tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299032932012-02-16T11:39:47.175-08:00Model A's and Model T's ~ Coast to CoastPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08752025833662337237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29903293.post-79963732964989693702011-07-11T14:57:00.001-07:002011-07-11T14:57:57.425-07:00

Welcome to California.  Isn’t that a great picture???  Wanna see it really big?  Click on it. Here are a few statistics and observations about the Cowboys and Coal Mines Model T Tour.  They ended up with 96 registrations even though they had a cutoff at 80.  Our registration number was 80 even though we mailed at the earliest opportunity.  Four countries were represented, Canada, USA,

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Happy Canada Day The final day in Alberta, and the wind is still BLOWING, we did 76 miles, 30 miles flying east with a direct tailwind, 15 south with an in one side and out the other crosswind, and 30 more going west with a direct headwind.  The destination for the day was Fort McLeod.  We filled the main street with Model T’s and kind of took over the place. The attraction in Fort McLeod

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We did 100 miles today, piece of cake, except for one little detail.  I think we had a Chinook, tremendous cold wind blasting 30-40 mph from the west coming down off the Rockies, and it was a little chilly.  I think the way you tell a Chinook is when the horses all turn their backs to the wind.  Everybody named Pat dug out the ski jackets. See that tree leaning in the background?  Click any

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Scenic Waterton  Lakes National Park was our destination today, about 100 miles for a pretty easy day.  Pincher Creek is noted for the wind blowing and it didn’t disappoint us today!  We had to hang onto our hats in one heck of a crosswind.  But the scenery was gorgeous with majestic mountains, waves of blowing grasses and Model T’s traveling up and down the hills. Nothing more pleasing than 95 T

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70 miles today, heading back towards the west, out of the cattle country and into the coal mining country.  Visited the Frank Slide where the mountain suddenly came down because of the coal mines underneath and buried 90 people in the town of Frank.  Stumbled onto this log house being built for shipment to Yellowstone.  The two Pat’s darn near bought one. Then onto the Bellevue Coal Mine

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Our trek today took us all around the Alberta prairie to the South of Pincher Creek and included a loop through the northern edge of Glacier Park.  The snow covered Rockies dominate the vistas to the South, West and Northwest.  There was a long tour and a short tour.  About 20 cars including us took the long tour, so we covered 168 miles, the equivalent of an Endurance Run.  Our longest stop

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135 miles to Pincher Creek by Bronco, 20 miles to Welcome Social by T.  What a day!!!  The drive from Cranbrook to Pincher Creek is through some of the most majestic snow covered mountains that you can imagine.  Impossible to capture with a camera. This part of the Rockies is big coal mining country.  We stopped at the town of Sparwood which is a giant coal mining center.  And this is for Bob

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350 miles today.  Long day, looked at lots of wheat fields, corn, potatoes, alfalfa, vineyards and then lots of trees.   Bought a new trailer tire in Spokane, this has to be a world record.  Rolled the tire out of the trailer, gave it to the tire guy, walked into the office and paid for it, came out as he was rolling it out of his shop and back to the trailer.  Total elapsed time, about 10

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Fun day, we left Klamath and headed up to Crater Lake. On the Upper Klamath Lake we saw 3 bald eagles. Patti was so excited she couldn’t sit still. Guess what we found at Crater Lake?   Snow and lots of it.  The road was only open from the South Entrance up to the lodge.   Crater Lake National Park is the oldest park, created in 1902.  Put that trivia in your thinking cap.  Anyway, we did enjoy

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Bay area to Klamath Falls 381 miles.  All the equipment is working, no high load miss in the Bronco, got about 14 mpg until we hit the up part and then average dropped to 12. Cheapest gasoline so far $3.73 in Dunnigan.  Spent a large part of the day with Mt. Shasta in our view as we approached it from the South and then circled around it to the NE.  Here are a couple pictures from the day. 

