Hey guys, I am now in Arlington, Tx. I am registered and ready to go on the tour, along with my 17 yr old son in my 61 F100 uni. My dad and sister are riding with us in dad's 63 Falcon convertible. Planning on doing the long haul to Charlotte, NC. Pat Fleischman is supposed to be here tomorrow with his bad supercharged 57 Custom. Hope he gets to hit at least a couple of the stops. ALready have seen a really nice red 57 Fairlane hardtop. He is a frequent longhauler, and the car is bad. It has an FE with a tunnelwedge 2X4 intake and 4 speed...very cool old Ford. I'll get as many pics as my Galaxy Note II can take...
Have fun, making memories with your son. Life doesn't get any better.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Having fun so far....And you are right: It doesn't get any better, and my dad is here too, makes it even better.
you lucky dawg ! That will be a good time.
Yes, please give us updates on the trip.
ENJOY!!! One of the best trips we ever had!!
1) lining up for Lake Michigan's Lake Express Ferry
2) Road Service south of Milwalkee
3) Pit crew
4) pit crew at Detroit
day five and on.
1) blown 9
2) more E85 somewhere
3) NO E85 in central Kentucky
4) more E85 and on the road again
That is cool gasman...my son is on my phone right now, as soon as he is off, I will put up some photos of some cool `57s I saw today, including Pat's wicked F code Custom.
Here are a couple I saw today...just more stuff to look at than time to look at them...
Pat's Custom
We had a really great day. It was Paxton's 2nd Birthday today on Power Tour! The '57 really got a lot of attention today. Lots of questions about the supercharged Y-Block and '57 Fords in general.
American Racing Wheels did a photo shoot of my car with their model. Neat opportunity.
It was great to see James and his family today. His unibody p.u. Has a real cool look.
We are headed home tomorrow, as we don't want the two youngsters out in the heat for too many days at a time.
I really need to have my Ranch Wagon finished and at these events, because it would really standout and be more family friendly.
Anyone who can join the Tour along the way needs to participate, represent our cars, and have fun.
Gasman, when you come through Milwaukee look me up, Mark 414-303-3681
Gary....I just realized your's isn't on the road...your pics must be from another power tour before you tore it down?
James..those are some good looking '57's. Keep us posted.
2009...just reliving the past
Pat....are you running your air intake off the cowl vent? I was wondering about that for the 4.6 dohc I may get to work on again some time in the future.
James hope you guys made it in to Birmingham OK. I was going to come down to the Met and try to hook up with you guys but the tropical downpore made me think twice about venturing out. We had close to 4" here, started about 3:30 PM and finished up to a drizzle just after 7 PM! Enjoy the rest of your trip and stay dry!
You guys got it made!
Birmingham ended up only getting a little rain early on, then at the end of the day, from 5 pm on, it put it down. It took a little while to get out, but for the most part, the show was great, and went well. Sorry you missed it Bill, lots of cool stuff to look at.
Jeff, someone has to do it ;)
One of these days Mister Potter!
Hey James, enjoyed the visit with you and your son the other day. Glad you were able to stop by, hope the pulley will help you get that F code on the road.
Oh yeah, that is definitely the one I needed. I should be getting my money sent to Frank tomorrow or Wednesday for my bracket and carb bonnet. Hopefully, I can get it all machined and ready to use soon. Thanks again for the pulley. Help me keep an eye out for some 471's if you see any that are usable, let me know.