Last Friday I managed to get up at 4am and head out on the road trip to pick up the seats. I met up with Adam (formerly Metalsoul), KC (aka KC), Darren (dspulv1) and Brian (BCalis) before heading back to NY. Glad to have met all the great forum members and get a peek at their cars. The real downer was that I didn't get out of the DC/MD area until 5pm on that day and hit Rush Hour, which should be named 3 Hour Parking!
The trip started out before dawn on Friday and a quick trip to the office to check emails and send out messages that I was indeed heading out. The weather was pretty good until the PA border and then lots of wet snow, school closings and all that.
I pushed through to NJ and tried to confirm my first pick up in South Orange, NJ but the parts were not there. On to Metalsoul's shop in Lamberville! The GPS that hates me was working pretty well. I arrived at the shop and waited for Adam to show so I could pick up the parts for Brian in MD. Here's a shot of the shop yard.
From there I travelled to KC's place outside of Baltimore to pick some parts and see his collection. I managed to bag a box of E21 hoses, an IS wheel, and some other bits. Then it was onto Chevy Chase to drop off the seats, hood and front valance for Brian and get my new Recaro seats and rear bench! The back of the van would start getting a bit crowed, but that is okay...
I arrived at Darren's and saw the Henna 320i in the driveway (ain't it nice to be able to spot fellow Legion members that way?).
By the time I left it was after 5pm and the dreaded traffic kept me in MD for nearly 3 hours!!!! Yuck!
Glad to be back home and this will be the last trip for a while! I'll post pics of the seats once I have shots of them. I can't believe I didn't take pictures of them.....
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