Cruise the Crest Breakfast Club June 22

[Mkelcy]

So far Mike Kelcy, and Larry Callahan. Who else?

[CarlC]

Yo. I need another one of those breakfast burritos like I need another hole in my head.

[6'9"Witha69]

I must confer with the social coordinator but chalk me up now anyways!

[Mkelcy]

Yo. I need another one of those breakfast burritos like I need another hole in my head.

That thing could have fed a family of four for a week. It was huge!!

[6'9"Witha69]

That thing could have fed a family of four for a week. It was huge!!The look on Carl's face when he got it was priceless!

[CarlC]

After eating that thing, combined with the rice, beans, coffee, looking down trying to tune, and the twisties, I was not right until well after lunch.

[Nessumsar]

You can count me in, might be able to drag a friend along as well..

[aray327]

I'm interested. I need to sort out my brake issues but that will hopefully be done over the weekend. If you can help look at the brake forum under brakes stay locked up.

I need some details. Let me know what time and where you guys meet. I will look through old posts but it would be helpful for others looking to join as well.

[Mkelcy]

I need some details. Let me know what time and where you guys meet. I will look through old posts but it would be helpful for others looking to join as well.

We meet at the Shell station just downhill from the 210 freeway at the Angeles Crest exit. Heading away from Pasadena on the 210, you turn left at the end of the exit ramp, cross over the 210 and turn left again into the Shell station. Heading toward Pasadena on the 210, you turn right at the end of the exit ramp and immediately turn left into the Shell station.

Meeting time is 6:30am, we generally will wait 5-10 minutes for stragglers. Even if you miss us, head up (staying on the ACH) and meet us at Newcomb's ranch.

[Mkelcy]

Okay folks, the Crest has been fantastic! The road's good, the sun is shining and Carl's Breakfast Burrito is waiting on the forklift for them to wheel it in to him.

Mark your calendars: June 22 at 6:30am at the Shell station.

See post above for directions.

[CarlC]

They can use the same forklift to haul my over-fed a$$ out of there too!

I"ll be there.

[6'9"Witha69]

They can use the same forklift to haul my over-fed a$$ out of there too!

I"ll be there.Baah, Chad and I can carry you out Paul Pierce style!

[Takid455]

any info as far as where and when other than date?

[Chad-1stGen]

any info as far as where and when other than date?

Well to quote an earlier post:

We meet at the Shell station just downhill from the 210 freeway at the Angeles Crest exit. Heading away from Pasadena on the 210, you turn left at the end of the exit ramp, cross over the 210 and turn left again into the Shell station. Heading toward Pasadena on the 210, you turn right at the end of the exit ramp and immediately turn left into the Shell station.

Meeting time is 6:30am, we generally will wait 5-10 minutes for stragglers. Even if you miss us, head up (staying on the ACH) and meet us at Newcomb's ranch.

It's a great drive and the food isn't to bad either. You can help Carl eat this burrito I keep hearing about.

EDIT: I saw in your other post that you were doing a car show Sunday. Well you'll be back down the hill pretty early with the full day ahead of you.

[CarlC]

Here's a posting that has a link to where we're going:

It's time again to terrorize the Angeles Crest Highway, have a great breakfast, and spend some time bench racing with a bunch of fellow gearheads.

As before we will be meeting at the Shell station at the Angeles Crest Highway exit off the 210 freeway at 6:30am. The 27-mile winding-road drive is a thrill (if you want it to be,) as are the scenic views and the great food at Newcomb's Ranch. Bring any car you want. Heck, don't bring a car at all and hitch a ride with one of the others. I'm hitching since my car is out of commission.

http://www.newcombsranch.com

The early hour is so that we won't be blinded by the rising sun. It will make for a great morning.

Chad,

You could easily eat that wimpy littly burrito. Don't let the silly comments about it intimidate you. Get it. Eat it. I want to watch.

You going to have the new shoes on the Camaro in time for this run?

[Nessumsar]

I'll be there, I have a friend who wants to come as well.

And I bet my 145lb butt could eat that burrito, I'l try!

[Chad-1stGen]

New shoes depends on the shipping gods at this point. Though it's a catch 22.

