Spring Fling 35 Apr 15&16, 2023 Van Nuys CA -info & roll call

[33 IMP]

This guy told me this morning that he was coming.....

 

[autoxcuda]

This guy told me this morning that he was coming.....

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Very nice.
We have a class called Mopar related for cars like that: Ghia, Jensen, etc

 

[Paul_G]

Anyone know the route that will be taken on the cruise to Malibu? Destination in Malibu? How many cars usually go?

 

[Dennis H]

Anyone know the route that will be taken on the cruise to Malibu? Destination in Malibu? How many cars usually go?

Instructions handed out at Park. Tons of cars go! Rock Shop stop is the best. Coffee, beer, and a pee stop.

 

[gtx6970]

Loaded and ready.

One of the few times you will see this car on a trailer.

 

[Paul_G]

Also loaded and ready. One of the many times this car will ride a trailer. Truck has AC and cruise control. Lol

 

[BeeNV]

Roadside repair #1 completed…center support for hood scoop finally cracked all the way through and through. Could see the scoop distorting at 8000 ft elevation with mountain winds blowing. Thank God for Gorilla tape. Not pretty but it will keep it together for the 1000 mile round trip.

 

[autoxcuda]

Roadside repair #1 completed…center support for hood scoop finally cracked all the way through and through. Could see the scoop distorting at 8000 ft elevation with mountain winds blowing. Thank God for Gorilla tape. Not pretty but it will keep it together for the 1000 mile round trip. View attachment 1449628View attachment 1449629View attachment 1449630View attachment 1449631View attachment 1449632View attachment 1449633

Well,

This is for sure:

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Roadside repair #1 completed…center support for hood scoop finally cracked all the way through and through. Could see the scoop distorting at 8000 ft elevation with mountain winds blowing. Thank God for Gorilla tape. Not pretty but it will keep it together for the 1000 mile round trip. View attachment 1449628View attachment 1449629View attachment 1449630View attachment 1449631View attachment 1449632View attachment 1449633

If I were gonna be there this year I would have to track you down & buy you a beer... Just the fact your driving the Pickle deserves a beer & the roadside repair pushes it to another level...

 

[Paul_G]

Roadside repair #1 completed…center support for hood scoop finally cracked all the way through and through. Could see the scoop distorting at 8000 ft elevation with mountain winds blowing. Thank God for Gorilla tape. Not pretty but it will keep it together for the 1000 mile round trip. View attachment 1449628View attachment 1449629View attachment 1449630View attachment 1449631View attachment 1449632View attachment 1449633

You are the man!

 

[Paul_G]

We drove through a helatious sand storm in Indio. Went to the local do it yourself car wash by the kids house in Costa Mesa. Now nice and clean again.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Adding this as it may be useful.... On repairing the Sixpack scoop... Back in the 70's I had a Sixpack scoop on my 70 Charger... It was the typical aftermarket flimsy POS.. But before attaching it to the hood I had reinforced the scoop on the inside with glass resin & matting, plus I had welded a support for that exact area of the scoop the cracked on your car out of 10 Gauge steel fence wire in an H shape laying sideways & glassed it into the scoop...

End of the day the Charger should never have had a scoop but it was very solid & I had done a pretty good job of glassing it to the hood

 

[BeeNV]

Adding this as it may be useful.... On repairing the Sixpack scoop... Back in the 70's I had a Sixpack scoop on my 70 Charger... It was the typical aftermarket flimsy POS.. But before attaching it to the hood I had reinforced the scoop on the inside with glass resin & matting, plus I had welded a support for that exact area of the scoop the cracked on your car out of 10 Gauge steel fence wire in an H shape laying sideways & glassed it into the scoop...

End of the day the Charger should never have had a scoop but it was very solid & I had done a pretty good job of glassing it to the hood

Thanks for the tips on the permanent repair/reinforcement! I need to do something similar it seems. No biggie, it’s expected. I’m told this pickle car was raced back in the day. I’m sure it has been lifted off by the top of the scoop in the last half century along with some 120 MPH blasts down the track.

 

[Kern Dog]

Roadside repair #1 completed…center support for hood scoop finally cracked all the way through and through. Could see the scoop distorting at 8000 ft elevation with mountain winds blowing. Thank God for Gorilla tape. Not pretty but it will keep it together for the 1000 mile round trip. View attachment 1449628View attachment 1449629View attachment 1449630View attachment 1449631View attachment 1449632View attachment 1449633

I think I saw you out front of the Air Tel.

 

[BeeNV]

I think I saw you out front of the Air Tel.

Glad you made it! I’ll look for ya tomorrow.

 

[autoxcuda]

Anyone know the route that will be taken on the cruise to Malibu? Destination in Malibu? How many cars usually go?

Start

Turn left onto Woodley Avenue and continue to Burbank Boulevard
Get into the right left turn lane and turn left onto Burbank Boulevard
Turn into the far right lane and continue to the entrance ramp for the 405 freeway
Turn right onto the 405 freeway and stay in the far right lane
Merge onto the 101 freeway and move over at least one lane to the left
Continue on the 101 freeway, exit at Valley Circle Blvd and get into the far left turn lane
Turn left onto Valley Circle Blvd and continue onto Mulholland Drive
Continue on Mulholland Drive and turn right on Valmar Road
Continue on Valmar Road until it turns into Old Topanga Canyon Road
We will be pulling over (space permitted) to let everyone catch up

Turn right onto Mulholland Hwy and continue to Stunt Road
Turn left onto Stunt Road and continue to the Topanga Lookout Trailhead at the top
We will stop here for a small break (space permitted)

Continue to the right on Schueren Road and continue to Piuma Road
Turn right onto Piuma Road and continue down to Las Virgenes Road (***STEEP*** use low gears)
Continue on Las Virgenes Road to Mulholland Hwy and turn left onto Mulholland Hwy
We will be stopping on right to catch up

Continue on Mulholland Highway to The Rock Store
Turn left into the parking lot for The Rock Store
We will be taking a break to take pictures

Turn right out of the lot and continue to Sierra Creek Road
Turn left onto Sierra Creek Road and continue to Kanan Road
Turn left onto Kanan Road and continue to Mulholland Highway
******AT THE SIGNAL LIGHT TURN RIGHT ONTO MULHOLLAND HIGHWAY******
We will be pulling over on the right to take pictures

Continue on Mulholland Highway and veer to the left onto Encinal Canyon Road
Continue on Encinal Canyon Road and turn left to stay on Encinal Canyon Road
Continue on Encinal Canyon Road to Pacific Coast Highway
Turn Left onto Pacific Coast Highway, continue on Pacific Coast Highway
We will be pulling off and parking in the dirt shoulder to take pictures...

End

Many will travel on to Duke's Restaurant for lunch. With oceanfront seating.

 

[Paul_G]

Already a problem. Got to the park, unloading the car, engine started just fine except the Dakota Digital cluster was faulted. Called DG and tech helped me get it going. Putting it back up under the dash and getting the car off.

 

[Paul_G]

Mysteriously the cluster healed itself.

 

[Paul_G]

More

 

[Kern Dog]

Mysteriously the cluster healed itself.

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I had mine act up when the windshield wiper pivots allowed water in. Once it dried out, it was fine.
Good times today…