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From Mitch Grant: Just a reminder about this week's SCCA CFR District 7 monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 16, at Louie's Pizza House in Daytona. Social/ Dinner hour at 6 pm; Business at 7pm. Come on out at share "Milton" experiences, and racing stories. I won't be there, but Mike and Ken may be ...

Well, here's Milton mooning Florida as he departs:





We had leaves and branches and screen panels blown out, but nothing major and we still have power so we feel quite lucky!

Tom

Well, we're back! Hurricane Helene gave us about 6" of rain night before last and a steady wind up to about 45mph for 10 hours or so. Lots of branches and tree litter but no damage thank goodness. Then about 12 hours after it left and we were 1/3 of the way through trying to clean up, a nearby ...

Here's the (better late than never!) announcement from Mitch: Good morning. Just a reminder about the upcoming SCCA CFR District 7 Monthly Meeting this Wednesday, September 18. As usual, we will meet at Louie's Pizza House, on Beville Road in Daytona Beach. Social/ Dinner at 6pm; Business at 7pm. We ...

Ken,

The Cobra so far runs in the rain just fine If I get any stutters from the Z I can just put a similar deflector on it.

Uh, what would you know about running in the rain anyway? Tom

Wow, Mike! I wonder if any of that thing was correctly assembled? Yikes!

A few more pictures; first the new distributor and coil in place: Coil and distributor.JPG Then the modified hood opening: Hood cutout.JPG Finally the modified scoop: Scoop 1.JPG Scoop 2.JPG The scoop ended up 2-1/4" farther forward because of the extended cutout for the distributor. Still awaiting ...

As an interim thing, here's a clip of the Zephyr after the new coil and distributor:

Mike, I feel your pain :angry-cussingblack: I have 2 feeders the same as the lower one in your photograph. A few days ago I noticed a squirrel upside down on one of them. When he was finished exploring the feeder he had big trouble climbing back up the wire it hangs from. It was comical! Kay and I ...

Ken,

Nice! Maximum envy!

I backed out of Mike's driveway a bit after 6AM intending to join you in the fun. The car decided otherwise by springing a leak in a radiator hose between the engine and the water pump - a minimum hour-long job on my car...

It's all fixed now. Next time!

Tom