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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 09-11-2023, 07:38 PM
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Views: 2,924
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Re: Hershey, is it really that big?

IIRC correctly, the number of spaces sold in 2018 was more than 9,200.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 09-11-2023, 04:19 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,924
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Re: Hershey, is it really that big?

When I wrote the text for the Hershey story for the Antique Automobile in 2018, the show's czar told me that year the swap meet covered 330 acres. I computed the area of the number of swap meet...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-24-2023, 06:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 859
Posted By Slotblog
Harold Dye, 1925-2023

The passing of Harold C. Dye, of Lilburn, GA, at age 98 last Wednesday has to be noted here. I can't be the only poster at Ford Barn who knew him and cherished his friendship.

Harold's published...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-14-2023, 01:40 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 4,899
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Starting a Road Trip to Alaska

Looking forward to hearing about your grand adventure, which make my recent one-week jaunt seem trivial in comparison.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-11-2023, 02:16 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
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Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

I did have fun.

No new adventures planned at present.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-10-2023, 06:26 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

I'm not going to take that bet, because I don't want your money.

I run the crew that opens and closes a 35-acre train museum, where 30-35% of our admissions are children. It's just five miles up...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-10-2023, 03:10 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

LOL. THat wasn't an option for me...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-10-2023, 01:50 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

FWIW I will turn 69 later this month.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-10-2023, 01:48 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

On my first such trip in 2014, I carried lots of spares and tools in my chase car (including a spare coil). I was also less constrained on time then and the fact that I rode Amtrak from GA to CT to...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-08-2023, 08:49 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

It was just a fender bender. Glad I wasn't going very fast in the tunnel.

I didn't get machine-gunned a single time...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:46 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

Placed an order for parts a couple of days ago: cap and rotor to send to Mark Adler to replace those he gave me, two hubcaps, a pair of gas caps to replace the one I lost after driving off with it...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:40 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:40 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:39 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
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Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

One of the many stops to use the free wi-fi.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:38 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:37 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

From another scenic overlook.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:37 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

The views along the Blue Ridge Parkway are mind-blowing.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:36 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

Model A adventure 2023 - episode 7 - home at last!

It was the best of days, it was the worst of days (apologies to Dickens).

After filling the radiator full of water, refilling a number of the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:32 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

Model A adventure 2023 - episode 6

After my 'enforced' stay at the highly-recommended Alleghany Inn in Sparta, NC, it was time to reattach the exhaust pipe to the manifold. No quibbles about the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:29 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:29 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

A view from one of the overlooks. Sadly, the first few days were so hazy, perhaps from the Canadian fires, that I couldn't get any decent shots. But, honestly, I could have taken perhaps hundreds of...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:28 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

Sign at the logging exhibit.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:27 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

A pic from the first day on the parkway. Part of an old logging railroad.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:25 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

Model A adventure 2023 - episode 5

Saturday morning, after a bit of caffeination, I loaded up and head back toward Roanoke and the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's a straight shot from Salem along US 460...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-07-2023, 06:21 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 6,381
Posted By Slotblog
Re: Another Model A adventure starting soon

Model A adventure 2023 - episode 4

After a second night at the Holiday Inn Express south of Carlisle, PA, and fortified by what was likely to be the best complimentary breakfast I would enjoy on...
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