We Brought Home A Few Extras Bugs, But The T Never Let Us Down Once Trailer was very full thanks to Arkansas, and a little wet thanks to Dayton

This is just for Paul, who says that there is nothing on the maps north of the US!

Rat Fink was robbed. See for yourself in the 2nd last photo. Couldn’t tell until we put it on the big monitor.

Ted and Jan went back to the Airforce Museum early to get in line for the Restoration tour.

Driving around handing Out Catalogs from his T-Bucket. Tough Life!

Laverne and Speedway Brian Got Lost, Jan And I Stopped For Ice Cream Of Course

T-Buckets as far as the eye could see, all in line driving to the National Museum of the US Air Force.

The Nikon Died, Dead Batteries Warning, Don’t leave your camera hooked up to your laptop overnight, it kills the batteries.

Police Escort to Brookville Roadster Plant 42 Bucket Heads

Breakfast time comes mighty early in Dayton. Each day we lost a few more cars to people sleeping in.

One person yells Ice Cream Run, and next thing you know there are cars lined up to go.

Dayton’s Finest Goes For A VERY Quick Ride With The President

Impromptu dinner cruise, reservations for 44 please!

We shopped all morning in the rain. Everyone else left at one for the Packard Museum in the rain… We took pictures off the balcony and let our clothes dry instead.

Earning our Tough T patch, we actually drove 20 miles out of our way to make 500 miles in under 12 hours.

A trailer for the HotRod so she can have chairs and a cold drink (and not have to carry lunch on her lap). She is Soooo lucky to have me. I only think of her!

Honestly…. The can of paint said bake @ 300 for 2 hours…. So we did….

But not before I paint the whole underside of the care and the frame and the firewall…

Back from the machine shop, new crank, line boared, 30 over pistons and all the new parts bolted on…. now we had to make the “carpet match the drapes” …. 4 coats of red and 5 coats of clear….

While the Engine was out it only made sense to get the Trans looked at…. When the Tranny shop owner said “does this thing actually change gears?” I knew we were in trouble…. That was confirmed when pieces actually fell out of the tranny as we took it apart…. It’s all new now!

After discovering that the bad crank shaft was causing all the engine headaches, we decided to pull the engine. The engine needed a new crank and while the crank was out it needed new bearings… and then while it was apart we had may as well put pistons in it…. and a heavier cam… and [...]

Bought the air cleaner used at a swap meet for 50 bucks… final installation bill 500 bucks… it’s a hot rod LOL

First long drive in my new car, with Jan in the chase car.

Jan’s deal was the Honda had to fit before the Hot Rod came home.