"Official" Power Tour thread

[shmoov69]

Well, don't know if it is actually "official", but it sounded good!:bananna2:
Who's going? Who's not? Who's going that is close to me that I can tag up with?
We (chic and 20 month old kid and I) are going in the 58 and going to try to go the long haul. We are leaving fri I believe.
Who else?

[camcojb]

I'm going, traveling with Scott G, Charley, and Mark Stielow, and I believe the guys from Stenod.

Jody

[Bill Howell]

Mike Strinich (vintage racer) and myself will be in the goat. Look for us in the Flowmaster booth at the stops.

[Van B]

I will be on for the first three days, through Racine. Red 67 Camaro, heading for Cleveland Friday, arriving mid to late afternoon.

[ProdigyCustoms]

Which car is Sir Charles taking?

[camcojb]

Which car is Sir Charles taking?

Red Witch part deux.

Jody

[dhardison]

My Dad and I are doing the Long Haul again in my '70 Nova. Leaving Friday for Cleveland.

[datsbad]

I will be in Fuel following Bill Howell

[Bow Tie 67]

I'm going leaving sometime on Friday.

[va72mlibu]

I'll be there from Cleveland to Evansville. Solo as of now, but looking forward to meeting all my computer friends in real life.

[130fe]

I will be doing the long haul in my 68 again this year.

[Cyclone]

I will be on for the first three days, through Racine. Red 67 Camaro, heading for Cleveland Friday, arriving mid to late afternoon.

I am a "local" guy who has been helping with some events for anyone coming into C-Town early. Take a look at whats going on Friday:


FRIDAY:

10:00 AM - 12:00 noon

A few members of the Hot Rod Forum calling themselves The “Forum Freaks” who will be in town early are going to the Louis Stokes Veterans Medical Center located on Brecksville Rd & Miller Rd in Cleveland from 10:00-12:00-ish Friday to honor the local vets and have a great time showing off their rides doing it. The VA hospital will have a parking lot reserved and a police escort while on the grounds. There should be a nice group of cars, but get there on time if at all possible. They will make room for more if needed. Local media coverage will also be at this event.

This is a great thing to do for those who have served our country! There is supposed to be a HUGE thank-you card for those of us that will be there, to sign.



4:30 PM - LATE

There is a group of participants and anyone else who wants to go are gathering Friday night at the Ramada Airport South located at 7233 Engle Rd, in Middleburg Heights OH to cruise to the coolest car-guy watering hole in C-Town. The group will leave there NO LATER than 4:30 to caravan to Quaker Steak & Lube in Independence OH.




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At "The Lube" as we locals call it; you can eat while seated directly underneath several real classic and muscle cars suspended upside down from the CEILING! Every square foot from floor to ceiling of this place is loaded with cool go-fast stuff. There are also motorcycles, and race cars as well as tons of racing memorabilia ... it is a motorhead's sensory overload. If you are into cars/bikes/wings/burgers/beer or all of them this IS the place to go while you are in C-Town!

Jay who is the special events coordinator for the Valley View Quaker Steak is looking forward to having any and all Power Tour vehicles or local rides there Friday the 1st and will have special parking roped off adjacent to the outdoor patio (pictured above). Their patio has it's own full service bar and waitresses and is about 90% covered so even if we get rain you will be able to keep an eye on your cars which will be parked just a few feet from your tables in the front row of the parking lot.

If you don’t make it in time you can meet up with us at anytime that night. The parking lot and the adjacent lots will hold 1000+ cars and it is a nice area as well.


Although I will not be on the tour I will be at the Lube Friday and at the IX Center Saturday working. If anybody has any questions please PM me!!!! Hope to see some PT.com cars at either event Friday!

[Morgan]

"The Lube" looks great. I will try to get over to the Ramada (I am staying at the Marriot about 10 minutes away) by 4:30.

[Cyclone]

"The Lube" looks great. I will try to get over to the Ramada (I am staying at the Marriot about 10 minutes away) by 4:30.


Morgan,

Great!!!! The lube has some of the best wings in the states, and their burgers are great too. I almost forgot, the beer is cold and wet:Alchy:

Can't wait to see the car there!!!

[BADVELLE]

I was heading back from a business trip yesterday afternoon (I-70 going west to Indy) and saw several nice cars heading to Cleveland, plus the Painless Wiring trailer. Good luck to everyone on the trip, keep us posted!

[130fe]

I left my house yesterday afternoon en route to Cleveland. About a 1/2 mile from my house the car died. I started doing some roadside troubleshooting and found two different circuits (fuel pump relay and brake light) fuses were popping. No luck finding the problem intially, so I had the car towed home. Slightly frustrated with this (after working so hard to get other bugs worked out), I decided to try and do the tour in my avalanche. I transloaded everything to the new vehicle and started driving. About an hour into it, I turned around and decided I had to do the tour in my car. So today I start playing the "find the grounding wire in the dash harness" game. I hope to make one of the later stops. Hope to see everyone then!

[streetrod77]

I will see you guy's in Memphis. I will make sure I bring my camera.

[vintageracer]

It's Powertour time in Tennessee! Time to meet ole Billygoat in Cleveland!

[Neil B]

Gotta take a business trip to Milwaukee and Chicago next week. So I'm leaving early on Monday to catch the show in Racine, Springfield, and Evansville. I'll have a rental car with room for parts/stuff hauling if needed.

[130fe]

Update on mine: I figured out my PCM hard failed on me. I am disappointed but at least it didn't do it to me 1000 miles away from home. I will be senting it out in the AM to try and get it fixed/replaced so I might be able to go to the memphis venue. I am wanting to drive my car but worse case, I will drive up in another vehicle and go to the last 2 venues. Hope to see you guys then!

[ProdigyCustoms]

Chris, I made a 11th and 59 minutes hour decision to go and am leaving in the morning. If you have rooms for the early legs, I need one. Call me or Lisa. If your up Im up til 12:30

[Bill Howell]

Chris, I made a 11th and 59 minutes hour decision to go and am leaving in the morning. If you have rooms for the early legs, I need one. Call me or Lisa. If your up Im up til 12:30

Matt has you covered on the room
BTW, you are less than a mile from the airport to the venue.

[ProdigyCustoms]

I will be pimping a taxi then, don't worry about picking me up

[Cruiser]

Update on mine: I figured out my PCM hard failed on me. I am disappointed but at least it didn't do it to me 1000 miles away from home. I will be senting it out in the AM to try and get it fixed/replaced so I might be able to go to the memphis venue. I am wanting to drive my car but worse case, I will drive up in another vehicle and go to the last 2 venues. Hope to see you guys then!

See you in the Rock!!! Been a long time.............no see. I hope to see the Camaro.

Joe

[Bandit]

Dang it...I want to go on Power Tour too...:crying:

[dropit69]

ill be joining in on tues..will only be doing the drive to springfield and evansville..then back to reality called work..sleeping on floor in matt's room i think or in my car..lol..im not picky..ill be in my bright mustang hopefully with the top down..weather looking good here ..and gas is in the mid 3 dollar range now..lol

[130fe]

Finally able to get the car fixed. I hate chasing electrical gremlins around. I will see everyone in Springfield for the rest fo the trip!

[Hot Rod Girl]

Has anyone seen any cool cars on the tour? I would have loved to gone it has been a couple of years. Love to see some pictures! Anyone got any yet?

[TUBED]

Has anyone seen any cool cars on the tour? I would have loved to gone it has been a couple of years. Love to see some pictures! Anyone got any yet?

Check out Lateral-g.net there's some there.
Gerald

[NvrDun71]

:postpics: that is all......

[toxicz28]

Finally able to get the car fixed. I hate chasing electrical gremlins around. I will see everyone in Springfield for the rest fo the trip!

Be glad you missed Racine!! I dub that place "The Mistake on the Lake"

[toxicz28]

:postpics: that is all......

They are forthcoming.... I'm up to 1.5 gigs so far. Hopefully Larry will do like he did last year, and allow us to ftp our pictures to him.
But here's a teaser

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[Bill Howell]

Hey, we spotted Doo Dah today at Racine!!!!!!

Those pictures are coming also.

The one thing the picture above doesn't really show is the fact that it is really raining cats and dogs in that shot.....man what a rainy day today.

[Bow Tie 67]

So far so good, my 95 is averaging 30 mpg with the exhaust open, and driving a bit spirited :) The weather has been crap, but I have met some great people many from the message boards. Although my camera has not been very co-operative. I need to invest in some photography training.

[toxicz28]

The one thing the picture above doesn't really show is the fact that it is really raining cats and dogs in that shot.....man what a rainy day today.

But these will.

Let me know when you want to unveil Doo Dah's pics.



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[Hot Rod Girl]

Well guys hope the rain holds off the next few days. Looks nasty! Thanks for the pics!

[dropit69]

just got up ready to leave springfield weather yesterday was sweet..today looks just as good..have some pics but have to resize them all to post but will try at evansville....springfield was a huge venue and a great time ..wishing i could do the whole tour ..maybe next year..

[dropit69]

had to post this from the power tour..was a great weather day today and drive was good..event was hot hot hot..wish i could do more but i go back home tomm ..back to work..met alot of great people and some more forum members..have fun on rest of tour guys and drive safe..lol

[rellim51]

Those on the Power Tour will be within 8 miles of Legens Hot Rod on Thursday. Check them out. www.legenshotrod.com

[Bill Howell]

Gee thanks Darrin, another shot of my best side......lol

Great to see you again, and all the other members we have run into this year. Two more days and we will be done, but this has been great so far.
Jason and I (our cars) were picked to be two of the twenty power tour cars to represent on Beall St tommorrow night at the Blues on Beall party. That should be a huge time.

[Larry Callahan]

[quote=toxicz28]They are forthcoming.... I'm up to 1.5 gigs so far. Hopefully Larry will do like he did last year, and allow us to ftp our pictures to him.
But here's a teaser

Love the pics! I have set up a gallery. PM or e-mail me and I'll show you how to upload them very easy. I can't wait to see them.

[streetrod77]

I got a chance to meet Nine Ball & Bill Howell Thursday. Great Guys. I was really glad to see some of the ProTouring guys. Both cars are killer too. The cars are a must see in person.

[Bill Howell]

I got a chance to meet Nine Ball & Bill Howell Thursday. Great Guys. I was really glad to see some of the ProTouring guys. Both cars are killer too. The cars are a must see in person.

Man, I really apologize for not getting to spend more time with you. By the time we finished supper you must have left.

Very good tour this year and much bigger than I think last year was. I had a blast, met many old friends here and several new ones. I left Little Rock at 11am their time (noon est) and pulled into my driveway at 8:48pm est. Map quest that trip and figure out my average speed.:6gears:
Needless to say, the goat was burning fuel this afternoon.

My favorite stop by far was Memphis, with the festivities on Beale St. That made the trip worth the expense, by itself in my book. Great times.

[Cruiser]

My favorite stop by far was Memphis, with the festivities on Beale St. That made the trip worth the expense, by itself in my book. Great times.

Bill:

Joe Harrison, Donna and I met you in Little Rock as we sat in the parking lot at the Hotel.

We almost went to Memphis, we go to Beale ST allot and it is loads of fun, great music and some awesome BBQ. If you ever back take the Trolley for a ride and do the "loop" and a must see is Grace Land if you have never seen it before it's one of those places you should put on your list. The other place is Orphum Theater, that place is an awesome sight.

Anyhow great to meet up with you and the others along with Charley. Hope y'all had a great "tour". :headbang:

Joe Harrison

[Bill Howell]

Bill:

Joe Harrison, Donna and I met you in Little Rock as we sat in the parking lot at the Hotel.

We almost went to Memphis, we go to Beale ST allot and it is loads of fun, great music and some awesome BBQ. If you ever back take the Trolley for a ride and do the "loop" and a must see is Grace Land if you have never seen it before it's one of those places you should put on your list. The other place is Orphum Theater, that place is an awesome sight.

Anyhow great to meet up with you and the others along with Charley. Hope y'all had a great "tour". :headbang:

Joe Harrison

Thanks, great to meet all the Protouring guys along the way.
I have done the Graceland thing, and a couple other things in Memphis, but Beale St. was just way cool. My wife and I have already planned a return trip in October.:bananna2:

[streetrod77]

[quote=Bill Howell]Man, I really apologize for not getting to spend more time with you. By the time we finished supper you must have left.

Yea I had to leave. I had a flight to New York to catch the next morning. Just got back home & settled in.