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Topic: Back from Dearborn/Ford 100th
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-17-2003 04:23 PM
 
We just got back, sunburnt, exhausted, and I have a smile on my face that will take months to wear off!I don't even know where to start... It was amazing! As soon as I get a little time I'll fill you in on some more details. We took over 600 pictures, I have no idea how I'm going to organize all of them. I'll be sharing them ASAP, though. We met up with some AWESOME people! For example, Ralph Rebandt {...who bought us breakfast and gave me an excellent Ford Police Vehicles hat--thanks!  }, his beautiful wife Carol, very nice and polite son Josh, and Ralph's dad Ralph Sr., a great guy who was a top sales rep for Ford from '58-'72, and TomP joined us for breakfast. TomP is quite a character! I wish we could have spent more time with him but he was busy stomping the local swamps in search of closed drag strips.  At the car show we met up with Mike {kcode} and Beck, and we had a great time sitting around baking in the sun. {Beck was slaving at the MCA tent, Mike doesn't seem to do much...  } Mike was nice enough to give me a bright yellow Music City Mustang club shirt so Pam wouldn't lose track of me on the Ford grounds, thanks Mike! Then we met up with Joyce, her husband Mike and their son Mike, all great people. We had a nice dinner, and Joyce gave me a copy of a book they were giving away at the event that for some reason I couldn't find the source of, thanks guys! We also got to meet PonyDoc. David was spreading the word of the Pony Drive II coming up at the Mustang 40th next April. {info here: http://ponydrive.us/ } Nice to put a face with a name! Then we got to meet Rick Schmidt and his dad Jim, both very nice and friendly guys that own some amazing cars. We have pics of the six cars they had there. I'm sorry if I forgot to mention anyone, last weekend was a whirlwind. The people and the cars there were astounding! My favorite car had to have been George Follmer's #16 '70 Boss 302 Trans Am car! We were in one of the racing tents looking over a Holman-Moody car when we heard thunder explode at the other end of the tent. We turned around and there was the #16 pulling into it's parking space right next to Smokey Yunick's black and gold '69 Boss 302. The best way to describe it was that it sounded PISSED!!! When the driver shut the car off the entire crowd in the packed tent cheered and applauded. That was amazing. The entire weekend was like that. When everywhere you turn there are GT40s, and every time you turn a corner you hear yourself say "Oh my God, that's the _ _ _ _ _ car!!!" you start wondering if you are still on planet earth! ------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-17-2003 04:32 PM
By the way, yesterday the George Follmer's #16 '70 Boss 302 Trans Am car drove by me within inches as they were taking it out of the tent. I saw it roll in, and I saw it roll out. I'll never forget that.   ------------------
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Mustangs Plus, NPD, Osborn Reproductions, MyFordPerformance.com, and FordRamAir.com [This message has been edited by SteveLaRiviere (edited 06-17-2003).]
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indyphil
Gearhead Posts: 3394
From: Senoia, G.A. USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 06-17-2003 04:33 PM
I wish I could have gone...
cant get the time off work at the moment.  ------------------
'68 coupe 289 C code
66 heads, edel 600cfm carb, performer intake, dual exhaust
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 27681
From: Hampton Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-17-2003 06:05 PM
Someone scrap Steve off the celing.he's floating away again Sounds Like y'all had a ball sorry we had to miss it..
Steve we'er looking forward to some photos!! sam
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kwazykat
Moderator Posts: 8279
From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe.....
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-17-2003 08:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mustangs68:
....sorry we had to miss it.....
yes....... my heart is broken also.....
i cant believe we had to miss it.... next year ..... next year......
it wont be the same.... but there is always next year.... kk
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68F100
Gearhead Posts: 2835
From: Burlington, Iowa
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 06-17-2003 09:04 PM
That must have been so awesome. I can't wait for more pics Steve. I went to a car show on Father's Day and saw a 69 Boss 302 (Grabber Orange) and a 70 Mach I (Bright Yellow). Does that count? Wish I could have gone to the Ford 100th.
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kcode
Gearhead Posts: 3415
From: alvaton,ky,usa Suburb of Bowling Green, M&M #79, MCA #29208
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-17-2003 10:30 PM
The truth is, Pam does all of the work, and Steve takes all of the glory  Special thanks to Pam for the phone call, I left my paperwork with Jim (brother-in-law) so he picked up a book for me. He stayed until Monday night. Thanks Mike
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 22791
From: Reno Nv M&M #1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-18-2003 02:31 AM
Welcome back Steve sorry I could not make the show.It sounds like I missed out on alot.
Glad you had a great time.But 600 pictures 
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SCOOP
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 2.26 60'S
14.9 @ 90.86MPH 65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8"3.40 TracLoc,Cragar SS,Black Suede. https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Fastymz.html
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Big D
Gearhead Posts: 6843
From: WELLS, NEVADA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-18-2003 05:04 AM
Steve,, Glad you had a GREAT TIME.. If ever there was a person that deserved to be there and observe the history that what was ACTUALLY there,, it's YOU boss man.. I went to a show in Winnemucca,NV.. It's one of those,, "If I Only Knew Then,, What I Know Now".. I would have loved driving to Michigan with the UTAH bunch.. Glad you were able to go.. ------------------
Don
'66 Fastback
302 with 5 speed
Royal Blue Metallic w/Ghost Flames "If you put Brake Fluid in Paint,, Will it stop it from Running..
