Thursday

WE LEFT Blythe at 6:30,right after breakfast. Plan was to stop in Indigo, 100 miles for gas, half way and we would hit town with gas yet. We pulled into a very nice station, gassed up, checked the oil, got more ice. It was getting hot. Dave reset the timing slightly on the purple roadster, when he restarted it it started, backfired and he shut it off. When we were ready to roll, it would not start. He put the timing back, still no start. We could tell he was getting gas becauce the fuel pressure gauge showed right. We checked the spark...twice...had good spark. Pulled #2 plug....gas pourded out of the hole. we cranked it over, crank crank, then more gas poured out.We pulled all of the plugs...cranked it over to dry it out. Went to the store and bought new plugs....put them in....no start. Finally we said....pull the hood off. Its just a hood top but sort of a pain to remove. Pulled the air cleaner top and ........the choke was stuck closed...from the back fire! Popped it opened...hit the key and fire! After 2 hours, what a dumb thing to find. Away we went. The first stop was to be Marcels Metal Works. About 15 miles from there, Dave came roaring up beside me to see if I could see the alternator was turning or not..it was but also squealing. I told him to just continue to Marcels. When we arrived at Marcels, we quickly found the problem...the bracket was broken in three places and was missing a piece from one of the breaks. We pulled it off and went into see Luc at Marcels. He welded it together, and made a new piece to replace the broken piece. We had a nice visit as always and then was off to see the guys at Fred's Custom Wiring in Onterio. Fred was gone but we got to visit with Jake. He also fed us several donuts and cold drinks. The next stop was SoCal to pick up the VIP parking passes for their open house on Friday. Next was the hotel to check in....we made it!!