Day 6, Third Day of NWRG Tour in Redmond area. 116 miles. RAIN!!! Today was the Grand Tour, all cars going to the same place. All lined up and ready to go... Lee wiping off his car.
We got a police escort in Redmond and Prineville,,,,
Drove past the home of Les Schwab Tires, big factory, lots of trucks.
We drove east thru a lot of pretty cattle country, lots of irrigated pasture and sprinklers going even in the rain, probably too much trouble to turn them off and on. We then followed the crooked river valley thru rugged country, lots of mesas, Reminded me of NM.
Major photo op in the rain at Prineville Reservoir, 46 cars, I think. We discovered we need to pack a larger umbrella. We had a local TV station and a local newspaper with us.
Back thru an area of big horse ranches, an enormous equestrian center and huge estates (fugitives from CA???) to Redmond for a BBQ lunch. So dumbfounded, forget to take a pic.
In the afternoon, went to Bauer Electronics. This company makes wiring looms for Fords from 1909 to 1972. They are a major supplier to Langs, Snyders, Brattons and more.
In the wire room,,,,
They make all their own wire, and terminals and plastic and rubber parts,, amazing , this is the weaving room, full of machines making cloth covered wire.
Also, machines to make woven covering on wire bundles, metal weaving sheathes, and taping machines, fascinating. Thousands of drawings of wire looms. This was the taping machine for later Ford looms.
Fascinating, keeping track of literally thousands of individual wiring looms. Huge storage area with bins for each car and each loom. Great finish for our touring day. And the rain left us with blue skies and clear air, silver lining, ehhh?
3 comments:
Didn’t see many women in the wire room 😂
Bobby liked all the wire factory. Can’t believe all that was there when we went there and we didn’t know! Mary & Bob
Those wire looks are really interesting. Ingenius
-Bobby
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