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  Well, we are off tomorrow morning for the Model T Ford Club of America National Tour in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.  It will take us three and a half days to get there pulling the trailer with the 1919 Model T inside.  Only two cars from our local club are going this time, us and the Bratts.  So we have two Pat’s, one Bob and one Bill traveling on this adventure. The Bronco has a new

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After the Pony Express Tour last summer, as we were driving back from Wyoming along with the Guzzettas, we were philosophizing about where we could go in 2011.  I suggested Death Valley, and we all agreed that would be a great destination.  And so the seed was planted.  We figured March might be about the right time for wildflowers and we knew we would have to make reservations early since winter

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Click on any pic for a larger version, actually didn’t take many pictures today. Today was the final day and the dash for home, Bakersfield to San Jose.  Everyone was out early and champing at the bit.  It had rained overnight and everything was sopping wet this morning, but that did give us all an opportunity to finish the job and wipe all the grime off of the cars.We were all lined up and ready

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Day 6 Thursday, March 24, 2011  Click on any pic for a larger version.   Our last sunrise in Death Valley         All the A’s turned out way before departure time and all pointed towards home.   12 Model A’s and 4 modern cars said good bye to Death Valley at 9 this morning  after we sang Happy Birthday to Lee DalCanto.   John and Lizanne Polland waved as they had to wait for the AAA

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Click on any picture for a larger version.  8:30  Wednesday morning and every one still laughing and ready to follow the little black coupe  out across Death Valley and hopefully back again. This is an incredible group.  We have had so many break downs and delays and yet everyone is still in a great traveling mood, and don’t want to miss a thing. Joe D. headed back to the Bay Area today. Guess

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Click on any picture for a larger version.  The saga continues.  Such an innocent beginning this morning, with a beautiful sunrise and bright blue sky. All the A’s tweaked up and running, away we went, first stop was Salt Creek, home of the Death Valley pupfish.   And we found them alive and well by the thousands. Then we headed up to the Keene Wonder Mine,  which has now joined the ranks of

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At last, a sunrise, blue sky, even though there are lingering clouds hanging on the mountains all around.   Snow on the mountains all around down to about the 5000 ft level.   Tour today was to the south part of the valley.  And you guessed it, the ever present wind was out of the south and blowing good.  Slowed the A’s down a bit whenever a good gust came along.  Here is what we saw today,

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What a day.  Click on any picture for a larger version.   Here is the mechanical stuff.  In the parking lot this morning, we found out that Will Lancaster broke an axle last night.   Just outside of Boron on route 58, Ted Kafer threw a rod.  At the Tehachapi Loop Overlook, Joe Davis stepped out of his car, left the engine running and closed the door.  You do know what happened, don’t you, the

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The group gathered early, folks were champing at the bit, at the Walmart parking lot in San Jose.   It was really looking like rain, so we passed out the goodie bags assembled by Guzzettas, had a quick drivers meeting and hit the road at 9 o’clock on the dot in a pouring rain.  Half a dozen Model A club members came to see us off and most accompanied us all the way to Tiffany Ford in

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2011 Touring season is upon us, and so the question is:  Where are we going in 2011?  Well, at the moment, we have a few old car trips on the agenda.  1) Model A Tour to Death Valley in March.  2) Model A Tour to the Northern California Model A Roundup in Vallejo in May.  3) Model T Speedster Endurance Run and Lowland Tour right here in the Valley in June.  4) National Model T Tour in Pincher

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Okay, here are the statistics, from the Santa Clara Model T Ford Club, we had 21 members in 11 cars.  Beamans, Boydens, Bratts, two Edwards cars, Fontaines, 2 Jorgensen cars, Meneelys, Roeders, and Silvieras.  All the Santa Clara Model T’s finished in good shape, no repairs at all that I know of.  Modern iron didn’t fare as well, some serious bucks left behind in Whitefish for transmission

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Finished off the tour today with only 90 miles.  Today was a nice mostly flat, mostly backroads tour in the Flathead Valley.  Stopped at two car collections, the guys loved that, had lunch in Big Fork (with lots of shops), the gals loved that. Got a few raindrops, just enough to make the tops go up and down.  Meneelys put theirs down, and it started to sprinkle so everyone else put theirs up. 

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The mountain has scored again, Ray’s Suburban is in the shop with a dead transmission.  It happened going down, not up, so is it a coincidence, or a delayed result on that first days climb.  Coincidence, I think not, the mountain is laughing at us, probably angry that we are not driving the T’s up and down. So,,,,, we left Ray by the side of the road in true Model T touring fashion and forged on.

