Rob Peters

I agree one belt is missing. As some have said, the two on the far right with the small buckles are the lap belts and the belts in the retractors should fit into those buckles. The two on the far left are definitely the front shoulder belts and would fit into the second buckle from the left. The other three large buckles would be for the back seat. What it looks like is you are missing the buckle for the second shoulder harness. rob

Welcome Jim as one of our newest full fledged Dues Paying Members. I'm glad to see you made it onto the boards, thanks for letting me know you were having issues getting onto the boars and glad I could resolve them for you. Just a question, has anyone said that we love pictures here on the FGMCC club website??? rob

2003 was my first Eastern Meet. I walked over to the track to watch some of the drag races. The first vehicle to go down the the track was a novelty run by something like a Chevy Astro van that did a length of the track wheelie. Next was a couple Jet cars. Something happened to one of the jet cars and the driver lost control sending the car into the Jersey barrier right in front of us and then it went across the track and into the Jersey barrier on the other side causing it to roll over and burst into flames. After the fire was out the driver was taken to the hospital but died overnight in the hospital. The foam truck responded but the hose unrolled as the truck was responding and whipped around the rear tire of an awating ambulance and the hose ripped from the foam truck causing all of the foam to discharge up into the air. They had to extinguish the fire with handheld extinguishers. rob

I don't believe that at all. rob

Clearly you have never seen me in my Speedo. rob

If not Thong stories how about Speedo stories. rob

I used to use a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and tap water. I say used to because I no longer use tap water. The reason for this dates back to issues I had with my Model A Ford before I was forced to install a new radiator. For my Model A I never used any antifreeze but used regular tap water because since I have owned it, the car was never exposed to temperatures below 50 degrees. Model A Fords sometimes tend to overheat and their cooling system is not a sealed system so what doesn't spill out through an overflow tube boils out from around the radiator cap. When this would happen the leaking water would coat the engine compartment, hood and fenders with rusty water. A good Model A friend noticed this one day and said are you running tap water in your Model A and I answered yes. He told me to completely flush the radiator and block with a cleaning system and never put tap water in it again. The reason being is the iron in the water combined with the cast iron engine and head is what was creating the rust issues but mostly the iron in the water, not to mention the many other chemicals in tap water. He told me to only use DI water. Due to the many years of only using tap water, even doin the chemical flush of the system did not help the radiator and when I took the radiator to a radiator to have it restored the shop wanted over $1000 to restore the original radiator. This is when I purchased a new radiator and switched over to DI Water. With using DI water I have never had an issue with any rust in the system. rob

Ut-Oh.....Me thinks

If it is an electric fence that could be some neat free entertainment. rob

One of our club activities at this years Eastern Meet will be a poker run. If anyone would like to volunteer to help run this year's driving game please let me know. The Poker run will be held during the day on Thursday. If anyone would have any ideas on other club games for Thursday please let me know. I have started the process of contacting companies about donations for door prizes. This has been the hardest year ever to get companies to make donations. Some are willing to send out goodie bag items but some are even balking at this too. If anyone knows of any companies who may be willing to donate please send me the contact information and I will approach them. With the number of car shows out there I am sure companies are flooded with donation requests so they have begun to just say no to everyone. I have started printing our name badges for all of our members who have provided me with all of the registration information I will need. I would like to thank everyone who has already registered with Carlisle Events. Just a note, Prior to Christmas they were running a discounted rate for registration and I think they may still be offering this reduced rate but I don't know that for sure. Arrangements for our Award Dinner are all set. It will be at the show field on Saturday evening and it will be catered by Alfredo from Marcello's Restaurant. They have been hosting our Award Dinner since the first year they opened and since I have been hosting Eastern Meets in Carlisle and they have hosted our Saturday evening group dinners at every one of the Mini-Meets I have hosted there. We are all set for our Thursday evening Pizza Party at the hotel and Marcello's Restaurant will be supplying our Pizza's for this event too. Weather permitting we will be heading to Carlisle Sports Emporium on Thursday after our pizza party. We will convoy there in our Monte's I wanted to know if anyone had any thoughts on if we should try to find a place for a car cruise on Wednesday evening. We could advertise it in the Carlisle area. This would not be held at the hotel parking lot. The reason we would not do that is we would not want people to know where our hotel is for security reasons. rob

Come on Dennis, we have all seen the amount of room you have on your property to line up cars along your driveway to host a Meet right there. Also if you cleaned parts out of the bedrooms, basement and garage you could free up enough rooms for our members to sleep and you could serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on that huge deck. rob

I am scheduled for my yearly visit to my urologist in February. When I saw him last year, just like every year he gives me an R/X for this years PSA test. I went for that test yesterday afternoon and got my results today.... 1.33 was my result which is on the lower end of the acceptable range of 4.0. I hold my breath every year waiting for my results. Like some other cancers, Prostate Cancer is a cancer that presents no symptoms until it could be too late so having this PSA test can save your life. rob

I used to go start my Monte numerous times during the winter. I did that for several years until I learned that it is not a good thing to do. When you do that and run for only a few minutes it creates a lot of condensation in the exhaust system which will cause it to rust out. I would also think that only running for it a few minutes is not the same as going out for a drive and I suspect it would not get sufficient oil running through the system to properly lubricate it and may create excessive internal wear... I don't know that for sure but I suspect it could create issues. rob

Looks great Aaron. Getting exciting huh.... It will be a new engine, you could more than likely drive it to Carlisle in June. rob

51 and rain here today, our snow is also gone now. rob

Dennis, with that prescribed prep stuff I doubt he will need any assistance with the pushing. rob

Dennis is trying to avoid any Alterations from Factory Correct. rob

Make sure there is a path cleared for you. Be sure to study hard for your test and....Good Luck rob

Check with Leo Konik and Steve Demers. rob

Unfortunately you didn't see any Monte's. Maybe I will have to enter my Monte next year. rob

Some pictures of the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

Hey big spender. I always knew you have class. Thanks for the early Anniversary wishes. rob

After not getting enough snow to even use the snow shovel (used a broom) and not using it the year before due to not enough snow (only used the shovel once that year) I have been able to use mine twice this week. rob

Here is a picture of then Alex Weise displaying his "imaginary" Monte at the 2006 Eastern Meet in Bristol, TN. In reality he had a Monte but it was not at the meet. Sounds familiar, huh!! rob

Wesley, that would be great. It would be a great way to meet a lot of our members and see more first generation Monte Carlo's all in one place at the same time. This is more than a car cruise, it is actually a show within a show. Our meet is one show and it is being held within the Carlisle Events GM Nationals show. If you want more info please feel free to ask me. I could give you a phone call. rob