Cars and Coffee -- Burtonsville, MD, Sunday 10/23

Anybody up for it? There will be a lot of cars there, like maybe 150 of them.
I'm planning on going regardless, but it'd be nice to have some other Speedsters around. :)

216 or 235 stovebolt, huh? With the weight of the truck and the low gearing it probably has, I guess this ain't no freeway flyer. I was at SAS one day and a guy was picking up his rod in a similar Ford, probably somewhat newer (early 50's). He had converted to modern V-8 power and a HD auto trans. It was a neat setup for a car hauler. Not only that, but these old cab overs are really cool looking.

So far, I've reached out to Paul, Kelly, Rob and East Coast Bruce. Anybody else considering going?

Hoss, that thing looked like it was straight out of a Pixar movie -- until it started up. Black, blue AND white smoke for a second there. I'm guessing it probably isn't upgraded to "modern" anything.

I'll snap a few under-bonnet shots tomorrow, if it's there.

I want to go to this. What time are you going to be there Cory? Is it easy to meet up, so that we can park together? -- Syl

Hey! We had a 1948 Cab-over Ford 2-1/2 ton, flatbed dump truck on the farm when I was a kid. That one in the picture is a (very nice, btw) 1946, if I'm not mistaken from the grill. We had a 59-A/B flathead and all. In fact, I went and picked up my first VW with it (My beloved, 57 oval sedan) back in 1967 after I got back from Honduras. Paid $25 dollars for the bug if I picked it up.

The truck is still on the farm, way out in the back woods and abandoned as a rust heap, but I miss that old truck. It defined the essence of coolness, as far as I was concerned. The transmission was a bit behind the driver, so the shifter came up from behind and the shift pattern (which was a 3-speed, btw) worked a little upside-down but was logical, once you got used to it.

MAN! I would LOVE to find a good one to restore as a Speedstah Hauler!!!

I'll be there from about 8:30 or 9:00, Syl. I'm at work in Arlington until 7:00 tomorrow morning, then I have to drive to annapolis and head from there to Burtonsville.

It's an open parking lot, with early arrivals getting prime spots. We'll likely be on the periphery because we're going to get there late, but that's probably easier to coordinate parking.

It's at MD-198 and Old Rte. 29 (Columbia Pike):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&abauth=3fb3e763:GXpTMNqfGbEM5xVoFuy4Q3K6c2U&q=Burtonsville,+MD&aq=&vps=2&ei=GWOjTuCAGY_w8wbDveSbCA&jsv=375b&sll=39.099275,-76.848306&sspn=0.067542,0.109692&vpsrc=0&g=Laurel,+MD&safe=on&num=10&abstate=A:actbar-saveto

If the link goes bad, type in Burtonsville Crossing shopping center as search criteria.

Zoom all the way in, look north of the push-pin for a Burger King parking lot and head there! See you in the morning, along with Paul Rich, maybe Rob Mairs and possibly Kelly and Bruce later in the day. It's billed from 8:00 to noon-ish.

Give me a call with any questions: Four-four-three-nine-nine-five-zero-five-seven-six.

Cory,

I'm heading south to a car show in Upper Marlboro with the hot rod (sorry, no Speedster) in the trailer. Will try to get over to Burtonsville and stop by. Not sure what time I'll be there, hopefully there will be room to beach the truck and trailer while sight-seeing.

I just GOTTA remember to take my camera to C&C next weekend.

Lane, Where's C&C in Chas'ton?

Today was a great success for Speedsters, but a Mustang exercised poor judgement on leaving. Poor guy wrecked a non-Posi Pony car hot-dogging out of the parking lot.
It is rebuildable, but damn.
Pictures to follow later.

In the Towne Center shopping enter in Mount Pleasant - in front of the Atlanta Bread Co to be specific. It starts at 0800 and runs until around 1000 on Saturdays, although now that we are in car show season here, there are often other shows that the C&C people then caravan to. Yesterday it was the local British Car Club annual show at Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park. There's a Facebook page called (I think) Charleston Cars and Coffee. Pictures are posted every week.

Oh yeah - last week the local PCA chapter joined up with us. The rumor I heard is that it will become a monthly thing with them.

Yeah, there's always one. I watched a guy do that with a Nova...right into a concrete drainage culvert. DUMAS!

~WB

Cory, Did that happen after I left?

..wrecked a non-Posi Pony car hot-dogging out of the parking lot..

That's how good a thing like C & C meet their demise.

Must have been right after you left, Bruce. Paul, Syl and I were still there.
The pictures are in my phone, and I can't upload them from it. I'll do that in a bit.

Alan, I gave your number to a guy named Joel. He might want one of your projects. Also, you need to call this old guy named Bob King. He has a FF GT-40 kit you can have for about five bucks (no kidding, really) which he says he'll never get around to.
I have his info. I'll get it to you.

Thanks for the GT-40 reference but I'll pass on it, no more full builds just speedster rehabs.

Had a great day at the Cars and Coffee with Cory, Paul, and Bruce. That's Bruce's truck and trailer in the back-ground with his hot rod inside.

The guy with the pony car stepped in it as he left the parking lot (fecal pun intended) and turned it into a very expensive day.

DAMMIT!! I was so busy this week end w/ stuff, I failed to get the word. As this venue is about 10 mins from my house, I would have dropped in, for sure. What is the schedule there? Is it a weekly thing? A monthly thing??

Cory: sorry I missed you on this one.

Yup, I just missed the Mustang show. He was just warming up the engine when I was leaving. That was a major f-up, he can be glad most of the attendees were gone when he pulled that stunt.

I have more pics of the crash, but figured these were better to look at. Good seeing ya Syl and Cory.

OK. I'll bite. How did you get that picture Paul? A really tall ladder?

walked up them there stairs.

other images were crappy, edited and reposted. much clearer. this site is horrible when it comes to posting decent images.

I threw in a pick of the owner of the car. no smile on his face... as you can imagine.