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==August 15-24, 2007: Cross-Country Trip== | ==August 15-24, 2007: Cross-Country Trip== | ||
The Rex leaves New York City around August 15th to arrive on the Playa on Friday August 24th, three days before Burning Man starts.<BR> | The Rex leaves New York City around August 15th to arrive on the Playa on Friday August 24th, three days before Burning Man starts.<BR> | ||
Cross-Country Crew: '' | Cross-Country Crew: ''Big Dawg, Junko, Friar Tuck, Deepness, KY, Wheylan, Jewels (add your name here)'' | ||
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Revision as of 19:01, 18 June 2007
August 15-24, 2007: Cross-Country Trip
The Rex leaves New York City around August 15th to arrive on the Playa on Friday August 24th, three days before Burning Man starts.
Cross-Country Crew: Big Dawg, Junko, Friar Tuck, Deepness, KY, Wheylan, Jewels (add your name here)
Licensing: Rex is register as an RV but is more than 40' long so a special driver license is required.
June-August 2007: Rex Task List
Links to Rex Google Calendar: HTML iCalendar XML (Atom - like RSS)
- May-June: Find home for Rex
- Find Home (100%)
- Negotiate Insurance (50%)
- Transport Rex to Navy Yard (0%)
- Find Home (100%)
- June-August: Rex Outfitting
- Build roof rack metal structure (0%)
- Build side speaker supports metal structure (0%)
- Open front side (0%)
- Cover roof rack with plywood (0%)
- Build DJ booth (0%)
- Paint inside (0%)
- Paint outside (0%)
- Sign Mounts (0%)
- (add item here)
- Build roof rack metal structure (0%)
- June-August: Rex Repairs
- Replace thermostat (0%)
- Check cylinder compression (0%)
- Replace thermostat (0%)
- June-August: Sound System
- Pick-up from Virginia (100%)
- Test at Geo's (0%)
- Pick-up from Virginia (100%)
- June-August: Assemble Driving Team (see above)
- August: Drivers Training (0%)
- Diesel budget (0%)
- On-road repair research (0%)
- Route Plan (0%)
Design Ideas
Inspirations: Large BM Art Cars
Outside art by Archer (Playa photo courtesy of Junko).
Roof art by AKAirways
May 16 2007
Teagan, Hot Sauce and The Eye visit the Rex in New Jersey
April 2007
The bus, soon to be named Rex, is driven from Denver to New Jersey by Ben Sparks sparkyrobot-at-gmail-dot-com. (add Ben's recommendations here)
February 2007
Geo purchases a M.A.N. SG310-Type293 articulated bus in Denver, CO