juliandz

Here is our initial itinerary for the Fourth Annual Midwest Se7ens Gathering. Wednesday 8 June: Some early arrivals arrive at The Hub. Have dinner at The Hub. Possible short blat and bon fire afterwards. Thursday 9 June: Welcome more attendees. Breakfast at The Hub. Depart about 10am and have lunch at The Cliff Restaurant in Jasper, Ar. Total miles 54 miles. Arrive back at The Hub Welcome more attendees. Depart The Hub about 3pm for our afternoon blat. Have dinner at The Big Springs BBQ and return to The Hub about 7pm. Total miles 131. Friday 10 June: Breakfast at The Hub. Depart at 9:30am and have lunch at Tony’s Pizza in Protem, Mo. Take ferry across the lake and arrive at The Hub about 3pm. Total miles 155. AutoX at 5pm and then have dinner at The Hub. Saturday 11 June: Breakfast at The Hub. Depart about 9:30am and have lunch at The Oark General Store in Oark, Ar. About 12noon. Arrive at Eureka Springs, Ar. About 5:30pm and have dinner at The Bavarian Inn. Arrive back at The Hub about 9pm. Total miles 243. Sunday 12 June: Breakfast at The Hub. Depart about 9:30am and arrive back at The Hub about 12noon. Total miles 108. Say our goodbyes to everyone and see you next year. All times and distances are dependant on weather and how much you had to drink the night before. Hope you all can make it! Julian dz.

Ok folk! Russ and I did the road trip thingy and ..We Are Pumped! to put it mildy! Two days of driving and we just scratched the surface of what's available! Russ is happy with "The Hub" and if you know Russ thats saying a lot!!(just kidding Russ..) One of the ideas that we discussed while we were down there is that the complex has a HUGE PARKING LOT that is hardly used. The owners of The Hub gave us the go ahead to set up an auto x if we can maybe get some help (hint hint). To that end we wondered what the group thought about extending the Gathering one more day to make it a 4 day event. We could start the event on June 9th (Thursday) or extend it to June 13th (Monday) . Our reasoning is that there are just too many Great roads to make runs on and we don't want to short change the oppertunity to have some great blats at the expense of putting on an Auto X . Please chime in with your thoughts and desires! Julian P.S. I will post tis elsewhere to cover out bases

Location: "The Hub" just outside Harrison Arkansas When: 10-12 June 2011

Thanks Martin! The louvers are the originals out of a 81 280zx turbo hood ( someone had installed them in the hood on the 280z donor car i used) I work as a mechanic professionally but body work is a "dark art" to me so I had a local painter shoot it at his shop. since the pictures were taken I have upgraded the rollbar to 1 3/4" tubing, crossbraced and with a support for the 5 point harness on the drivers side. swapped out the 4 speed for a 5 speed and I also swapped out the wheels for minilite clones and unshrouded the exhaust and put a chrome heat shield on the muffler. I am currently thinking of swapping out the jaguar gauges for better (and more accurate) aftermarket units. I'm also getting ready to adapt a larger throttle body to the intake to increase the air flow into the engine. The car is heavier that a stock locost build (approx 1700lbs.) but still lighter that a stock z so performance it better. Stock hp is stated at 135 (optimistic) but the torque is where this car makes the difference, a 3000 rpm roll on is just a pure adren. rush.

Not everyone is a "small" person. After lusting for a seven for most of my automotive life, but never fitting into one, along come a little book by a "Mr. Champion". While my build is not exactly 100% original looking, I can at least get my "mass" into the seat and drive! It's based on a 76 Datsun 280Z (yes complete with the big long lump six) . At least it is in the right spirit!http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1343280965_car build 001.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1072965558_car build 002.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/642328262_car build 003.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/294566506_car build 004.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/94606515_car build 005.jpg