Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

[b]george1861
looks like we are running the same route. as the tour gets closer, we'll keep in touch and see about meeting up at the fl/al line.

[b]white monster
the plan at this time is to leave between 12 and 2. if oldpigguy is going, at one time, he invited us to stay and bbq at his place thur nite. then leave at 4 or 5 in the morning to meet up with george1861. i'm leaving in about an hour to head oldpigguys way to see if we (myself and a whole "overhauling" type gang) can't get him going and to test the 83'. we'll discuss the plans further this weekend. alternate plan is that we can head further along thur nite and get up later on fri.

[b]cstwgn
you're a mad man!!!! if you could lay off the "red bull", you are more than welcome to join in. love to have you along.

everyone and anyone, please let me know what you think. these plans are not in concrete. we will change plans to accomadate if we can.

[Monster]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

Well ...

MapQuest is telling me it's 975 miles and 15 Hours from Daytona to Little Rock.

I'll probably catch the "Florida Mini-Tour" convoy on I-75 someplace in Ocala (I hook up at US 40) and hopefully end up at the Ramada on Shackleford Drive in Little Rock sometime Friday night.

;D

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

went to sopchoppy this weekend to work on oldpigguys dble 5. we made a lot of progress, but maybe not enough. anyway, when it's done, it should look way sweet. he reconfirmed that he wants us to stop and party thur nite. he has room. the choice would be to stop and enjoy his and his wife's hospitality, and then get going by 4:30 in the morning to make the fl/al line...or go further thur nite and get a hotel off I-10 closer to the line and get up later in the morning. everyone let me know their opinion.
i usually run 44 across to wildwood, but traffic this way stinks and it usually takes me 1-1/4 hr. i get to silver springs in that time and silver springs is only 20 min from I-75. white monster, we'll probably be running in your direction sooner than I-75.

[carhabit]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

We are leaving Palm City, FL around 1:00 on Thursday and plan to drive to the Pensacola area that night. Maybe we'll catch some of you on the cruise up to the panhandle. Hooking up with George at the AL rest area Friday morning. Not sure if I will be the only one stopping frequently, but at 14 mpg I won't miss many gas stations! :D

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

with my small tank, my range is 180 to 200 miles.

[crankshaft]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

Hi Cobra

We will pull out of central florida mid-day thur. and make a bee-line to pensacola for thur night
and off the little rock on friday

Keep in touch

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

Hi Cobra

We will pull out of central florida mid-day thur. and make a bee-line to pensacola for thur night
and off the little rock on friday

Keep in touch

sounds like you are doing similar to carhabit. maybe you should run with them and hook up with all of us on friday morning.

[carhabit]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

We should hit Orlando around 3:00 Thursday afternoon. Looks like we will be a couple of hours behind everyone else further up the state.
We are going to get a hotel near Pensacola. Do any of you have hotel plans up there yet?

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

we are not sure yet. we might stay at oldpigguy and party a little, or we might go on down the road further. only thing for sure is we'll all meet at the fl/al line reststop at 7:00 to 7:30am on fri morn.

[crankshaft]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

We should hit Orlando around 3:00 Thursday afternoon. Looks like we will be a couple of hours behind everyone else further up the state.
We are going to get a hotel near Pensacola. Do any of you have hotel plans up there yet?

We plan to stay (I think it's I-10 ) in Pensacola at a Hampton or (Hampton like ) we like the free hot breakfast
and on the road to little rock I think it will be an 8hr trip
Maybe we can catch up with each other

Mrs crankshaft

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

white monster, the last saturday nite of the month is Sanford on the water. come on over and do a meet and greet. i'll be in the red 83' mustang with black wheels. should get there between 6:30 and 7:00.

[crankshaft]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

white monster, the last saturday nite of the month is Sanford on the water. come on over and do a meet and greet. i'll be in the red 83' mustang with black wheels. should get there between 6:30 and 7:00.

Cobra that will be next weekend (5/31) and webester on sunday what a car weekend
Hope to see you soon
Black /white chevy 57 150

[Dave the Bartender]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

Cobra, Hopefully Sopchoppy will be a stop on your Mini Tour. If so, what time do you project as an arrival time. I may have to get off of work a little early, so "J" doesn't have to keep y'all entertained. Hopefully we can grill out some dinner if your schedule works out? No brats this time though.

White Monster is Cobra the only one that drinks beer?

Crankshaft, what are you driving on the tour? I sure would like to see the 57. Does Cobra have any pictures of it he could email me?

Wish I could make it on the Tour this year but the car won't be finished and the funds are. I gave it my best shot and I think only Chip could have done better. I still am trying to drive the car by the Thursday you come thru, but the interior could not get done by then. Even with all the great help I had a mostly one man team can't do the impossible. It sure has been fun but I am going to have to say, "see ya next year!"

The happy to be this far along,
DTB aka old pig guy

[cobra]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

plans are to arrive at your place about 6:30 to 7:00, i dought before then. we'll be getting up at 4:00 in the morning to get to alabama by 7:00, which means we should crash by 10:00pm thur nite. hope this won't inconvienance you. if so, let me know and we'll stop for an hour anyway and then move on down the road.

i have a few pictures of crankshaft's 57 in the 07' photos. they were coming in at.....were did we yell at those guys for yelling at the kids doing the burnout?????? wow...the days blend into one. it's black & white. tim's driving.

too bad you can't make it. we'll miss your energy. maybe you can bring the dble 5 down to ocala for the "Billetproof" show next year...or maybe the TurkeyRod Run???

[Monster]

Re: Mini Tour to Power Tour from Florida

white monster, the last saturday nite of the month is Sanford on the water. come on over and do a meet and greet. i'll be in the red 83' mustang with black wheels. should get there between 6:30 and 7:00.

cobra, I sent you a PM.