Long day with travel. About to go to bed. Tomorrow is the big day! We will be getting an early start to finalize the car. <John>

well we got into town, went through tech, got to the hotel, and now are at dinner. So far so good. <John>

At tech, originally uploaded by johnhuebbe.

Got the car tech'd and ready to go!

Almost there. About 15 miles away. The country side looks great. Remindes me of the area around penn. with stpr <John>

Almost there. About 15 miles away. The country side looks great. Remindes me of the area around penn. with stpr <John>

we just passed into west virginia. 180 miles to go.

Stopped for gas and lunch – http://snaptweet.com/b65e8

Stopped for gas and lunch, originally uploaded by johnhuebbe.

We are over half way to the rally! Quick stop for gas and some lunch.

On the road – http://snaptweet.com/b1dd1

Breakfast break, originally uploaded by johnhuebbe.

Stopped for some food

Car on trailer. – http://snaptweet.com/e163a

Truck is loaded., originally uploaded by johnhuebbe.

We loaded up the truck tonight and are ready to go in the morning.

Rally West Virginia here we come!

Well… Mark, Terec (friend that is going to help crew for us), and I leave for West Virginia tomorrow morning. We have the car about 99% done. There are always things that seem to slip by, but for the most part everything is complete.

I’m going to try something new. I have configured the website (www.321govideo.com/rallybug)  to interact with Twitter and Flickr so I can send in updates from my phone. Most of my recent posts have used this new method and it seems to be working out great. So, with that said, as long as i can get out a text message from my cell phone, I’ll be sending in updates as the rally progresses. Pretty cool, huh?

So, if you want to follow the progress of the team, just visit this site every so often from Thursday July 31 – Saturday August 2. You can also visit the Twitter and Flickr pages directly.

• http://twitter.com/rallybug
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/29055278@N06/

Mark finished up with the car last night while i went out and bought last minute items (tools, food, impact wrench…) next stop wv!

Mark putting the finishing touches on the car. – http://snaptweet.com/3d4f5

Mark putting the finishing touches on the car., originally uploaded by johnhuebbe.

Mark is working hard on the car to get it ready.

Mike H. Has graciously allowed mark and i to borrow his trailer to tow the bug to rally wv. Thanks mike! We pick it up tomorrow. <Joh …

 Hopefully we look this good at the rally!

Our dad came over last night to help me install a new truck hitch. It took longer than expected… Seems to always happen <John>

You have new Picture Mail! – http://snaptweet.com/b755a

Our goal! – http://snaptweet.com/0b5ac

Mark finished up the scissor jack mount and modified it to allow it to lift the car with the cordless impact. Cool… Only 2 days to left!

We got the car tuned this past weekend. Somehow we lost power since the last time But the good news is our A/F ratio is better <J …

Mark and i are putting the finishing touches on the rally bug for the up coming rally west virginia this weekend. <John>

I’m getting real excited wIth only one week to go before the rally.  We have finished most all of the prep work for the Bug, but there are a few items that we still need to get done.  John ran a 2nd speed sensor probe to the right front wheel, so in case of failure we have a backup sensor for the rally computer.  I will need to weld on a steel tab to the front hub so the probe can be mounted.  I also need to fabricate some new mud flaps and a new mounting system.  The old ones were a pain in the butt to take on/off and it would help if they were easier to service.

I also hope to go get the car dyno tuned so our MPG is a bit better.  There are some long legs to Rally WV and we need to make sure we don’t run out of gas.