8/30/12

Well, this year’s Birkinstock, or Southwest Sevens Festival as it is officially called, has been cancelled.  Apparently too many of us were too deadbeat to officially commit and pay up so they put the kibosh on it for the time being.  I want to be more upset about it… but to tell the truth, I'm a little relieved.  Yes, I did burn two vacation days for the Friday and Monday of that weekend, and I did blow $300.00 on new safety gear… but I really wasn’t all that excited about the event.  I sent Tony an e-mail asking if he wanted to do something that weekend since I think he already has the kitchen pass and stuff.  I haven’t heard back yet so… we’ll see.  This does free me up for BNSF Family Day though.  I won't have to drive The Seven from the Motorsport Ranch to attend the car show here now.  I may actually wash the thing for the show this year.  I told the guy in charge of the BNSF event that I'm thinking about painting the car for this event.  John did a photochop with the hood and scuttle painted black and I really like it.  It has an Orca vibe to it… but again, I like it.  I need to find out the status of the selling and buying of carburetors for Lil' Wiggly so I know what project to think about for this weekend.  Here’s what I'm thinking right now: if the carburetor is not here tomorrow, which I highly doubt, I'll drive The Seven to the shop Saturday with the intention of pulling the hood and scuttle for paint.  While the windshield is off, I'll probably re-rivet the snaps for the tonneau cover, adding the missing ones while I'm at it.  See, when I replaced the scuttle a few years ago in order to put on a full windshield, I had to install new tonneau snaps.  I could only get the drill in to about half of the locations though with the glass in place.  Ok, I just spoke to John and we won't be painting The Seven for BNSF Family day after all.  Well, I've got to go do some actual work and stuff so I'm going to call it a short rant today.  Toodles.