[Karl Bebout]

Yesterday's run was just about perfect. Danr drove his Cobra, I drove mine, and Mike and Loraine suffered through in their Lexus since they had a couple more events to deal with that required more than a two seater. The car show in Casa Grande was pretty good. Probably 125 or so cars and at least that many vendors selling food, jewelry, and other assorted treasures. My car's gremlins reappeared and it refused to start when I stopped for fuel. It started after a couple hours and Danr and I took off for Coolege and Florence. Beautiful day for a drive and we almost made it home. I had to make a hard stop east of Apache Junction and the car stalled, never to start again. No juice, no fan, no fuel pump, no nuttin. AAA to the rescue. Long story, short, found that my five year old Orbital battery had died. With the new battery, the car fired up on the first revolution. Remains to be seen if the new battery will cure the starting problem that has driven me right up a wall. Looking forward to next week's run to Punkin Center.