PCH Cruise - June 24th

[mssl72]

Well, it looks like I'm gonna give it a go tomorrow. I checked the system out today and took the Caprice out for a ride. Things seem ok, voltage is good, no battery spewing, confirmed all the connections/grounds. I'm still not exactly sure why the battery spewed out the vents in the first place. Anyway, I'm going to start out from North of LA with a target time of 10:30 am at the museum. If all goes well I'll see everyone at the museum!

['69Novajoe]

Originally Posted by Xplantdad

I've been in Joe's Nova at 6am in the morning on the freeway...going to two different cruises! It's a "blast"!

Thanks Bruce, you are too kind!!

Originally Posted by Xplantdad

Joe is a safe driver! And as a bonus, we cruised by where OCIR used to be

I remember that! It's changed a lot since then.

Originally Posted by H8tulooze

Should be a great time, thanks Joe!

You are welcome!! See you tomorrow??

Originally Posted by tjs44

Guys,I will have the gold 63 421 Lemans at Donuts in the AM.Tom

See you in the morning Tom.

Originally Posted by mssl72

Well, it looks like I'm gonna give it a go tomorrow. I checked the system out today and took the Caprice out for a ride. Things seem ok, voltage is good, no battery spewing, confirmed all the connections/grounds. I'm still not exactly sure why the battery spewed out the vents in the first place. Anyway, I'm going to start out from North of LA with a target time of 10:30 am at the museum. If all goes well I'll see everyone at the museum!

Good news Mark!! Hope to see you tomorrow.

['69Novajoe]

I think it was a successful cruise!! The Museum is a very cool place and I want to go back on a Sunday when they let you ride along in cars that they take out!!
A few of us at the Donut Shop before heading out....

A little bit overcast in this shot but it was very nice weather for most of the cruise and I was very happy for that!!

The room for all the "special" cars!!!

Part of the showroom.......

And they even let you sit in most of the cars....except for the "special" ones!!

A few of the happy crew!!

Mark and family......very nice meeting you all !!

Peace out.............

[Xplantdad]

Awesome...looks like a great day for a cruise in SoCal!

[BJCHEV396]

Originally Posted by mssl72

Well, it looks like I'm gonna give it a go tomorrow. I checked the system out today and took the Caprice out for a ride. Things seem ok, voltage is good, no battery spewing, confirmed all the connections/grounds. I'm still not exactly sure why the battery spewed out the vents in the first place. Anyway, I'm going to start out from North of LA with a target time of 10:30 am at the museum. If all goes well I'll see everyone at the museum!

How did the Caprice perform Mark?Hope things went well.

[mssl72]

Hey, yes, thanks for asking! The car ran fine.The car didn't have any cooling or charging issues. Maybe the things I tweaked fixed the issue. I had another theory too. Not sure, but I was thinking that since the battery was new, I had the old regulator in which seemed to not be charging that well. Putting the new regulator in may have caused the plates to heat up (because it was getting a REAL charge) and caused the battery to find it's happy fluid level point. Much like filling a radiator for the first time and some boils out under pressure with the cap on.The car started to get a little warm at one point on the way back, but never got past 11 o'clock or made me worry. The weather turned out to be great. Traffic was fine going down to the museum, a little heavier coming back. Driving the 110 freeway through the city of LA is never really that great. I do have a vacuum leak I need to deal with sometime soon. I'll get to that. High on my list now is to finish rebuilding the carb for the Z and getting it back on the car so it runs. It's been years since it been running out on the streets.
It was nice to meet some of the guys we type with online here and good to catch up some with Mark Sheppard. A bunch of thanks to '69Novajoe to organize the whole thing. I would guess we'll be doing it again. Oh, and yes, I was cruising the right lane most of the way up and back and had a bunch of thumbs up while driving.

[Zman1969]

I'm putting this drive on my bucket list

[markinnaples]

Is that overcast "June Gloom"?