I seem to remember someone on this site discussing the Saturday night cruise in in Scottsdale Az. We are heading for Phoenix next wed and would like to check out the cruise in on Saturday. Can't wait to get out of this winter weather for a while and take in some baseball games. Sorry, got side tracked, I would appreciate any info anyone has on the Scottsdale event.
Probably was me. If all goes well, we will be leaving for Phoenix next wendsday also. In the winter months the pavillion cruise starts earlier in the day...mid afternoon. It is located at the Mcdonalds across from the Pavilion Mall, and very close to the Rockies/Diamondbacks complex, BTW . Let me do some map searching and I'll get you some cross streets. There may be a change of command where my wife works that may interfere with her being able to leave. The management company that was running Pantex lost their appeal today, and the new company comming in will be notifying them shortly when the transition is to take place...I got my fingers crossed it doesn't mess up our Arizona trip (or her job!)
I assume you know the Goodguys show is that weekend..starts the 7th
address of the cruise is 9140 E. Indian Bend rd., Scottsdale. the link shows a map...scroll north a bit and you'll see the Ballpark
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=&daddr=9140+E.+Indian+Bend+Rd.+Scottsdale,+AZ+&hl=en
keep in touch, if I'm still going maybe we can meet at the cruise or the Goodguys(I'll go on Friday as it got rained out last year..I don't want to wait until later in the weekend then have rain come in!)
I don't get a chance to travel anymore, but I will be there with you guys in thought only. I sure do miss that place. Think of me while you are there.
Jay
57 Imposter, this site has just abouteverything happening in the Phoenix area. http://www.arizonaautoscene.com/
Roddin' and Racin' is a local newspaper in Chandler that businesses give out and it has a lot of current dates as well.
We are going to the Cubs/Angels game today, rod run tonight, drags tomorrow and Pavillion cruise (although it's supposed to rain tomorrow), NASCAR on Sunday, more runs next week. Tough place to visit!
I got a case of smarts and stopped looking at old trucks, I need to spend cash on my 57 instead and need to downsize the number of projects.
Rich, we and our hosts are leaving Thurs morning for the Vegas race then coming back something like the next Wed. after a detour to Grand Canyon, don't know how long you're going to be here.
Jim, with the weather forecasts for your area I hope you don't get washed away and make out ok.
Lorne,
Hope your trip goes well but I'm not sure about the weather. It's pouring here and the storm is headed east. I miss going to the Nascars race over there. Talk about extreme weather changes, the last time I was at the Grand Canyon there was snow on the ground up on the rim and down at the river it was 100 degrees. Thats one deep hole :003:
Lorne, If I still can make it, we may have a day or so overlap where we can meet. Probably won't leave for home until that Friday morning. I'll keep you posted. Sounds like you're having a great time..I'm gonna be really bummed out if we have to cancel.
Lorne, 57imposter...pm me your cell phone numbers so we can try to get in touch in Phoenix. mine is 806-341-2036
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-02-28 15:35
Lorne, 57imposter...pm me your cell phone numbers so we can try to get in touch in Phoenix. mine is 806-341-2036
Thank you! I'm calling at 3am :015:
I don't sleep with my hearing aid. LOL
Got into the low 70's yesterday...currently 5 degrees, today's high was 8. Good day to stay inside...I actually got my taxes done and filed.
I misread the weather forcast I talked about for Phoenix next week..The "chance of rain" was all I saw..didn't look at the second line...." 0%"! cool
8? In Amarillo? Hell must be freezing over. I haven't seen this much snow in my backyard since I was a grade school-er. (OMG, I just read that. I have officially turned old, I say what old people say).
How is weather in the south. I lived 3 yrs in Austin as a teen. winters had 2-3 days of freeze (ice making)
back up to the 30's today..feels like a heat wave after the windy and cold yesterday.
Looks like I'll be in Phoenix/Scottsdale next week. Word at my wife's workplace is the new management company is already starting to infiltrate in, but not expected to get hectic for a few weeks, so she's going while she can. YYYEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
I got you guys phone numbers..looking forward to hooking up.
That is good news Rich. We are getting ready to head out Wed. morning. With sight seeing, we should hit Phoenix Friday afternoon or early evening. If I don't hear from you before, I will give you a call on Saturday morning........
The extended forecast shows we should have good weather. We're leaving later Wednesday afternoon and should make it close to the az/nm line before we put up. I'm still planning on the Goodguys show on Friday..if it's really big, I can always go back on Saturday. We stay in Buckeye on the southwest corner of the Phoenix metroplex.
Have a safe trip down..see ya in short sleeves!
It's nice here guys, shorts, t-shirt, cooler in evening for good sleeping! The rain here on Fri night/Sat was monsoon like at times.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-03-01 19:53
Thank you! I'm calling at 3am :015:
Trouble maker!
Really good Saturday, spent most of the day browsing around old town Scottsdale. After figuring out the proper McDonalds we found the cruise in. Really impressive when you consider they do it every Saturday night year round. Managed to hook up with Rich and spent an hour + kicking tires and comparing notes. Nice guy, really glad we were able to make connections. You know your conversation is going well when your wife is happy to take the keys and go wait it out in the car with her I-Pad. Today it's off to the Harley shop to replace some worn out motor clothes then Mariners game at one. Perfect weather, if it wasn't for missing the daylights out of my dog I'm not sure I would go home till May .
