in the north because of less humidity? You definitely should know the answer to that one by now:fishin: