Kirkham Homecoming '08

[Igofastr]

I, for one had a great time!

To any of you who thought about going, but didn't...you really missed out. I was only there for the track day, but it was great. Essentially an open track all day long for anyone who wanted to go out. You could have been out there for 8 hours in a row if you and your car could take it.

Kudos to Dave (Sandwich) for setting fast lap (for a cobra, not driven by an instructor). My car was seriously crapping out (ate into my fun some), but there's always next time!

I'll try to post some pics, and maybe some videos if I can figure out that "youtube" thing .

Larry, I got your card, and will be sending all the pics I have (some from my Dad, too....his are the ones that are out of focus ).

BTW, I hope all of you went by the museum....WOW!!! Larry Miller has probably got as much money in cars in that museum, as he spent on the rest of the track. I didn't count, but I'd guess...8 cobras (including a dragonsnake, 289s...FIA and/or USRRC, 427 sc and full comp), a daytona, 2 GTs (J car, and mark 2...one of the '66 le mans cars), Williment supercoupe shell, maybe 7-8 Shelby mustangs, and a whole lot more. Don't tell anyone, but security just let us in with no supervision...contact me off line if you are interested in a lightly used, but original 289 steering wheel, a full set of 427 comp spinners, a Daytona drivers side mirrior in pristine condition, or the spare tire from the Shelby Cobra team tow rig...not usable due to age, but a great paperweight!!

[Lew Ledyard]

Did the autobody painter show up on day 5?

[1985 CCX]

What a great looking drive!
All the cars are fabulous and terrain tops...........

Why do the cops always need to crash a party?

[cobred]

Why do the cops always need to crash a party?[/quote]

To keep the party from crashing.

[TL Marcel]

So, I flew 5,000 miles from Switzerland to Little Rock, Arkansas to pick up my new Kirkham Cobra from Keith Craft (great man), and drove 2,400 miles to the Homecoming: across Oklahoma, along Route 70 near the Texas border (boy, it was Windy - had to look out for flying debris!), up Route 287 to Amarillo, along Route 40 into New Mexico and up to Sante Fe, further along Route 40 into Arizona and up to Canyon de Chelly, then up through Monument Valley and up to Moab for some rafting; then west on Route 70 and down Route 89 to meet up with the rest of the Homecoming gang at Bryce Canyon...
Was it worth it?.... You're damn right it was worth it! - I'll be back for more next year!

Met some great people along the way: from the farmers in Oklahoma to the two grave-diggers in Sante Fe with tattoos up to their faces who helped me out when the starter blew, and the garagist in Sante Fe who helped me out and would not take any money for his efforts ("I'm here to help folks" were his words). Good people and good memories.

Keith Craft's engine worked like a dream. Had a couple of minor issues initially with the Mass-flo fuel injection, but we later figured out what the problem was (our fault - we were sending an electrical spike through the system and blowing the solid-state gauges on the air intake) - more on that in a later post - and it worked like a dream after that. I unreservedly recommend the Mass-flo system. Was running at around 12-13 mpg, but the system needs time to settle down and better fuel consumption should come later. Also needed to change the starter, oh, and the windscreen wipers flew off; was hit by some rocks and will have to change the windscreen; a couple of bumps in the door, starter button blew,... all petty stuff for a bona fide road trip.

I had the Tremec TKO 600 transmission with the 0.64 overdrive - my own view is that it's not the right ratio (I hardly used it on the smaller routes), and I'll prob be changing it to the standard 0.82.

Route 12 heading East then north through Utah - which we all drove together, has got to be one of the sweetest drives in the whole US of A.

My sincere thanks to Keith and Shelly Craft for their great work on the engine and transmission and for being such good people; sincere thanks to the Kirkhams (friendliness, serenity and professionalism personified), Joe and the team for taking so much trouble for organising such a wonderful trip; and to all the other Kirkham owners who made up such a varied and cool group.

CANNOT WAIT to get my KMP back to Europe

Regards to all

Michael

[Larry N Johnson]

Originally Posted by Igofastr

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Larry, I got your card, and will be sending all the pics I have (some from my Dad, too....his are the ones that are out of focus ).

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Ron,

Very nice to meet you; that Museum was awesome. Looking foreward to your pictures.

Larry

[UniPsychler]

Here's some of the better photo's I shot during this incredible event.










Enjoy!

Gregg V.

[UniPsychler]

Here's some of the photo's I shot during this incredible event.

















Enjoy!

Gregg V.