[T3] Gilmore Gathering

[Keith Park]

I sure missed seeing everyone!  Glad to hear it all went well.
And you reminded me how much I miss the Machine Shed, a staple for GE
employee's visiting healthcare in Waukesha!  Ohh, that cinnamon apple
crisp....
If you can take it  after the Ribs!

Keith

Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.topnotchresto.com
71 Squareback  “Hothe”
65 Notchback  “El Baja Rojo”
93 RX7  “Redstur”
13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"

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From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On
Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 8:03 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Gilmore Gathering

While there were not as many Type 3s in attendence as I had hoped, I'm still
counting it as a great success. The venue was awesome and the weather was
perfect. There were 6 VW Type 3s, including 4 Invasion regulars and one
local '68 Euro Notch. Scott ??? managed to sneak in his diesel converted
Fasty. (Scott, if you read this, email me.)

The Franklins, US made aircooled from the early 1900s, were the stars of the
show, but the real eyecatcher was a tiny '59 or '60 Vespa car. A real
beauty, tiny. I think it's tires were 4.40 x 10s!  After that came VWs,
Types 1, 2, and 3 but no 4s. Corvairs, Porsches but no 914s, a couple of
2CVs and a Crosley, plus a couple of Briggs & Stratton and Kohler powered
kit cars.

Jill's Type 34 won the award for attracting the most crowds and my '71
Square won the award for Most Useful Car (Because it looks like it would be
a great car to bring home car parts in, or to help someone move.)

If you are on Facebook, check out the John's Type 3 page, where he's posted
lots of photos.

Dave & Gail Pallo had to cancel at the last moment due to family issues, and
Keith Park's job sent him elsewhere. We missed all three of you, but Dave
still gets credit for picking a good motel for us. Gail & Henry drove their
Kia from Canada, and Gail is now our new Culinary Directrice, since she
managed to pick good, interesting places to eat and drink without a single
stumble.

We picked up some newbee attendees, Richard & Mary Spryer from Eau Claire,
WI who drove their '71 Square, nicknamed Ol' Yeller. It was good to have
their company to caravan with, and they were good company just sitting
around, too. Sounds like we'll get to see more of them in the future.  

We had an almost uneventful round trip. The only drama was as we were trying
to leave the Machine Shed in Rockford, after lunch on our way home, and
Richard's fuel pump fuse blew on startup. Turned out to be nothing but a
fuse problem, as a replacement fuse stayed good and the rest of the trip was
easy. We also passed a couple Corvairs, traveling together on their way
home, so they were probably also returning from the Gilmore. Anyone remember
a black one and a dark red one?  

I did the numbers on our trip: 767 miles,29.85 gals, 25.7 mi/gal. Richard
had more miles and he figures he averaged 28.5 mi/gal. My '71 is AT; His '71
is MT; that may be the whole difference. We drove most of the time between
65 and 70 mi/hr.  

I just did the tuneup that I should have done before the trip, but didn't
find anything out of order. Exhausts 1, 2, 4 were each maybe .005 instead of
.006. All the intakes were fine. Interesting that the both #3 valves were
fine. 
The timing was spot on. The hose for the vac advance was a bit loose, so it
may not have been sealing well, meaning that my cruising mi/gal was not as
good as it could have been. Finally, I checked the fuel pressure, something
I may never have checked before. It was at 28 psi, so I raised it to 30,
which will probably offset any mi/gal gain I got from fixing the vac hose.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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