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Old 10-22-2021, 02:21 PM   #1
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Dad was cleaning out some old stuff in some drawers and ran across this. MY first Early Ford V8 meet. How many on the barn were there??? I was the ripe age of 8 years old.
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Old 10-22-2021, 02:24 PM   #2
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Dad was cleaning out some old stuff in some drawers and ran across this. MY first Early Ford V8 meet. How many on the barn were there???
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Three years before I joined.
But haven't missed one since.
And there will be another in 2023.
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ask him if he remembers Clark Reid, he was a very good friend and even better supporter of the V 8 club. also a charter member of Detroit Chapter
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Wasn't there but there were a number of photos of it in one of Peterson's Complete Ford books. One of the things that got me started on early V8 Fords.
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ask him if he remembers Clark Reid, he was a very good friend and even better supporter of the V 8 club. also a charter member of Detroit Chapter
We are from Florida, did not know any V8 Club members back then from Detroit or Michigan for that matter
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Robert,


I was among those present as my avatar station wagon.
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I was among those present as my avatar station wagon.

The huge thrill of an 8 year old at the meet was standing outside the gate of the test track looking at all the car lined up for the drive around it.....what pulled up right in front of Us was a single gentlemen in a tan 36 Roadster. My dad asked him if he was alone and IF he was could we get a ride. He obliged and into the rumble seat I went, what a thrill!!!! Wish I knew who he was and I hope in someway he knows what a memory he created!!!
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I drove my amateur restored maroon 40 dlx 4-dr with wife and two young boys on board from eastern PA to Dearborn '73, then to Canada, and then back home. The 40 never missed a beat the entire trip. It was indeed a magic time that we will never forget. Hopefully my wife and I can do one more time.
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All these posts about Hershey and the V8 meets is getting me anxious to travel......I’ve yet to make it to either one......Mark
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All these posts about Hershey and the V8 meets is getting me anxious to travel......I’ve yet to make it to either one......Mark
Mark, maybe you could make the Early Ford V-8 Club's Eastern National Meet next June in Franklin Tennessee. Should be a very nice event.
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The huge thrill of an 8 year old at the meet was standing outside the gate of the test track looking at all the car lined up for the drive around it.....what pulled up right in front of Us was a single gentlemen in a tan 36 Roadster. My dad asked him if he was alone and IF he was could we get a ride. He obliged and into the rumble seat I went, what a thrill!!!! Wish I knew who he was and I hope in someway he knows what a memory he created!!!
Off topic re: this thread but I wanted to comment on the rumble seat ride. With occasional threads about converting a rumble seat to a trunk your memory of that rumble seat ride is exactly why we use ours for the kids. (Safely) To create long term memories of these old cars and pass it on to the next generation. I always ask myself why anyone would want to go to the trouble and expense to do that conversion when, for most I assume, these old cars are generally used for pleasure and show. Great post Rockfla!
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I'm one of the "wouldn't dream of converting" crowd, however small it may be. My first '32 roadster (a long time ago) was a deluxe and it had been converted to having a trunk. When I restored it, the deck lid went back to serving its original purpose. If you have never ridden in a rumble seat, you don't know what you are missing.
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I'm one of the "wouldn't dream of converting" crowd, however small it may be. My first '32 roadster (a long time ago) was a deluxe and it had been converted to having a trunk. When I restored it, the deck lid went back to serving its original purpose. If you have never ridden in a rumble seat, you don't know what you are missing.
Agreed. Also, the debate is not enough room to carry stuff in a rumble seat. if that's the case the statement presumes no one will be riding in it. Why not just remove the cushions and voila, one has a trunk. Also, being over 6', on the '32 I find it easier to access the area from the top rather than negotiate the spare tire mounted at the rear. Back to the topic after this post.
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Agreed. Also, the debate is not enough room to carry stuff in a rumble seat. if that's the case the statement presumes no one will be riding in it. Why not just remove the cushions and voila, one has a trunk. Also, being over 6', on the '32 I find it easier to access the area from the top rather than negotiate the spare tire mounted at the rear. Back to the topic after this post.
That's exactly what I plan on doing with my rumble seat coupes if/when I take them on a tour.
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I was at Dearborn in 1973, and I remember Clark Reid.
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I was at Dearborn in 1973, and I remember Clark Reid.
I also attended but don't remember much of anything these days.
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That was one year before I joined the V-8 Club. My wife just went to work for Lorin Sorensen and he convinced me I needed to join and get an early V-8. Sold my my Model A roadster pickup and bought a real nice original '33 Ford 4 door sedan. My first meet was 1979 in Bend ,Oregon
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Oops, I misread the date on the first photo and the enlarged photo on second look tells me it was '73 and not '78 and so I could not have attended as I was on assignment with Ford in South America and the avatar station wagon had not yet been completed. My membership commenced in 1967.
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I joined in 1973 but was a near broke college student (had finished up active duty) that just bought a 40 woodie that was missing one side of the wood and had no engine for $500. NO way I could have gone to Dearborn!
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