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Dinner was a pizza, salad, and ice cream social. We were entertained at our table by the always entertaining John Palmer. The after dinner talk was about a cross country Model T Ford tour driven by Billy McGuire in 2009. He shared his pictures, experiences, and funny stories in great slide show. You can view their club's tour at http://oceantoocean.ning.com

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Can't say that we really want to be contenders for the Hard Luck Trophy 2 years in a row! I chalk this one up to "I should have started the engine rebuild a lot sooner...". I'm definitely in contention for the Poor Planning Award. :-)


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Man, it was an early morning! We were at breakfast t 6:45am, then to the drivers meeting at 7:45, and leaving the lot at 8:00am. The mornings in the lot are always the best feeling. The dew and mist on the cars, warming them up and anticipating the sites and locations of the day. The hotel lot is always a morning vintage Chevy traffic jam, and we get to see the cars that have come out of their trailers for the first time...

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Our first stop was the Virginia State Capitol Building... Home to the Confederacy's Government during the Civil War, and Designed by Thomas Jefferson. Most later US Capital Buildings were modelled after the architectural styles of this building.

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Our next stop was down at the canal for a quick boat tour along the restored canal and flood control area. We also ate lunch on the boats. An interesting cruise, with stories of Richmond during the Civil War and Industrial Revolution...

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After the cruise, it was onto a tour of the Tredegar Iron Works Museum and Civil War Museum. Tredegar built cannons and other iron parts for the Southern Armies and Navy. The buildings survived the burning of Richmond by the retreating Confederates 1865, and continued to produce for the US until 1957. I kind of stopped taking inside pictures, and took more outside...

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I pulled the '50 up front for a picture, and ran into Doug Archer and his '50 Belair again...

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Finally, it was off to tour the presidential home of Jefferson Davies. It was an interesting tour of the original home filled with about 30% of the furniture original to the home. We were not allowed to take pictures there.

After the tour was complete, the Canadian Gang went for dinner at the Golden Corral. We have no idea where it was, as we trusted both Paul's and Les's Garmen's to get us there. We drove forever. Les's Garmen kept wanting us to turn around. I think it's watching his waist. None of us were... it was buffet, and we killed it!

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Stay tuned tomorrow for today's write up... There was car trouble today, and I'm in no mood to type! Off to bed...


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Just hope the trouble was not with that '39. If so I would have to refund Bill his money.

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That 1939 sedan seems to run just fine. I guess that the previous owner must have put the car together with a high degree of knowledge and skill.

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I wanted to take a second and introduce my riding mates for the week. Les and Bev Gadjacs are tagging along with me for the week. Les owns a beautiful 1961 Impala 4dr sedan, so he was not eligible to drive it on the 6 cylinder tour. Not a problem...I've now got a couple navigator's and they have a ride! Bev has been a great sport, as I re-style her hair every day in the back seat...

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Tuesday Morning... once again we started with a 6:30am wake up. Drivers meeting at 8:00am, and an 8:15 departure. It was the day I was looking forward to the most this entire trip, and it ended up being a bit of a disappointment.

Our first stop was Richmond International Speedway. I was really looking forward to a tour of the facility, and maybe even a drive around the track. Instead, we parked on the infield, and were "escorted" to the pit area, and watched as we aimlessly wandered around.

The drive under the "Tunnel Turn"...

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Infield parking...

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Turn 4...

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We had to provide our own entertainment, so a footrace ensued. Andrew Jurski is going to have to take a couple rounds of wedge out of his rear if he plans on beating me!!

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It was cool to see all of the messages written for the various drivers on their pit walls. Jeff Gordon was by far the most popular as he finishes up his retirement tour...

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I found it really disappointing that after all of the work that Franklin Gage put into getting this tour organized, he was really left disappointed by the effort put forth by the raceway to make us feel welcome. Other tracks this group has been to have provided lifetime memories and experiences, and it was really too bad that Richmond International Speedway did not feel like making that effort.

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No problem... we'll take our show to someone a little more accommodating! The County Water Treatment Plant was all too happy to have us visit, and gave us a fantastic tour! We learned how the Richmond area handles it's water & waste before it is sent back into Chesapeake Bay. They even provided a lift to take a group photo of the cars. This is half of our complete group...

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...and here is the other half!

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After the tour there, we headed 10 miles or so to dinner in a nearby park. Along the way we had to wait for the road to be paved in front of us...

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Then it was on to the Dobbs House, a restored house that at one time was the headquarters for General Lee during the Civil War.

