Hello from Prescott, Arizona

[special-K]

Hey Kurt, I see you've been here a little bit already. But welcome to the site. I saw 89A and it caught my attention. I lived for a while between Flagstaff and Sedona in Mountainaire. My girlfriend's mom lived in Prescott, so made a few trips there, including a crazy 4th of July weekend. This was 1980 I think. I've been back but not for almost 20 years. I bet things have changed. Back then mountain bikes had not caught on yet and I had a clunker I built from an old Columbia balloon tire bike with springer fork. Pretty advanced since manufactured mt bikes didn't get suspension till years later. I just found the frame in a farm dump up on a mountain and thought it was interesting. Then found out about Clunkers in Marin County and Crested Butte, searched out parts, fabbed a little and ended up with a trick little bike for riding in that wonderful area.
I enjoyed reading your "tales of truck" as well as seeing the pictures. sorry for the rambling, your thread hit a nostalgic nerve.

[89AKurt]

Originally Posted by special-K

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I enjoyed reading your "tales of truck" as well as seeing the pictures. sorry for the rambling, your thread hit a nostalgic nerve.

Thanks for the comment! When I needed to come up with an alias when I joined a MINI Cooper forum (same template as this site), I thought "where would I rather be than in front of this computer? Driving 89A over to Jerome!" I like how its tumbles over the tongue too, and when one searches names, it's near the top with the #.

No apology needed, enjoy your story. Yes, Prescott has changed, been Californicated. But it's still an awesome place to live. Stay tuned, plan to really go nostalgic with Route 66 stuff.

[89AKurt]

Installed the missing mirror!

[89AKurt]

Differential check. Seeing so much crud on the axle, I figured it was a good idea to check it. Good thing, it was about a pint low, with lots of metal specks in the black oil.


I brought the cover up to Pebble Beach concours standards, painted with black primer. LOL


I then removed about 5 pounds of crap off the axle, so it should handle much better. Don't think this had been worked on for decades.

[89AKurt]

Amateur Hour continued......
The brake reservoir was getting out of hand, making a mess.....


Much better, NAPA made in Taiwan.


Scary looking vintage rubber hoses had to go!


Not so scary looking.


Got a month's worth of swearing done, while taking about two hours to fix the last fitting, had to undo the exhaust to gain enough access. Murphy's Law always rears it's ugly head for me.