NorCal

[CoastGuardZ]

Howdy!

There is a chance that I will be in Norther California in Late Jan. possibly until March. Somewhere between 12 and 52 days. There is a Coast Guard Traing Center in Petaluma, near the Santa Rosa area. My transportation will be limited, but I maybe renting a car every so often, of course if they let me take my truck I'll do that instead (this is unlikely).

Basically I just wanted to see who is in the area and if they know of any events going on during that time frame. You could look at this way, If you need another set of hands while working on your Z, I'm free labor!

Nate

[Bambikiller240]

I am in the East Bay area of San Francisco Bay area. Probably about 70 miles or so from Petaluma. I don't know anything going on related to Z's in that timeframe. It's our wet/cold season, and nothing much happens related to cars.

[Ed]

Come on Carl,

"Free Labor" how can you pass that up? I see, oil change, valve adj., tires rotated and didn't you need to change the gasket on your oil pan?

[Bambikiller240]

Originally posted by Ed

Come on Carl,

"Free Labor" how can you pass that up? I see, oil change, valve adj., tires rotated and didn't you need to change the gasket on your oil pan?

Hi Ed:

CoastguardZ is welcome to stop by and visit. I need my hood installed (hope it's already done by then though) and we could B.S. about cars, I just meant that there isn't any organized car stuff going on from Jan to Mar. I can always come up with a project to share with a guest! The list is long.

[CoastGuardZ]

Sweet,

i'm all about bs'ing about cars! I'm serious too, if you've got any project I'll definetly lend a hand. You see, our training center isn't actually in Petaluma... it's outside of town in the middle of nowhere surronded by cow patures and chicken farms...yaaaa! So I'll definetly be looking to get out of there! So what do you need polished? It's always a blast to take all the wheels off and clean the road gunk and brake dust off the backs of the rims!

Nate

[Bambikiller240]

OK, Keep in touch and we can get together for a pint or ??? I work funky days, Mon, Tues, Fri and Sat. Though my schedule may change by then.

I might be able to come up with a cold/wet weather project too.

Carl

[CoastGuardZ]

Hey Carl,

I fly in to SFO Monday afternoon and will be going directly to the base in Petaluma. As it stands now I plan to rent a car on Friday or Saturday to keep for the weekend so if we can get together for some wrench turning, bs'ing and/or a pint or so that would be great! You can PM me a number and the best time to get a hold of you and I'll give you a call. Hope to hear from you.

Nate

[Bambikiller240]

Nate, Check yur PM

[owenk]

You will not be far from Sears Point Race way now called Infineon Raceway. http://www.searspoint.com/

If you have never been to CA and you have days off you may want to check out Lake Tahoe.

[CoastGuardZ]

owenk

I was in California back in 98 for about 5 months. While I was there I managed to make it out to Sears Pointe for the Annual Good Guys car club show and drag race. A lot of beautiful american iron there... too bad no Z's I'm only going to be in town for 12 days but if I get a chance I'm going to try and do a little snowboarding in the mountains. Last time I went to tahoe and when I got there I'm like heck might as well check out Reno too. Had a great time at both!

Take it easy,

Nate

[ZmeFly]

If you take some money with you there would be a good time to find that special Z you have been looking for and for the right price as well.

[CoastGuardZ]

Great idea but i'm only alloted so many days for travel and reservations have already been made... I thought about it before too! If I don't have one by years end then I'll be taking a road trip out that way.

Nate