I might have to go to Sacramento that weekend but if the shoes don't come by Friday and have a chance of coming Saturday then I'll have to stay home and then could make the cruise.

[Larry Callahan]

Is this the Shell station we meet at?

Jay's Shell
4530 Angeles Crest Hwy, La Canada Flintridge, CA
(818) 790-3836

[Chad-1stGen]

That's it

[Nessumsar]

Everyone still going? My alarm is set for 5:45! Chad, you want to cruise up there together? I'm by the Long Beach Towne Center.

[Chad-1stGen]

Well my rims will hopefully be delivered tomorrow which means I can't make an excuse to stay home this weekend and won't be able to make it :(

[Larry Callahan]

I will be there.

[rogue]

damn a coworker Robert Haverand told me about this.

I'd love to come but I've got some clutch issues to workout.

[Larry Callahan]

Come thumb a ride with one of us. My wife probably won't be joining us.

[CarlC]

Head count:

Mike
Larry
Carl
Nick
Nessumsar
Mark Dunn

2-3 others. One coming from the desert side, another definate maybe, and the other might not get to Newcomb's until 7:30.

Who else?

[Mkelcy]

An acquaintance of mine, Mark Dunn, with an early '70s Nova.

[Nessumsar]

I will have an empty seat in my car.

On a side note, we could also plan a night to meet out at Pomona. I've never been to "the track", I think it would be cool to get our collection of cars out there.

[Steve N 69 69 69]

I'm 95% sure I'll be there.
I'm doing a car show in Sierra Madre on Sat. 21st, so the car will be all shined up. if anyones near by, stop and say hello. 7am-2pm should be around 150-200 cars, some nice stuff was there last year.

I bet... hmmm....half a tank of gas, I can destroy one of those giant burritos.

[Takid455]

i'll be in the area. any one have room for 2 extras? the rentals car's tires sqeel at the slightest turn and its a mustang. crap i tell you.

[Larry Callahan]

My truck will have one empty seat if anyone needs it.

[Mkelcy]

I'll have an empty seat for anyone who doesn't mind proceeding up the road at an occasionally "brisk" pace. :naughty: I won't even make you tune the EFI . . .

[aray327]

As long as I get up in time (my sister is getting married on Sat.) I will be there.

[6'9"Witha69]

I'll have to see how my battery holds up. THat damn gremlin is back in full force.

Maybe the HHR again. Damn this thing is fun to drive.

[streetk14]

Damn, I really want to do this one of these times. Only problem is that I'll have to get up WAY too early to get to Angeles Crest by 6:30. If I want to haul some ass getting there, I can do it in an hour and a half. That means waking up before 5:00, which doesn't really agree with me. Still sounds like fun, though.

I am down with the dragstrip meeting idea. It would be cool to get together for a test and tune or something. I know most of us don't have drag cars, but I've been itching to get out to the strip for a while. Just need some slicks and I'll be ready to see what that blower can do. Does Pomona even do that kind of stuff anymore?

Andy

[Nessumsar]

Yea, the have like "Street Car" night on Fridays.

[Larry Callahan]

My truck will have one empty seat if anyone needs it.


I should have added I'll be smoking in it. lol

[Chad-1stGen]

Got my wheels today.

Gonna have to call frank tomorrow though cause neither the Kore or TC templates fit the rim for the C5 brakes which is the whole reason I bought them :/

[CarlC]

Bummer Chad!

Mike, I like brisk. Shotgun!

[Mkelcy]

Bummer Chad!

Mike, I like brisk. Shotgun!

You got it! (The AE does need a little work . . . . )

[CarlC]

AE, Automatic Ejection of my breakfast!

[6'9"Witha69]

AE, Automatic Ejection of my breakfast!:lol:

[Takid455]

I'm staying in glendale. is there a safe area to leave the car around the gas station or would someone be kind enough to pick me up. what time would you get back to the meet spot?

[Mkelcy]

I'm staying in glendale. is there a safe area to leave the car around the gas station or would someone be kind enough to pick me up. what time would you get back to the meet spot?

There are many safe places to leave the car. The bottom of the ACH in La Canada is a gathering place for hikers who carpool to thier destinations in the Angeles National Forest. Just park on the uphill side of the ACH (across the 210 overpass) and walk back down to the Shell station.

