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Call Richard at Chapman's LV Dodge, he has a lot of hook ups. He's in the parts dept.

I will answer for Pat since I know he is very busy at Idaho Dunes RV park. He has been there all summer so I am sure the car is still available for sale. He will be back to Vegas I believe by early October and I am sure he will also jump in here when he gets a chance. It's a very nice buggy and somebody would be getting his "baby". If you want to talk to Pat just google Idaho Dunes RV park and call and ask for him.

No you do not need a Ca. sticker. As long as the state you are registered in has an agreement with California which Az. does have

Have to agree with that pete!

I can't find the card. Adam told me that the card was full at the North pole and now the card is missing. I don't remember taking it out and it's not in the case where i would normally put it. I called and left a message for Adam but haven't heard from him. I am hoping he took it and had planned on either editing it or giving it to me and forgot. So until i find out from him go ahead without mine:(

Valvoline VR1 10W50 because that's what the engine builder recommends I used to run Valvoline Synthetic but was still changing oil after every 2 trips. It was easy to see it was a waste of money so I went to VR1.

Yep that is what I use also. Butch's prices are a few bucks cheaper than Nv. off road.

It was just a belt test to make sure you were properly strapped in:)

Garret grabbed the one that was on the front of the canopy and was hooked on to Newley's truck tool box. No big deal

Couple of them

Pete, I will get you my disk from my go pro so you can include it.

Get yourself some Oakley Crowbar model sand goggles. That will fix your problem

So do you want me to bring my EZ up? Probably a lot easier to set up than your 10x20?

A little breeze will be welcomed when we are taking a break,when we are riding we make our own breeze, some just faster than others:)

Tires changed, quad and car loaded, extra gas,do I need to bring a EZ up or do we have enough?

I think we can slow down to second gear and tell them to jump and circle around and toss their gear out with it? Or maybe we can put the SXS's to work right?

I am in with Pete for the weekend before the halloween disaster

I'm In!

I go to Henderson muffler, never had them look under the hood. They put it on the dyno and put a tester in the exhaust pipe, run it and give me my completed smog (actually they send it to DMV for you) I get a discount coupon for $40,00 each year and their closest to me so I have always taken it there. Although mine is totally stock and have no issues I would recommend them if your willing to drive tyo Hendo. Terry

Pete, I had been thinking the same thing. I think we know someone in Ca. who has and does CNC work? Maybe a plaque and then get battery hammered drills and put it on the memorial(cross Mt. ) using anchors and then round off the bolts so it can never be taken out. Your thoughts?

There will be plenty of smooth dunes. I expect that it will be the biggest crowd that weekend that that place has ever seen.I can give you a couple of stopping off places along the way if your not doing a full one day pull. Let me know?

Pretty short notice. I have a couple of appointments tomorrow or I could be there. How about Sat or anytime next week? What is he looking to pay out?

The car ran perfect almost all week. On Sunday I cruised over to the BLM campground to see if there were any other cars to run with. I ran into Sand Crab and his wife and he told me I was leaking something. I shut the car off and saw that I was basically sitting in a pool of gasoline. Having just cleaned my fuel filters and adding a shut off valve to the system my first tought was that I had missed a line or had a loose line somewhere. I had him kick the key on while I looked for the leak with the pumps on and saw that the return line to the tank from the motor was spewing gas all over. I realized that the AN nut under the inspection plate must have worked loose again and fell into the foam. I was able to re-attach it enough to get back to camp by using zip ties but felt like was a rolling bomb the whole way. Once I got the car in the trailer the work began, in order to get to the inspection plate I had to remove the back two bolts to the seat and loosen the front ones to lean the seat forward. Then remove the body panel and get to the plate. The genius in Boulder City (who will remain nameless) moved the tank to get to the front of the old motor and in doing so he must have lost 3-4 of the bolts so instead of them all being 11 MM some were 3/8's. So I could use a socket on all of them but about 7 which were under a hard water line that I didn't want to take off and loose coolant along with a giant mess. I went to my trusty toolbox for my Craftsman ratcheting box end 11MM wrench ah but the cupboard was bare of that specific size. Seems it grew legs and wandered off never to be seen again. I always wonder how that happens but anyway I had to go at those 7 with an old fashion box and open end wrench and due to access issues I could only get about 1/4 to 1/2 " movement at a time What a PIA!. Anyway found the nut, used some latex liquid on the threads to keep the nut on this time and re assembled the tank. By this time it was about 1AM and my back had reached an overload so I went to bed and laid their for 2 hours while my back screamed. Finally off to sleep and when I finally got up I went out I put it all together and it ran great all week. Temp never got up over 200 and the fans brought it back down to 180 or below right away so that worked. The sand up there is soft so I found that pumping the tires to about 17 PSI helped the motor spin in the high altitude and it made it a fun ride as the rear end then liked to slip a bit:). Those dunes are like nothing you have ever seen and if we could ever get a group together I would love to go again. But going camping alone was just not the same although it was still a good trip. Now I just have to get Garret's bike fixed, it's blowing oil from who knows where so at least it wasn't gas.

When I joined this site and met Bert at Dumont the first time and found out his real name I told him I knew his father (who also was taken to soon). Bert and I had lot's of conversations about the time he and his dad spent at the dunes. He always said his dad was taken to soon and worried about it himself. Unfortunately he was right. Bert was a kind gentle soul and a friend to anyone and I for one am truly sorry that such a great person has left us. I keep Ashley and the kids in my thoughts and hope and know that his large extended family will be there to help. I am truly at a loss. Terry

No problem Adam, I may just do a phone deal instead of driving 5 hours for a 2 hour meeting.