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FrankM-RG5

06-06-2013 @ 3:25 AM

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We left Gettysburg and followed Route 30 across Pennsylvania. I never realized how flat it is. NOT! Locked out the overdrive for better braking on the hills. The car seems to be running good.
I have a little battery pack I charge at night to run my GPS. Well last night I plugged it into a switched outlet and it did not charge. Gave out in Pittsburgh. Not near. In. thank God for the phone. It also has a GPS. But not easy to use when driving. Well I sniffed my way towards RT 30 and found it via 876. So I was on 30 and 22 and next thing I know there is no 30. The phone says I can get to Canton this way so I ended up with a nice leisurely ride through some nice Ohio farm country with a little excursion into West Virginia to freak me out a little.
We visited the Flight 93 memorial and made a few other stops along the way. And for those that may know who he is I happened into the shop of the Machine Gun Preacher.
Not the best but I posted a lot of driving pictures to give you a feel of what it is to be in my seat. Visited Flop Custom also and that is where I took the Model A pics.
http://s34.photobucket.com/user/frankm3/library/June%205%202013?sort=2&page=1

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06-06-2013 @ 7:40 AM

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Frank, thanks for the photos. A "motley" crew of V-8ers! Especially the fellow Irishman driving that old '32. "Aye and thrifty too".

TomO

06-06-2013 @ 9:34 AM

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Frank,

Thanks for the photos.

I was wondering how many times that 32 crossed the country. It seems like Pat has driven it across every few years.

Tom

06-06-2013 @ 10:44 AM

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Seems like all V8ers have one thing in common - Handsome! Is it that they're having a Handsome Contest at Tahoe?

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06-06-2013 @ 10:48 AM

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Annette & I met the group in Canton OH early evening of Wednesday, June 5. Had dinner with Arel & Barb Brown, Jerry & Cheryl Riechel & Bob & Mary Ann Padavano.
Some members had minor problems. Broken shock bracket, lost hub cap but all were in great spirits.

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06-06-2013 @ 10:50 AM

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Posted incorrect photo.

Dinner at Mulligans

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06-09-2013 @ 10:08 AM

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Hi Frank, Thanks very much for your updates and photos. I'm enjoying them very much. I'm reading on facebook, but not posting there. See you in Tahoe to thank you personally! I remember all the good shots you got at Saratoga.

-VT/Jeff

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