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Official Thread for the 2009 - 6th Annual SOA National Scramble

Wow! That was fun. Major kudos to the event committee for all of your hard work.:bow:

As expected, now momma wants lockers and more ground clearance for Shiny but Rough. I wanted to build a daily driver for maximum utility. I think it worked pretty well off road except for one noted high-centered situation (special thanks to Brad from the Arkansas Crawlers and Warn for getting us out of that pickle). I fear an infectious case of inchitis is possible if I don't nip this in the bud. Sam has his red one that she can ride shot gun in when she needs a little more drama. After all, we bought Shiny but Rough so we could follow the kid around in his, not to replicate his. He was really busted up that he couldn't come this year.

It was great seeing old friends like Gary & Debbie and meeting new ones like Peter and Susan. Of course, a special thanks is in order to Toby and TD for letting us deadhead home with them, Riding in the Super Duty sure beat another 681 miles with the heater on.

Already looking forward to next year's event. Hopefully in about 15 months, hint, hint. I know a fall event has logistical problems, but I really don't do well in the heat.

Again, thanks to all involved in the planning and execution of the event. Well done.
 
Well I made it back home OK, but found that my computer crashed. I sure hammered my scrambler hard for 3 days and it seemed to hold up pretty good with the exception of the front spring bushings. Beat the right side out first day, then the left side the second day, and ran the third day without any. It seemed to flex pretty decent, but found that I need more mods. Here's a few pics thanks to Pat Riley for taking them for me.
 
Don, Your Scrambler does our SOA group and our nation PROUD!

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Thanks again for allowing me to ride shotgun along with you on Friday.

Mark Wells
 
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Don,
I know what springs are going to go on it thanks to Pat, but what springs are on it now?

Purdy good flex already.
 
CJ8LVR said:
Don,
I know what springs are going to go on it thanks to Pat, but what springs are on it now?

Purdy good flex already.
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Beleive it or not but they are stock with 2" add a leafs.:o

Don
 
Great nationals

Well I have another National event under my belt, and had a GREAT time. We're lucky to have the best of the best in the SOA. Got to meet some more super nice people, and see some that I haven't seen for a while. For those who weren't to make it this year, you sure missed a great time, and some super wheeling. Maybe next year.

Don
 
Sure Don rub it in!!;)

Seriously though looks like ALL had a great time, wish things could have worked out differently, but we did go to the St Louis zoo with the kids on the 18th, & the 2yo didn't fair well with the heat, & that was only 1-day outside, so I think it all worked out for the best for us this year, I'd imagine she would NOT have been up for the whole 4days outside, maybe next year!

This year WAS the closest I've ever came though so it was somewhat progressive:o

looking forward to the pics Jake, no hurry though, I know how much you'll have to do first, just looking forward to them, as I'm sure they will be great as usual!!
 
Maybe YOU didn't make it, but those tires you sold me did, and they did just fine. See you next time maybe.:wave:
 
it was great seeing everyone and had a lot of fun. maybe next year i can get my rig in better shape. i appreciate everyone help getting my jeep rolling again. I had small electric fire, busted lock outs, broken motor mounts and almost layed it on its side, luckily a tree stump hit my door and put my wheels back on the ground. most of my problems were from the carb had to keep rpms high so it wouldnt flood witch caused too much wheel spin. I hope to have that fixed soon.
 
Teaser Pictures....

I've been going through pictures last night and tonight after work and thought I'd at the very least get some teaser shots up here for you guys to enjoy...

These were some of my favorite shots that I got through the course of 3 days and 1,400 photographs:

Thank goodness for that rear bumper huh Shaun?
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Group shot came out pretty good I think:
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Aaron's and the Charity 8 striking a pose:
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ArkansasCrawler coming up Ingrid's Revenge:
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Tommy flexing it out a little:
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Ken Adams nearing the summit:
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Leaving the Greep better than we found it:
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I just resized those so if you just opened the thread, refresh and they'll fit your screen a little better.

I'll work on more tomorrow night.
Gotta hit the sack.
 
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