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After that, we headed for Baskin Robins and some well deserved ice cream. Here's where it all went wrong!

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As I was backing out of my parking spot, there were a couple of people standing there pointing to the puddle under my car. A quick look under the hood revealed a water pump that was dribbling all over. We thought we could make it back to the hotel... the race was on!!

After hitting every red light in Richmond, we pulled into the hotel... with the temp gauge reading barely over half. All of a sudden there were no shortage of spare parts or help After reviewing the 5 different pumps that were offered, we settled on the brand new one offered by Dave Groff from Ohio. Andy Jurski did the installation, and we soon had it fixed and ready to roll... except that the brakes were not working well We had a few lessons about brake adjustment and hub greasing, then we cleaned up as it was getting late. The car was not braking straight, or quickly. We decided not to use it Wednesday. I will say, break downs on these tours are generally easy fixes with all of the knowledge and help available. A huge thank you to Andy Jurski, and Dave Groff for their help, and George Worron for his advice during the evening.

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Are you traveling in a caravan or are you just getting in line for photos?


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Jim... the line up was between stops about 5 miles apart. The construction company had the road closed for 15 minutes while they laid some fresh topping. It was then that we all piled up there. If it was open, we would have all gone through in much smaller groups.

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Have they announced where the 2016 Tour will be held?


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Originally Posted by Back Roads
Have they announced where the 2016 Tour will be held?


Unfortunately, we currently do not have a host for 2016. The hosts for 2017 and 2018 have been decided, but 2016 remains a unique problem. I believe the issue stems from the fact that the tour falls very close to the Anniversary Meet in Lake Tahoe. By the sounds of things, many of the Six Cylinder Tour participants are planning on making the trek out there, at the expense of the Six Cylinder Tour. If we need to cancel it for one year, it will return for 2017. It was announced that 2017 would be hosted by Chuck and Joyce Gibson in Southern New Jersey.

If anyone is able to step up to the plate and host 2016's tour, please contact myself, David Minor, or Chuck Gibson and we will pass that along through the proper channels.

I don't want my journal veering off thread if next year's predicament is going to generate a discussion. If anyone has any replies or discussion about this, please start a new thread up in the Regional Events section where it will get the proper attention.


***Edit*** We have now found hosts for 2016!! Thank you, Mike McFarland, Andy Jurski and Verle Weatherwax for stepping up and offering to host us in Port Huron Michigan!

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Well, I'm sitting at home in my living room finishing my journal. The past two nights have been filled with car repairs and then car packing and loading for the long drive home. My memory gets fuzzy if I don't do this all at once on the right day, so hopefully I get all my facts straight with this! Now where were we?...

Wednesday morning... We decided to leave the '50 convertible at the hotel for the day. I suggested to Les & Bev that they take the opportunity to do some back seat hopping, as that was going to be my plan. They thought it would be easier on themselves to bring the modern car, as it was the day with the most milage and the air conditioning would be nice. That wasn't going to stop me though!

I rode with them over to the first stop. We went to the home of Reggie & Cindy Nash. With a name like that, you can assume he wasn't collecting Chevrolets! Franklin knows them from the AAAC club, and they offered to open their doors to a tour of their unique Nash collection, and a few other makes as well. Their property backs right onto the James River, and the drive in was spectacular! Reggie gave us a short tour and description of all of his cars.

The back yard where we all parked. The river runs behind the ridge at the back of the photo...

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Reggie's 1941 Nash convertible. The walls of both of his garages were covered in unique automobilia as well.

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1940 Nash custom bodied by de Sakhnoffsky... read more about it here! If I had to take a Non-Chevy home, this would be it!

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He also had a couple Nash-Healy's, the one on the left bodied by Pininfarina.

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The Jones family leaving the Nash's. That's Steve & Theresa in the blue '53 followed by Sid & Shirley in the red '53...

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Our next stop was an 80 mile jog to The Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox Va. I rode this leg with Barry & Pat Staples in their 1951 Belair Hardtop. What a beautiful running, clean car! Barry & Pat are always great company as well.

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At the museum we were met by Randy Keil and his beautiful 1936 sedan. Randy would be joining us for the rest of the week. It is his first time on the Six Cylinder Tour.

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At the museum we were hosted for lunch before we hopped over to the Appomattox National Park, where General Lee surrendered his Confederate Army near the end of the Civil War.