[6'9"Witha69]

There are many safe places to leave the car. The bottom of the ACH in La Canada is a gathering place for hikers who carpool to thier destinations in the Angeles National Forest. Just park on the uphill side of the ACH (across the 210 overpass) and walk back down to the Shell station.That, and it's a pretty nice area overall anyway.

[Mkelcy]

AE, Automatic Ejection of my breakfast!

Not exactly the "enrichment" I had in mind. :barf:

Seriously, the car's doing okay. I felt bad last time, you had to concentrate on the computer screen and missed the scenery.

IF you want to (purely voluntary), five minutes spent on the MAP AE is probably all it needs, if that.

[CarlC]

Where in Glendale are you staying?

No problem Mike.

[Larry Callahan]

Just a heads up. I may not make it on Sunday if things go like I'm worried they will. I woke up this morning feeling sick. Various people around me at work and my wife have been down sick for the last two weeks and I think I am coming down with it.

[Nessumsar]

Take some Emergency, and some Airborne. Always seems to do the trick for me!

Edit: Takid, your PM is full. If you would like to hitch ride with me thats cool; depending on who's leading though, you might want to see if Mkelcy has a spot. He knows the road better, and I might not keep up with him, but we'll see since my Fiancee isn't coming this time!:barf:

[Larry Callahan]

Still not looking good for me in the morning. I will see how the day goes.

[6'9"Witha69]

Hope you feel better Larry.
See you all in the A.M.

[Larry Callahan]

Sorry guys. I'll catch you next time.

[CarlC]

And I bet my 145lb butt could eat that burrito, I'l try!

Sing it!!!!!

"I fought the burrito, and the, burrito won. I fought the burrito, and the, burrito won...."

Fun times guys. The weather was great! It was also great to have New Jersey well represented in the group. Thanks for coming Larry (TAkid455) Hopefully the pics and video comes out OK.

How does July 20 work for the next run?

[Mkelcy]

July 20's good for me.

What a great drive today! Climbing out of the heat (even at 6:30 am) into the cooler temperatures of the mountains was great. It was also nice seeing familiar faces and meeting new folks.

Those of us who do this regularly really need to try to recruit some more participants.

And we need to remember cameras!

[Nessumsar]

July 20th works for me as well. And we should probably exchange phone #'s, or maybe I'm the only one without them!

My drive home was no fun, so hot out there by Irwindale! Much better down here near the ocean.

It was good seeing you guys again, and nice to meet everyone else. I'll see you guys next month.

[Steve N 69 69 69]

Cool run guys.
We made it back in one piece.
I started a punch list of things that need to be fixed before long

Seats
Belts
Cage
fix tire rub
fix leaking gas from vent tube
Clutch

Thats all for now,

[Mkelcy]

My drive home was no fun, so hot out there by Irwindale! Much better down here near the ocean.

There are several other ways to head down to Long Beach from the La Canada area that don't involve going out to the 605 at Irwindale. You can head away from Pasadena on the 210 to the 2, take the 2 south to the 5 and the 5 south to the 710.

You can also head south on the 210 toward Pasadena and follow the signs for California Boulevard. At the signal at the end of the freeway at California Boulevard keep going straight to the T intersection and light at Columbia Avenue. Turn left on Columbia and then immediately right on Fremont. Take Fremont south to Valley, turn right on Valley and then jump on the 710.

Both are relatively shorter for both distance and time.

No comments on the burrito?

[Mkelcy]

Cool run guys.
We made it back in one piece.
I started a punch list of things that need to be fixed before long

Seats
Belts
Cage
fix tire rub
fix leaking gas from vent tube
Clutch

Thats all for now,

The Crest does tend to bring out little issues, doesn't it?

I hear you on everything except the cage. I took one ride in my car with the stock seats and immediately started looking for replacements. Assuming you have shoulder and lap belts already, a better seat might eliminate the need for a 4 point harness if that's what you're thinking.

However, cages strike me as particularly dangerous unless they are VERY carefully designed to TOTALLY eliminate the possibility of a skull hitting a tube. I'd hate to be in a survivable accident and be killed by my cage.

