Texas Manx Club

by **GregR** » 19 Fri Jan, 2007 2:25 pm

Too quiet on the board so I thought I'd ask that question.
Ever do something you've looked back on and thought, "What was I thinking!" You know, something like try to jump a 2 lane highway in your rail and have a car pass under you as you flew over the highway....
Just wondering..... 8-)

by **David O'** » 19 Fri Jan, 2007 4:26 pm

I can't wait to hear these replies!

by **Buggy1** » 19 Fri Jan, 2007 4:48 pm

I once got into a race with steve murray in my buggy against a 56 chevy. We were running down this road in east dallas out mesquite way and the service road was just ahead with a bridge going over I 20. When we both got to the service road it abruply rose several feet then rose again to the bridge. The chevy tried to cut us off only to find we were going over his hood at the time! I would never do that again, did not plan to do that the first time. I was scared and murray pied his paints.

Neal

by **Aquabuggy** » 19 Fri Jan, 2007 10:19 pm

I let my wife drive, Now thats what ya call living on the edge :lol:

by **Bill K** » 20 Sat Jan, 2007 12:50 am

Chris, I thought that was called "Having to build a second dune buggy"

by **blackthree4me** » 20 Sat Jan, 2007 4:20 pm

after winning the BOS at Buggy blast IV
while on the cruze I almost put it in the ditch face first
we were going around a corner and I laid off in it,
it got totaly sideways :twisted:

as we were looking at the ditch thats when I thought this cant be good :shock:

she snaped back around and all was better
later on david F who was behinde me at the time
got a good laugh he told me
ya know I dont think I have ever driven my car quite that hard

I laughed and said you should it sure is fun
considering he wasent pulling me out of the ditch :roll:

blackthree4me

by **Patrick** » 21 Sun Jan, 2007 4:27 am

Delete

by **MURZ** » 21 Sun Jan, 2007 10:40 am

I put it on a trailer and drug it to Alabama to trade it for a 62 convertible :roll:

by **Faron** » 21 Sun Jan, 2007 11:04 pm

I keep thinking that I will finish it someday! :roll:

by **David O'** » 22 Mon Jan, 2007 10:02 am

I remember from the past when I had a rail that I had and working on finishing. The wife wanted to go for a ride, as she had watched me jumping the thing up the 3 foot ditch in front of the house. (old house)
So I put the passenger seat in place, got interupted (three kids) and then told her it was ready for her to go.
The rail and I went one way up and over the ditch, flying in a perfect arc, when I looked at her to see her reation, I saw her (still seated in the seat), going the other way, in a perfect arc.....still seated in the seat, and calling me all kinds of names, before she landed on the ground,...... still seated. I think the part that I remember the best, was she didn't loose any of her "ladyness" as she still had her skirt under control and didn't flash anyone. It seams that I forgot to put the nuts on the bolts to hold the seat in place!
It took a while for me to quit hearing about the experience....and she had me sell the rail! Yep, you can ask her about this the next time you get to meet her!

by **BuggymanJohn** » 23 Tue Jan, 2007 12:26 am

Welllll, JD Davis insisted that Loretta and I test drive his sand rail 'SPIRIT' one day. Lor had on a dress and was reluctant but finally agreed. She got into the car in a most femenine way as I proceeded to remove the steering wheel with the guick coupling and get in. We were out the drive and onto the hwy in a flash. Thru the gears and up to speed. We cruised on a few mins. and I felt the steering wheel loose. I pulled up to check the coupling lock and the wheel came off. We are doing about 50 and every time I put the wheel on to line up the coupling...the quick reacting frontend tries to go left or right. What to do? I try the brakes and as all vw's do..it went toward the ditch. That won't work..I look up to see an 18wheeler coming at me. Yep, you guessed it..Lor has now figured out what is going on and is letting me have it..both barrels. I drop the wheel and grab the steering shaft with both hands and keep the car in my lane. We are now slowing down to a crawl so I try the brakes again.Wrrroong..we pull right again and now we are headed towards a mailbox. I steer away from it and pull to a stop, reinstall the wheel correctly this time. Upon our return, Lor jumped out of the car without regards to the dress or the crowd gathered around. It made for some tall explaining on my part as to why I never got the wheel locked on right the first time. So please gain from my story...quick connect steering wheels are great when installed correctly. Keep that smile and have a great day.

by **carlos del carpio** » 23 Tue Jan, 2007 4:34 am

it's still not finished.. the most bizzare thing I've done is sit in it and pretend I was driving down the street.... :oops:

by **David O'** » 23 Tue Jan, 2007 6:36 pm

This is another one about Neal, I was being taken for a ride is a rail that he had....same one that rolled upside down into the cow pond....with him expounding upon the total greatness of the thing. This was way back when people wore bell bottomed pants, and Neal was always more "stylish" than me, so that is what he was wearing. Right in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a four lane open road, in town, a bumble bee flew right up his pants leg and lodged "near the seam of his pants".
The rail came to a REALLY quick stop in the field beside the road and he jumps out of the thing.....and starts stripping off his pants. He was jumping around like a hand full of pop corn in a frying pan, and dancing with the wolves (LOL).
This was not a pretty picture.......Neal without pants flashing everyone on the road as they looked in horror "at the guy loosing his mind" beside the road.
Now I'm telling this because he toned down the first post about jumping the car. He can't dilute this one..... I was there. I couldn't help him I don't think I could have caught him! LOL. But most of all, I couldn't quit laughing!
Yes, rails are a great thing........until a bumble bee flies up your pants!

