Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carlisle

Slobberknockered?? Say what??

Oh, and BTW: I want a Spyder . . .

Saw such a cherry version, w/ the red darts and all at Morrow Bay. Was kinda powder blue. What a sweet machine it was. I have pics.

PS: Looks like burgers and shakes got squeezed out. That was a cool place. Not that Boiling Springs is not cool -- even if it is Boiling.

Boiling Springs tavern is one of our favorite places in Pennsylvania. If some of you remember the LMS and I directed everyone to it for lunch after the Harley-Davidson tour a couple of years ago. (What a relief from the rain, eh?) We head there for dinner the first night we get back to PA. We are going to miss it almost as much as we miss being with everyone this year as long as we can't get there and sell the ranch too. :-(

Have fun and drink a beer for us.

Here is my favorite picture of the pond across from the tavern.

Happy Trails,
Dusty and the LMS

I gotta make Morro next year just to remember what you two look like. Good luck on the ranch sale. So it's AZ now instead of the Carolinas?

Alan, very glad to hear about the prognosis ! I would "clock you a Schmeer" for a ride in that rod. See you there.

Very sad to hear more of the "regulars" aren't coming. ALL will be missed! But hey, there's always next year!

Who do we bribe to get the Speedsters Meet Spyders logo back up in the little box on the homepage? Theron?
I guess that's what I'll do with my annual $35.00 contribution this year. ;)

(Does he take bribes?)

Next item: We need to have a designated weatherman -- or weatherwoman -- for this event. It's just about time to spin the wheel ...
I'll open nominations with the Distinguished Mr. "Iron Pants" from Arkansas.
Do I hear a Second? Whadd'ya say, Jack? Do you have some chicken bones and a map of the Eastern United States?

Seconded.... ;-)

Hoss' anti-rain dance worked pretty well last year.

Well, thanks to a few crybabies, I can't pull up nostalgic Carlisle weather threads.

~WB

Average HI 74 LO 53 for the weekend. They are calling for rain this weekend, which was the show date for last year. Hopefully, now that the calendar has jumped and we are a week later, the weekend of the show will be dry.

Hey, I am getting excited! But not as excited as Mr. Anderson(sorry Lane!) Can't wait to do the B&B(beer and BS) with you all!

Danny - Are you bringing any of your home brew?

My forecast; 79 degrees, cloudless skies, no breeze, egg sammiches,
great friends, safe travel and Oban.

I have lots of areas to see about enroute weather but no matter what it ends up being, I'm there.

That's the spirit Jack!

Sorry Bruce, didn't make any this year yet!

This is going to be a fun year for me, I am friggin relaxing if it kills me!

Good for you Danny!! No beer to tote around and no mugs to unload, you won't know what to do with yourself!! I'll be sure to get you a beer or twelve at the Hotel!

See ya next week -WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!

Felix Bircher RSVP'd for Saturday. Thanks, Felix.

Weatherunderground is the site I use to try and determine what weather MIGHT be like somewhere. (Google it if the link below does not work) After choosing the place you want to check the weather on look for the "trip planner" and click on it then input the dates that you are thinking about. It'll come back after looking at 8-10 years of history and tell you what you might expect. You can then look at the dialy charts below for details IE: once it said rain every day for a plce we were thinking about but when I checked the daily stats it did indeed rain each and every day but from about 2-5 AM...during the day it was nice and sunny.

For Carlisle May 19-24th it says Ave temp is warm with 4% chance of a hot, + 90, day; Ave daily precip is 0.1 with a 21% chance of a rainy day; Ave cloud cover is partly cloudy with a 36% chance of a cloudy day; etc.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KCXY/1972/5/19/PlannerHistory.html?dayend=24&monthend=5&yearend=1972&req_city=Capital+City&req_state=PA&req_statename=Pennsylvania

I'll be closer than usual that weekend, be at our place in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, but we'll have to wait for another year to make the final few miles to Carlisle. I'll also have to put the car back together which has ground to a stop while waiting to get off these damn crutches.

I have a small preview for you of the longest distance awards ... Subject to change.
I might come up with more detail or a different drawing for each. We'll see. Forgive the phone camera.

I'm still working on these, so there will be changes between now and then, but it's one more thing to look forward to. I'll be doing a few for the drawing also.

(They're nowhere near the quality of an original Heidi Gallo watercolor, but you can sure put 'em up in the garage. Frankly, I'd love to have some of her work. I'd hang up my pens if I could paint like her!)

