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Post by Bismo on Feb 20, 2014 21:24:40 GMT -5
Awesome! Just make sure you take some spare fan belts and wiper blades: LOL... Perfect! Yup, the belts and hoses are all relatively new but we'll have a few spares, and a Ballast resistor (or two)... maybe a distributor cap... spare tranny and block in the trunk LOL!! You gotta leave some things to chance, or life's no fun! |
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Post by Bismo on Feb 20, 2014 21:27:00 GMT -5
I've done it numerous times; it's always a memorable experience and the best way to get to know a car. I look forward to my next trip. Used to do a lot of road trips in my younger days, before my aches and pains started getting worse (I've got arthritis, Jake's got fibro... thank goodness the Dodge has those nice cushy fabric seats!!) We drove our first Bluesmobile from Boston to Chicago, and had an absolute ball... of course, that was in 1982, and the car was a '75... only 7 years old at the time, hard to believe! But yeah, we're looking forward to this if we can get everything together in time. |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Feb 21, 2014 20:03:54 GMT -5
... the next plan is to drive the Monaco from Boston to the Delta in April, for Clarksdale's Juke Joint Festival. Sounds like quite the road trip, Bis. The Spirit of the Blues will guide you. A little gas tank additive might not hurt ...   |
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Post by Bismo on Apr 17, 2014 20:22:50 GMT -5
Success! The car was great on the way down, good on the way back but we've got a frozen bearing somewhere (maybe the fan or the a/c compressor) squealing up a storm... made it back though, getting that checked tomorrow. Here's a link to a bunch of photos from the trip! flic.kr/s/aHsjXgbEEr |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Apr 20, 2014 15:14:57 GMT -5
- A great batch of pics as usual, Bis! Love this pic of BLUES 1 ...  Did you get the squealing fixed?  |
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Post by Bismo on Apr 22, 2014 19:50:59 GMT -5
Did you get the squealing fixed? Yup... was indeed a seized fan clutch, all better now and no apparent residual damage from driving her home that way! Now back home, and as usual played host on our street for the Boston Marathon yesterday morning.  .  |
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Post by Bismo on Aug 20, 2014 20:10:28 GMT -5
View from my 6th Floor desk. Saw this guy circling the Bluesmobile taking photos in the parking lot at work earlier this evening, made three complete circuits, hope he got some good shots!!
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Post by Steam McQueen on Aug 21, 2014 18:58:57 GMT -5
... hope he got some good shots!! Gruppenführer, get that cars license plate number.  |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 21, 2014 20:05:17 GMT -5
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Post by Bismo on Sept 23, 2014 21:42:24 GMT -5
It was a very fun night, Steam (with one exception)! They had us set the car up in their fenced-off Beer Garden so folks could come take photos with us. Before the movies started (this was an Animal House/Blues Brothers double feature), they had a mixing board set up on the roof of the snack bar to play music and make announcements in the two hours leading up to the show and so they invited us up to do a couple of Blues Brothers unplugged tunes (just harp and vocals, no band with us)... so we had our Beatles rooftop moment LOL! Animal House was very chilly... because the car was in the Beer Garden it had a GREAT view of screen 1... but the Belushi features were of course on screen 2. (Screen 1 was E.T./Gremlins, another great ticket!) We didn't want to move the car before the intermission so we spent Animal House sitting in camping chairs in an empty screen 2 spot with a boombox. Quite pleasant for a while but it WAS a very cold night (mid-40s), and though the Suits are fairly warm even with a thermal undershirt on it got plenty brisk (but not unbearable) before AH ended. After intermission we moved the Bluesmobile over to her own spot at screen 2. (And fired up and overrevved the engine during a couple of key moments, like the car first pulling up to Joliet, and running the Nazis off the bridge heh-heh.) The one exception... many of us know the perils of being a Blues Brother include wearing your shades at night, and the need to be more aware of your surroundings. But as we were coming back from the restrooms at one point I got distracted by the shiny movie up on the screen so wasn't looking down... and went plummeting over a knee-high concrete planter I didn't see! Coupla skinned knees but not much worse for wear. Maybe next year we'll get the full band there with us! - Bis |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Sept 24, 2014 8:17:13 GMT -5
Lol...I'm just glad you didn't break your neck, Bis! Sounds like a great time was had by all (as well as a slapstick video moment, by yourself). Rob |
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Post by Bismo on Feb 5, 2015 20:17:03 GMT -5
Sigh... is it Spring yet? The are TWO Bluesmobiles front and center in this photo, can you find them both!  |
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Post by 58hemifury on Feb 5, 2015 20:18:07 GMT -5
Wow, that looks like my House of Blues #3 behind my garage!
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Post by AZBlues on Feb 5, 2015 22:43:10 GMT -5
What is that white fluffy stuff? It looks like meringue.
-AZB
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Post by Steam McQueen on Feb 5, 2015 23:43:12 GMT -5
There are TWO Bluesmobiles front and center in this photo, can you find them both! BLUES2 I spotted almost right away  I couldn't find BLUES1 but I did find some snow removal software that actually can remove snow from a picture to see what's underneath. Very cool ...  I see the way you parked on an angle to make more room for BLUES2. Your Blumo's love you, Bis. They love you long time. |
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I couldn't find BLUES1 but I did find some snow removal software that actually can remove snow from a picture to see what's underneath. Very cool ...