Monday, July 4th, we drove to Monticello, IA to visit Yogi's. He built a new building this past year, very nice. We had a great lunch (free food) and a nice tour of the new store and warehouse. He bought Tanks a few months ago, you ought to see the inventory of gas tanks....hundreds of them.
Monday nights stop was at Clinton, IA. The local Culvers and car club hosted a car show in our honor. Free drinks and 25% off of food....almost like free. It was a great day and a beautiful drive.
Tuesday was an easy short drive day. 115 miles. We left at 9:30 and headed for East Peoria, Ill. We were to visit a private collection of cars there. About 45 miles from Peoria, we hit a really bad bumpy road. My car was shaking with a bad case of "death wobble" That's when the front wheels start wobbling wildly out of control.
I finally found a place to pull over to check it out. After a quick check of the front suspension, we found the steering arm that bolts to the spindle was loose.
We borrowed a jack and went to work. Had it fixed in no time, the other side was coming loose also.Both sides tight and we were back on the road. Three cars stopped with me, the others went on, we caught up with the rest in about 30 minutes at the stop.
The collection was very nice, many Fords a couple of Chevys. Gary our host had a great BBQ lunch all prepared for us too....more free food!
I went for a quick oil change, the odometer has just shy off 1000 miles on it, time for some fresh oil. As I hit the key to start it and drive to the oil change place, there was nothing...no power at all, no lights, nothing. OK, start checking the system. Checked the battery...good, take the trunk panels out and check the cutoff switch....good. Next, under the dash to check the maxi fuse, as I opened the plastic case, I could hear the radio click on....found it....the maxi fuse connection had rattled loose. A quick tightening job on the nuts and it was fixed.
Hey, it's a new build, with a 1000 miles on it, things happen!!
After the oil change it was off to the Pair a Dice Casino to a big car show, again in our honor. Several hundred cars showed up at the casino...pretty cool. We all got tickets for buy one get one free buffet dinners......cool.
sorry...no photos tonight.
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