The 82's delivery saga is complete

[rocco.crossing at gmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

Well, I think at this point it probably would have been cheaper to
have you tow it the rest of the way. Oh well, too bad hind sight is so
good.

I won't be getting much work done for a week or two. I have to fix a
friend's truck (starter, swaybar links and possibly shocks) and get
the drivers side window in my Z-24 to roll back up. Along with getting
a jack and stands and running electrical out to my garage for the
computer stereo and lights. Plus working and going to class. BLAH!! So
progress may be slow but I am bound and determined to at least hear
the car start and run before it freezes (mid oct.)

Rhett


On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:18:21 -0400, Mark <mardak@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Well that just sucks!  You could have saved yourself a whole bunch of
> aggravation by getting me to bring it to Boone though!  :)  Towing can
> be a real pain in the ass (as you found out the hard way)...  Not only
> that, it's pretty hard on the tow vehicle - I have just diagnosed a worn
> thrust bearing in my ABA, possibly from the crazy amount of towing miles
> I've put on it this year...  Oh well, nothing a weekend under the car
> and some (more) money won't fix...
> 
> Have fun with the car, and keep us up to date on your progress...
> 
> Later,
> 
> Mark.
> 75 x2
> 80 S
> 81 S x3
> 81 Caddy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rhett Farnum wrote:
> > Well folks,
> >
> > After owning the 82 for 4 months it has finally made its way from
> > Daun's house to Tarra's Grandmother's in Dubuque, IA to our house in
> > Boone, Iowa. It is pretty sad when Mark can haul a car 8-10 hrs in one
> > day and it takes me 2 days to go 3.5 hours. Of course there were just
> > a few complications.
> >
> > Mark arrived sometime Friday evening/night with the car in Dubuque.
> > Everything was fine and dandy besides Mark having a PIA with loading
> > and unloading. (Sorry Mark) I arrived then Saturday night and spent
> > some time with my friends, drank a few beers and enjoyed the night.
> >
> > Sunday morning we got up took the other friends home gassed the truck
> > and my friends car and went to Grandma's to begin hooking up. She had
> > not gotten up yet so I found a stiff piece of wire and hooked it on
> > the hood release wire and popped the hood and we started to prep the
> > car for the tow bar. This involved removing the headlights to make it
> > easier to reach the bolts for the bumper. Installing the tow bar was
> > simple enough. then came wiring the lights. HAH!! Right!!! We more or
> > less made it look like they were suppose to work. Which with the right
> > combination of blinker and brakes they worked occasionally.
> >
> > A little preface here. I was towing the car with a ~90 ford ranger 4
> > cyl. 5 speed, and from the bumper because of no receiver hitch. Well,
> > after about 20 miles I decided to pull over and check everything out.
> > Everything was tight and good to go but the bumper had already
> > slightly bent (most likely from the mile long hill.) It didn't look
> > too horrible so we drove on. FIDO. Two hours later we decided to pull
> > over and take a break. this was near a college a few of our friends go
> > to so we headed into town to see them for a while and get a bite too.
> >
> > I knew where a Hy-Vee lot was that would be perfect for us to park in
> > with the car. I headed there. As I was pulling into the lot (a right
> > turn, and the side with the shorter emergency chain) an a$$hole in
> > another small truck comes flying out of the gas station on the corner
> > at me. Well, in order not to hit him I twitched to the right a little
> > more. THUNK! I found a spot and parked. Got out and looked. SHIT, That
> > *&^^$^#%)*&%%$@%. well not only was the bumper now bent worse but it
> > also bent the tongue on the tow bar. So a few mins. later, some cool
> > down time (which eventually made me more mad), and a little cigar we
> > started calling up our friends. So we made our way onto campus with my
> > friends car. Hung out with the guys for a while and decided it's time
> > to get back on the road. Hop in the truck start rolling... THUNK
> > again. "stop, stop your going to get hit." I look back as I stop the
> > truck and the car is rolling at a different speed. Bump. Shit!! The
> > bar had popped off the ball. so I need to replace the tongue. Unbolt
> > it get back to my friends and look for a parts store. Farm and Fleet
> > became the store of choice. they have one and its the right ball size.
> > Get back to the truck and it has the wrong placement for the mounting
> > holes. well, that kinda screwed the day! We had no drill to re-drill
> > either piece. so we go back to F&F. They're CLOSED! F*CK!! OK, screw
> > it I'm done and going home!!!!!!!!
> >
> > So I went home, tried to relax ate some more food, went to bed. Got up
> > Monday morning, decided class was less important than getting the car
> > (yes, I am addicted). Tracked down a bigger truck (this time a '73
> > Chevy 3/4 tom w/a 454 BB in it, and a heavy tow bumper. Replaced a
> > radiator hose that had blown and a replacement was sitting in the cab.
> > After replacing it and filling it with some extra coolant I headed
> > back to the house to get Tarra and go rent a tow dolly this time. Get
> > the dolly, and off we went 70MPH with an empty dolly down the
> > interstate a little over 1.5 hours. Got there, returned tongue to F&F,
> > got a small battery for flashers, and some food at Wal*sMart and off
> > to load the car up. Loading and everything went fine. But we weren't
> > getting home until 9PM CDT. YEAH, its dark by then!! Got a bite to eat
> > and we were off again. So we got to 65MPH and all was good, had to
> > keep myself from going 70 though because the motor only ever knew the
> > car was there going up hills and that only took a big toe push to fix.
> > Got home fine but Tarra was so over-tired by this that she was begging
> > for it to go faster before we started. Well, after to 2yo like
> > attitude we finally got the car unloaded in about 10 mins. Which is
> > pretty good for 2 people with not a lot of towing experience.
> >
> > I returned the tow dolly this morning before class and all is well.
> > the guy from the rental place hardly even took a look at the dolly. He
> > has seen me around a few times though. Got my receipt and I was off to
> > class today!!
> >
> > If you have read this far you deserve a THANKS!!! Apologies to anyone offended.
> >
> > Rhett & Tarra
> > 
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