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Ralph Rebandt
Gearhead Posts: 517
From: Farmington Hills, MI
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 06-18-2003 07:27 AM
Thank the good Lord for digital cameras, Steve. I couldn't afford all those pics, though they are stored in my mushy hard drive. Hey, I too am looking forward to those pics! There was just so much to see this past weekend. We had a blast. Besides all the cars and exhibits, the Toby Keith concert was a highlight for most of the folk I talked to.Steve, did you get to go on the Mustang assembly plant tour on Saturday?
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Tbird
Gearhead Posts: 298
From: USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-18-2003 08:12 AM
I was one of the lucky few you might say to know someone that had a pass to attend the Ford Racing Reception on Friday nite at the Henry Ford Museum. That was fabulous and a memory that will long be cherished. The cast of characters was unbelievable and many won't be around many more years.
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Dave Gibson
Moderator Posts: 10769
From: Norfolk, Virginia, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 06-18-2003 12:14 PM
Welcome back Steve. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Wish we could have joined all of you there, but duty calls. Looking forward to seeing some of those 600 photo's. Did you get a chance to meet Lark and Beverly Bragg at the MCA tent?Dave & Terri ------------------
'65 Mustang Fastback
'02 Explorer XLT
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it!
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?
Common sense is not so common anymore.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-18-2003 12:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by kcode:
The truth is, Pam does all of the work, and Steve takes all of the glory Special thanks to Pam for the phone call, I left my paperwork with Jim (brother-in-law) so he picked up a book for me. He stayed until Monday night. Thanks Mike
Well, THAT was MY idea! ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 Please remember our sponsors,
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-18-2003 12:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Ralph Rebandt:
Steve, did you get to go on the Mustang assembly plant tour on Saturday?
No, but I took pics of the outside on Monday. ------------------
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Mustangs Plus, NPD, Osborn Reproductions, MyFordPerformance.com, and FordRamAir.com
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6376
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 06-19-2003 12:46 AM
I'm back now too... 600 pix? pffft, i have more than 1500...it'll take weeks to sort 'em all... hundreds from Dearborn on Thursday,Friday and Sunday and Niagara Falls on Monday...i went to the races at Bunker Hill,Indiana and the Indy Goodguys event on the Saturday... stayed in Auburn amidst a motel parking lot full of Auburns,Cords and Duesenbergs... got the Focus stuck in bottomless mud in Avilla and made a pass down the long-closed Niagara Dragway, visited a secret NORAD underground bunker and encountered rattlesnakes in northern Ontario. A very busy week indeed.It was great meeting you guys, sorry i was so late for breakfast... never ask stupid people for directions... or maybe qualify them first with preliminary directions for places you know.  It was an awesome event, damn near every GT40 in existance and some of the oldest, rarest and most obscure Fords imaginable.
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Tbird
Gearhead Posts: 298
From: USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-19-2003 07:50 AM
Did anyone make it over to Greenfield Village and see Mustang s/n 1? It is amazing how good it still looks in the unrestored condition.....
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T5owner
Gearhead Posts: 724
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 06-20-2003 06:07 AM
Yes, I made it ...somehow
Pictures indeed courtesy David S. Turnbull
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6376
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 06-20-2003 03:32 PM
That 000001 convert isn't as early as the blue hardtop on display on the front entrance ramp of the Glass House... it was built in January 64 and hand assembled...it was not assigned a serial number at first but when Mustang demand outstripped supply it was given a VIN and sent out the door.Hey all you poor saps that missed it, don't worry, the 200th anniversary show is just around the corner... better start making reservations!
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Ralph Rebandt
Gearhead Posts: 517
From: Farmington Hills, MI
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 06-20-2003 04:59 PM
TomP I want to see the pic of the Detroit Dragway
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AKBOSSMAN
Gearhead Posts: 2993
From: WASILLA , AK USA M&M #743 MCA #40857
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 06-20-2003 05:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
We just got back,..........astounding! My favorite car had to have been George Follmer's #16 '70 Boss 302 Trans Am car! We were in one of the racing tents looking over a Holman-Moody car when we heard thunder explode at the other end of the tent. We turned around and there was the #16 pulling into it's parking space right next to Smokey Yunick's black and gold '69 Boss 302. The best way to describe it was that it sounded PISSED!!! ....are still on planet earth!
That gave me goosebumps! thanks ------------------
WAYNE CURTIS
70 GRABBER GREEN BOSS 302No fake scoops here!
01 Sangria Red Focus ZX3For Sale!!
03 Boss 302 (5.0) (waiting on order form)
92 SHELBY 4X4 (K-9 IDITAROD LEAD DOG)
My old '71Torino GT
"If your under control then your going too slow!" Parnelli Jones
"When it's on it's top and burning,you've gone fast enough." unknown
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6376
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 06-20-2003 10:39 PM
RalphThat Detroit Dragway trip was a letdown... nothing at all remains, the two warehouses are joined by two more extending as far as King Road. Hydroseeding trucks were there and the new pavement was ribboned off (kept me from doing burnouts and making a pass "for old times sake"). There was some of the shutdown area in year old aerial photos.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-24-2004 11:56 AM
quote:
Originally posted by TomP:
I'm back now too... 600 pix? pffft, i have more than 1500...it'll take weeks to sort 'em all... hundreds from Dearborn on Thursday,Friday and Sunday and Niagara Falls on Monday...i went to the races at Bunker Hill,Indiana and the Indy Goodguys event on the Saturday... stayed in Auburn amidst a motel parking lot full of Auburns,Cords and Duesenbergs... got the Focus stuck in bottomless mud in Avilla and made a pass down the long-closed Niagara Dragway, visited a secret NORAD underground bunker and encountered rattlesnakes in northern Ontario. A very busy week indeed.
Tom, did you ever put your pictures up on the web? I'd love to see them!  ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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