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Today was a low key day, shorter optional tour, R and R after yesterdays dawn to dusk run, and maintenance day for guys tinkering on their cars  hoping for better performance in the mountains.  So we made a leisurely departure down the mountain at 9 AM. Down at the T storage lot,  Henrietta the snake has returned (turned up in our tote box in the T) and is so happy. She doesn’t want to travel

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Yes, it did rain on us again today, just in case you are wondering. Oh, and the Mountain Spirits have sent me a message. Henrietta the snake has been trying to contact me to say that she is well but not having much fun. We left the mountain at 6:45 to go to the field where our Model T’s are parked.  Everything was dripping with dew.  Instead of that bright blue Montana sky, it looked like the

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Drove down, down, down the mountain this  morning to retrieve our cars and try to get an early start for Canada.  All nine cars finally arrived at the storage field and we headed off  to enjoy the Montana scenery. Lots of mountains, pine trees, lakes and Model T’s traveling north Hwy 93.  Headed directly to the border and there were about 75 T’s in line. It took us 45 minutes to get across into

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Left Missoula at 8 this morning with 6 trailers and one modern car who has Alberta and Thea and Thoren Jorgensen and of course Zoe the black lab. The other Jorgensen clan had to wait to pick up Hans at the airport at 11:30. So in true Model T touring fashion we once again left them behind. An absolutely beautiful scenic drive to Whitefish and then we started to climb UP, UP,  and UP, a really

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Departure this morning was at 8 with all the “wagons” ready to go.  Edwards  decided to stay in McCall until they could get a new tire and then meet us down the road.  So in true Model T touring fashion we left them. As we drove out of McCall onto 55, Bob commented that this was the first time we had to drive down hill to a ski chair lift. The country side once again was beautiful. It was

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The wagon train left in smaller groups today from 7:00  to 7:15.  It appears that the horns on P.J.’s truck snagged a snake by the name of Hennrietta.  We fear that she has met her demise.   Click on any pic for a large version. The Edwards stopped at a gas station to take a shower, or at least that is what it sounded like over the walkie talkie, actually they stopped to check a tire.    Just

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Poor ole Bronco was straining to get up the driveway this morning. Just about made it in low gear without stopping to rest. Gassed up in Milpitas and headed out on 680 to meet the Model T touring group in Pleasanton. Jorgensens and Edwards were waiting for us for 20 minutes. After we all got there we pulled out and left the Edwards and Jorgensens in typical T touring fashion. We all

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We are ready, we must be ready, the house is empty, the car is full, the trailer is full, the front wheels on the Bronco look  like they are about to lift off the ground.  Anyway,  we meet the rest of the group tomorrow morning in Pleasanton at 7:00am and off we go.  We have 10 cars from our local Model T club going.  Should  be a blast.   Stay tuned.  Click on the pics for a larger version.

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Fini!    Downhill from Tahoe, didn't stop for anything but gas and a burger. They were paving the old Altamont Highway so we did it the hard way, over the Altamont on 580. Heavy, heavy traffic, beat up old road trying to beat up our poor old Model A's and the occupants. Home at 2:00. Here are the final statistics for us. 3161 miles, 29 stops for gas, 171.9 gallons, 18.4 mpg overall even with my

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We are all ready to be home. How can you tell that? We agreed to leave at 6:00 AM, and at 5:30 we were all loaded and out in the parking lot, so we left at 5:30, pedal to the metal, heading for Tahoe, 300 miles, our destination for today. Every morning when we hit the road, we go through this little exercise where we have all the windows rolled up because it is chilly, so in the absence of wind

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(click on any picture for a larger version) Okay, homeward bound, Salina to Eureka, no tourist stops, we are ready to be home, and the cars are ready to be home. Pat says it is time to be home when your maps are in pieces. Between Salina and Eureka, we climbed six summits and three passes, the highest being 7732 ft. Don't know what the difference is between a summit and a pass, the Model A works

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Some days start so innocently and then turn into an adventure. Since the forecast temperature for Moab was 98 degrees for today, we hit the road at 6:00, figuring that we would be there and gone before it really heated up. On Interstate 70, we passed a music festival at Mack, CO which looked like a western Woodstock, must have been a thousand cars there. We made really good time to the Cisco

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(Click on any piture to get a larger version) We awoke to a view out of our window of a beautiful smooth, clear lake in Estes Park. It was spectacular. Checked out at 7 and followed Chris and Sharon to Alluvial Falls. Bob took off stomping through the bushes to get some wild flower pictures. All of a sudden there was some movement beside him. It was a lady dressed in camouflage complete with a

