Pantera on the loose.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Just sent Buoy & Dude Sweet a mail to that effect........

My buds from Canada nearly shat themselves at olds hill this first time.

UD

Most of my time in the desert has been spent up at Willow Springs. I'd love to get out and check out Glamis and Dumont some time.

My wife's dad is LA City Fire, so you can imagine that she's been out there playing with the toys for most of her childhood. The old boy used to run a Triumph TT500 in desert scrambles...

Wait a minute! I don't have any room in my garage for a CRF450!!!

[Dude! Sweet!]

Like I said, just a couple of minor trailer issues though...

[Buoy]

Like I said, just a couple of minor trailer issues though...

What's the story here?

[Dude! Sweet!]

Bearing buddy fell off and fried the bearing. It was 5:05 pm so all the shops were closed... My Boat US vessel assist hooked me up with "towing" which was pretty bad ass!

[Dude! Sweet!]

At that point we said, hey lets have them check the rest and slap some new tires on the gig. Chris had done the same for me... it was the least could do!

[duunoit]

Yup!

Two Panteras on the tennis court at the Radisson in Memphis TN. Yee-haw!

You know, I never realized that that was a tennis court.

This story just goes to show you that there is an @$$ for every bolster.

Without a doubt, Sean is the most easy going guy you could deal with.

[tomcei]

man O man, I can see my wife's head turn around on its axis (exorcist style).
if i came home with 2 boats

[Dude! Sweet!]

You mean like a jet boat and a 28 Pantera?

[tomcei]

You mean like a jet boat and a 28 Pantera?

oh, okay,...... I forgot about that.



PS. the "trailer failure" is one of those things that is always in the back of my mind on a long haul. Glad it worked out, looked like a serious deal.

[Buoy]

man O man, I can see my wife's head turn around on its axis (exorcist style).
if i came home with 2 boats

I think my wife has just filed this as an occurrence as something that is inevitable, it's only a matter of time and funding.

[duunoit]

Glad to help you out.

[stormrider]

Congrats to both of you!
Sean, did yours travel w/ power?
Or did you guys keep your own?

[Dude! Sweet!]

Kept our own headaches, er motors and drives. I like Chris too much give him my motor.

[duunoit]

Kept our own headaches, er motors and drives. I like Chris too much give him my motor.

Same here

[LittleDcsRodShop]

That means alot to me, really.

I couldn't have asked for a better transaction within the brotherhood.

My wife keeps saying, "I love Sean's hair"...

And John, thanks again for all the transportation help, we couldn't have done this without you.

Chris thats only b/c you don't have any hair !! :troll:

All jokes aside I will second what both of you have said !!

[LittleDcsRodShop]

One of the best things I got out of the entire experiance is the fact that about 5 minuets ago I finally figured out what Chris' username ment... I thought you were just tapping into your German roots or something...
NO-I-DIDN'T-KNOW-IT

Hey public school was free !!!!

Chris got your email & thanks !! & Really don't kill yourself to get those sent off any certain time & let me know if you need anything !!

[Dude! Sweet!]

oh, okay,...... I forgot about that.



PS. the "trailer failure" is one of those things that is always in the back of my mind on a long haul. Glad it worked out, looked like a serious deal.

The trailer failure was a pain, it took about 4 - 5 hours to fix, but could have been worse... could have been a truck failure. The trailer parts are pretty standard. Imagine if my truck had blown a turbo in Arkansas?

[Mikeb4]

Wow! you've been busy Dude! ... I fall away from the boards for a week and look at all I miss!

Congrats! this is awesome ... we get to see a couple more re-rigging's!!!

Sorry about the trailer .... I blew a third axle towing my 28 Cig home from Florida ... totally sucked 7 PM on a Sunday night.

Let's see the progress on the new rig's !!

[Dude! Sweet!]

Once I get going on them, I'll start a new thread for each. The 24 is mostly going to be point and shoot, but there's some little things I'd like to do (sitdowns, rubber floor, new rear seat cushions, cabin tune up).

The 28, I'm going to finish prepping it to race but probably won't start messing with it until fall after I'm done with the 24. Ultimately, I'd really like to do the boat as a staggered small block boat with bravos. Maybe a pair of "mild" 600hp LSXs or SB2 motors. But I'm torn on whether I should getting running as is for now and make that move later, or just go for it, knowing that the boat will be down for a while if I go that route... We'll see. Both of them are really cool boats.

The 24 is actually the old Bad Temper race boat (according to Pepe) which was run a bit before the owner stepped up to the Bad Temper 28 with tripples.

[Dude! Sweet!]

And Mike, it's nice to see you over here!