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I'm going to talk a little about my adventure and then post some pics.   

I drove straight through to Carlisle almost.  I took a 2 hour nap.
I packed 8 or 9 motorcycles on the trailer, in the trailer and in the suburban.
Took the nap on top of a row of can am gas tanks with my nose touching the ceiling of the suburban.
Off loaded the motorcycles in Indianapolis with no issues. 
Not one bike slipped and nothing scratched the paint of the car.

I loaded the car in the cross loading pattern both front and rear plus two straight middle straps both front and back.
Just before Indianapolis I avoided a crash where a ups truck blew a tire went into the left land then crossed all lanes and went in the ditch on the right.  All the cars in front of me and around me just freaked out and went all directions. I had to brake pretty hard.  At the next gas stop I checked the straps like I do on every stop.  One of the rears had come loose and the car shifted  the passengers rear tire 5" and touched the inner trailer wheel well.  Still had motorcycles in the rear of the trailer that I didn't want to remove 20 straps to jack the car up and re-strap so I just re-strapped the rear of the car in the same X pattern and headed to the motorcycle drop off location. 

  When I pulled into the show field on Wednesday, first one in, I noticed this long trail of liquid coming from inside of the trailer. One of the hooks on the straps was just high enough from the little incident that it rubbed a few holes in the gas tank.

  Started the car up and parked it on the show field.  Parked the trailer over in the vendor section and I offered the trailer as a drop spot for parts over on fcbo.com as well as a mention here and helped out a half dozen C body guys with parts exchanges.

  First one on the field.  Got lots of rain that Wednesday evening.  First time this car had seen water since it's restoration/rebuild beginning in  98-04.  Last one off the field as well.  It was nice to deal with strapping the trailer without a ton of people around. 
I purchased new straps from the strap vendor on the last aisle that made all kinds of awesome products.  I purchased a few extra things while I was there. 

  On my way home, still in Pennsylvania I blew a tire on the trailer.  My mechanic, who packed bearings and did a good check up of the trailer did not put the wheel lug lock back into the trailer when he (probably employee's) worked on it.  Took 2 hours to get someone to agree to come and help me just get the stupid lug locks off the wheel.  Turns out they were 1/4 mile from me so I limped the trailer and the car over to them.  7-8 hour delay with all this. Got the locks off, met a really cool "mad scientist" at the diesel shop who figured out a way to get the lug locks off all 4 tires.   Back on the road with no issues all the way home.

1900.00 in gas both ways.  May I just say that the gas prices were ridiculous!
Lobby's of most fast food/road food restaurants were closed and only drive through's were open.  Most companies were operating on bone crews because they can't get anyone to work.  I couldn't do the drive through's as I had a trailer and they wouldn't serve me if I walked through the drive through.  Ridiculous laws out there.     No matter, I had healthy food that I had packed and I didn't have to eat any of the many places that I tried ( wanted a shake for miles and miles). 

  I didn't take near as many pictures as the last two years I have attended but I did take enough to show off some of them.

I must say that I absolutely HATE having hoods up at the shows. 
However, no one would see my 512 stroker if the hood was down. 

Pictures have hoods up :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :no:

The dash did sale Saturday. 

this is a 69 build sheet in a 70 seat frame that was together in a set with the dash frame. 
I just couldn't see shelling out 650 for the set since the M 4-_  didn't have a 6 on it.  After all, that's what I'm looking for.
It sold Saturday evening all pieces together.   The purchaser said he could care less about the paper in the seat(as I was told). 
Sure wish it was an M46 sheet. 

This is Thursday evening before the rains began. 
I know, I know, more pictures of my car. 
Other car pictures to come shortly for your viewing pleasure.  Not just my measly little BH M46. 

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Suddenly, Friday morning, Cars Everywhere !! 

I get to look at some cars on the showfield now!


OH Look !!  an M46 !!

Now my two favorite cars of the show. 

I could post 100 pics of each of these cars, but I will spare you the finer bug splatter details. 

First car and favorite of the show is @76orangewagon (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/76orangewagon_277)  car.  Absolutely BAD ASS  car!  And he drives it. 

It's hard to get good pics with a chain in front of the car and all the people that gathered around the car.  Very popular car!