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(click on any picture to see the larger version.)Cars went in all directions today. Beamans headed NW for Jackson Hole and Yellowstone. Christensens headed back west retracing the trip east. Meneelys and Guzzettas headed south on Wyoming 487 and 287 for Rocky Mtn Natl Park, and were accompanied by Pelikans.  Lots of animals out there amongst the grazing cattle, saw hundreds and hundreds of

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(click on any picture for a larger version)Ahhhh, it was nice to spend the whole day in the same town. First order of business today was to retrieve the cars from the Casper Event Center. Then a tour through the Interpretive Center, nice exhibits on the four trails that all passed through Casper. The Oregon trail, the California Trail, the Mormon Trail and the Pony Express Trail. Did a little

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Great day for a drive, cool morning, bright blue skies, we pushed off at 7:30 for Casper, Wy. Bob M had to take a little downtown tour of Evanston just to say we did it, and then we headed out. I must say that Wyoming is incredibly green this summer, all the little streams are running full, and there are lots of wildflowers here and there. Also must note that the wind is always blowing. I think

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(Click on any picture to see a larger version) We departed a little later than usual today because our first stop (at Fort Bridger) was only 30 miles away from Evanston and did not open until 9 o'clock. Fort Bridger originated as a trading post founded by Jim Bridger, later became an army fort, then a stage stop, then a stop on the wagon train routes, then a pony express relay station and finally

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(Click on any picture for a larger version) Since it was pretty warm yesterday afternoon, we bailed out of Wendover at 7 AM this morning and made tracks across the salt flats. Oh, bye the way, message to Ray Fontaine, our arrow that we made when we went to Indiana is gone from the salt flats. Winds were weird, first blowing from the left and then blowing from the right. Somewhere out there we

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(Click on any picture to get a larger version) Left Eureka at 7:30, 3 passes and one summit later rolled into Ely, NV. Stopped at the train museum and walked all around. Bob B and I met a gentleman who informed us that the repair shops were open, so we informed Mary and Pat that the shops were open and we should go look in. They were only a quarter mile down the tracks. We hiked down there and

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day 3;  190 miles from Fallon to Eureka, NV. (Left click on any picture to see the larger version.)  On the road at 7:30, first stop was at the big sand dunes for a photo op, and this was also the location of the Sand Springs Pony Express Station. Sadly, the historical marker, and the loneliest phone booth and the loneliest road sign have all been stolen. But it still makes a great picture.

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First thing we did today was stick our heads in John's bellhousing to check on the throwout bearing.  Looked fine so we closed it back up.  Departed Sac at 7:40 with 5 cars in a group. As we left, one driver named Bob mentioned that Vintage Ford was nearby and did anyone need any parts. Another driver named Bob, whined until we stopped. They were closed unfortunately, but it was a definite photo

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If the car can get up the driveway, we are off. If it can't, one of us will have to get out and push. Well, five Model A’s and their occupants took off from the Donut shop in Milpitas at 10 AM this morning. That would be Bob and Mary, Chuck and Helen, Rodger and Noreen, John and Judy, and Bob and Patti traveling to Sacramento. We had Pony Express food packets of beef jerky and hard tack

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Four pictures above, self explanatory I hope. Well, we must be ready because every inch of the coupe has been packed. Under the seat are extra parts, one of everything, in many kinds of cloth bags. We wouldn't want any rattles. The rumble seat has 2 tool bags, oil water, marvel mystery oil, polish, 3 in 1 oil, etc, and 2 small suit cases, ski jackets which we never travel without and a

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We have two long tours planned for this summer. In June, we will take the MAFCA 150 Year Pony Express Tour from Sacramento to Casper, WY and then return via Estes Nat'l park, and Moab, UT. On July 29, we head for Whitefish, MT towing our Model T to participate in the National Model T Ford Club Tour, which will take in Glacier Nat'l Park, a side trip to Canada and Lake Koocanusa. This is a hub

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Here are some interesting tidbits about our trip to the Model T Ford Club National Tour in Kanab, UT. 197 Model T’s and about 425 people were registered. I think our club, the Santa Clara Valley Model T Ford Club, had the biggest showing, we had 11 cars, and 25 people. I believe that was even more than the host club. There were T’s from 29 different states and two Canadian provinces. We had

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Day 8: Zion, 81 mile roundtrip. Today I made my daily 6:30am stop at the Sinclair gas station just down the street from the motel. Let me tell you about this gas station. This is a throwback. The pumps do not take credit cards. Pump first, then pay. A really friendly guy does take your credit card inside and inquires how your day went yesterday and where are you going today. And there is a peanut