After I left Doug last night I went for one last walk around the cruise in before the hour long drive back home. Glad I did...I ran across a gentleman I have admired for a few years now and was hoping to someday meet at a show in Phoenix, as he is from this area. His name is Ernie Adams, and is known as "Mr. Dwarf car". There were some you tube videos last year of him driving a dwarf '49 Merc around. He hand builds drivable and street legal 3/4(?) size reproductions of cars from scratch. Totally awesome. check out his website. He has a museum about an hour south of Phoenix....gonna try and visit it before we leave. He had the '34 Ford at the cruise-in.
www.dwarfcarpromotions.com
Also at the cruise-in was an awesome 58 retractable. As soon as I thanked him for displaying his car with either the top down or top up..not 1/2 way..we hit it off real well. I'll post some pics when I get home. He is friends with the Ford engineer who is credited with the design of the retractable roof. His dash is signed by him...Ben Smith, who also lives in the Phoenix area.
Left Phoenix at 8am yesterday, stopped for a break and dinner at a casino so we wouldn't be hitting the outskirts of Alburquerque at 5p.m. rush hour. pulled into Amarillo right at midnight. Lost 2 hours because of time changes...Az doesn't do the spring forward fall back thing. As I mentioned, got to meet Doug/57imposter and his wife, but Lorne and I just missed connecting. He got back into Phoenix Wednesday, and called Thurs morning, but we were already on the road. BTW, sorry about the bad cell phone connection and losing you, we were in the mountain pass area south of Flagstaff when you called...by the time I got closer to Flagstaff to call you back, I got no answer on your house phone. Hopefully the next time!
After I get out of Zombieland from the long drive, I'll post some pics and other info.
Rich
I'm happy that you had a safe trip and that everything went well. I sure do miss the Scottsdale cruise. I have lost of good memories of that place when I was staying out there for a while. Do you remember the fellow that hand built the two miniature cars? Does he still show up at the cruise? Jay
I met him for the first time at the cruise. Look a few posts before this one, there's a link to his website.
His name is Ernie Banks, btw. Really nice guy. Loves to talk about his projects. Here are some pics of the '34 coupe..not sure if it's a ratrod or unfinished. Note the first pic looks like a normal size car. He has 6 or 8 finished now. His friend is also doing it, and will have a 54 chev done in 2 years.
Some more pics from the Pavillion cruise. This '58 retractible was awesome. The signature on the dash is the Ford engineer who is credited with designing the roof mechanism. He also lives in phoenix. I love the mirrors on this car..he said oem '58.
Not sure if the Ranchero was a '57 or '58....the trim is obviously '58. I love that edsel front end.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-03-15 09:52
His name is Ernie Banks, btw. Really nice guy. Loves to talk about his projects. Here are some pics of the '34 coupe..not sure if it's a ratrod or unfinished. Note the first pic looks like a normal size car. He has 6 or 8 finished now. His friend is also doing it, and will have a 54 chev done in 2 years.
Ernie is amazing. I remember his telling me that he used refrigerator doors and panels for stock to build his first miniature cars. That 34 looks just like the real car.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-03-15 10:00
I love the mirrors on this car..he said oem '58.
I have a pair of those mirrors, bought them awhile back from a guy along with a 57 grille. will need rechroming, will use them unless something better comes along.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-03-15 10:00
I love the mirrors on this car..he said oem '58.
Rich those are aftermarket "Yankee Metal Products", not sure when they started production of that style nor when they ended it, had a set on that wagon I had.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Yankee-Twin-Post-Base-Mirror-1950s-1960s-Pontiac-Chevy-Ford-Ratrod-/201038432523#ht_164wt_986
Thanks Bill, I thought it was a little strange when the owner told me they were oem....think I had only seen a set once before. I guess I won't need to look at the reproductions distributors for a set.
Rich, your so lucky to have great weather pretty much year round!
Mother Nature and Old Man winter are playing a cruel joke on us up here.
Quote from: Jeff Norwell on 2014-03-18 07:54
Rich, your so lucky to have great weather pretty much year round!
Mother Nature and Old Man winter are playing a cruel joke on us up here.
Jeff...I think you have me confused with someone else..I live in North Texas.
Good thing about that weather wise is we're only a one long day's drive away from good weather, winter or summer.
Got this in a collection of strange cars pic today, kind of a early Ernie Adams!
Lorne..guess you made it back. That's a neat pic. The mini looks to be pretty crudely done, but still way cool.
Yup, made it back. Good trip with good weather, got to see some NHRA, 2 NASCAR, the Grand Canyon, about 4 or 5 show and shines, and looked at a couple of old trucks. The night we did the Pavillion was windy and dust was blowing in so a lot of cars left early so we crossed the street and visited the Hooters restaurant. Tough. Saw the convertible you talked about Rich but he wasn't there when we got to his car, he was doing the top up/down for people.
In Vegas one of the things people like to do is cruise the strip at night but the only car we saw that was older was a vette. Strange, but maybe it's old school to the rodders there.
At the drags in the commercial display trailers there sure were lots of goodies, all the FE stuff sure had me drooling! What's really caught my eye is the different engine front accessory supports, nice and shiney and fancy. Look way better in person than in the magazine ads. I've started putting a lot of stuff (projects that I'll never get to) up for sale since I got home so maybe I can stop the drooling.
One other thing that I saw at a cruise (seen so many cars I've forgotten what car it was) was a guy that replaced his dual Holleys with dual TBI units, he was saying his mileage doubled and of course got rid of all the gas dribbling/staining. Got to go thru all the pics, maybe there's one of it.