Franklin had a unique idea for this leg of the tour. Admission is $10 per car, or if you have a National Parks Pass you could take 3 guests in for free. At the museum we were encouraged to mingle with those that had a park pass, and hitch a ride for the 2 miles over to the park so that everyone got in for free. Franklin told me afterwards that he killed two birds with one stone there... satisfied his quest to get people meeting new people... and covered off the fact that he's "thrifty" and didn't want people spending money!

I took a ride to the park with Doug & Bea Archer in their 1950 Belair Hardtop. It was neat to sit in it and see how my convertible should look. I've clearly got a lot of work to do!

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The museum was a tidy restored town, inhabited by people in character from 1865. We listened to a Union soldier speak of his experiences during the war. I spent a lot of time socializing with the VCCA folk as well... and managed to squirm my way into two more rides for the rest of the day!

My ride back to the museum was in Dave & Bennie Cavagnaro's 1962 Impala. Dave brought it, as his 1940 recuperates from a breakdown back home. Lots of room in that back seat!

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Once we got to the museum I switched over to Chuck & Joyce Gibson's 1951 Powerglide equipped Sport Coupe.

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We were starting the 80 mile drive back home, and stopped for gas about 30 miles along the way. When we were done filling, Chuck told me it was my turn to drive! Didn't have to ask me twice! What a nice driving car. It has 37 000 miles on it, and is super-smooth. The New Jersey crew all tour along together, and are hooked up by radio as they tour. It was fun listening in on their banter as we drove. We never did figure out where "Lollitta" went!! After the drive back to Richmond, we stopped for dinner at The Olive Garden. It was a nice dinner with both Jones' families, Cavagnaro's, Ken & Shirley Farley, Gibson's, Staples, and myself. All the while it was getting dark outside.

When we arrived back at the hotel, Chuck offered to check the front brakes on my 1950. Very soon a huge crowd of onlookers and support personnel arrived!

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We found that the bearing seal on the right front had let go, and grease was all over the front brake. Also the brakes were badly out of adjustment. I think I need an older mechanic back home! The guy I use does my '51 all of the time, and it has Bendix brakes. I guess he hasn't worked on Huck's before. I had a great group of people around to show me how to adjust them anyway. Thanks to everyone that offered help and encouragement. It was a late night out in the lot, so I headed to bed without journal writing.





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Thursday Morning... I got up at 6:30, ate a quick breakfast, then headed to the parking lot to wash Andrew Jurski's greasy fingerprints off of my car! bigl While I was washing it up, a young guy that works at a street rod shop down the street stopped in to look at our cars on his way to work. He's planning on doing a factory restoration of his '49 coupe when he's financially able to. I gave him a brochure for the club, and really hope he signs on, or checks out our awesome website!

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The '50 was raring to go, after having sat out the previous day. Our first stop was 25 miles away at The Shirley Plantation. Here, we toured a true Southern Plantation... the oldest active Plantation in America. It is owned by the eleventh generation of the Hill/Carter family, and is actively farmed and lived in to this day. Just the drive up the tree lined driveway was worth the trip!

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The plantation backs onto the James River, and has been a stop for travellers on the river since it was built in 1738. The pineapple on the roof was the symbol for hospitality to travellers at the time. If you had a social standing equal to or greater than the residents, you were able to stay there during your travels. None of us was invited. I think that if it were my place, the first thing I would do is throw up a 30 car garage, knock that pineapple off the roof and replace it with a giant thistle, and then get those tourists off my lawn!!! That's just me though!

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Next, we hit the beautiful highways of Virginia for a trip to Williamsburg and Yorktown. The roads in this state are beautifully paved out in the country, and were a real joy to drive. At one point we were being tailed by Dave Minor and Carl Apsley Jr. in Carl's 1950 Fleetline, and Nick & Barbra Matlaga in their 1937 coupe...

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Our lunch stop was at the home shop of VCCA members, Jim & Donna Elliott. Jim own's a few Corvairs, Corvettes, a 1974 Caprice convertible, Camaro's, and numerous off-brands... including an award winning 1904 Cadillac.

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Our next stop was over to Yorktown Battlefield National Park. It was a beautiful drive in, and an interesting history lesson.

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We were given a talk by the Park Ranger about how the American Patriots (or ungrateful traitors...depending which side you stood on! canada gbritian ) and French Forces defeated the British at Yorktown. It was interesting to stand on the very ground and see what the soldiers saw as far as the lay of the land goes.

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Pat Staples manned (womaned?) a cannon for the Yankee side. We'll hang her for treason later...