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6:30am: Drivers stirring in the parking lot, checking and rechecking and tightening bolts. Amazing how things loosen up. Could be related to the 3 mile dirt road that we vibrated over yesterday.Todays tour was 173 miles to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and back. We could have done more with an optional additional 32 miles but we weary travelers passed on that one, too many steep low pedal

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7:00 am, the group is looking a little tired in the parking lot. But each of the 5 cars gave a thumbs up and away we went. (Meneelys, Christensens, Fontaines, Roeders, and Bratts) Only 130 miles today, but somehow it took all day, getting back at 4:30, we just can’t resist stopping at anything that looks interesting.Today our destination was Cedar Breaks National Monument, which is over 10000 ft.

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73 miles, easier day. Off to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. The pink color of this huge expanse of sand dunes was created by ferrous oxide. (Model T guys know this as rust.) Today was touring on a bonafide Model T road, some paved, some not.Since part of this tour was on an unpaved and sandy road, Ray had to improvise a cover for his front wheel bearings since he does not have hubcaps. See the

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At 7:00 am, Patti went to the runabout to start loading for the day, and,,,, found a rubber snake on the floorboard. Woke up anybody who was still sleeping in town. Looks like the SCVMTFC prankster is still out there and on this tour. By 7:55, the snake had been found in at least 3 other cars.Scenery on our drive to Bryce was beautiful, we had plenty of time to look at it, seemed like it was

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Day Three - Happy Fathers’ Day and Happy Birthday to Chuck ChristensenDeparted at 7:30 from Las Vegas. It is very early in the morning in LV and no one is out on the streets. Wonder where all the peeps are?It was a long drive to Kanab through beautiful Utah with all the red mountains. There was some discussion whether it was 100 miles to Kanab or 200 miles, depending on whose GPS was looked at.

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Day 2What a day, started the day off with a visit to the US Borax mine at Boron, CA. Really big open pit mine out in the desert with really big trucks that look like ants down in there. One of those places where you don’t wear a hat that you like because it will be whipped away by the wind. Got Patti a really big crystal of borax ore for an anniversary present. Might have been better if she

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Okay, folks, we are ,,,, on the road again,,,,, goin places that we've never been,,,,, seein things we'll never see again,,,,, and we're glad we're on the road again,,,,,Got a gaggle of 3, towing our T's to Kanab UT for the national Model T Tour next week. We met at the Safeway in Morgan Hill for gas, you know how much Chuck got off his gas with his Safeway card? Discounted $1.50 a gallon!!!!!!

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Here are some summary numbers from the Centennial Celebration. There were 928 T's registered, from 45 states, and at least 10 countries. We heard Edsel Ford II and Henry Ford III speak. there were so many activities that we could only attend half of them. For us, towing our T, it was 2338 miles going, and we got 12.7 mpg. Coming home, it was 2492 miles (we detoured too Phoenix) and we got 12

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I came up a bit froggy on Thursday, so decided not to tour, but rather just spend the day at the fairgrounds, and also this was the first day of the swap meet. Santa Clara Valley Model T Club had a space where we put up a canopy and our club banner. There was a pretty good turnout of vendors and lots of stuff. Bob Edwards bought another speedster body and a Muncie to go with it. In the one

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Another great touring day on these perfect Model T roads, first stop at “The Mansion” bed and breakfast, for morning coffee stop. It is a restored turn of the century mansion, absolutely lovely, and you know what? It is going on the market at the end of the year, for about a half million. (Has a 3 carriage garage in the back,,,,,,,,)Then we stopped at Mrs. Wicks pie shop for lunch, good food,

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8:00 seminar on early Fords before the Model T. And then on to our tour for today. 85 mile loop. First stop was at the Hoosier Gym, where the basketball movie “Hoosiers” was filmed. That was the morning coffee stop, and of course we had to shoot a few hoops.Then onward to Wilbur Wrights birthplace, and I might say that all the tours are on Model T roads out through the farmland. And you either

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Wow, Model T’s of every size and shape, on every street in town, parked under every shade tree at the fairgrounds, boggles the mind.We registered today and got oriented a little bit. Today was our first tour, a fairly short one around the town of Richmond, and to a couple historical places. Part of the tour was on a bicycle path that they opened up for the T’s. While we were eating lunch, it

