Keep the Show on the Road! Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Burrr...winter has arrived at the American Road Garage. We only raise the lube bay doors to run a car up on the rack, or back out again. Otherwise they remain closed. That doesn’t keep the gang from gathering in the blast from the overhead heater. Becky came down from headquarters with some coffee for the gang. Seems she signed us up for some gourmet brews and wanted us to name them. Looks like “American Roadhouse” is leading. She brought along some of the great gift ideas available at the Store. Keep was so pleased he did much of his Christmas shopping right then and there. Other members of the gang went to look at the store so they could get in on the free deals. BTW, Becky will help you get those gifts off to the right people, complete with a card! Thanks to the generosity of American Road members and the Repps, several hundred American Road Magazines were sent to troops in Iraq. Mobilene has hung up his travel kit for the winter after getting stuck in a parade on the way to meet his family for Thanksgiving. Seems the poor guy had no idea which way to go, and finally had to rely on a friendly cop to move the barriers and let him out and on his way. Keep was out burying money along the Victory Highway in Nevada, and Roadhound was trying to convince skeptical family members that a road trip to find old alignments was better than the beach in Baja...lots of luck, Rick. A couple of new road pros stopped in and quickly became buddies. Chris Rowland and Davydd brought their road knowledge and sandwiches for the gang! Davydd expounded on the merits of the Pork Loin and Chris on the Reuben. Both know their sandwiches almost as well as they know their roads, and Chris is soon to be a TV star. Two great additions to the gang!! Jennifer is 24/7 into geocaching...she has staked out 92 counties to visit and is finding caches like Lassie finds fleas. She pulled up to the nearer pump island and DennyG ran out to gas her up. She tossed him the money and all we heard was the squeal of her tires as she headed for the next cache. Ray drove in from Yakima, Washington, with lots of news and views from the Northwest. Keep breathed a sigh of relief to have another Northwestern to help hold up that corner of the country. Brownwho63 celebrated his father’s birthday, and made all of us think what our fathers did to make us the people we are. Thanks Brownwh63! Les pulled into the far island in his 1918 Dodge. He reflected on travel in that period. Back in October Roadmaven posted a terrific family road trip journal from 1921 in a 1918 Dodge, so Les was interested. Roadmaven lost a friend...a diner...US40. Fortunately he had captured the blue plate breakfast with his new digital camera not long before...so the memory lives on. Alex...Mr Hudsonly, has been providing timely advice to those thinking about Tennessee travel. Dave Reese broke the capillary tube that connects to the thermostat in his Triumph, so he brought it by. He saw DennyG grab some vice grips, so he took off! Speaking of DennyG, he did a terrific Nashville trip over Thanksgiving...and wrote it up on his site. Go there or be square! Lots more has been going on, but all the activity means I may miss some...so add a few of your American Road Garage recollections and reflections of the past few weeks here! In the meantime, Keep the Show on the Road!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Reese Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) Dave Reese broke the capillary tube that connects to the thermostat in his Triumph, so he brought it by. He saw DennyG grab some vice grips, so he took off! Speaking of DennyG, he did a terrific Nashville trip over Thanksgiving...and wrote it up on his site. Go there or be square! Dave, You are sure right it is cold and damp in the garage. I wanted to install the rebuilt temperature gauge, but the little cube heater does not have much success in warming the place. I did get the gauge back into the dash, but I need to finish getting the tube back in, properly this time, and then button it all back up and see if it is working correctly. And now, one restored gauge makes the others look bad. Ouch! Oh well. Let me know when the heat is better in the garage, and someone with proper tools is available to help. Then I can keep the Triumph on the road. Until then, keep the posts flowing... Edited December 11, 2007 by Dave Reese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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