Tedfest 2012

pstl_pete · Post by **pstl_pete** » Jun 30, 2012 1:21 PM

I couldnt stay long since I'm headed to cottage country but I got to check out the show for about and hour and there were some AMAZING cars there. I took some photos which Ill post when I get back.

oldskool · Post by **oldskool** » Jun 30, 2012 10:40 PM

Moar????? m0aRsssssssssss!

jakeb · Post by **jakeb** » Jul 01, 2012 1:07 AM

oldskool wrote:Moar????? m0aRsssssssssss!

Do you really need more?

davintosh · Post by **davintosh** » Jul 01, 2012 7:54 AM

Um, excuse me; it's almost 8 am of the day following TedFest. You fellas have had plenty of time to upload your photos. I suppose your excuse is that you've been sleeping off all that beer.

In all seriousness, pics please.

jakeb · Post by **jakeb** » Jul 01, 2012 8:10 AM

Here are mine....I should have taken more but I was too busy yapping and laughing.

https://picasaweb.google.com/classicdailynet/Tedfest

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Jul 01, 2012 10:33 AM

DUKE OUT!

Thanks Ted for a fantastic show. I feel I am a bit of a car show expert and TedFest is one of the best I have been too.

Great seeing and meeting lots of E28 fiends! See, I am not such a dick in person.

Roy, take care of that back.

Kalamazoo of bust!

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jul 01, 2012 11:12 AM

jakeb wrote:Here are mine....I should have taken more but I was too busy yapping and laughing.

https://picasaweb.google.com/classicdailynet/Tedfest

What!!! No LS1 pics.

Jake D · Post by **Jake D** » Jul 01, 2012 11:45 AM

Lots of very cool cars!
I love that "bronze" e12 sooooooooooooo much.

davintosh · Post by **davintosh** » Jul 01, 2012 12:06 PM

jakeb wrote:Here are mine....I should have taken more but I was too busy yapping and laughing.

https://picasaweb.google.com/classicdailynet/Tedfest

Nice job, Jake! Thanks for getting them up so quickly.

C.R. Krieger · Post by **C.R. Krieger** » Jul 01, 2012 1:05 PM

Duke wrote:DUKE OUT!

See, I am not such a dick in person.

Apparently, you're forgetting that some of us have met you ...

Mark in Toronto · Post by **Mark in Toronto** » Jul 01, 2012 1:54 PM

C.R. Krieger wrote:
Duke wrote:DUKE OUT!

See, I am not such a dick in person.
Apparently, you're forgetting that some of us have met you ...

....

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Jul 01, 2012 5:24 PM

Made it to Kalamazoo. Got 17 MPG!........ and the car ran perfect. Did not demonstrate any of the rich bucking issue. You got me, no idea????????

600 more miles tomorrow.

Will drop the primary jets a size are two tonight as I was running 12.5-13 at cruise. Want to see 13-14 AFRs.

Kickin back with the cruise control on......its a dry heat for sure.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jul 01, 2012 5:35 PM

Downhill?

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Jul 01, 2012 5:45 PM

1st 5er wrote:Downhill?

For hours. Have a Audiovox cruise control installed.

jakeb · Post by **jakeb** » Jul 01, 2012 5:58 PM

We made it back around 4pm. Smooth sailing other than my left arm is a bit sun burned

Thanks again Ted for putting this all together. My voice is sore from all the good chatter. Looking forward to next year.

I think Adam was checking the time on his fancy watch about every 10minutes on the way home.

I didn't take any pictures of my own car.....excited to what other ppl took photos of.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jul 01, 2012 6:02 PM

Drove from here to Colorado Springs with an empty trailer and
got improved mpg, just over 2, on the way home with a car on the trailer.

RoyW · Post by **RoyW** » Jul 01, 2012 10:11 PM

I know I'm a little late to the party here with comments and updates, seeing as I have already arrived back home from TedFest about an hour ago (9 hour drive) and I didn't provide any input before leaving, or while in transit, or while at TedFest, but I do have a good excuse

Screwed up my back on Wednesday morning, spent the next 30 hours on and off the ice draped across an ottoman, had lots of drugs, and, despite telling Ted I probably wasn't going to make it, things felt well enough to drive on Friday morning ... and those good drugs did take the edge off

So, long story short I made it... driving the e61 Touring (nice and comfy!!)

Anyway, I wasn't much help to Ted and the team, and spent most of the time sitting in a chair... but, Tedfest was a outstanding event... record number of cars and attendees!!

Congrats and thanks to Ted, his family, and those sponsors, and "locals" (you know who you are

) that made it such a special weekend. Great people, great cars, beautiful venue, nice prizes, good food, lots of beer... but the stories, discussions, comradeship, meeting lots of old friends, new friends, etc. was extraordinary!!

Thanks Ted and it was great seeing everyone... next year I'll even bring a car worthy of putting on the field

-RoyW

P.S. Hope you have a safe and trouble-free 2nd day of driving Duke.... the Tiger looked and sounded terrific! And, to all my Canadian friends... you guys are the best!!

Son of a · Post by **Son of a** » Jul 01, 2012 10:43 PM

Dad's here at his midway point, and has been since about 9.