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Mileage wise, this was our shortest day, saved to last, which was a good thing, cause we are definitely getting a little road weary. First thing this morning, we crossed the Mississippi into the Illinois farmland guess what, more corn and soybeans to look at, and you definitely want to observe the truck and trailer speed limit in Illinois, lots of state troopers in smokey bear hats wielding radar

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Slept in a little since we got in so late last night. This morning drove to Lincoln to check out the Bill Smith Museum, Strike One, closed on weekends, but the parts counter was open so we checked that out, and peered into the giant warehouse, and picked up catalogs and pressed on into Iowa.Bob decided that the thing to do for lunch was to get off the interstate, go into a small town, and hit a

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Woke up to the smell of money (crude oil). The whole town of Rawlins was permeated with the smell of crude, must have been from the refinery just outside of town. I guess if you live there, you don't mind, if you own one of those wells, you sure don't mind. Hit the road early, stopped for breakfast in Laramie at McDonalds, and there are the Tregieros again. Lots of antelope on the high plains

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Left Elko at 7, and pressed on to the east. First stop was at Bonneville Salt Flats to inspect the salt, and for Ray to make a sign on the salt showing other T’s which way to go. At a little break stop in Knolls, we ran across Bernie and Becky Trigiero, former members of our T club. They were also pulling a car trailer with a T inside. Next stop was at Saltair, the old amusement/bathing facility

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We are off to the Model T Centennial Celebration in Indiana. We are lugging a little black trailer with our speedster in it and Ray and Linda are tailing us and sometimes leading us with their trailer and speedster. We also have Janet and Rich with us as passengers, apprentice model T wannabes, and assistant everything. First day, we got an unexpected sendoff from the donut shop in Milpitas

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This year, Ed Archer organized a contingent of cars to attend the San Diego Model T Club Endurance Run which was held on October 20-21. From our club, Archers, Meneelys, Bob and Mark Edwards, Ron McKenzie and his brother, George and Don Azevedo made the trip. We were joined by John Kent and his family and Dave Agliotis and Don Mirassou, so we had a total of 7 cars from our area.The trip down was

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Late on Tuesday nite, the debate raged on what to do about Nicholson’s engine, leaking water into #2 cylinder. Final decision, put a bunch of stopleak in the radiator, run it around a bit, and then drive it home, concensus was that it would probably make it, although it might be on 3 cylinders.Wednesday morning, we got up at oh-dark-thirty, quicky breakfast and on the road, Nicholson’s car doing

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We all departed the Best Western Motel this morning at 6:30 AM. The same West Bestern in Chester with the frustrating so-called wireless connection that crumbles in the middle of a thought. Linda & Bill decided against doing major surgery on the Vicky this morning, believing the car could make it home. We left town with crossed fingers, light hearts, and full tanks of gas...invincible. We passed

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Before we explain why we're posting so late, we ought to run down the day's activities and start on a positive note. We left Alturas in two groups this morning early, around 6:30 AM...that translates to a 4AM wake up call, by the way. Winding along Hwy 299, the scenery gradually changed from high desrt chaparall to Scrub Oak, Jeffrey Pine, and Manzanita as we climbed in the crisp morning air

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With heavy hearts we departed Burns, OR this morning. It was windy overnight, and the sun came up over a cloudy, chilly plateau. Most of the group decided to leave early (around 6 AM by most accounts). Ron & Liz stayed behind to install yet another alternator with the help of Chuck and Will. John & Judy took the point about five minutes ahead of this late group, as we headed down Hwy 395,

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The car games took place yesterday, and one of the travelling group from the Touring A's won in that event...I believe they spell their name "Speers"...Ewert and Cathy. A lot of us caught up on laundry or tried to eat at one last restaurant or see one more attraction we'd been meaning to experience all week. The Banquet was set out at the Convention Center and began at 5:30 PM. Good Prime Rib,

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Car Judging: Jack Richard and Diana, entered their '28 blindback.The Swap Meet, know Ted Kafer found something, door handle, and Darryll Coe found watches, but there was nothing we found. Ray, lots of rust!Went to the Pendleton underground tour. Wool on an actual scale donated by the Pendleton Mills In the 20's and 30's, the Empire Meet Market used the underground to bring in pig and steer to

