Thread: Turkey Run 2008

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I wish i knew you were gonna be there, you could have caught up with the rest of us.

Hotroddaddy wrote:

I wish i knew you were gonna be there, you could have caught up with the rest of us

I was going to give you a call on your cell, but when I went to do it I realized it had been on my old phone and the number was not transferred over. Couldn't find it in an old thread either. So I could not contact anyone important. And of course, Don never has a working phone so he is like the phantom. If weren't for finding his car I would have had to assume he really only exists in the ether.

We just walked in the door getting back from TR, and the last 4 days are a blur. Every year we plan on doing so much and getting hooked up with so many friends, and it never seems to work out right. We did get to see some of the members, but missed a lot more who were nice enough to leave notes on my seat. I think the problem is that TR is so big and covers so much territory that we are all spread out at any given time. The other thing is that we were so dog tired from walking so many miles through the swap meet every day that we basically went back to the motel and crashed for a while, then went out to grab a quick bite before going to bed for the night.

Lots to report, but no pictures so far. I didn't want to drag my camera around with me, so all the pictures we have are on Dan and Don's cameras. As soon as I can get them from them I will post some.

The highlight of the run for me was getting my car pinstriped by Skratch. In case you don't know him, he does most of Chip Fooses stuff, and has an upcoming TV show on the speed channel. He's kind of like the Ed Roth of today. He was one of the attractions they brought in, I think, and I had him do my headlights, cowl, dash, and rear crossmember. The guy is AWESOME. He freehands everything and it looks like a laser did it, the work is so straight and neat.

Don had him do his T after mine, and it came out really nice too. We had him sign his name to the work. I felt really good, because here is a guy who works on almost every episode of Overhaulin' right beside Chip, and he said he liked my car! He said it was the style he likes, and coming from him that is a huge compliment. I know I'm not worthy, but I still smile thinking about it. 50 years from now when someone drags my T out of a barn they will say "and it even has pinstriping done by Skratch!!"

I also bought a dual carb setup for the T, and am going to try to get it installed this weekend. Bought it from Vintage Speed, and it is complete right down to the chrome scoop on each carb. The four barrel has been fantastic, but the car needs a little zing and I haven't done anything since I finished it up a year ago.

The weather was the best, UNTIL TODAY. We should have left at 8 AM, but Dan wanted to go back and buy a few more goodies, so we left at noon. We got 1 mile out of Daytona and the sky opened up.........HARD!! Dan and Don were in Dan's truck towing Don's T, but I was following behind in my T. I not only got drenched, but the raindrops were like bullets, stinging my face and head. Finally we pulled under an overpass and a State Trooper pulled in to see what was up. Very nice guy, and he told us where the nearest U Haul dealer was, so we went there and rented a truck and trailer to pull my T home on.

I've driven in a lot of Florida downpours in my '27, but it handles differently. The '23 is squirrelly with the slicks on the back, and braking was basically skidding 20 feet to a stop. That did it for me, so I decided to turn it into a trailer queen for the ride home. Better that than wrecking and maybe killing myself or someone else.

So...............that's about it for my Daytona tale. I think this was the best one yet. We had a blast, got to see some friends, and bought lots of stuff we don't need.

Don