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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Cars of Dreams Show

In typical Old Guys fashion, the Power Tour doesn't begin until next Saturday, but we're already on the road!

Phil and Nancy, along with the Old Guys, attended the Cars of Dreams Museum benefit show today in West Palm Beach, Florida.

After a filling breakfast at the Old Dixie Cafe (we're definitely going back tomorrow), we traveled down the beach to the show.

First on the agenda was the Old Guys presenting Donnie with the Lug Nut award, which he is so deserving of. It brought a good laugh from all those involved!

Ultimately, there were more than 300 cars on the show field, and that in itself was a treat.

But the real treat was the museum! It's not open to the public, but was opened today as South East Rods & Customs hosted a benefit show there.

There's maybe 75 cars on display, and EVERY ONE is a perfect example of its marquee. But as neat as the cars are, the setting they're in is just as neat! A description won't do it justice; you've gotta visit the Old Guys photo album, and see for yourself (sorry for some blurry photos...they didn't come out well in the darkness)! There's also a Model A Museum, and we toured that also.

By the end of the day, we were ALL ready to head for home, which in our case, is a hotel room in Jupiter.

Here's some stats...Sonny fell in the bathtub, and probably cracked a few ribs. I doubt you'll be hearing him say, "put me in coach" anytime soon.

Cecil is the first vehicle casualty, breaking a power steering fitting as we pulled into the hotel parking lot. Also, the big-block clutch fan Cecil put on especially for the Power Tour took a dump, but beleive it or not, Advance had all the parts, including the muffler clamp Packard Bill needed to repair his tailpipe hanger.

It's pizza time for the Old Guys...just ONE large for the four of us, and for the first time ever, it was all we could eat!

In the morning, we'll have a late...at least, late for the Old Guys...breakfast, then head for Lake City, with a stop at NPD in Ocala along the way. We're looking at 4000+ miles this trip...let's hope it goes without incident!

posted by Barry @ 6:11 PM

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