When the event was done we quickly loaded up the trailer and headed back for home. That night was a short drive to Mesquite because my wife was under the weather and we were both dead tired. I hit the pillow around 10 pm and was woke up at around 11 by the sounds of sirens. I took a peak out the window and saw the truck and trailer surrounded by police cars and fire trucks in the hotel parking lot. Damn. Thankfully it had nothing to do with me; it was just the Burger King next door which was now on fire. Damn. Ultimately no harm to the truck, trailer, or car. Twenty more hours on the highway with a mix of rain, sleet, and snow and we were home, safe and sound.
Recharge the batteries for a couple of days and I’ll start tearing into the brakes and transmission.
Sorry for the long winded post, lots to cover over the course of two weeks, before I end through I have to thank a bunch of people who made everything possible:
- Chris Heighton and Don and Shane at Heighton Restorations
- Tyler Beauregard and Russell at American Touring Specialties
- Pascual Marquez and Marquez Design for the awesome interior
- Rick and Hector at Rick’s Stainless for the killer gas tank
- Jay Harris at Littlefuse for giving us access to their new ISIS wiring technology
- Mark Magers at Lateral Dynamics
- Cam Douglass at Optima Batteries
- And all of our other sponsors including Ididit Inc., Tilton Engineering, and RFR Custom Fabrication (thanks Matt!)
Again, it was a pleasure meeting everybody and I look forward to the next time that we can all get together and shoot the breeze.
Cheers,
James