Cory,

Thank you for the great compliments, but you better not "hang up your pens". Your work is awesome! Looking forward to meeting you at
Carlisle.

Heidi

Cory - your work gets more awesome with each drawing!!

Cory, they look outstanding, to quote...YOU!

See youse soon!

Cory,
I am SO SORRY that we cannot come this year! I really wanted a picture or our car and trailer to put on the wall with our favorite trophies. Next year you have to get your drawings worked up ahead of time!!! One more thing for me to shoot for, eh?

Pass on our regrets to BERT that we will not be there to give her a big hug. (did I tell you how much we enjoyed her visit to the ranch? Your turn next ... whereever we are!)

Drink a GOOD glass of wine to us.


Happy Trails,
Dusty and the LMS

ONE WEEK TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I'm putting together an email to send out to everyone with some last-minute reminders and suggestions (hard to believe but some people actually do not read this site). Here's what I have so far, anything else?:

1. If you pre-registered with Carlisle you should have already received your window sticker and goody bag voucher. Don

I think I got me some time off work- I should finally be able to make this one! Looks like a hoot!

First time in this thread, didn't read any of this, but I want to wish all of you a great and carefree drive and weekend in general.
Jack has the Oban, have a shot on me....

Thanks Mr. Manto~

We'll get you and GERD here one of these days, Vince.

And just in case you're thinking that everything you need you can find on the left coast....just look at this car. What did you think I meant you dirty old men!

You know you can go to Jail for messing with that "Entry Level" stuff

Just think about all that "time" you'll have to reminisce about it ~

I just noticed this link on the Carlisle website of a directory for the weekend:
http://www.carlisleevents.com/ce/pdf/2010_Import_Directory_web.pdf

The front page has a good photo that gives you an idea of what the "fun" field looks like during the weekend. Farther down you'll see the Carlisle weekend schedule, a list of seminars (including "Ins and Outs of Weber Carbs", "How to Restore and Complete Old Kit Cars", and "How to Assemble a Killer Kit Car Without Breaking the Bank"), three live bands on Saturday, autocross, some shots of this year's giveaway car, a map of the grounds showing the location of our tent (same as last year and right next to the seminar tent and the Midway), a list of vendors and more.

Page 7 has a great overhead shot of some of our group from last year - first place for registrations!

Anyone doing the Autocross this year?

Check it out.

Jim Chichi RSVP'd for Saturday evening dinner at the Sunnyside. Thanks, Jim!

Jim's car will be in the JPS Motorsports display but he will be driving his 1958 Bugeye Sprite and hanging with the local Vintage Sports Car Club. His club is promoting their Meeting of Marques International Car Show to be held June 5th at the Hershey Medical Center. The show is in support of the Children's Miracle Network and is open to all marques including replicas. Carlisle Events is one of our supporters and you will get a flyer in your registration goody bag.

Another teaser for you cats who are trying to figure out whether you're really gonna make the long haul ... a little amateur art from the show for those who really have to drive to get there.
A little something for over the workbench, perhaps, or for the attic:

Ahhhh.... Just finished detailing the car, so I can relax, have a refreshing adult beverage, and look forward to this coming week. Can't wait to see all y'all again.

Cory---your artwork is just sensational---I love all of it! You have a style that shows these wonderful cars as friendly and fun, which they almost always are.

--Looking forward to seeing your slides at Carlisle too.

I've been redoing my Beck Thunder Ranch Spyder since the Fall.
light body work and paint, front faux grill, leather seats, Vintage Spyder's carpet, banjo wheel w/ P horn button, OEM style front signal lights, new headlight assemblies, mucho wiring upgrades. 1915 now has fresh pistons and jugs, fan oil cooler, new carbs, balanced fan, remote filter. New brakes, steering box, damper. Fabricated side curtain brackets, made the top fit right.
Been tearing my hair out. I couldn't get it to run decent and we all seem to by pass the simple stuff. Turns out that the aftermarket aluminum degree pulley silk screen degree markings were way off. Found this by rotating to #1 to TDC and the marking on the pulley were way off. The fix was to count off 30 has marks on the pulley from where the actual TDC was and it ran.
I'll meet up with the southern caravan at Shoney's, Hagerstown, MD then on to Hotel Carlisle .... Have a safe trip !
~Alan

Hooo-F'n-YAH!
Maybe that's Mickey's problem?

Ditto what Lane said. Now to prepare mentally for the 682 mile trek to Carlisle. How about a short list of things to pack and certain things we can do without.