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The Gravity Drag event- Chuck E car was loaded for weight! The Tama'stslikt Indian Cutural Center: On the way...lots of A'sAnd the cattle feed Welcome BBQ and show.posted by John and Judy

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Tuesday Night at the welcome ice cream social-We were treated to an Indian Dance from the Umatilla Indian Dancers in the City Park.posted by John and Judy

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At The Hill Climb??? on a runway...Bob you could've flown in!!!and beat them all.More speed trials.Chris and Sharon Pelikan our Colorado MembersWith everyone going in all directions~~~ Here are some pictures that most of are participating in.Tour to the Rohde Farm:On The Way---And this is their road to the Farm House of Glenn & Joyce Rohde, about 15 miles from Pendleton or 44 roundabout miles via

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Can't spell those foreign words. We're going to put the blog to bed now that we're in Pendelton. We are dispersed in all directions, doing many different activities. The Saturday Departure Group, Ted & Susan, Don & Judy, Ron & Liz and Jay & Jeannie have just arrived, so we are all present and accounted for. Saw Patti & Sam at the Convention Center and Clair & Philippa just came in from Medford

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We have all arrived in Pendelton. There's a plethora of stories to tell, however.John & Judy stayed away from the main group at the Cascade Locks in a little cabin in the midst of re-modelling. The rest of the group stayed at the Best Western, and none of the rooms were under heavy construction. Anticipating a 7AM start time, J&J arrived at the hotel early, to find no Model A-ers stirring.

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Click on pictures for a bigger version.From John and Judy: Last night, the main group stayed in a sensible motel in Tillamook. We, on the other hand, stayed up the road and on the beach at the Slippery Sandy Slope Motel in Rockaway Beach. Before we get to the accounting of Day Four, here’s a copy of the e-mail we sent Patti this morning:“You ever had really bad motel neighbors? Title this: “

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We have a truly wireless connection tonight at the Silver Sandals on the Frigid Beach Motel in Rockaway Beach, Oregon! We’ll even attempt to post some pictures. Most of us left Gold Beach and the Bot’s Dots Motel about 7 AM this morning, although Mel left even earlier. He’s running gingerly along on a motor that may not last much longer. For now, the plan is to take it easy and see how far

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We’re in Gold Beach, Oregon tonight. That is, most of us are here. Bob & Patti are in Crescent City on an unscheduled layover, alone, with a broken Model A. It doesn’t even matter much what went wrong. The sad news is that the mechanical problem is so bad that they can’t continue. But the good news is that they are safe, in a good-size town with a U-Haul trailer reserved to carry the old

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Click on any picture for a larger version. Bob M: Departed at 7:00am, at 7:15 got a call from Darryl, Jack’s battery was completely dead and they were still at the campground 15 miles south. Bob M gave some shade tree advice, “when you get it started, bang on the cutout, and if that doesn’t get it to charging, put on the alternator which Jack is carrying.” And the group kept on going in true

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Yesterday, the ice maker quit, the toilet in the ¾ bath sprung a leak, the kitchen door slammed shut in the wind knocking the doorbell box off which crashed to the floor, the printer quit printing blue. This morning 5 minutes before we left, the hot water heater started leaking, just lucky we had not left. (this must be the day that the 5 year warranty is up) We turned it off, and as we walked

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We are at it again, off to Pendleton, OR this time to the Northwest Regional Model A Roundup. The coupe is rested and fit, all the spare parts are tucked under the seat and in the rumble, and it's running like a top, so I think we are ready. Just need to pack a couple suitcases, and a few snacks and off we go on Thursday, July 19, 2007. We have about 15 intrepid Model A travelers in our group.

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We made it, left Guangzhou at 5:30 am, changed planes in Hong Kong, arrived home at 8:15 am, the next day, we are a little fuzzy.Click on any thumbnail for a larger version.

