Return of ECX Paragon Trip 4-20-02

[Skunk]

Originally posted by 94EBexplorer
how far is it from greensburg PA.... i might be up for it .... i didnt get to go to the paragon trip so id stil like to meet up with some of you guys

I have no idea where Greensburg PA is, so I couldnt tell ya.... but the swap is about half way down through NJ....

 

[94EBexplorer]

im like 30 away from 7springs ever hear of there? i wouldnt mind putting my beast in the show.... think its show worthy?

 

[Skunk]

Originally posted by 94EBexplorer
im like 30 away from 7springs ever hear of there? i wouldnt mind putting my beast in the show.... think its show worthy?

I have no Idea how to put trucks in the show, but it would be cool.... I also have no idea where 7springs is....

Hey explorernj, how do ya get your truck into the show?...

 

[explornj]

to put your truck in the show you have to go in the entrance that is by the airport, if you go in the main entrance just ask security where you have to go to enter the carshow, I will look for you guys there, I should be near the starting line, I should have my light bar back on the truck tonight, see ya there

 

[Spas]

I'm entering mine in the show at Carlisle, not that anybody cares.....

Matt, you have WAAAAAAY too much time on your hands, lol! Swinesburg is also known as Lizard, not Lizard's passenger, which Would be me. I get enough grief being called Tuna without THAT too..

Speaking of: Lizard, you saw a sheep and you didn't ask for its phone number?? How are we ever gonna find a woman for Parli now?!

 

[JoshC]

You all want to hear some crap. Well, remember the inner tie rod end i bent? It snapped today. I ordered one and it hasn't came in yet so i'm still driving with it. Anyway, my nieghbor just put some lots that he wants me to clear off so i go out, went down the hill to look at them. As i started to leave i was still with my nose down the hill, i tried to back up and turn at the same time and my truck just wouldn't do anything, i look out my window to make sure my 4wd is working and man my front tire was digging and throwing dirt every where so we tried a couple of more times and then i got out to move small downed tree and i looked under my truck and she had snapped. So we were stuck, nothing i could do. Called for a help to get back home and i just left my truck there. I'm waiting for Jamie to get here. He is borrowing his neighbors car trailer so that after he pulls me up the hill we can load her up and bring her back home. I wasn't as mad as i normally get i guess cause i knew it was going to happen sooner or later. But that's how my evening went, how was yours? haha

Happy trails!!

 

[JDraper]

Man, I'm glad that waited until you got home and weren't at highway speed!! That would have been messy!!

I just had a new bar made for my brushguard. I don't think I'll be able to bend this one. It's 1.5" diameter solid Stainless steel. I also found that I flattened one of my fog light housings at Paragon, so I had to re-work that into a semi-round form. I'm still trying to figure out how I killed it, since it's hidden in the bumper, and the bumper has no damage!! Go figure.

 

[JoshC]

Man, I'm glad that waited until you got home and weren't at highway speed!! That would have been messy!!

amen brother!

Happy trails!!

 

[Muskrat]

Jeff

drivers side fog light, right? When you were backing down the hill that Lizard went up, but you got half way and got stopped, you picked up a nice size rock and it got hung up between your tire and bumper for a second or two. I'm pretty sure that's how it happened.
Later
Shaun

 

[JDraper]

Re: Jeff

Originally posted by Muskrat
drivers side fog light, right? When you were backing down the hill that Lizard went up, but you got half way and got stopped, you picked up a nice size rock and it got hung up between your tire and bumper for a second or two. I'm pretty sure that's how it happened.
Later
Shaun

Well, good idea, but it was the front of the housing that was smashed. The back was perfectly fine. I was out looking at it last night, and since the whole front bumper cover on my truck is plastic, I'm thinking that I must have had something push up against the bumper, and the cover flexed backwards and bent it all to he*&. Oh well, fecal matter occurs!!

 

[yob_yeknom]

Looks like Karol got a good shot of how my running board got messed up.

The Jeeper did well for a stocker. I was impressed. Our 'big Fords' didn't keep getting stuck though. :frustrate

And for any confusion, I have a red '97 now, just haven't changed my avatar yet.

Keep those pictures coming. Faster Spas, faster!

 

[Spas]

I'm workin' on it, I'm workin' on it!!!! My scanner scanned half of them with red lines through them, plus I have to screw around with them in Photoshop just to view them and they scan bad anyway and ARGH! Anybody know if Wal-mart can put 35mm on CD????? I'm going to go try it tomorrow and hopefully I can just send ALL the pictures at the same time

As for my day... $30 in quarters, A whole bottle of Scratch X and two coats of Liquid Glass and my truck is ALMOST back to normal. I picked up an awful lot of tree pinstriping that I didn't realize was under all that mud....I still can't get all of the 'finger art' off I put a BIG ol' dent in my Flowmaster's chrome tip and I punctured the skid plate that's over the gas tank (I think? The one to the rearmost of the truck)

Oh well, you play, you pay. The other parts of my day concerned taking the Sheriff's Office exam and going to my 5 year High school reunion (How these people ever made it to graduation, I will never know!) Sorry to hear about your X, Jot! Hope your part gets in soon!

 

[TarHeel085]

Spas thats what skid plates are for, they arent just to look pretty! thats why i needed them, its sorta a necesity when wheelin. an trust me, you will never get rid of all the mud you got on it, and a good buffing should take away that trail pinstriping. Wal-mart should be able to put 35mm on a CD.

 

[JDraper]

Got my pix scanned in . They can be seen at http://ecx.dnsalias.com/pa/paragon1.htm

 

[ExplorerEB96]

ok got some more pics uploaded

the newer ones start on page 6...... they are from when I first arrived and some of the Sunday ride...Jeff I got ya doin your crazy stuff...like crunchin the back flare...

Dead Link Removed

Karol

 

[Doug]

Hey Jeff, where's the picture of me almost running you over coming out of the river? i wanted to see that. And of course you had to take a picture of my truck with the hood up! oh well.

 

[Spas]

Here's a few to tide you guys over until I can get ALL of them posted somewhere..

Crazy Namitey

 

[Doug]

Crazy Namitey

WHO YOU CALLIN CRAZY????

 

[explornj]

Originally posted by Spas
Here's a few to tide you guys over until I can get ALL of them posted somewhere..

where are the pics?

 

[Doug]

Yeah I was wondering the same thing. I think she started thinking about tunafish bagels and went and made one instead of posting pictures.