Wow! So many great builds. Thanks for sharing!
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Wow! So many great builds. Thanks for sharing!
Nice shooting, good stuff there...
Thank you.
Nice pics, Mike!!! And you posted them the more labor intensive way!:eek::3dSMILE:
Thanks for all your efforts!
Thanks to you all for the kind words.. the "labor intensive way".. yeah, it does take a bit more effort, but it also let's me select what I want to see in each post.. and it takes me longer to clean up each picture, re-size, crop out unwanted "stuff", etc. etc. etc... but I think it makes for a better "job"..
Merciful heavens but we're surely spoiled for gawking at gorgeous machinery today!
Thanks Mike; thoroughly enjoyed that!
Wow, that had enough variety to satisfy anyone. Thanks.
Beautiful pictures!
I also do the point and shoot deal sometimes. Then sometimes I want to "polish" some of the pics. Remove trash cans in the background or people even.. I find it fun to share pics and enjoy doing it.. And when guys like yourself enjoy it enough to say thanks.. it all becomes worth the effort. When I go through the work and no one replys.. it becomes a big chore and I wonder why I do it.
So as always, R2 - thanks for making the time to respond!
Just three words "Above and Beyond"
Good to see you made it home safely, Mike. It was good to meet you, and glad you were able to ride down to the show in Ottawa with me Sunday! Even with only about 1/2 of the cars being back it was still a good show, and excellent weather, too.
Good job Mikey, and looks like it was a nifty trip. I for one applaud your extra effort in presentation, adds to the enjoyment.
Now, as for capturing the sound of that '32 roadster I'll ask you the same question a fellow from Japan recently shot at me when I told him I didn't have a video recorder........................"don't you have a cell phone??".:LOL:
...and my answer to this would be "No."
People only ring me when they want something, so they can ring me when it suits me, not when it suits them, and when it suits me is in the evening when I've finished for the day.
That's when I've got the time to sit and talk...
Wow, nice pics and cool trip! If you ever get this close to Iowa again let me know!!!
That Black and Maroon 33 or 34 with the blown BBC is Jake Lawler'sfrom KC. He told me it's 1000hp and he drives it every night.
Thanks for sharing. There were several gorgous cars. I really liked the Great 8 car. That machine work and all those pieces are awesome!
It was great having time to hang out with you.. if I haven't said it enough thanks so much for the hospitality! I had a blast... Some time next year Speedy Bills museum gets another 50000 sq ft added to it so they can show the whole collection... maybe we can try again to get there together? They will probably forego guided tours as they won't have the number of volunteers needed to handle it all. Even the motor shop is all volunteers! They do not do any restorations there, just preservations.
And the other half of the equation..
And this one was for sale.. look close, there are a couple of nice mods that you don't always see or notice!
I noticed in a poster that "The Kid" was wearing steelies and caps in the movie.. we asked the owners son ( who was gracious and friendly and willing to meet with us and answer any questions!) about this and he explain that was what the producer / director felt was more "correct".. so the wheels you see on the rolling chassis here are the ones from the movie!
We were also allowed to traipse through the shop..!!..!! We were given free rein!!!:eek:
The owners said we should check out a rolling chassis just ready to go to it's owners in Connecticut... they stretched a 32 frame 6 inches to accommodate a 39 Lincoln V-12 and it's trans.. way cool :D
That's it for tonite.. I've got a bunch more to work on and select to share... maybe tomorrow.:D
Wow looks and sounds like a fabulous weekend! Thanks for sharing all the pics. I was looking at the first few, with the Key Stone Cops theme running thru my head. What a awesome collection of classic Americana!
Mike,
Pete & Jakes place is in the little town of Peculiar, MO, not Joplin. Joplin is about 120 miles farther down I49/US71.
Thanks for the pics Mike!!!! Some really nice iron in there!
OOPS! sorry Roger.. as soon as I read that, I remembered it.. I guess Janice was on my mind.. and that wasn't peculiar!!! :LOL::LOL::LOL:
Thanks for the reply Dave.. wait'll you see the rest of the pics and what you missed!:D
I wanted to share this one with you all also, me and Mr. Bones.. seems he didn't mind me sitting in his chair as long as I didn't mind him napping in my lap!
(wasn't that a song? Me & Mr. Bones??)
Yup, just like my house!!!! You take the dog's chair, you get the dog on your lap!!!!!!!
Sometimes the dog shares!
You can tell a lot by the way a good dog responds to people. Sure, Bones was a bit tentative seeing "a stranger", but within a minute or two was into his velcro mode with Mike. That's the chair that I sit in when we're "..down for the evening" in front of the TV, and almost every night Bones will end up curled on the hassock between my feet, using a leg as a pillow or often part on the hassock and head in my lap snoozing. When he crawled up in Mike's lap, promptly closed his eyes and started dozing it was a sign of total trust. Mike's a good guy.
Now that RSpears has me blushing.. we went to visit a friend of theirs that "plays" with cars, buying and selling "special" vehicles.. here's what I saw.
Gotta love the guys desk! We were trying to figure out how to turn the headlights on..:LOL:
This guy has an affinity for the Chevrolet brand..
Here's the power plant in the 57.. Power Pack isn't it Em??:LOL:
And some more eye candy... :D
Here's 1 of 2 cars on the property that I would love to own!:3dSMILE:
And some other stuff they collect..