All, my, friends, love a lowrider

The front of the car is now nearly an inch lower than it used to be thanks to some high tech clamps pinching together two loops of each coil spring. We are thinking of leaving the rear at its stock height, to gain from having the car traveling down hill.
Captain Vogler used some plastic polishing compound he found at the "As Seen On TV" store, and now years of pent up light are flooding out through our headlamp lenses like pairs of animals leaving the ark. Also, we found that the car still runs.

Saber Rattling

It is transparent to most of you, but a three way e-mail cat fight has erupted disputing the relative merits of wheel diameter, beer supply, and exhaust pipe length. Me thinks we should be in for a lively evening in the garage on Spruce Hill.

A fire is lit under Eric and Dave

This morning, Captain Vogler awoke from his deep slumber and noticed that we have to have the car ready and on a trailer in a little more than two weeks. The "to do" list is revised to assign more of the tasks to Dave and Eric. Kevin publishes his schedule so that we can work around it.
Tuesday 9/16 Available
Wednesday 9/17 Available
Thursday – sewing club
Friday - busy
Saturday 9/19– here all day until about 9am, then golfing
Sunday 9/20– here all day, after I get back from brunch
Monday 9/21 – available
Tuesday 9/22 – swim meet
Wednesday 9/23 - available
Thursday 9/24 – sewing club again
Friday - busy

New Rookie Drivers

Following months of prodding by their overbearing older brother, we have two new drivers on the team. Craig still holds the upper peninsula speed record for an Opel GT. Jared once built a 1/24 scale Tamiya model of a 6-wheel Tyrrel P34.
Anticipation grows, as the media speculates about the 6th driver. Schumacher can't join because of his neck injury. Ferrari picked up Giancarlo Fisichella, possibly making Luca Badoer available?

Wrenches are Turned in Anger

Captain Vogler finally invited us over to work on the car this weekend. Eric and I jumped at the chance. What fun it would be to spill crap all over his royal blue with sky blue flakes epoxy floor! Papa Vogler even stuck around, though I think he was hoping for more of a brawl.
We put the hoist up and down, and up and down, and rolled the car forward, and moved the hoist up and down. Then Kevin made up his annual list of things for me and Eric to do. Kevin hid the rest of the beer, so we left.

Bench Racing

Five weeks have elapsed since our entry was approved for the 2009 Lemons race. In that time we have accomplished nothing. We have discussed getting 200 hp from an Escort engine with 1.9 tired litres. I had a great idea about hooking a leaf blower up to the intake, but learned that some other idiot had the same idea, tried, and failed. Eric wants more leg room. Kevin spent a lot of effort proving that I was wrong about shaving the tires. Unfortunately, his findings agreed with my hypothesis.

YEAR TWO

We have been accepted to compete in the 2009 running of the 24 Hours of LeMons - this year at Nelson Ledges Race Course in Ohio. To avoid prancing around in nomex underwear like the rest of the boys, I have elected to participate as a crew member (at-large), rather than a "driver". This will release me from any of the feelings of anxiety and self preservation that led me to agree to "quitting" last year because of the fuel leak. This year, I can provide much needed encouragement to the drivers, like "Get back out there dammit, it's just a little fuel leak. What are you, a scaredy-cat?"