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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Lunch stop in Lexington Missippi.
I got off the bus with my union calvary hat . And ate soul food
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Life on the Road in Pictures
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| Midnight Repairs in Germantown, TN |
Day 3 -- Flooded Roads
Working on the Rolls in Cape Girardeau
Germantown, Tenn -- Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy is the official host at a big dinner.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Heading South to St. Paul
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
About the Car
The car we are running is a 1931 Rolls-Royce Shooting Brake. It was originally purchased as a chassis only and sent to Radford and Sons Company in England to fit a wooden shooting brake body.
A shooting brake is like a woody wagon for snobby English people with castles and tweed hunting clothes.
The car was owned by the family that ran the Sheffield Steel company in England. It was brought to the US in the 70s by a guy who lived on Catalina Island and wanted a weird surfing car. It was purchased by the City of Long Beach in the late 80s to run in the Great Race. Long Beach was a sponsoring city at the time.
The car was then sold to a Packard collector in South Carolina, where it sat until March of this year. Current owner Jerome Reinan doubts that the car has run 100,000 miles. It is quite original, apart from the garish colors on the fenders. It has its original and untouched six cylinder motor and numbers matching four speed unsynchronized transmission. It has a dual coil/magneto ignition and a twin carburetor setup.
This will be the car's third cross country race.
A shooting brake is like a woody wagon for snobby English people with castles and tweed hunting clothes.
The car was owned by the family that ran the Sheffield Steel company in England. It was brought to the US in the 70s by a guy who lived on Catalina Island and wanted a weird surfing car. It was purchased by the City of Long Beach in the late 80s to run in the Great Race. Long Beach was a sponsoring city at the time.
The car was then sold to a Packard collector in South Carolina, where it sat until March of this year. Current owner Jerome Reinan doubts that the car has run 100,000 miles. It is quite original, apart from the garish colors on the fenders. It has its original and untouched six cylinder motor and numbers matching four speed unsynchronized transmission. It has a dual coil/magneto ignition and a twin carburetor setup.
This will be the car's third cross country race.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Hey guys! I'm combining several things together which are important to me. These are my boy Max, my friends, and adventures in old cars. This blog will follow us on our 9 day trip.
I'm joining Jerome Reinan and many others in the Great Race. It's a vintage car rally starting in St. Paul Minnesota and ending in Mobile Alabama. That where I got the title from 1600 miles(the length), 19 cities(number of Stops), and 1 cause.
The cause is to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. My son Max has CF. He is quite amazing. all kids with CF are simply amazing. So lets Donate and find this cure.
I'm joining Jerome Reinan and many others in the Great Race. It's a vintage car rally starting in St. Paul Minnesota and ending in Mobile Alabama. That where I got the title from 1600 miles(the length), 19 cities(number of Stops), and 1 cause.
The cause is to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. My son Max has CF. He is quite amazing. all kids with CF are simply amazing. So lets Donate and find this cure.
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