I am SICK of snow....

[iTravel]

Originally Posted by Lawreston

Well -- and I'm assuming you meant to reference "BM" -- with approx. 3½" of road clearance my little convertible goes into winter storage in my hangar about 3 days before the first snow storm(not to come out until late April/early May). Antiquity must be preserved in good condition after 44 years.

The Chevy S-10 truck becomes the winter beater(and the new shorter skis fit in the cab).

HR

No, I meant MB. Mercedes Benz. I kept it when I bought the BMW convertible.

[Harley Reich]

Originally Posted by woodstock

No, I meant MB. Mercedes Benz. I kept it when I bought the BMW convertible.

My mistake! I thought it could have been "BM" for the BMW, or even "MG" if of the British genre. Either way, class!

HR

[iTravel]

Originally Posted by Lawreston

My mistake! I thought it could have been "BM" for the BMW, or even "MG" if of the British genre. Either way, class!

HR

if you saw it right now you wouldn't think that. it's looking a bit worse for wear. at least it's already a silver car.

ps. your convertible is beautiful.

[Anthony]

Jerry,

Is that an AH 3000 or an older 100? It looks like a 3000 to me, but I don't remember that colour. Was it repainted?

Three SU downdrafts right?

[Harley Reich]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Jerry,

Is that an AH 3000 or an older 100? It looks like a 3000 to me, but I don't remember that colour. Was it repainted?

Three SU downdrafts right?

1966 3000 BJ-8 MK-III, original color - Healey metallic blue, though repainted in 2001: totally stripped, all new body rubber parts, new top, new carpets, new trunk liner. As of October 2009 she has a new engine(short block) which was built in Lawton, Iowa. (Dual SU downdraft carburetors) When I put her in the hangar she had 750 miles on the new engine.

Photo 1 = not too long off the motor freight from Iowa
Photo 2 = not too far from being back on the road.

HR

HR

[Bill S.]

Shall we bet on whether I make it back to IAD wed nite?

[iTravel]

Originally Posted by wsuffa

Shall we bet on whether I make it back to IAD wed nite?

at this point why would you wnt to?? Pretty crappy out there.

[Kaye]

Originally Posted by wsuffa

Shall we bet on whether I make it back to IAD wed nite?

Should I start laughing now???

A neighbor's husband has been trying to get home from LA since Friday on a Corp Jet. Last I heard, they're flying into NJ yesterday, and renting a car to drive home today.

[~John]

If 30" of snow is what it takes to shut down the government, I'm all for it. We're safe as long as they're not in the office. Day 2!

[Jay Honeck]

Originally Posted by silver-eagle

If 30" of snow is what it takes to shut down the government, I'm all for it. We're safe as long as they're not in the office. Day 2!

Amen, brother.

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by woodstock

at this point why would you wnt to?? Pretty crappy out there.

'Cause it's pouring rain out here in LA (and it's headed east......)

Originally Posted by Kaye

Should I start laughing now???

A neighbor's husband has been trying to get home from LA since Friday on a Corp Jet. Last I heard, they're flying into NJ yesterday, and renting a car to drive home today.

Tomorrow's non-stops have already been canceled (OK, AA has canceled ALL the flights into IAD tomorrow), so Wed AM it is. I took a connection in DFW over the nonstop since the connection would net me upgrades to first class, and the nonstop would be a middle seat in back. Leave 3 hours earlier, get in 2 hours earlier. I'll take that trade.

Some of our other folks were due into the Gaylord for a major corporate meeting. Most left last night - some took the chance (oops) on today or tomorrow.... they'll either be flying to RIC and driving, or not attending. The corporate jet went yesterday and made it to IAD just fine.

Here's part of the issue at IAD - NO ILS. Kinda rare that DCA has better foul weather capability than IAD:

REPLACES ADVZY 048/049.
CHANGE: DCA NOW HAS CATII CAPABILITY
CAPABILITY: DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE GLIDESLOPE CRITICAL
AREA, IAD HAS LOCALIZER CAPABILITY ONLY...DCA HAS CATII CAPABILITY
TO RWY01...BWI HAS CAT I CAPABILITY TO RWY10. THERE WILL BE NO
CATII/III CAPABILITY TO IAD/BWI. ADDITIONALLY, IAD RWY01R ALS IS OUT
OF SERVICE.
BACKGROUND: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 30 INCHES, WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 24 INCHES ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM
EXPECTED IN THE DC METRO AREA FROM 02/09 THROUGH 02/11, HAS
ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE GLIDESLOPE CRITICAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY AT IAD.
THE RESULT IS THAT THE IAD GLIDESLOPE IS INACCURATE AND UNUSABLE.
THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND FAA TECH OPS HAVE AGREED THAT THE SNOW
CANNOT BE REMOVED OR COMPACTED WITHOUT RISK OF DAMAGING THE GROUND
PLANE, WHICH WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. ADDITIONALLY,
BECAUSE THE GROUND IN THE CRITICAL AREA IS SOFT, SNOW REMOVAL
EQUIPMENT ENCROACHING ON THE CRITICAL AREA WOULD LIKELY BECOME
TRAPPED, BECOMING AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE SAFETY ZONE, THUS RENDERING
THE RUNWAY UNUSABLE.

[Kaye]

Originally Posted by wsuffa

Here's part of the issue at IAD - NO ILS. Kinda rare that DCA has better foul weather capability than IAD:

WOW, isn't that something! Never thought of that possibility.

