Project 66 Daily Driver.

EA812 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:16 am Post subject:

Prepping for the year ahead (Daily driving) I removed the last of the flaking undercoating.

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EA812 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:58 am Post subject:

I started the 365 days or so of driving this, this week. We started out with a Sunday drive to breakfast on a beautiful September day and it was like driving in a car show . We saw a bunch of old cars on the way there and way back. These two Jags passed us at an intersection so I stepped on it to catch up. By the time I caught up it was too late to slow down and I ended up between them;) We figured they were headed to a car show and they stopped at the same restaurant.

Now it's back and forth to work and Home Depot lately for tool runs to fix my wife's daily driver during some much needed down time.

red white and blue at work (day 2)

EA812 · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:50 pm Post subject:

the rest of this week was to Home Depot for more tools for fixing the wife's car
Autozone for a washer squirter motor for this car.

a trip to a nearby hiking trail with the doggy. There I left the headlights on for an hour. Luckily the battery is strong so it started right up. That's why I hate turning them on during the day. I never remember to shut them off.
getting fuel on the way.

Blending in at work;)

then on the way to work Thursday a city bus ran a red light and almost creamed me. Good thing the horn works! It looked like I woke him up blowing the horn. Maybe too many hours behind the wheel.

Then today to lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, Wal-Mart and Then HD for some supplies again.

EA812 · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:56 am Post subject:

Week 2

Sunday: Took it to a car show in Washington CT (Washington Car-B-Que) since Herbie had a clutch problem. Kind of weird taking a car I drive daily to a show;)

Monday: to the Farmington river to do some fly fishing then stopped at the Lake Mcdonough dam on the way back.

Tuesday: Doctor’s office.

Wednesday: one of my favorite Chinese food places

Thursday: Town Hall for a meeting

Friday: just work.

(Monday through Friday to and from work about 175 miles this week)
I also installed a washer squirter motor. I made the loop to try and keep the motor from running dry since I mounted it above the reservoir.

EA812 · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:22 am Post subject:

Not much to report this week ( which is a good thing). No cool trips with the car this week just the regular everyday things like work and a trip to the doctors office. I tried to get something different so I did a video on the way home last night. Kind of hard to see and of course I picked one of the darkest roads in town to do it;)

Day 20
http://vid402.photobucket.com/albums/pp106/EA812/101_6971_zpsac194f51.mp4

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EA812 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:51 am Post subject:

DAY 23 added some oil ( oil change soon) and greased the front beam.

DAY 24

First time at night in the rain.

DAY 25

First a trip to the grocery store

and a trip to catch some of the foliage that is just starting around here.

EA812 · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:36 am Post subject:

DAY 26

Before heading to work stopped at Autozone to get some parts for the modern car.

DAY 27

Put on over twenty miles today to get some welding supplies. It was nice to really get it heated up for a change. The short mileage trips just don't do it.

EA812 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:22 am Post subject:

DAY 28

Took a ride to a friends house for his daughters B Day party

DAY 30
Oil change was due.

I'm really liking these Felpro gaskets http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/_/N-5yc1s?itemIdentifier=74293

EA812 · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:53 pm Post subject:

DAY 32

swapped the brushes on the generator since they were half gone.

only put 87 mile on it this week.

EA812 · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:57 am Post subject:

DAY 41

I put on about 116 miles this week, 70 of it last Sunday leaf peeping. Other than that no special trips.

EA812 · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:47 am Post subject:

DAY 43

210 miles of driving to, from and during the CTVWA Foliage Cruise.
this was our navigation system when a bunch of us got a little lost in New York;)

these two photos taken by a CTVWA Staff member

EA812 · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:21 pm Post subject:

Day 44

On the way to work

and it wasn't the only beetle that day

Beetlebaum · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject:

I'm glad to see that you drive it! It's a pretty car.
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EA812 · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:47 pm Post subject:

EA812 · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:40 pm Post subject:

Between the CTVWA Foilage cruise and a 6 day work week I put on about 280 miles last week.

EA812 · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:12 pm Post subject:

DAY 52

Took advantage of some of this nice fall weather we are having currently and took a 30 mile ride out to one of my favorite state parks for an afternoon picnic.

EA812 · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 1:08 pm Post subject:

Day 53
Not the only old car in the lot.

DAY 54
Grocery shopping. The wife didn't believe I could fit all the groceries in the trunk. Well most of em anyhow;)

DAY 55 Happy Halloween!

EA812 · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:42 am Post subject:

With our little side trip last week I ended up putting 149 miles on

EA812 · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:54 am Post subject:

DAY 58

I had to get this pic yesterday at sunset. There is this field in town that looks really cool at this time of year but if you take a picture of it at sunset it looks pretty plain. The sun looks beautiful behind the pine trees but it needs a subject.

EA812 · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:42 am Post subject:


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