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VT/JeffH

08-24-2014 @ 10:51 AM

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Hi Everyone!

Well, I'm back home outside of DC after attending the 2014 Central National Meet in Springfield, IL.

We went 1600+ miles out and back towing a '36 Ford in a 20' enclosed trailer behind a 2012 F-150 EcoBoost twin turbo V6. Drove the old Ford over 225 miles while in town.

My first trip in the truck and it is very nice! A/C seats. Outstanding "snort" going up hills, we easily passed if we wanted to. It downshifted on it's own from 6 to 3 going downhills if I was trying to coast. It used trans/engine breaking on some of the 7 degree downgrades thru PA/WV/MD.

I had an uspeakably fabulous time! Visited many of the local landmarks, and a few that were not on the itinerary. (There _was_ a Hooters in walking distance, wasn't there?!)

A nice touch was that if a car was displayed for the first time there was a note on the windshield card, and if a person was attending a National Meet for the first time there was a note on their name tag. Great idea!

The trophies/plaques were personalized with our names professionally printed on a metal golden colored tab. Very thoughtful! Amongst some very nice Touring Class cars, ours was honored to win second place.

A very special gift at the Awards Banquet table was a packet of hand-made chocolates with the V8 logo in them. YUMMY and just one of the very personalized touches that the meet organizers pulled off. (Meet-logo mini first-aid kit, meet-logo coaster, were other beautiful touches.)

So, a very big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who worked to make sure I could have so much fun!

Did anyone else have fun?

VT/JeffH

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08-24-2014 @ 10:54 AM

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Oops, of course this wasn't an Eastern Meet, it was Central.

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08-24-2014 @ 11:03 AM

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FYI VT/JeffH:
You can edit your own enties and could have changed Eastern to Central without creating a second entry.

And it was a great meet wasn't it!!!!!

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VT/JeffH

08-24-2014 @ 11:41 AM

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Thank you kind Administrator. Any way to fix the title?

-VT/JeffH

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08-24-2014 @ 11:43 AM

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Great Meet, 1300 total miles with the '49 convert.
it was the only one there. What kind of mileage do
the F-150 get? My car go 21 mpg.

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08-24-2014 @ 12:50 PM

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Hi JT Ford, The F-150 has a pretty sophisticated computer to remind us that we were getting about 8.3 MPG. We never actually ran the numbers.

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08-24-2014 @ 2:10 PM

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You know, I never tried -- until now.
And I can't, sorry.

But it still was a great meet!!! No matter HOW you got there!

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08-24-2014 @ 4:44 PM

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Yes, I had a great time! Got back home today at 4:15 pm. Total mileage on the '35 fordor was 1,947 miles. About 1,700 miles out and back, + 247 miles on tours and driving around Springfield. The old Ford purred like a kitten the whole way. Many thanks to Carolyn and Ken, plus all the members of their RG group. WELL DONE!!

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08-24-2014 @ 5:12 PM

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08-25-2014 @ 3:50 PM

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JM saved the "Day" when he lent us a 20A fuse.

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