June 09, 2005

Power Tour!

I dropped the kids off this morning and then stopped by McDonald's on Edwards Lake Road to get some breakfast. Being that I have something wrong with me, the moment I rounded the corner at the drive-through menu, my cardar kicked in when I sensed the presence of a high concentration of Moron Projects. Sure enough, I spotted tailfins over at the motel across the way, and as I drove on around, noticed that the lot was full of old iron, all of it in very good condition.

I figured there must be some kind of car show in town, but when I got on the Interstate to come to work and saw a dark orange '71 Z/28 tailed by a light beige '65 Nova with a cowl induction hood and Ontario plates, I knew it must be something a bit more involved.

Little did I know that they and the rest of the troops at the motel were part of the Hot Rod Power Tour. It's been several months since I picked up a copy, and didn't realize that yesterday Birmingham was Day Five of the itinerary. Today it looks like everyone's taking a LONG drive down to Tallahassee via Montgomery, so everyone be sure to be nice to our visitors and wave.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 9, 2005 08:28 AM
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Any Volvos in that entourage? And will your car eventually find its way to the big show?

Posted by: Stan at June 9, 2005 08:46 AM

I didn's see any this morning, but one did make the run back in '98. (Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, here.)

As for mine, I might have to wait until I get the Boss 429 installed. Which might take a while.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 9, 2005 08:59 AM

Really none of my business, I suppose, but I've noticed on a couple of occasions that you drop the kiddies off first, and then go through the McD's drivethru. I was never able to accomplish those in that order!

Posted by: BillW at June 9, 2005 11:30 AM

Well, they seem to be under the impression that when I keep urging them out the door with shouts of "I HAVE to get to WORK!" that after I drop them off, I go directly to work. They don't seem to know that I occasionally will stop along the way for vital sustenance.

I think it would be a bad idea for them to know any better.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 9, 2005 11:40 AM