And the details are phenomenal on the car.  And I mean every little detail down to correct threads on screws. 

Quote from: anlauto on July 27, 2021, 08:45:58 AM
I agree, nice shots....I wasn't even at the show and Ross's car is probably my favorite....but I'm a little bias towards 71 Cudas :drooling:

Yep, Ross's car is stellar because of the talented hands that restored it.

Quote from: FE5CUDA on July 29, 2021, 03:49:48 AM

Quote from: anlauto on July 27, 2021, 08:45:58 AM
I agree, nice shots....I wasn't even at the show and Ross's car is probably my favorite....but I'm a little bias towards 71 Cudas :drooling:

Yep, Ross's car is stellar because of the talented hands that restored it.

Agree.  And the paint is just flawless.  Quite the work to get it where it is. 


On another note, I truly love this AAR.  I have a thing for original crusty stuff. I enjoy looking at original details. 

Looks awful lonely there. Funny how one of the guys who travels the furthest with a car ... arrives first!! That's a man on a mission!! :clapping:

Yes, but the mission was not completed.

I did not find any stripe kits for my M46.  No scoops.   Not even a lead towards some scoops.

There are a few m46 cars that I am aware of now.  A blue one in Denver, a Green one in Minnesota and one somewhere in Georgia.    But no real lead towards any of them.

I've gotta drive to Denver and join the RPM group to get into the people who might be able to locate the blue one from 30 years ago. 

In all actuality, it was nice to unload and load up without anyone else around distracting me from the tie down.   :clapping:

speaking of original cars.   I'm sure most of you have seen this at a show as it has more show stickers than any other I have seen.  And he told me that he has had to scrape off all the stickers as he couldn't see and needed to put new stickers on the windshield.
Original paint and original decals.

At the vendors booth that this was sitting, DJ , DartGT, had an incomplete set of these strobes in Black NOS.  I bought them just because of the cull factor.  Original box's too.

I truly love these strobe stripes. 

Quote from: cuda hunter on July 29, 2021, 06:13:22 AM
Yes, but the mission was not completed.

I did not find any stripe kits for my M46.  No scoops.   Not even a lead towards some scoops.

There are a few m46 cars that I am aware of now.  A blue one in Denver, a Green one in Minnesota and one somewhere in Georgia.    But no real lead towards any of them.

I've gotta drive to Denver and join the RPM group to get into the people who might be able to locate the blue one from 30 years ago. 

In all actuality, it was nice to unload and load up without anyone else around distracting me from the tie down.   :clapping:

Josh,
Have you considered having one of those M46 scoops recreated or make a mold and cast some new ones..might be a little costly but make several sets and sell them off to recoup some money. Since I work in a Fabrication shop and use Solidworks and 3D printers/scanners on a regular basis It seems fairly easy to recreate have you looked at any small local shop that would be willing to work with you on it.

 @76orangewagon (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/76orangewagon_277)

Scott Smith with Harms auto has done a limited run of reproductions.  All are gone now as of some years ago.
He told me recently that he was going to do another run and I told him that I would buy a set.
  The reproductions have some imperfections in them that came from the original scoops he copied.  The issues can be fixed by any body guy.

I'm honestly looking for an NOS set to do exactly what you have mentioned.  I would like to find a set that has not been outdoors and have typical issues.  A computer program with all the exact dimensions would be nice and they they can be recreated in multiple formats.  Definitely in the future plans. 

But I need a perfect NOS set.     

Quote from: cuda hunter on July 29, 2021, 07:03:55 PM
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Love this color.  Is this GY3 curious yellow?

Yup one of my favorites...keep the pictures coming  :banana:

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Look at the meats on that TX9. 

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There is that funny scooped car again. 

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And,    a  HEMI   !!!  BS23R0B159413

SWEET  CAR  !!!! 

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGNR7G3ys4

Here is a video that @76orangewagon (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/76orangewagon_277)  linked on his restoration thread here.  https://forum.e-bodies.org/your-restoration-project-roseville-moparts/10/1971-shaker-340-tor-red-4-spd-cuda/1131/

Just thought I would add it here as you can see at least a glimpse of each car on the video. 

My car is at 45:50.  Looks like the rest.  But is in the "modified" section of the ebody show.