We left for the Goodguys show in Des Moines Thursday morning about 8 AM. Jerry and Doris Johnson drove with us. We took highway 15 south to Albert Lea, missed all of the traffic in the cities that way. We met Barb and Ralph in Albert Lea. We enjoyed a nice breakfast/lunch there as always.
About 9 miles north of Ames the little coupe quit running. I coasted to the side of the road, just a few dozen feet from the rest area but could not get there. I opened the hood and figured out there was no spark. I opened the right side of the hood and there it was....the coil had burned itself to death. The tower was gone, looked like charcoal, the coil wire was burnt too. I grabbed the cell and dialed AAA. Told Elvis to go with Jerry and Doris and Ralph and Barb and continue on to get us all registered.
The flatbed was there within 30 minutes, loaded her up and headed for Ames. The driver stopped at a O'Riley's to let me go in to find a new coil...... they had one. I needed a MSD Blaster2 #8202. He then drove us to his station, unloaded us in the shade (it was 100 degrees). I switched the coil, replaced the wire and was back on the road in less than 2 hours.
Friday................We were at the Fair grounds by 7:30 and found a place to park. It was HOT.....100 degrees again. I spent a lot of time inside the vendor building in the AC visiting with friends.
Saturday..................Back to the Fair grounds about 7:30 again. We had reserved parking in the Deuce Doins lot....nice. So many nice deuces. The most awesome one was a beautiful 5W just finished by Dale Boesch. He builds some spectacular cars. This one was an 8 year project. You cannot see any fender fasteners, has air bags and a straight axle, a wrap around dash, beautiful dark green paint...awesome. He won the "Deuce Pick" from the Midwest Deuce club....right choice. The weather was much cooler, high was 82 and low humidity...nice.
Sunday...........It was even cooler, a beautiful day....high 70's, very nice. Looked at more cars and saw more friends. Sunday night was the kick off party at Daves's shop. Twenty three cars were there. Dave served us all pork chop sandwiches cooked on his new Snap on grill.
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