New Toys in the Sandbox
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Mike and AJ Bacon just finished installing a 3.2 liter Acura in A.J.'s car, and it ran great all week and went on many fast rides.
A.J. also demonstrated the short travel way through the dunes...
The Grossmans brought out their new car, which Chuck drove to Arizona to pick up the week before Thanksgiving.  It is a Sand Cars Unlimited four seater with an LS2 and a Sequential Mendeola.  They seemed to thoroughly enjoy it all trip.
Scott Cole (yep, John's brother and Melissa's Uncle) has been building a car at Fontan High School and brought it out for its debut trip.  It has 5.3 liter V8 and lots of aluminum work that was all done at the high school.  It worked great, and Scott is hooked.
Dean Carver mede it out on the first Sunday of the trip for the day to make his new car's first Glamis trip.  It worked well, and is really detailed.  He got up at 4 in the morning, met Scott, drove to Glamis, and went on a night ride before heading home.
Brandy Tidball spent the whole trip with a smile on his face after buying Bruno Kolbrek's old car and getting it together just in time for Thanksgiving.  We think he is hooked too...
Last but not least P.J. and Melissa were able to have their Suzuki LJ at the dunes since John hauled it out in his trailer.  It worked well, and cruised all over camp and as far as wash 17 and the vendors.