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July 27, 2005
Funkhana, Tech Sessions, and Car Washing
What a great day, the weather is about 80 degrees and no humidity. Everyone is outside, even the tech session on fuses was held outside. The car wash area was filled with everyone washing off road grime and polishing up their babies.
Don Klass of Iowa washes his 1978 Spitfire Wednesday morning.
The funkhana was a hoot! A short course, but it involved sitting on the throne (in a makeshift outhouse) and removing a page from the yellow pages of a category that began with your last name. Next, some sorting of spark plugs had to be done, then a pigs ear toss, and last, you had to pull one of three udders on a cow. A 15 second penalty was assessed if you pulled the wrong udder and upset the cow enough to cause it to drop a surprise!
The digital photography tech session was very well attended as was the electrical session put on by Joe Pawlak and Glenn Merrell. They set up a board with several pairs of headlights called "The Fuseinater." The purpose was to add amperage draw on various size American and British fuses to demonstrate the differences in when each would open and protect your car's harness. Using an American 35 amp fuse, they melted a wire and let loose the smoke it contained.
Russ and Marj Bees posed with their 1931 Standard Avon Special FH just before it was inspected for Thursday's autocross. The car is an amazing example; Tony Beadle, editor of Triumph World Magazine said that even in England, very, very few in any condition survive.
Posted by bdischer at July 27, 2005 03:01 PM