To say that I had an eventful Invasion week end is putting it lightly. But I do underscore Eric's comment above.
Sometimes stuff happens you can never predict, or would expect to happen. My first adventure started when Geo Coleman Steve Kirk, John Miller and daughter Loretta approached Camden. W/ little warning the trans mount, a rubber biscuit type mount separated , dropping the tail and d/shaft down on the cross member; sounded like I had a helicopter in the car. W/ Todd Smiths assistance we had a tow truck on the way and w/ in 2 hours were in Lexington , in Richard Wrights Body Shop. Dan R provided a new mount and soon back on the road. Fast forward, smacked a big pot hole, during which the battery cable somehow contacted the exhaust pipe, burning away the insulation , expectedly shorting out against the ebrake cable, instantlty
discharging the battery. Fortunately we were able to cut the cable and re-route it over the cubby seat and reconnect the battery. A local guy stopped to help w/ a jump. { he is a guitarist for local Who tribute band }. Nice guy. Back on the road to the hotel and shortly the rear brakes lock up, secondary to the welded ebrake cable but at the time we had no idea that had happened. pulled off the road an d disconnected driver side of ebrake linkage and limped to the hotel. Brake problem still not resolved so took off all ebrake assembly and put it in the trunk. Saturday went pretty well and enjoyed the fellowship.
Hit the road Sunday about 11 am, about 1:30 later I rear ended Steve Kirk at a stop sign at the intersection of 220 and I N. Steve has bumper damage, maybe more; My fan went into the radiator and it soon bled out, the alternator belt fried???, but got the car off the road. This repair took awhile, but John had bought a radiator at the swap room, we had enough coolant to refill and a local guy stopped and provide info re: a nearby Advance Auto, so John picks up a new belt, so the world is ok once again. The local guy tells me he has some local refreshment in his truck so I ended up w/ a mason jar of Cherry flavored local brew. Kapow !! Headed on home but w/ in a few miles , coming onto a bridge , not well connected to the highway, a hard bump and my windshield wipers came on. Couldn"t turn off w/ the switch so pulled out again and disconnected the motor. Now repaired but still not sure what really caused that to happen. So, I am happy to be back home w/o anyone being injured during this misadventure. What made it all work was the help, support and concern from everyone involved. Thankyou to Todd, George, John, Loretta, Dennis, Tom , DanR,SteveK, SteveP., Richard Wright and his staff and anyone who assisted. It is a memorable experience.