by **GregR** » 23 Tue Jan, 2007 8:27 pm

during the first club run, the day before one of the Ennis shows, about 14 of us were cruising the back roads East of Ennis. Well Neal and I were in front, I was driving and we went through a herd, gaggle, flock, boatload of the biggest grasshopers I think I'd ever seen. Now I don't like grasshoppers, nope, not even a little bit (except for target practive

)
I don't think Neal knew what was going on...I was doin' the dance in the buggy and everyone behind must have wonder if we were going to cut through the pasture.....

by **Patrick** » 24 Wed Jan, 2007 4:18 am

First buggy blast!! Raining and the cruise. Still don't know who it was and never saw them again. They were doing donuts in the parking lot in a rail. I remember Lori and I was in front of them coming around a curve. I think David was in his rail or it was Frank in his blue buggy. I can't remember that far back. That rail came around the corner and almost slammed in the back of us as they were goofing off. The buggy behind them almost hit them I think and they ended up in the ditch sideways I think. I remember thinking I was about to loose my nice chromed out engine in the back of the manx and we were about to have two dead people to pull out of a ditch.

Talking about rails. The First Beach Cruise down in Port A that Lori and I started with the late and great John Holmes was really fun. I remember thinking about getting a rail at one time. David took us for a spin in his.

by **David Head** » 24 Wed Jan, 2007 1:00 pm

These are all great, Patrick, it must have been Frank in the blue rail, I remember the story about the spin out. but I didn't see it.

The Port A trip was great also. I did learn one thing on that beach drive, Only make right hand turns. That way the passenger gets the blunt of the sand.

I too had a bug fly up my shorts while driving the rail. It is amazing how fast you can get stopped and get your pants pulled down. I was luck, I was on a country road with no on-lookers.

by **David O'** » 24 Wed Jan, 2007 4:06 pm

Not to change the subject, just wait till you here some of the stupid things I've done remodeling the house. (Like why Neal calls me the Hammer!)
I'm no different than anyone else!

by **GregR** » 24 Wed Jan, 2007 4:58 pm

I'm sure it's nothing a little....maybe a lot...of caulk can't fix..... ;-)

by **David O'** » 24 Wed Jan, 2007 5:45 pm

yeah, except calk don't work on your head! :lol:

by **blackthree4me** » 25 Thu Jan, 2007 1:09 pm

oh yah why do the call it PLASTIC surgery then
LOL (Knee slap)

by **David O'** » 25 Thu Jan, 2007 10:52 pm

Now that was HURTFUL!!! :lol:

Actually, I was moving the ladder (12 ft) and forgot that I laid the hammer on the top of the ladder....yep, you guessed it.....hammer fell off of the ladder, and the claws hit me in the forehead, So I'm dazed, walking around in a circle over and over, trying my best NOT to put the thing through the front windows. (AKA Dances with ladder!) Almost lost control of the ladder, it banged against the front of the house, I drop to my knees and realize that I'm "leaking" (no, the red stuff) and my head hurts like $%#$$!
Get inside the house to wash this off and the wife asked if I'm through with the painting for the day......oh yea I am!
She comes in and lookes at me and I got another lecture about how I'm going to kill myself one of these days. Neal comes over the next day and takes one look at me and starts singing "If I had a hammer"!
I tell you, I had soooo much moral support, I just couldn't hardly stand it! :lol:

BTW, I still haven't finished the front painting job.........fear I guess!

by **staggerwing** » 26 Fri Jan, 2007 9:37 am

Okay okay, David wins!
I'd really like to here you tell that story in person after a few beers!
I'd love to share a similar story, but it's not buggy related.

by **David O'** » 26 Fri Jan, 2007 11:04 am

Don't drink.....probably because I'm dangeroous without help! LOL!
But when we get the chance, I'll toss down a few chacolate milks, and we'll just let it fly! I've got a million of them from my PHD in life! :lol:

by **madmike** » 28 Sun Jan, 2007 3:49 pm

Back in about 1975 my best man and I decide to take the buggy out in the worst blizzard( a 1964 pan with a muffler tube roll cage) We've been into the pepermint snapps hung in a bota bag on the roll bar :shock:

so were cruisin the neiborhood and the cop started to chase us(yep only had one back then) we ditched him in short order, and we stoped the cop drove by and didn't see us?? or hear the open T-pee pipe??? so my bud said follow him,so we did :lol:

He was slow we weren't feeling no pain,so we headed home and threw a bunch of snow to hide it,never did get caught 8-)

by **David O'** » 10 Sat Feb, 2007 7:58 pm

LOL!!!!!!!!!! I'm almost AFRAID to ask what a bota bag is and why it was hanging from the roll cage......I'm sure by the time you got the snow on the rail, and were not feeling any pain, it must have looked like a (hmmm) hanging over extended, deflated balloon! :lol: