Red ball express

[Lawson Cox]

Is the Red Ball Express still in existence? Perhaps I should post this in the EFV8 web site as well as the EFV8CA is where it all started years ago.

[VeryTangled]

Hi Everyone, Lawson, what's the Red Ball Express? I've only been in the hobby less than 10 years.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by VeryTangled

Hi Everyone, Lawson, what's the Red Ball Express? I've only been in the hobby less than 10 years.

The Red Ball Express was a truck convoy system used to supply troops in France just after the Normandy invasion.

[Lawson Cox]

The Red Ball Express was sort of named after the Red Ball Express of WWII fame, but it required that a member drove his stock V8 to National Meets, I believe, at or above posted speed limits. There were a couple of other requirements but I can't recall them right off. I forgot who started and "ran" it, but I was proud of that accomplishment and windshield sticker.

Dearborn, MI to Atlanta, GA, straight through, a little over 900 miles in 18 hours, leisurely breakfast and lunch included. July 4, weekend, (Forget what year) Jerry Grayson in his 39 Standard coupe and me in my 39 Mercury Coupe. That is hard to do in a modern car, folks.

[ford38v8]

Lawson has an excellent imagination.
The Red Ball Express is, has been, and will definitely remain a figment of the imaginations of V8ers who can remember it. Those in possession of the secret and coveted Red Ball Badge and Certificate of Authenticity will rightfully deny the existence of the fictitious society, as indeed, it never happened.

[34fivewindow]

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Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

The Red Ball Express was sort of named after the Red Ball Express of WWII fame, but it required that a member drove his stock V8 to National Meets, I believe, at or above posted speed limits. There were a couple of other requirements but I can't recall them right off. I forgot who started and "ran" it, but I was proud of that accomplishment and windshield sticker.

Dearborn, MI to Atlanta, GA, straight through, a little over 900 miles in 18 hours, leisurely breakfast and lunch included. July 4, weekend, (Forget what year) Jerry Grayson in his 39 Standard coupe and me in my 39 Mercury Coupe. That is hard to do in a modern car, folks.

Lawson, tell us about this Looks like you an Jerry know how to have fun !

[Vic Piano]

In '97 at the EFV8 regional meet in Atlanta, I met a member who was a Red Ball Express Member, decal on the windshield, he had a '32 TuDor sedan that he had driven to Atlanta from (if I remember correctly) Buffalo, NY.

[Seth Swoboda]

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

The Red Ball Express was sort of named after the Red Ball Express of WWII fame, but it required that a member drove his stock V8 to National Meets, I believe, at or above posted speed limits. There were a couple of other requirements but I can't recall them right off. I forgot who started and "ran" it, but I was proud of that accomplishment and windshield sticker.

Dearborn, MI to Atlanta, GA, straight through, a little over 900 miles in 18 hours, leisurely breakfast and lunch included. July 4, weekend, (Forget what year) Jerry Grayson in his 39 Standard coupe and me in my 39 Mercury Coupe. That is hard to do in a modern car, folks.

Lawson, do you still own that '39 Merc coupe?

[woodiewagon46]

Wasn't there something in the V-8 Times last year about the "Red Ball Express"?

[Charlie ny]

Two of my good buds in our regional EFV8 Group #3 out of Rochester N.Y. proudly
display the RED BALL badge. Lots of coffee and Oreos plus spare parts are required.
Charlie ny

[Lawson Cox]

Originally Posted by Vic Piano

In '97 at the EFV8 regional meet in Atlanta, I met a member who was a Red Ball Express Member, decal on the windshield, he had a '32 TuDor sedan that he had driven to Atlanta from (if I remember correctly) Buffalo, NY.

That sounds like Pat McFarland.

[Lawson Cox]

Originally Posted by 34fivewindow

Lawson, tell us about this Looks like you an Jerry know how to have fun !

That is a picture of me (driving) and Jerry riding shotgun in his 34 ?Road duster" at a National meet, I think in Bristol was it, many years ago. He threw it together from parts that he had laying around, just to drive at the meet. We had a ball in that thing and it got a lot of attention at the meet. AAhhh , those were the days. LOL

[Charlie ny]

LC,
Pat McFarland and Mark Moriarty......go to the head of the class !!
Charlie ny

[Vic Piano]

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

That sounds like Pat McFarland.

It could have been Pat, he gave us a ride back to the host hotel from Wayman Brownlee's house in his '32 TuDor. On the way to Wayman's, my '47 Ford Convertible had one water pump go bad, so we left it with Wayman. I had expected to return to his house the next morning and replace the water pump but, when we got there, he and his son had already replaced it.