My Six Cylinder Tour Journal... Imlay City,MI 2016 - 09/12/16 02:01 AM
It's that time of year again... Six cylinder time! Follow along with us as we get the old pistons pumping through Imlay City and Port Huron Michigan.
Last months's tour to Lake Tahoe has me feeling like this one is just over at the neighbour's place. Okay, if your neighbours live 230 miles to the south. Paul Rozon decided to give me a bit of a break this time, and start out at a more respectable hour. I was to leave Bolton at 7:00am, for an 8:00am departure from their place in Burlington. I was pulled over after the first 200 metres to reload the car on the trailer. I had loaded it in the dark last night, and found out I had it about 3 inches too far forward when my mud flap scraped on the ground the entire way up the hill to the coffee shop. Amazing the difference that shifting the load a mere 3 inches makes! Loaded up with coffee and courage, I hit the 427 & 403 for Burlington.
Our drive from Burlington to the border was fairly uneventful. We hit the backroads, as that is the preferred scene for Paul to strut with his '53 Belair. One lunch stop and a few bathroom breaks later, and we were at the border. Paul spent a long time in front of me with the guard. I thought "Wow they're being thorough..." My turn came. I pulled up, and the guard greeted me with "Just pull that little trailer queen in here!" Damn that Paul! The guard and I talked cars for a few minutes, then he remembered to ask me where I'm from and where I was going. Turned out I knew the answers, and we were off!
Another half hour of getting to the bottom of my gas tank got us to Imlay City. The gas light popped on as we hit the exit off of I-69, a couple of blocks from the hotel!
Meet & greet ensued in the parking lot. Lots of arrivals, and reunions with old friends. We headed over to Inlay City Eagle's Club for dinner. I hitched a ride in Jim & Lois Koontz's (Backroads here on Chat) 1940 Sedan. A nice driving car that Jim has just got running right. Dinner and a drivers meeting were finished, and the fun begins tomorrow....
Stick around for the ride!
Last months's tour to Lake Tahoe has me feeling like this one is just over at the neighbour's place. Okay, if your neighbours live 230 miles to the south. Paul Rozon decided to give me a bit of a break this time, and start out at a more respectable hour. I was to leave Bolton at 7:00am, for an 8:00am departure from their place in Burlington. I was pulled over after the first 200 metres to reload the car on the trailer. I had loaded it in the dark last night, and found out I had it about 3 inches too far forward when my mud flap scraped on the ground the entire way up the hill to the coffee shop. Amazing the difference that shifting the load a mere 3 inches makes! Loaded up with coffee and courage, I hit the 427 & 403 for Burlington.
Our drive from Burlington to the border was fairly uneventful. We hit the backroads, as that is the preferred scene for Paul to strut with his '53 Belair. One lunch stop and a few bathroom breaks later, and we were at the border. Paul spent a long time in front of me with the guard. I thought "Wow they're being thorough..." My turn came. I pulled up, and the guard greeted me with "Just pull that little trailer queen in here!" Damn that Paul! The guard and I talked cars for a few minutes, then he remembered to ask me where I'm from and where I was going. Turned out I knew the answers, and we were off!
Another half hour of getting to the bottom of my gas tank got us to Imlay City. The gas light popped on as we hit the exit off of I-69, a couple of blocks from the hotel!
Meet & greet ensued in the parking lot. Lots of arrivals, and reunions with old friends. We headed over to Inlay City Eagle's Club for dinner. I hitched a ride in Jim & Lois Koontz's (Backroads here on Chat) 1940 Sedan. A nice driving car that Jim has just got running right. Dinner and a drivers meeting were finished, and the fun begins tomorrow....
Stick around for the ride!