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Ready to leave South Spruce Pine NC heading to the Blue Ridge Parkway
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The 2016 Pinto Stampede is over.Every one made it home without issue.
Entering the Cumberland Gap
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Driving the Diamond Back near Little Switzerland NC
Back in 1976 and 1977 I belonged to a sports car club in upstate NY . We did Rallies like this every third Sunday year round. It was a lot of fun!
I too went out for one last drive Sunday. Wanted to make 11,000 before the snow came. Started out at 170,000 finished at 181,000!
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Had a great time with the cars in 2015 so far. Yea not quite done driving the Cruising Wagon, Forecast Sunday thru Wednesday looks Great! So far 2,000 miles on the 93 Mustang Convertible, in storage now, and 10,465 on the Pinto! Started in April did the Spring and Fall Jefferson. May, a surprise visit for my Mom on mothers day weekend, Utica NY, a 2,300 mile trip. June Show in Verona with the II’s. Then Fathers Day in Detroit at Eyeson Design car show at the Edsel Ford Estate. For sure one of the top , if not the top, shows I’ve done since I’ve started in the hobby 7 years ago. Not sure what next years theme will be , but I will keep you posted. The end of July , the Pinto Stampede, Elizabethtown Ky to Springfield Il. August the Openair Classic held this year in Ashland Wi. 4 days 208 Convertibles 416+ people! September the Beloit Auto Rama , nearly 1,200 cars! October 17th Jasper Alabama, 25th Halloween Car show Batavia IL . Cruise nights Fort Atkinson, Albion, Gus’s , and QSL Middleton. And many miles in between. in January I will do a little maintenance and get ready for next year.
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A photo my Brother shared with me on Mothers’s Day of his 1974 Ford E100 Van taken in 1978 in the Florida Keys
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My Junior High in New Hartford Ny
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The II’s in Verona
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No major problems. A few leaks that I plan to address in the off season. One upgrade I’d like to do is add an overdrive transmission. Or at the least a higher rear end ratio.
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I got back late last night from Alabama. We got invited by a Pinto friend to attend a car show in Jasper Alabama on Saturday Oct 17th. After the show we had a Pizza party and cookout at his home. We had seven Pintos there including a race car. The show had over 500 cars and was set around the town square and court house. It was an 1,800 trip for me from Wednesday night to Sunday night. Now ive put on over 10k for this summer.
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Planning starts NOW! Talk is we may do Carlisle Ford Nationals again, the first weekend in June 2016.
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We had our first two casualties in 5 years. On the way to Paducah a 1980 with a 351 V8 broke an exhaust valve and took the engine out. He rented a u-haul and got home . On his way home to northern Minnesota, Brian crashed while avoiding a semi who locked his brakes up on I 94 near Osseo WI. Every one made it home with out being hurt. We has cars from Florida, Texas, South Carolina,Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois , and Ontario Canada .
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With temps in the 90’s each day the Limited Edition 2015 Pinto Stampede Pinto Air Conditioner came in really handy!
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The cruise on Friday night ended at a Scheels sproting good stor next to an out of business Quaker Steak and Lube.