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When we wrapped up at Yorktown, it was a long trek back to the hotel to get cleaned up for the final banquet. Some of the cars were already loaded at the hotel when we got in. The last day is always the saddest, as the good times wrap up!

Dinner was a nice buffet of turkey and beef, then the speeches and awards were handed out. My friend Andy Jurski was very deserving to win the John Hudson award for the tour participant that gives mechanical help to others in their time of need. Although I wasn't proud to be the one that provided Andy with the clunker to work on, it was great to see the award go to someone so deserving. Andy even went out by himself to replace the coolant in the car while I was eating dinner later that evening.

An equally honourable mention goes to Dave Groff who provided me with a brand new water pump and some coolant for Andy to work with. He would accept no payment... only the promise that I'll pay it forward sometime in the future. Thanks, Dave!

The Spirit Award went to Steve Jones who was also out late fixing cars and having an all around great time! I don't think I saw their '53 without the top down, and huge smiles plastered across their faces once all week!

The longest distance driven award went to Fred & Nadine Filipiak, who drove their 1950 Fleetline all of the way from Lisle Illinois.

A huge THANKS! goes out to Franklin Gage who did all of the planning, organizing, and flying by the seat of his pants, to pull off a fabulous week! Everyone had a great time, and your efforts are appreciated, Franklin!




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After dinner I went out to load up the car, and put gas in the truck for the long drive back to Canada. I paused to snap a picture in front of the diner that is attached to the hotel. We ate here a few times during our stay... great food, great service, amazing portions, and a VCCA discount to boot!

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Dave & Cheryl Groff were at the gas station prepping their '47 for the drive back to Ohio...

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Bill & Diann Kohley's 1939, Bob & Kathy Spallone's 1950 sedan, ready for the ride home...

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Once again, Bruce, a fantastic job of putting together a Journal!!! Well done! It takes a lot of time to do this - assemble and organize the photos, compose the riveting text, et cetera. I feel like I was practically there.

Chuck Gibson is great for letting folks enjoy driving his cars at events, and it's always a thrill to jump behind the wheel of a "new" vintage Chevy that you haven't experienced before. And a free water pump replacement, too (naturally, this came from a typical kind-hearted Ohioan).

I always found that riding in the back seat of other people's cars at such events is at least as enjoyable as being in your own car.

Alas, now, Abby and Jane have to put up with you being back....


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Friday morning was another early start. There is never any sleeping in on these vacations!! A 6:30am breakfast, followed by a bit of packing and all of the final good-byes from those that had not left. Paul & Maggie's plan was to take two days to drive home on the back roads. George & Carole wanted to start earlier and hit the Interstates. Barry & Pat were leaving a little later, as they still had to load the car. That left Les & Bev & I to hit the highways together. The drive home was uneventful, and long. We made a couple fuel stops and a lunch stop, and hit the Buffalo/Fort Erie border at 5:45pm.

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The border guard asked me more questions than usual, and made me show the ownership for the convertible, which was in the glove box on the trailer. I satisfied all of her curiosities, and made it through. I could have really bored her to death and had her check under the hood as well!!

I texted Jane and asked her not to put Abby to bed. My arrival in Bolton was at 8:00 pm. I hugged Abby a good one! It was a long week away from her & Jane!

After putting my #1 baby to bed, I went out and tucked in my other baby...

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The truck also performed well for me this week. My stats looked like this...

2096.8kms travelled, and 379.5L of fuel used, for an 18.1L per 100km's.

1302.8 miles travelled, 100.2 gallons of fuel used for a 13mpg haul...

This was my first tug through real mountainous territory, and the truck performed well. I held it to no more that 3000 rpm's on the big hills, and chugged up at my own speeds. What I lacked on the uphills, I more than made up for on the down hills!


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Originally Posted by ChevyGuru
Alas, now, Abby and Jane have to put up with you being back....

The grass didn't cut itself while I was gone... They manage to put up with me!


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Originally Posted by ChevyGuru
Alas, now, Abby and Jane have to put up with you being back....

We had Nana here for the week, so I came home from work to a clean house and dinner cooked for me every night! The chances of Bruce cooking for me are slim to none. pigs

But I am happy to have the resident diaper changer home again!


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Thanks for getting us to the tour, traveling on the tour, and makeing a safe trip home. Now we can get a good nights sleep.


See you Touring the Back Roads

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Originally Posted by JustJane
The chances of Bruce cooking for me are slim to none. pigs


You get Kraft Dinner served any time you want...


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