2019 NE 24hr Challenge July 20th & 21st 2019, Team AltaOwnersForum.com is Official!

[Philip]

I'm going to try and get us a pit spot close to the pit row entrance. Once I get a spot I'll text the group my location as I think I might be one of the first to arrive. Not sure if there is better or worse locations for our tent space. Any suggestions?
I guess I could also turn on the Advrider app so you guys could find me that way as well.

Please bring some police tape with you to fence off the area big enough for all of us.

 

[privateer703]

Or I could use this:

 

[snydes]

I might actually have some of that...

 

[snydes]

No, sorry. It’s only “Do not enter” tape.

 

[OneLapper]

And the prep has officially started

 

[Philip]

I am going to take a bicycle with me too.

 

[Philip]

Don't forget your camelbaks guys. It will be hot on Saturday.

 

[wildman240]

And the prep has officially started

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All that visible awesomeness and yet I still have to know what's under the tarp in the garage...cause from here...those are intriguing lines.

 

[Philip]

It seems like the battery for my 10" light bar is dead. The light is good, I tested it. But its original battery won't power it. The charger light is green as if the battery is not connected. Either there is a bad contact inside the battery or I need a new one. The battery is shrink wrapped, so I can't see the contacts.

@MrTaskRacing -- Need your help!

The helmet light that I bought 3 years ago still works like a champ.

 

[Philip]

I ended up installing a Shorai battery under my seat and did a hard wire to my 10" bar...as a result I have my charger/battery (Task stand alone) that can be used as a backup if anyone needs it.

I might need this battery, unless @MrTaskRacing finds a solution or comes to the race.

 

[privateer703]

I remember him posting that he is racing. It is in the 1st Official Northeast Alta Rally Picture Thread.

 

[privateer703]

Matt,
If I was bored on Friday and wanted to go look at a sporting goods store or motorcycle shop (off road accessories), what places would you suggest to check out in the area. I've looked at google maps, just wondering which place has the best selection of gear.

 

[OneLapper]

And somehow my Camelbak has sprung a leak! Honestly, how does that even happen? It lives in a closet 99% of the time.

 

[snydes]

Honestly, how does that even happen?

Because it’s yours and you don’t have enough to do so as it is. I can relate.

 

[OneLapper]

All that visible awesomeness and yet I still have to know what's under the tarp in the garage...cause from here...those are intriguing lines.

Hahahaha, well, the cooler car lives in the car trailer........ but under that cover is my first car, a 1970 MG Midget with wire wheels. My grandfather gave me the car in 1983, he was given the car by his neighbor who did some SCCA racing with it. The neighbor "lightened" the car up for racing, but essentially butchered it. The car wouldn't start one day, the guy assumed he seized the engine, so out it came. He rebuilt it, put it back in, engine wouldn't turn over. He did that twice more, then rolled it to my grandfather who was something of a mechanic (an old dairy farmer has to be, right?). My grandfather took it apart, put the engine back in, no go. From there, it sat in a dairy barn for 10 years. My grandfather was selling the farm and my father asked where the MG went. No one knew! Everything had be sold off. My father and I went back to the farm and discovered that my grandfather had built a work bench around the entire car! We pulled the work bench apart and there she was!

At the age 14 I "restored" the car and then again the 90s when I had my first "real" job out of college. At 99 years old my grandfather asked to go for a ride in the MG one last time! Time not being on our side, I had the car professionally "resto-modded" to incorporate the original owners wishes to have a lighten up car, painted it Ferrari red, new interior, etc. At 100 years old my grandfather went for his last ride in the car, totally restored and looking great. He was a happy man that day! He passed away at 101.

And the engine that wouldn't turn over? It was a seized starter motor!

 

[privateer703]

And somehow my Camelbak has sprung a leak! Honestly, how does that even happen? It lives in a closet 99% of the time.

One of the reasons I'm going to check out some sporting goods stores. My Camelbak is probably over 15 years old now, I think it's time for a new one.

 

[OneLapper]

Yup! I need a new one, too. Going to get a 3L version this time. I need the additional pockets!

 

[wildman240]

I might need this battery, unless @MrTaskRacing finds a solution or comes to the race.

I'll have it with...you more than welcome to use it.

 

[snydes]

I scored some signage for the occasion...

 

[wildman240]

I scored some signage for the occasion...View attachment 3451

That's better than the sign I'm bringing.