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dualquadpete


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Picture 327.jpgPicture 328.jpgPicture 329.jpgHeading to West Virginia "AGAIN" for the Doo Wop show in Charleston next week. Have registered the 52 & I'am # 236 of 800+ pre registered so far!!!  I'm going on my own this trip, Janice can't go & travell buddy hasn't been in touch with me since May [new girl friend & I've written him off] so I'm going to "trailer" it down, [no trailer "queen' comments] as It only has 900 miles on it & figure this will be the safe way to go as "Burb" has the OnStar, & phone in it!! Will likely get there on less fuel & stops as the 52 only has a 12 gal tank!! "Burb" has a 31 Gal tank & will likely get 16+ mpg towing!!!  Show commitee is trying to get 3 more blocks from city & hit the 1150 to 1200 vehicles, if not after 982 they will be turning them away!!! I have booked a hotel just outside of Pittsburg for Sun. night, used to drive it it all in one day but getting smarter with age!!! Show starts Wed. night at a casino with a $1000 draw for pre reg. cars at cruise in there on Wed. then the downtown show starts Thurs till Sat. night with HUGE fireworks show at end of awards Sat. Have car loaded & waiting for Sun. My car club has it's fall run planned for tomorrow, so the 64 2+2 will get a "leg" stretch up to Algonquin Park & back 



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Hey Dualquad Pete,

Have a happy and safe trip down to Virginia.   I envy you in a way as I'd rather be travelling down the highway in my 72 Malibu then be at work right now.  Love being on the open road, with the radio or Ipod playing great music as the scenery goes rolling by.

Really enjoyed my time on the open road in August travelling across Canada and back.  I hope your trip goes well, you meet some great folks and have a lot of good stories to tell when you get back.

Enjoy the open road.



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fair winds my bud and take lots of pixs

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Have a safe trip Pete! Don't "stagger" past your camera this time! wink



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'52 looks great! have a safe trip!



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Have a good trip there Pete. I won't bug you too much on you trailering it there. You will enjoy looking in the rear view mirror and seeing what is following you. Have a great trailer queen story from this summer in Red Deer. Two acquaintances of mine from Kelowna with a couple high end cars had trailered them to Red Deer. I was parked a few minutes before they arrived so went over and chatted and asked how their trip had been. Oh it was pretty good but it got pretty scary when Ralph lost one of his wheels off of his trailer. I must say I had a good chuckle later thinking about it. I take my chances driving. A little over 16000 miles now and just one freak incident to slow me down.

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Left Sun. morning & made it to Grove City PA. on 3/4 tank of gas in the "burb" pulling the 52. Dash comp. said 15.9 MPG in US gal [as this is a US vehicle] Thats not bad hauling that weight!!1 Left the Hotel at 6:45 & rolled in here at St Albans W.V at 11:30 this morning. Took Rusty for a ride in the Poncho & "blew out the right side header flange gasket" Off the Advance Auto Parts, let the engine cool down in Rusty's garage & replaced it. All IS WELL!!! & not noisey Show starts Wed. night at the Casino Cruise then back to Charleston for the Thurs kick off!!!

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have fun, don't forget the camera!

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Johnnee, I did bring the camera so hoping to get alot of shots of the cars coming into the show on Thurs. as my reserved spot is near the registration tent [nice to have some "pull" to get spot "reserved"] My presence has been "noted" in some advertising too, as they mention a car coming from CANADA to be in the show,guess that's me???Can't post any pics from here on Rusty's computor so it will be after I get home. Pete

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cool, thanks...enjoy the fun and maybe you'll get a price for being from Canada and all...

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Wow, nice lookin' 52! Go get 'em and don't forget to tell them about your winter 'igloo' garage. They will assume it's to keep the bears away from your ride.

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Hey folks, well I missed the $1000 draw by 6 numbers [DAM]!!! around 300 cars for the Wed. Cruise in!!! On Thurs. by noon they had just over 700 vehicles on the Blvd. 52 is getting alot of att. they haven't seen a Cdn. poncho of this vintage & the Tail lights being "Chevy" are driving the folks here CRAZY!!! I may have a shot at the long distance prize [$500 US] thaT WOULD PAY FOR THE TRIP!!!! It's raining this morning but the cars are still coming & they are running out of room,have spots for approx. 1200. Weather has been excellant till today mid 80's Wed. & Thurs [No Dam celcius here,just "REAL" temp in Fah] Will post pics when I get home on Tues. Pete

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Have a good time and don't forget to post pics.

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Well I got 2nd. place in the long distance, car from Florida got 1st. [825mi. to my 660mi] but I still came out with $400 US that I didn't have!!! Awards to day then were "done" Will start home on Monday,cross over to Cda on Tues. Fireworks show was "unreal" last night,went on for 25 min. & Rusty said "you just watched $35000 go up in smoke" They love their fireworks down here!!! Red Necks!!!!!!

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