2009 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

It has been a really weird summer - weather wise and barn activity wise. The weather has been very odd. We still have Spring like conditions at the barn. There is no shortage of mud and water in Hammond...The mosquito and black fly forces are not in short supply but for some reason they seem to have learned to swim.

The first part of our "summer" was taken up with the recovery of more than a few CMPs -three HUP frames/cabs and one HUP body for me, Bob and Grant also "scored" some CMP frames of which they will regale the forum with tales of conquest and daring do... Here is a shot of a frame that mysteriously appeared over the past few weeks:




I finally got some time at the barn last weekend. I decided to swap out the front shocks on the 45 HUP. The "new" shocks have a greater curve on the arms and match those seen on other 45s. So, off came the old shocks with relative ease - cue nefarious musical intro...

I mounted one of the new shocks and everything went very well until I tried to fit the down links. With the shock arm in the full down position (which is near horizontal) I attached the top of the down link and noticed a small gap at the bottom end (at least one inch).





I will weigh my options, but it looks like I will remount the "old" shocks unless I find a 10 1/4 in down link...

In other news: Unfortunately, BB will not happen this year. Given the current economic situation and our less than synchronized schedules, it was felt that we should postpone until things settle down. That being said, we will have a summer Gracies call - more to follow on that.