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I also wanted to add that this will be a family event. My wife will be with me and hopefully you guys can bring your wife or significant other along.

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Mike, do you know if Steve and his wife will be able to make it from the last Gathering? I'm not sure if you know them personally or not.

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Yes, Steve was one that asked bout other corvette years coming. Not sure bout wife. He didn't say. I didn't get a chance to post on CF. If you can do that I'll post here in General Postings for Houston area guys.

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Leroy1 has confirmed and if time permits Mark Horner is going to try and make it out. So, it looks like a decent get together. Looking forward to meeting some of you for the first time and seeing a couple of you again.

I'm leaving tomorrow to come on down and hang out around Blanco and Johnson City. You guys be careful in your travels and we'll see you on Sat.

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I'll get out there as soon as I can - look forward to meeting everyone.

Thanks to David for putting this together.

Regards,
Mark

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Folks from Houston:

I can meet you along the way, either Burton on US 290 or LaGrange on Tx 71. I expect 9:00 am at either town will allow an 11:00 am arrival at Salt Lick.

Let me know.

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PM Sent.

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It was great to see everyone again and meet a few new owners.

Leroy, I hated to hear of your electrical problem. I was looking forward to meeting you. What ended up being the problem? I'm guessing alternator or possibly a ground issue?

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Folks,

Sorry I missed the fun at Salt Lick. Hope you enjoyed my share of the BBQ.

The electrical problem turned out to be at what the shop manual calls the "jump start junction block". It is between the battery and the firewall, and is where a multitude of fusible links terminate on a threaded post. The retaining nut on mine had loosened and continuity to several of the circuits was lost. To remedy, I removed all the links from the post, polished the eye terminals with 80 grit, and reassembled with de-oxider paste. I tightened the nut back down as much as I dared considering the bottom of the post is set in a plastic body. A 50 mile round trip earlier today appears to prove the remedy.

Thanks to the Houston caravan for sending someone back to check on my wife and me. My Saturday worker was summoned with trailer and winch, and the only loss for the day was face and a nice lunch.

Looking forward to the next opportunity to ride and dine with you folks.

S. Lee Sikes
Burton, Texas