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We have been falling down on the blog here lately, so will try to catch up. We left Wuhan on China Southern Airlines on another flight packed with businessmen. As near as I can tell, there at least six airlines inside China. Reading in the paper, all are government owned, but now some privately owned airlines are also starting up. Some fly airbuses and some fly Boeing 737’s. Also in the paper,

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Day 8-9-10 –UPDATE: We have figured out the pictures a little. Click here for a fun slideshow of our pictures from Wuhan.Bob: Beijing was a tourist city, when you stepped out of the hotel or off the bus, vendors appeared out of nowhere selling everything under the sun. Wuhan is the total opposite, here we are in an incredibly modern city of 11 million people that we never heard of, there are no

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Yahoo, yea, wow, the girls are here and yes, they are beautiful. The parents are a bit busy and the grandparents are in awe. Take a look at:http://salsainchina.blogspot.com/

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Xian to Beijing – day 4 and 5Click here for slide show..Not sure what day it is, but on Saturday, caught a China Eastern flight to Beijing. Plane was packed with business men. Arrived at Beijing airport and no guide to meet us. Scratched our heads for awhile and found a friendly counter clerk who called the phone number we had. Murphy’s law, lapse in communications, our guide had our hotel keys

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TOURING IN XIAN - day 3Bob: Spent the day touring the area. Xi’an is the ancient capital of China, home to many emperors of long ago. It is a mix. Hard to describe: Toll roads, potholed roads, no roads, a new blvd so damn bumpy that 15mph is top speed, a modern freeway, traffic in the city beyond belief, smog so thick you can cut it with a knife (worse than LA on its worst day), modern university

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WHIRLWIND IN HONG KONG – day 2 It does pay to have someone who knows the area take you in hand. Our friend Masako who lives in HK came over at 8:00am and away we went. Today we rode in multiple taxis, a tram (up to 1300 ft), double decker bus, a trolley, a ferry, a train, a jet plane and a mini-van. And went to Victoria Peak, old Hong Kong (Kowloon), tea at the Peninsula Hotel and lunch

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Hong KongOh my gawd, we have done it now. The country mice have sure ventured out of the country and into the big wide world.So far, we have taken a jet (that seemed like about a week), an express train, a mini shuttle and walked to get to our hotel in downtown Hong Kong.We are in a really big city, very cosmopolitan, and very vertical, unbelievable number of high rise apartment buildings.

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A PENNY FOR THE OLD MANYou may have asked what the Mansfield group has been doing after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere over a week ago. For a few days, we washed clothes…more clothes than we ever thought we owned. The Model A even got washed after a week or so, and we examined the old warhorse for new battle scars. Some of us went back to daily pursuits, and the more neurotic among us kept

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From Dave Jones:Many have noted a lack of trip updates since we returned home. Perhaps you thought all was well. Well, as Paul Harvey would say, "And now, for the rest of the story. Saturday and Sunday were spend resting and trying to remember where the bathroom is in the middle of the night. On Monday, I drove the car to my traveling buddy Ted Kafer's for some engine diagnostic work. First was a

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Just for the record, we showed 7753 miles, 29 days on the road, 20 states, 1 province, 33 summits (that we kept track of), sea level to 11, 158 ft, crossed the continental divide 4 times, 67 fuel stops, 408.1 gallons of fuel at avg price of $3.048 per gallon for a total fuel cost of $1243.95. We averaged 19.0 mpg overall, 19.24 with overdrive (4414 miles), 18.67 without overdrive (3339 miles). We

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I'll be talking to the folks throughout the day by cell phone and posting real-time tracking updates here, so check back often (you might have to hit "refresh" on your browser to bring up the newest info):5:40am: 5 cars got off to a roaring start from Winnemucca, Nevada! (Bob & Patti, John & Judy, Bill, Bob & Shirley, Ray & Linda). Don & Jack needed a little breakfast fortification first and will

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We left Logan in four different groups this morning. Everyone had specific sights they wanted to see but the end destination was Winnemucca, Nevada. As usual John G. came by to bid us a safe trip as we departed at 5:20 AM. We have now found a lonelier road than route 50 (The Loneliest Highway) and it is Utah route 30 From Snowville, UT to Oasis, NV (a ghost town- without a sign). Route 30 is hawk

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On Thursday, we will be on the home stretch via I80, US 95, US 50, US 395, NV 88, CA88, to Jack Tone Rd, to 120 to 580 to 84 thru Livermore, to 680 and HOME!!!!!!Bob Beaman is going to meet us somewhere, maybe Carson Pass, come on down (or up), it will be good to see a friendly face, we should be in cell contact all day.Pass it on. bob m

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Day 25From Gillette, up, up, up and down, down, down to CodyAs we drove up the on ramp for route 90 there were 3 antelope grazing by the road. We turned off the engine and watched these beautiful animals. They seemed so tame until we started the Model A and then off they went. Again, we are treated to another beautiful sunrise. The road is an interesting red color. We drove by an open red

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