The 82's delivery saga is complete

[mardak at cogeco.ca (Mark)]

Well that just sucks!  You could have saved yourself a whole bunch of 
aggravation by getting me to bring it to Boone though!  :)  Towing can 
be a real pain in the ass (as you found out the hard way)...  Not only 
that, it's pretty hard on the tow vehicle - I have just diagnosed a worn 
thrust bearing in my ABA, possibly from the crazy amount of towing miles 
I've put on it this year...  Oh well, nothing a weekend under the car 
and some (more) money won't fix...

Have fun with the car, and keep us up to date on your progress...

Later,

Mark.
75 x2
80 S
81 S x3
81 Caddy



Rhett Farnum wrote:
> Well folks, 
> 
> After owning the 82 for 4 months it has finally made its way from
> Daun's house to Tarra's Grandmother's in Dubuque, IA to our house in
> Boone, Iowa. It is pretty sad when Mark can haul a car 8-10 hrs in one
> day and it takes me 2 days to go 3.5 hours. Of course there were just
> a few complications.
> 
> Mark arrived sometime Friday evening/night with the car in Dubuque.
> Everything was fine and dandy besides Mark having a PIA with loading
> and unloading. (Sorry Mark) I arrived then Saturday night and spent
> some time with my friends, drank a few beers and enjoyed the night.
> 
> Sunday morning we got up took the other friends home gassed the truck
> and my friends car and went to Grandma's to begin hooking up. She had
> not gotten up yet so I found a stiff piece of wire and hooked it on
> the hood release wire and popped the hood and we started to prep the
> car for the tow bar. This involved removing the headlights to make it
> easier to reach the bolts for the bumper. Installing the tow bar was
> simple enough. then came wiring the lights. HAH!! Right!!! We more or
> less made it look like they were suppose to work. Which with the right
> combination of blinker and brakes they worked occasionally.
> 
> A little preface here. I was towing the car with a ~90 ford ranger 4
> cyl. 5 speed, and from the bumper because of no receiver hitch. Well,
> after about 20 miles I decided to pull over and check everything out.
> Everything was tight and good to go but the bumper had already
> slightly bent (most likely from the mile long hill.) It didn't look
> too horrible so we drove on. FIDO. Two hours later we decided to pull
> over and take a break. this was near a college a few of our friends go
> to so we headed into town to see them for a while and get a bite too.
> 
> I knew where a Hy-Vee lot was that would be perfect for us to park in
> with the car. I headed there. As I was pulling into the lot (a right
> turn, and the side with the shorter emergency chain) an a$$hole in
> another small truck comes flying out of the gas station on the corner
> at me. Well, in order not to hit him I twitched to the right a little
> more. THUNK! I found a spot and parked. Got out and looked. SHIT, That
> *&^^$^#%)*&%%$@%. well not only was the bumper now bent worse but it
> also bent the tongue on the tow bar. So a few mins. later, some cool
> down time (which eventually made me more mad), and a little cigar we
> started calling up our friends. So we made our way onto campus with my
> friends car. Hung out with the guys for a while and decided it's time
> to get back on the road. Hop in the truck start rolling... THUNK
> again. "stop, stop your going to get hit." I look back as I stop the
> truck and the car is rolling at a different speed. Bump. Shit!! The
> bar had popped off the ball. so I need to replace the tongue. Unbolt
> it get back to my friends and look for a parts store. Farm and Fleet
> became the store of choice. they have one and its the right ball size.
> Get back to the truck and it has the wrong placement for the mounting
> holes. well, that kinda screwed the day! We had no drill to re-drill
> either piece. so we go back to F&F. They're CLOSED! F*CK!! OK, screw
> it I'm done and going home!!!!!!!!
> 
> So I went home, tried to relax ate some more food, went to bed. Got up
> Monday morning, decided class was less important than getting the car
> (yes, I am addicted). Tracked down a bigger truck (this time a '73
> Chevy 3/4 tom w/a 454 BB in it, and a heavy tow bumper. Replaced a
> radiator hose that had blown and a replacement was sitting in the cab.
> After replacing it and filling it with some extra coolant I headed
> back to the house to get Tarra and go rent a tow dolly this time. Get
> the dolly, and off we went 70MPH with an empty dolly down the
> interstate a little over 1.5 hours. Got there, returned tongue to F&F,
> got a small battery for flashers, and some food at Wal*sMart and off
> to load the car up. Loading and everything went fine. But we weren't
> getting home until 9PM CDT. YEAH, its dark by then!! Got a bite to eat
> and we were off again. So we got to 65MPH and all was good, had to
> keep myself from going 70 though because the motor only ever knew the
> car was there going up hills and that only took a big toe push to fix.
> Got home fine but Tarra was so over-tired by this that she was begging
> for it to go faster before we started. Well, after to 2yo like
> attitude we finally got the car unloaded in about 10 mins. Which is
> pretty good for 2 people with not a lot of towing experience.
> 
> I returned the tow dolly this morning before class and all is well.
> the guy from the rental place hardly even took a look at the dolly. He
> has seen me around a few times though. Got my receipt and I was off to
> class today!!
> 
> If you have read this far you deserve a THANKS!!! Apologies to anyone offended.
> 
> Rhett & Tarra
> 
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