September trip

At the last minute we cancelled the Deuce Reunion trip to Bastrop, TX. With the fires going on there and the heat still there and we had a ton of things to get done here, we decided to skip the reunion this year. We will have it on the list for next year. I will give someone else a chance to win the "long distance" award!! LOL
This Tuesday we will be going to Des Moines, IA, I promised my good friend Dave that I would help him swap 5w bodies from the old to the new chassis. I figure Wed and Thursday will work. Need to move the body over, then shim it to get the doors to fit right.I will take some pics and post the progress.
Friday it off to Algona. IA to Randy's B&B. We will be meeting Yagers, Zannoths and Dicks there. Shop tours on Friday and Saturday, then its onto Lakeville for the night and over to Hastings for the MSRA Fall Foliage run. Many of the nominated cars will be there to check out in person. I hope to have someone drive the RPU there for me.
Check back soon for Des Moines updates.

"Cruise to the Quarry" MSRA event

Saturday was the first ever MSRA "Cruise to the Quarry" hosted by the Hot Rod Hoodlums of Central Minnesota. Lumpy and Terry did a great job of organizing and planning the event. The weather was cloudy and cool, but fine. There were almost 300 cars attending, a great feat for the first time ever. Cars from all around, will be interesting to see where they all came from. Moliters is a really nice place for the event, I sure hope it continues for more years.
The real highlight of the event for me was being nominated for car of the year with the RPU. That's right, now we have both new deuces in the running for car of the year, not sure if that doubled our chances or "halfed" our chances.....LOL. It is just a great feeling to have them nominated....two in one year and the Buick last year....WOW. Maybe I do need a "new project: for this winter and try again next year!! Just kidding.
I had favorite son in law Le and Cooper drive the RPU, we drove the 3w. I think they had fun.If I put many more event stickers on the windshield I won't be able to see out of the right side.

MSRA Fall Campout

This past weekend we went to the MSRA Fall Campout in Grand Rapids. There was six or seven of us that drove together. It was a nice drive, about 150 miles. The weekend event was very nice, two free meals, poker run, cruise thru the country, show and shine on Saturday, plenty of things to do. We saw several friends from the cities that also made the trip.
The highlight of the weekend for us was being nominated for MSRA Car of the Year !! That is a great honor. We are very happy and thsnkful. Prety cool to have had the Buick nominated last year and the 3w this year.

Minneapolis Messaround

I left about 8AM this morning for the Minneapolis Messaroud, a tradtional hot rod and custom show at the Memory Lanes in Mpls. What a fun cool show. Beautiful weather, lots of cool cars, bands, food, vendors, pinstripers, a real neat show.
I drove my RPU, my neighbor Jerry in his 41 Chevy coupe, we stopped in Elk River and picked up his son and girlfriend in their 27 T coupe.It was a nice drive, about 75 miles.

49 in 7

My friend Dave Schaub is at it again. Last year he drove his 32 roadster to 49 states in 8 days....this year it's 7 days. He is on his way right now driving to Maine from California, one minute past midnight on Sept 10 he will leave Maine and drive thru all 49 states, ending in Alaska....quite a feat. This is all done to raise money for the Ronald McDonald house, a very good cause. You can follow his trip and most of all donate to the cause by going to his web site www.49in7.com
Check it out.
He will be driving by St Cloud again this year and I plan to be on the highway to meet him and drive with him for a few miles, maybe all the way to North Dakota....who knows. Last year I drove with him for 60 miles or so.
He is 25% of the total funds he wishes to raise...please check his site, click on the donate button and give something...I did, its easy, goes right to your charge card....(you can get points on your card that way!!) He needs a lot more money to make it to the grand total of $150,000...open your wallets a give.