Laughlin 4th of July?

[Mike G]

Is anybody else heading to Laughlin for the 4th? We're taking my '74 Tahiti out there - staying at Ramada Express. We'll probably head down to Needles to launch and head to Havazoo for a day.
If you see me out there, stop me and say "hi"!
-Mike
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[calperf19]

Have fun out there and be safe!!! I won't do any big weekends anymore. Damn that means I'm too old! Anyways traffic choppy water and the sand bar closed Nah!! Don't lose too much in the casino!!!! Got a tip for you though Lizzy's kitchen on hwy 95 on your way to needles has the best F@#ken breakfast From laughlin to havasu!!!!! Good luck
Later BK

[Squirtin Thunder]

So BK if by an act of god and the boating gods help out and we get the pump done you won't come out. Come on I'll pull the 466ci engine out of the truck so we can play!!!
Jim

[calperf19]

Damn Jim that's a little optimistic don't you think? All your shit still needs to go to Jack and then did you get a court date? Or are you robbing the circle k again? I'm starting to think I'll get my stuff wet before you!!! Give Me a call tomorrow!
lATER bk

[Squirtin Thunder]

Bk,
If worse come to worse we will stick a rebiuld kit in the pump and a droop and a loader and call it good. I can always pull it out again latter. No big deal. I have an engine if I need one. 3hrs work to pull out of the truck. Half a day to put the pump back together. Shit if I start now I will be ready for sat. Bk you have won a free case of beer. You have to come out and claim it.
460 crank I need one. The only 429 pistons avalable are cast with.120 dish. So we are talking big bucks for custom pistons. I have a few quotes $600 - $900 plus pins. Hell I can get a stroker kit already balanced for a for 460 for a $1000.
Jim

[78Southwind]

I will be some where between Topock and Lake Mohave 4th through 9th. Save a cold one for me.

[JET-O-VATOR]

I'll be between avi and needles with possibly an early sunday morning run to topock for breakfast before the nats (sea doos) come out:D

[LUVNLIFE]

Luvnlifes are there but will be heading to Lake Mojave. We are staying at the Riverside. Yea Losers lounge:D

[Mike G]

Got back from Laughlin on Monday evening. Trip from hell out there and back - one flat on the trailer and MANY overheating problems with the Cherokee there and back Definately gotta get a new radiator before I do that again.
Some minor problems with the boat - as expected as I didn't have time for a "shakedown run" before the trip, but nothing major. The only big incident was when I was stupid enough to let my friend's idiot, inbred, redneck boyfriend drive the boat and he managed to spin it after going over the wake from one of those F-ing wakeboard boats at ~50mph. Nobody was hurt, but we took on quite a bit of water over the transom. Luckily that 1100gph bilge pump worked like a charm! Had the whole engine compartment empty within a couple minutes. Oh well, lesson learned - I'll never let anybody else drive my boat again.
On a side note, the guy is just a f-ing asshole! I was talking to this really cute hispanic girl at the bar the first night there, and he comes up and says "So, are you going to F*** just him or all 3 of us?" He's lucky I wasn't close enough to repeatedly punch him in the throat! What a dick!
All in all, it was a good time, though. Didn't make it down to Havazoo. We went to the river for only a couple hours, but it was too rough with all the lake-lice, so we spent the rest of the weekend on lake Mojave. Wake boarding, tubing, etc. Good times, good times. Too bad it was too choppy everywhere for any top-speed runs. Maybe next time. Gotta definately save up some money first though. The casino's were not kind to me!
-Mike