Thread: Took a little drive.
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04-17-2011 12:55 AM #1
Took a little drive.
Yesterday we did something we have been waiting for lots of years to do......my two Sons and I got to take our first drive together in all 3 of our cars.Dan, Don, Don's GF Taylor, and I drove to a town about an hour away for a car show they have up there. We got there too late to get registered, but we had a great time anyway. Met a lot of nice folks and saw a whole bunch of cars that we have never seen before.
It was about 90 degrees and I am cooked today, but it was worth it. Here is a picture of us stopping for gas and one going down the road. Dans car is in the lead, but so low it doesn't show up in the picture.
DonLast edited by Itoldyouso; 04-17-2011 at 12:58 AM.
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04-17-2011 01:04 AM #2
Very Cool guys very cool.
Kurt
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04-17-2011 01:07 AM #3
Hey,thats kool stuff,Don,Don and Dan...Nice day for a cruise in an open car..Wish I had been there..Do all your gas stations advertise cigarettes like that,on the pump??
Not allowed to do that down here..and they are cheap too...paying about $12-16 a pack here,depending on size and brand..No,I dont..Gave up finally about 12 years back..Any way,,nice to see you guys[and gal]out cruising..
Micah 6:8
If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???
Robin.
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04-17-2011 01:17 AM #4
Yep, it was really fun and something I have dreamed about for years. Don and Taylor had to leave early because Don was playing last night, but Dan and I took our time coming back. Took us 3 hours because every time we stopped it took a while to answer all the questions about our cars.But people were very kind and we didn't mind talking with them so long.
As for the cigarettes, yep, they do anything down here to sell them to you they can. I don't smoke, but I went with my ex-wife shopping the other day and the price of cigs has dropped. She was paying $ 53 a carton and now they are $ 48. I think it is because (hopefully) less people are smoking and there is a glut of them on the market. I saw a tv program where the market is so bad for tobacco farmers they are only getting about 50 cents a pound and need $ 1.50 a pound to break even. GOOD, I hope the market totallly collapses and they have to switch to crops that don't kill people. (sorry, got carried away)
Don
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04-17-2011 01:25 AM #5
Say your piece,Don..I have good friends who smoke,,but I hate being around them when they do,,been there,and second hand smoke is as attractive as a bucketful of cold sick...not to mention the headaches I get now,when in their stinkin smoke..[there,said mine too]..
Back to the subject...Three Ts on a cruise would make me sit up and take notice,too..Glad you guys have such a neat father/son relationship..Micah 6:8
If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???
Robin.
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04-17-2011 01:56 AM #6
Thanks Lamin8r. Sometimes you look back on life and wonder why certain things ended up the way they did, and when I think back on what my life would have been like without my two Sons, I can't even begin to imagine it. Someone was really looking out for me up there.
Don
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04-17-2011 02:20 AM #7
Headers
Was just curious about the headers,are there mufflers stuck in the extensions like the baffle type they run on dirt cars or are they ran open and if so are they fairly quiet,thks!
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04-17-2011 04:40 AM #8
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04-17-2011 03:26 AM #9
After seeing those pics... Now, I'm officially, JEALOUS! I wish mine were done... sigh
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04-17-2011 06:31 AM #10
Wow Don fantasic pictures. Look like a real blast with the sons to be cruising together. My son is usually my copilot and I just love having him with me. Maybe he will get him a ride someday so we can cruise together. Have fun out there.
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04-17-2011 06:53 AM #11
That is just too neat, grins all around.
Met up with some ol' AF buddies for lunch a couple days ago here in Vegas. Walked past a cig machine.............$8.50 a pack! Lots of taxes in there I'd bet....................but hey............"it's for the children!"......Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
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04-17-2011 07:14 AM #12
Cruizin' in the roadsters??? Hard for me to even imagine today...our forecast hi for the day is 41, possibly all the way up to 46 tomorrow!!!
Anyway, looks like you guys had a blast Don. Would like to do some cruizin' one of these days, maybe some of Al Gore's global warming will eventually make it up this way?????Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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04-17-2011 07:47 AM #13
That`s awesome Don! Im glad the three of you can finally enjoy all the sleepless nights and hard work!
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04-17-2011 08:19 AM #14
Thanks guys. Yep, it was sure fun.
Oldmanb, Life does take us in directions we never planned, and sometimes it really turns out for the better.
Mello, I guess they are sort of "chips." Sometimes I wish I had been a golfer when this car hobby gets to us though.
Roger, we've discussed the Car Chemistry stuff. So yours isn't blowing out because of the fg wrapping? Interesting.
Buzz, I bet your Kid enjoys it as much as you.
Bob, and I thought $ 5.00 a pack was bad!But you are right, it's for a good cause.
Dave, that's crazy about the weather up there. Didn't some areas have about a foot of snow this week?
John, glad to see you are still around these parts.
DonLast edited by Itoldyouso; 04-17-2011 at 08:22 AM.
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04-17-2011 10:24 AM #15
Appears that you had your own mini "Power Tour", I'll bet that was a hoot. Hope you didn't cause any wrecks from all of the googling.Ken Thomas
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