[6'9"Witha69]

I just need mine running for next time. Good to see everyone out. Soon Carls car will be back up and hopefully Larry can make the next one.

[CarlC]

I agree on the seats vs. cage. Harnesses don't help with stock seats. I know. Been there, done that, stock seats stored in the upper regions of the garage.

[Dreamer]

It was great meeting everyone I had a blast.
I was the passenger in the orange 69.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/06/crest01-1.jpg

[6'9"Witha69]

HEY!!! What the hell is an HHR doing in there?

[Steve N 69 69 69]

I dont know, but that SOB was haulin' up that mountain. :woot:

[Mkelcy]

HEY!!! What the hell is an HHR doing in there?

The driver claimed to have"electrical" problems with his '69 Camaro that forced him to drive his air conditioned HHR. You can probably detect my skepticism. :poke:

[aray327]

That was a great run! Last night I think I had a nightmare about "Christine" pushing me off the road... Now looking at the photo I realize it was just the HHR.

I too realized I need better seats and safety belts. I am glad I have the original shoulder belt, but with the original seats there was plenty of room to slide around.

Other than my exhaust leak and rich carb set up which I started the day with, I only have to add a slight rub on the passanger side to my to-do list of items discovered on the run!

I will keep the 20th on my calander for next month. I will also make sure to bring a camera and sun glasses.

Next time I will be looking for Carl's and Nick's camaros., leave Christine in the garage (just joking).

[Takid455]

GOt back to the garden state this morning (over night flights yeild little sleep) and wanted to say I realy enjoyed flying up the hills at a briskly pace and meeting you guys. I'm jealous they you have some realy nice roads within your vacinity. haveing big elevation change helps. the highest point in my area is about 2000' above sea level where we stated around that and ascended about twice that. what a trill. :headbang: soon after I went to Mulholland Dr and gave the rental hell. :drive1:other than a lot of tire squeeling, it did pretty good.
I think a few bycyclist engulffed a few galloins of unburned fuel as we accelerated past them. I will post pictures leter on today. If Carl or someone is familiar with compressing/ editing video , I would appriciate some advice on the bets way to do it so I post it. the lat one i made was 8 min long and around 1.2 gigs big. the video is on DV tape , the style they had right before they started using hard drive for storage.

Again, thanks for taking me on the ride.

[Mkelcy]

Again, thanks for taking me on the ride.

It was great having you with us and showing an East Coaster what our California mountains are all about. I look forward to seeing the pictures and video.

[6'9"Witha69]

GOt back to the garden state this morning (over night flights yeild little sleep) and wanted to say I realy enjoyed flying up the hills at a briskly pace and meeting you guys. I'm jealous they you have some realy nice roads within your vacinity. haveing big elevation change helps. the highest point in my area is about 2000' above sea level where we stated around that and ascended about twice that. what a trill. :headbang: soon after I went to Mulholland Dr and gave the rental hell. :drive1:other than a lot of tire squeeling, it did pretty good.
I think a few bycyclist engulffed a few galloins of unburned fuel as we accelerated past them. I will post pictures leter on today. If Carl or someone is familiar with compressing/ editing video , I would appriciate some advice on the bets way to do it so I post it. the lat one i made was 8 min long and around 1.2 gigs big. the video is on DV tape , the style they had right before they started using hard drive for storage.

Again, thanks for taking me on the ride.Good having you out. Glad you could join us. What we need is more folks to come by. Let's get at it.

[CarlC]

I'm a video idiot. Maybe Larry Callahan can perform the magic and host it.

[Larry Callahan]

I can and would love to do it. I had planned to bring my video camera as well. Do you have a way to digitize it or would you like to just mail me the tape?

[Takid455]

here are some picture from the ride. enjoy.
Larry - sent you a PM regarding the video

these are in no partictular order
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the participants
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and an HHR..sorry , no close up.

lots of bikes..
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[Takid455]

....and the most Saab sonnets in one spot ever.
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[Nessumsar]

Cool, some updated shots of my car! I've been so lazy that I haven't taken any recent ones. It was a blast having you Takid, good to have someone's appreciation of what I(we) take for granted.