Archive for June, 2007
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
It’s a good day
We just got word from the International Diabetes Federation that they liked our proposal to do a drive-a-thon fundraiser for diabetes research as part of our Baja 1000 race.
Several Class 11 teams did fundraisers in 2006. Because diabetes is a factor in the lives of several members of the team, we felt we […]
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Naval Jelly and a new transmission
Fun with power tools.I missed Saturday’s work day thanks to a cold, but Cary reported in:
Shawn came over. He went and bought Naval Jelly to kill rust with. He also got an awesome wire wheel to remove the undercoating with. So we stripped the pan down even more.
Elecktra came out to help and worked on […]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Website goes live
Roxanne put in double duty to get the website live today. Check it out: http://www.desertdingo.com
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
Working on Father’s Day
Note Cary attempting to set his pants on fire with the grinder.It being Father’s Day, we had a light crew on Sunday but made good progress. Cary installed the second King Kong adjuster on the front suspension, Charlie muscled the seat rails off the body and I scraped sound-deadening tar off the pan. The one […]
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Saying thanks to the folks at ToolUp
I wanted to take a moment to thank ToolUp for providing us with a Ridgid Model 42-A Heavy-Duty 4-Wheel Pipe Cutter. We needed this to cut the front ends to install the torsion bar adjusters. It made the work go much quicker. Thanks very much for your support.
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Team Profile No. 3 - Scott Anderson
Scott is a freelance mechanical engineer, prototype machinist and fabricator. Primarily employed in the design of medical devices, motorcycles have been a lifelong hobby. He’s built two bikes of his own design and maintains a stable of about 10 others. He cannot be left unsupervised with anything mechanical, lest he […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Installing the torsion bar adjuster
Still life, with VWsCary, Skid, Scott, Charlie and I got together on Sunday to continue prep in advance of starting on the roll cage. The torsion bar adjuster will give us more front end ground clearance. Skid towed the pan over and we started work removing its front suspension. Charlie prepped the body panels for […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Video from our meeting with Eric Solorzano
The Baja 500 was this weekend. Looking forward to hearing the Class 11 results.
Finally got a chance to upload Charlie’s video of our trip to Tijuana to meet with Eric Solorzano.
And we had a work day today. Waiting for the photos from sCary. I’ll post those post haste.
