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seadog · 04-20-2013, 05:17 PM

Today I drove the 20 miles over to Spindale, NC and spent some time at the 2013 edition of the Thermal Belt Model A Club's Hill Climb event. Lots of fun to see the A's, especially the various modifieds. Took a few pictures...

More coming...

seadog · 04-20-2013, 05:23 PM

MORE...

seadog · 04-20-2013, 05:30 PM

Last ones...

That's all from me.

Juggler · 04-20-2013, 05:47 PM

Some great pics there Salty - thanks for posting

Love the twin rear wheels. Might have to borrow that idea...

Cheers

Juggs

green30coupe · 04-20-2013, 05:51 PM

Excellent pictures. Wish I could have been there. Thanks for sharing!

sidhartha · 04-20-2013, 05:59 PM

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We have a similar event here in Indiana. A small town called Newport. First of October each year. Lots of stock A's and T's.

Richard Wilson · 04-20-2013, 07:49 PM

Thanks for the pictures. Looks like a good turnout of racers.

scott30 · 04-20-2013, 08:24 PM

Great pictures. Thanks for posting.

seadog · 04-20-2013, 08:33 PM

Couple more in B&W...

BRENT in 10-uh-C · 04-21-2013, 09:06 AM

A bit of trivia that might be worth mentioning...

The NY Yankee speedster you see above/below is a tribute car that was built to honor baseball's great 3rd baseman, New York Yankee Bill 'Bull' Johnson, who was not only an All-Star player, ...but was also a 4-time World Series Champion!! 'Bull' had a career batting average of 271, hit over 60 home-runs, and had 487 RBIs!!

That is pretty cool in itself HOWEVER, the driver/builder of that car is fellow fordbarner Abbie Prince from S Augusta, ...the man that married Bill Johnson's daughter!! Yep, that car was built and is driven as a memorial to Abbie's father-in-law, baseball's great Mr. Bill Johnson!

(And as Paul Harvey would have said, "Now you know the rest of the story!!"

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Mitch//pa · 04-21-2013, 09:10 AM

seadog nice pics and thanks for posting them for us

thanks brent for the informative info

seadog · 04-21-2013, 09:59 AM

Brent, thanks for the background. I wondered what the connection between baseball and that car was. Interesting story.

04-20-2013, 05:17 PM	#1
seadog Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 19	Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Today I drove the 20 miles over to Spindale, NC and spent some time at the 2013 edition of the Thermal Belt Model A Club's Hill Climb event. Lots of fun to see the A's, especially the various modifieds. Took a few pictures... More coming... Last edited by seadog; 04-20-2013 at 05:31 PM. Reason: fix typo

04-20-2013, 05:23 PM	#2
seadog Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 19	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb MORE...

04-20-2013, 05:30 PM	#3
seadog Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 19	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Last ones... That's all from me.

04-20-2013, 05:47 PM	#4
Juggler Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Phoenix AZ/Bath UK Posts: 489	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Some great pics there Salty - thanks for posting Love the twin rear wheels. Might have to borrow that idea... Cheers Juggs

04-20-2013, 05:51 PM	#5
green30coupe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Coastal Mississippi & Central West Florida Posts: 206	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Excellent pictures. Wish I could have been there. Thanks for sharing! __________________ Ed LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR ONCE YOUR HANDS BECOME COVERED WITH GREASE, YOUR NOSE WILL ITCH AND YOU'LL HAVE TO PEE

04-20-2013, 05:59 PM	#6
sidhartha Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Indiana Posts: 157	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) We have a similar event here in Indiana. A small town called Newport. First of October each year. Lots of stock A's and T's.

04-20-2013, 07:49 PM	#7
Richard Wilson Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NC Posts: 908	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Thanks for the pictures. Looks like a good turnout of racers.

04-20-2013, 08:24 PM	#8
scott30 Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 15	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Great pictures. Thanks for posting.

04-20-2013, 08:33 PM	#9
seadog Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 19	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Couple more in B&W...

04-21-2013, 09:06 AM	#10
BRENT in 10-uh-C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern Tennessee Posts: 12,248	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb A bit of trivia that might be worth mentioning... The NY Yankee speedster you see above/below is a tribute car that was built to honor baseball's great 3rd baseman, New York Yankee Bill 'Bull' Johnson, who was not only an All-Star player, ...but was also a 4-time World Series Champion!! 'Bull' had a career batting average of 271, hit over 60 home-runs, and had 487 RBIs!! That is pretty cool in itself HOWEVER, the driver/builder of that car is fellow fordbarner Abbie Prince from S Augusta, ...the man that married Bill Johnson's daughter!! Yep, that car was built and is driven as a memorial to Abbie's father-in-law, baseball's great Mr. Bill Johnson! (And as Paul Harvey would have said, "Now you know the rest of the story!!" ) . __________________ . BRENT in 10-uh-C . www.model-a-ford.com ...(...Finally Updated!! ) .

04-21-2013, 09:10 AM	#11
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb seadog nice pics and thanks for posting them for us thanks brent for the informative info

04-21-2013, 09:59 AM	#12
seadog Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 19	Re: Thermal Belt Model A Club Hill Climb Brent, thanks for the background. I wondered what the connection between baseball and that car was. Interesting story.