First and Second are Missing

Well, here I thought Nellie would be fixed with just a few turns of the clutch adjustment wingnut, but the problem looks to be a bit more complicated.

I worked on the linkage for just a few minutes, and found some loose spots, but to no avail. I suppose this will just have to wait until after my next trip. Let's just say you need 1st and 2nd gear are pretty important in Redding - considering the amount of hill-stops. Starting out in 3rd was getting to be a little nerve-racking.

Enter Nellie - my 65 VW Bus

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Nellie is what I named my 1965 VW Bus sometime in the first year I owned her - 1988. Why Nellie? Just seemed good at the time. She isn't very fast, probably 55-60 hp - I can get her going 60mph on a flat freeway with no wind. I have another blog - Gate 87A - where I share about my travels around the US. My work takes me all over the country visiting universities and banks with regards to higher education lending. With this blog, I will share the "Great Adventures" of Nellie while I am at home in Northern California.

Here is a picture of my precious:

I am looking forward to sharing about her adventures - every time I take her out - it is an adventure. Like the one we had today:

Mrs. Smith and I were out and about at 7am this morning touring the city for great finds TheSmithHotel. We did fill up Nellie's appetite with a desk, glass-paned door, large baskets, a night stand, and many other wonderful objects with creepy spiders on them. We got some fuel - which Nellie liked. Then on our way home, she started acting up while shifting into 2nd gear. Not sure what happened with that adjustment, but we did make it home, and after she cooled down from a hard morning's work, I was able to adjust the clutch a bit so she would begin shifting again with no problems.

It just goes to show that you never know what the next great adventure will be. Stay tuned for more of Nellie's Great Adventure...