[Anthony]

Gerry,

I assume Ted's Jag has fuel injection. They have other issues beyond carb synchronization. Lucas comes to mind.

Beautiful shots also! Wow, lots of toys!

[CLR2TKF]

Here's our dig out from this past weekend. AdamZ, Bob & his daughter Mackenzie, My daughter Ally, and I.... we all shoveled out the parking spot. Actually, the girls played in the snow, while Bob-Adam-and I talked planes while we shoveled the area.

Thanks Adam for your help!

Monday was just too nice,... so I called up and requested a fuel top off and an hour preheat,... I arrived to a nice and toasty engine ready to fly. 1.4 on the Hobbs, with some nice views of the airport and local area.

[Ghery Pettit]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Gerry,

I assume Ted's Jag has fuel injection. They have other issues beyond carb synchronization. Lucas comes to mind.

Beautiful shots also! Wow, lots of toys!

Prince of Darkness!

[TangoWhiskey]

Originally Posted by Rob Schaffer

Here's our dig out from this past weekend. AdamZ, Bob & his daughter Mackenzie, My daughter Ally, and I.... we all shoveled out the parking spot. Actually, the girls played in the snow, while Bob-Adam-and I talked planes while we shoveled the area.

Thanks Adam for your help!

Monday was just too nice,... so I called up and requested a fuel top off and an hour preheat,... I arrived to a nice and toasty engine ready to fly. 1.4 on the Hobbs, with some nice views of the airport and local area.

What's an hour preheat cost?

Cute kids!!! Looks like they had fun!

[CLR2TKF]

Tyically, we would preheat ourselves with our SureFire heater on those Colman Propane tanks (2 tanks for 5.49 at Walmart, only one needed for a good hour preheat), but that requires that I be there for an hour at the airport in the cold. That day, I was planning to take my daughter Ally with me so I called the FBO for a preheat(she helped me shovel out and loves to go flying with me). This way, when we arrived it was a standard preflight, then start her up, and we would be warm in a few minutes. But she wasn't being good at home and we decided she should stay home and not go with me.

This preheat had the engine nice and warm, oil looked great, guages came right up on pressure and oil temp right after start. Cost me $55 from Line service. Well worth it in my opinion though, especially the second flight after getting two cylinders replaced and it being in the 20's at night, low 30's all week, with the wind blowing. With Temps in the low 30's, the Surefire preheats well, but not with a 5 year old around waiting and getting cold.

[TangoWhiskey]

Originally Posted by Rob Schaffer

Tyically, we would preheat ourselves with our SureFire heater on those Colman Propane tanks (2 tanks for 5.49 at Walmart, only one needed for a good hour preheat), but that requires that I be there for an hour at the airport in the cold. That day, I was planning to take my daughter Ally with me so I called the FBO for a preheat(she helped me shovel out and loves to go flying with me). This way, when we arrived it was a standard preflight, then start her up, and we would be warm in a few minutes. But she wasn't being good at home and we decided she should stay home and not go with me.

This preheat had the engine nice and warm, oil looked great, guages came right up on pressure and oil temp right after start. Cost me $55 from Line service. Well worth it in my opinion though, especially the second flight after getting two cylinders replaced and it being in the 20's at night, low 30's all week, with the wind blowing. With Temps in the low 30's, the Surefire preheats well, but not with a 5 year old around waiting and getting cold.

Cool, thanks for the info, Rob. Flying in Texas, I don't deal with this! Not sure if I could GET a preheat down here. :-)

[DakotaDriver]

Originally Posted by TangoWhiskey

Cool, thanks for the info, Rob. Flying in Texas, I don't deal with this! Not sure if I could GET a preheat down here. :-)

Sure you get preheat in Texas. It's called being on the ramp in August!

[Dan Mc]

To the OP.... me too.

Freezing rain on top of 2' + of snow on the ground.

Home airport remains closed.

[Geoffrey Thorpe]

Originally Posted by Lawreston

1966 3000 BJ-8 MK-III,
...
(Dual SU downdraft carburetors)

I feel your pain.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Lawreston

1966 3000 BJ-8 MK-III, original color - Healey metallic blue, though repainted in 2001: totally stripped, all new body rubber parts, new top, new carpets, new trunk liner. As of October 2009 she has a new engine(short block) which was built in Lawton, Iowa. (Dual SU downdraft carburetors) When I put her in the hangar she had 750 miles on the new engine.

Photo 1 = not too long off the motor freight from Iowa
Photo 2 = not too far from being back on the road.

HR

HR

That is beautiful. I thought the sixes had three carbs. My four cylinder MG's had two also.

That engine is sweet!

[Harley Reich]

Originally Posted by Anthony

That is beautiful. I thought the sixes had three carbs. My four cylinder MG's had two also.

That engine is sweet!

I know "from nothing" about mechanical aspects. My father was known far and wide as "Ken with the magic screwdriver," and could fix anything. I do recall him referencing that the two SU carbs were a pain to keep balanced, and that certain other vehicles had the triple SU version "which must be sheer hell to calibrate." I wonder if Ted Dupuis' upscale Jaguar(aren't they all?) has the triple SU carbs that the British were known to use? Even the guy who removed my engine and installed the new engine suggested that I might want to find someone who was more familiar with balancing the twin SU system. And he used to sell/work on British cars in Massachusetts before he moved to Maine.

HR

Here's a side shot of her(the car). The other photo is several miles below my house. The vessel in the rear is my 20' putt-putt with a Mercruiser/Alpha1 I/O combination.