Would've been in earlier, but he blew out the rear driveshaft u-joint and felt compelled to limp it in the final 7-8 miles to my place. He'll be under way tomorrow in 4W-high, sticking to A-roads and below. Front-wheel driving the Ranger with most of an M30 driveline in the back should be a good time.

He has nothing but good things to say about Tedfest. I'm sure he'll chime later when he finally gets in tomorrow for real.

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jul 02, 2012 9:25 AM

Son of a wrote: He'll be under way tomorrow in 4W-high, sticking to A-roads and below. Front-wheel driving the Ranger ...

Gotta love it...

Where there's a will, there's a way.

adrian in florida · Post by **adrian in florida** » Jul 02, 2012 9:41 AM

1st 5er wrote:
Son of a wrote: He'll be under way tomorrow in 4W-high, sticking to A-roads and below. Front-wheel driving the Ranger ...
Gotta love it...

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Hey guys, I cant wait to see what you guys do with the engine!!!

Sounds like tedfest keeps getting better!

I wish I could have made it this year, especially since Duke was there but it wasnt in the cards.

davintosh · Post by **davintosh** » Jul 02, 2012 10:03 AM

Son of a wrote:Dad's here at his midway point, and has been since about 9.

Would've been in earlier, but he blew out the rear driveshaft u-joint and felt compelled to limp it in the final 7-8 miles to my place. He'll be under way tomorrow in 4W-high, sticking to A-roads and below. Front-wheel driving the Ranger with most of an M30 driveline in the back should be a good time.

He has nothing but good things to say about Tedfest. I'm sure he'll chime later when he finally gets in tomorrow for real.

That's awesome; totally sounds like something my dad would've done! Go Andy!

Mark in Toronto · Post by **Mark in Toronto** » Jul 02, 2012 10:18 AM

adrian in florida wrote:
1st 5er wrote:
Son of a wrote: He'll be under way tomorrow in 4W-high, sticking to A-roads and below. Front-wheel driving the Ranger ...
Gotta love it...

Where there's a will, there's a way.
Hey guys, I cant wait to see what you guys do with the engine!!!

Sounds like tedfest keeps getting better!

I wish I could have made it this year, especially since Duke was there but it wasnt in the cards.

Not in the cards at this end as well. My wife and I are in Eastern Ontario touring the back roads and snowmobile trails on our dual purpose motorcycles.

Sia's M30 from his e28 525 in the back of Andy's Ranger at the Festival is priceless.

And yes, the Festival is a top notch grass show\bbq event...

Son of a · Post by **Son of a** » Jul 02, 2012 11:42 AM

1st 5er wrote:
Son of a wrote: He'll be under way tomorrow in 4W-high, sticking to A-roads and below. Front-wheel driving the Ranger ...
Gotta love it...

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Dad is back underway. Left around 8:45. Rear driveshaft is totally toast. One of the rear yokes was visibly split (the side that spit the cap). Rather than wait to get a good used shaft, and replace it here today, he hit the road in his front-wheel pickup.

We Google mapped a 170 mile trip with an average anticipated speed of 34 mph. He even had a twisty section over two ridges and through two gorges in his first 60 miles. Hopefully he's somewhere SE of Worcester by now.

He should be home mid-afternoon.

adrian in florida wrote:Hey guys, I cant wait to see what you guys do with the engine!!!

We have a plan to create a unique e28. I just need to keep Dad motivated on task, get him to break into his parts horde, and see if I can see Sia's records to see just what has been done to the motor.

Think that driveline, a lightweight flywheel, G265/6, convert the L-Jet to M1.3 (probably using M20 engine management), vacuum-boost brakes, BBK, etc. So begins the long search for a good (cheap) shell.

Rust-free SuperEta with a dead/dying engine would be ideal.

Mark in Toronto · Post by **Mark in Toronto** » Jul 02, 2012 12:02 PM

Sia did tweek a few things but it's my understanding the motor is out of the box stock. Hell, drop that mill into an e30, now that would be cool.

jakeb · Post by **jakeb** » Jul 02, 2012 12:27 PM

Another pic to add...man this bread is good.

RoyW · Post by **RoyW** » Jul 02, 2012 3:25 PM

jakeb wrote:Another pic to add...man this bread is good.

Agreed... it's awesome. I already had toast last night, toast this morning, and then a sandwich at lunch...anything to use that bread

-RoyW

P.S. Hey Mark... go start your own thread!!

a · Post by a » Jul 02, 2012 3:45 PM

Coasted in about 3:20. Truck Would only move in 4 low , used, 3rd, 4 th, 5 th and neutral as much as possible. Kept Rpm below 4000 Slow drive. Tedfest was great

mooseheadm5 · Post by **mooseheadm5** » Jul 02, 2012 4:23 PM

I hope everyone had fun! I had planned to go but couldn't make it. I also planned to email Ted a gift cert to give away, but that nasty storm decided to take out the internet all through VA. No internet at home, no phone, none at work till this afternoon.

Mark in Toronto · Post by **Mark in Toronto** » Jul 02, 2012 4:47 PM

RoyW wrote: P.S. Hey Mark... go start your own thread!!

It's cool, just a short detour Roy. I'm a really big fan of Dave's bread as well. And it's good to hear that Andy made it home!

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Jul 02, 2012 6:40 PM

Made it................HOT HOT HOT..........need a beer.

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Tedfest 2012