Sorry to hear about the ticket ... that stinks.
For me, a great ride ... and a bit of an unexpected adventure ...
As I was driving to the meeting point in my TR6, and about a mile from getting there, the car just died !?! I coasted off the main road to a side street and came to a stop in front of a house. Silence.
Well ... a 34 year British car, what do you expect
Must be fuel or fire. So decided to check the electrical first, no loose wires, pulled the distributor cap, rotor turns with motor.
Start looking around the fuel pump, notice a nice shiny pin sticking out ... bingo! Won't go back in, so I pulled it the rest of the way out and notice that there is a retaining ring missing on the other end. It's the pivot pin for the fuel pump lever. I try pushing it back in again, it just won't go.
I had about 15 minutes to try and fix it, or just walk the rest of the way and meet up with the guys. Put the pin in my pocket, lowered the hood and stared walking. Had not gone far when I heard a Cobra coming ... It was Greg and his son Josh, told him what was up. Gregg dropped off his son and came back to give me a ride the rest of the way.
Once at the meeting point, got a ride with Dave in his Krikham up to Alice's Restaurant, that was fun! Beautiful car, awesome motor ... wow. Great turn out, probably a dozen Cobras, and a couple of very nice vintage Mustangs.
After breakfast, most of the bunch continued the drive out to the coast, then home. I caught a ride back down the mountain with Steve in his AMG, back to the TR. With Steve's help we decided to try and get the pin back in and with some fiddling after taking the fuel pump off the block, got the pin back in. The car started right up and I made it home!
That in a nutshell is what I like most about Club Cobra. The cars are very cool, no doubt about that. But the other part, is the people, and that's what really counts. Next time, I owe you guys breakfast ... thanks for helping me out !
- Tim
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