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    Ken, Great getting to meet you, sorry for the quick exit, we drove in heavy rain for about 15 miles then stopped in Bolivar (30miles north) under a canopy at a gas station for about a hour while it hailed heavily, after that it was damp but clear sailing home. I called a buddy who we left in Springfield, he said during the hail they put many of the rods in the covered horse barn while it hailed in the fair grounds. About 20 miles from my home they got baseball sized hail (yes thats not exagerrating, the news station showed up) My buddy Mike with the '62 vette got home to no electricity and trees down in his town. Close call but we made it with a little hot rod baptism! We will see you next year! It was a amazing show, and the cruise down Kearney Street at night was as good as anywhere! Matt
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    Well that's all folks, but I couldn't end it without a couple of more. The 62 Vette is one of the finest I've laid these old eyes on and I'm partial to Vettes and especially 62's. Matt's 37 is a very well built rod as well.IMG_6366.jpgIMG_6367.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matthyj View Post
    Ken, Great getting to meet you, sorry for the quick exit, we drove in heavy rain for about 15 miles then stopped in Bolivar (30miles north) under a canopy at a gas station for about a hour while it hailed heavily, after that it was damp but clear sailing home. I called a buddy who we left in Springfield, he said during the hail they put many of the rods in the covered horse barn while it hailed in the fair grounds. About 20 miles from my home they got baseball sized hail (yes thats not exagerrating, the news station showed up) My buddy Mike with the '62 vette got home to no electricity and trees down in his town. Close call but we made it with a little hot rod baptism! We will see you next year! It was a amazing show, and the cruise down Kearney Street at night was as good as anywhere! Matt

    I got home about 1:30 and it looked to me that you were driving right into the storm. One of the reasons I left when I did is because north of I-44 generally gets the worst part of storms and this was no exception. I put my Dakota in the garage, but all we got was a lot of rain and some wind. Glad to hear that you and your buddy and kids made it home safely. Maybe I can get up to your neck of the woods sometime this summer. I have a couple of grandsons in Liberty and one of my son in laws was mostly raised in Clinton. I am sorry that Roger Spears couldn't make it this year, maybe next year.
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    Here is the hail that hit a distance from our homes while we where driving, we missed the bullet on the way home! This pic was from one of Kansas City's news stations, man that would hurt!
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    I've never seen hail that size. That could do some serious damage, glad you missed it.
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    I totally missed Memorial Day weekend coming up this year until it was here. We had hail blow in a week ago Thursday, the 18th, nothing like Matt shows in size but enough that I'll be getting a new roof in a month or so....
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    Thanks for that Ken; there were obviously some bloody gorgeous pieces of machinery there, including Matthyj's car.
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    And was that a clone of Large Marge I saw in one of those shots?

    It must've appeared overwhelming.

    (...and I've never seen hail of that size before either! That could do some serious damage alright...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
    ....(...and I've never seen hail of that size before either! That could do some serious damage alright...)
    Not to hijack Ken's thread, but the roofer/estimator that came to look at my roof shared that he'd been called out to a home that they'd just re-roofed a few months before. The lady of the house had similar pictures of the hail in her yard, and was dismayed that her brand new roof was going to be beyond repair, but they saw zero evidence of hail impact anywhere on the house. It seems that the hail stones were huge slush balls, and had just hit with a SPLAT.
    It all depends on how cold it is up high, and how hard the hail stones freeze as they are bouncing around upstairs, plus the wind velocity as they're being delivered.

    I imagine there was quite a scramble at the fairgrounds, headed over to the covered horse barn, as well as over to get under the big oak trees to the east
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    Good stuff Ken.............thanks.
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    Thank you so much for the photo's and I would of or could of quoted so many photo's and asked the question, " What sort of car is this please? " as there were so many usual makes I just didn't recognize.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
    Thank you so much for the photo's and I would of or could of quoted so many photo's and asked the question, " What sort of car is this please? " as there were so many usual makes I just didn't recognize.

    The hardest one for me to identify was the blue sedan, first picture of post 18, it's a Nash. I have no idea what year, but I would guess mid to late 30's.
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