R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 The weather's been great so far, since it's unperdictable in this part of California this time of year. This will be our first day of touring. Dave Kontor from Latrobe, PA will be hitching rides with different folks during the week.We were walking around town yesterday when we noticed a lot of unusually dressed people walking through town. We followed along behind, entered the town's fairgrounds, when we noticed something BIG with wheels????? Bristal????? Check it out!***Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 You may have to take over contractorial consession obligations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Ok, so maybe I wasn't dressed the part for this picture. Strange looking characters, Ay?DSC05211 - AACA PHOTO GALLERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Here's what I'm talking about. The bus picture was just a ruse to get these pictures uploaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 She's a bird lover guys! The Bird guys...the BIRD!! She had clipped his wings, so he was pretty much depending on her for travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Even our own Board Member, Joanna Cooper, got in on the act. I think she's hoping to get near the "Pot of Gold"!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 We had our opening banquet last night. Frank Kilpatrick, Tour Chairman, is conferring with Board Member, Hulon McCraw at the banquet. You'll notice former Board Member Dave Chiotti to the right. Dave and Marilyn will be driving their Model A Ford, a car that Dave has owned since childhood.Well, it's time for Dave Kontor and me to find a ride for our touring today.Later guys,Wayne*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dean_H. Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Wayne, you're pretty close to my neck of the woods. I feel right at home with your first pictures, average CA folks. That last pic though... must be foreigners. Have fun out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 So, here we are at a late afternoon Winery, sipping, whoops, tasting wine, when my Mother Lode Region friends are making the best of the good situation, if you like wine. Lynn and Marcia flanking a friend. You've had enough now, Marcia! *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 This is a group shot above a lake taken this morning as we were driving through the country side. Wayne*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Check out the cars and the country side!!!Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Nice Airflow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Turning into the White Oak Ranch, a very nice collection of cars were viewed.Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Looks like my mom's old DeSoto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 A Chrysler Airflow, pictures later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Ask Jeeves.....Jeeves knows!!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 The Town of Angel Camp!Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 A new mall near lots of new development. All of the stores have not been occupied yet, but they'll be ready when the economy turns around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Here's your Airflow, guys! It had a beautiful dash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 A very nice 1963 Porsche owned by Carl Ermert of Twain Harte CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R W Burgess</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A Chrysler Airflow, pictures later... </div></div> I was talking about the DeSoto in front of the Airflow on my second comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Oh, sorry!I think that's a 58 Desoto Fireflite owned by Dennis and Nancy Pitchford of San Jose, CA.Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 We ate dinner last night in Jamestown, CA. The bar you're looking at? That's real brass on the rail, plus the foot rail was solid brass tubing also. This restaurant/bar/hotel was reported to be haunted???? Didn't see a ghost, although with Dave, Joanna Cooper and myself inside, the statement above is questionable. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hey Wayne, sure wish I was there! Sunshine, old cars, and lots of fun!!! For a while there I thought you'd landed in the wrong country - double decker bus, kilts, etc. Happy St.Patrick's Day to everyone and safe travels!Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks Terry,We're working on getting another tour out here for the future, so you'll have the opportunity to see this country. We left out the hotel Tuesday headed for the high country. Following this early Buick (Names Later), we observed the water transmission lines coming down the mountain. These lines carried water from the highlands to the cities in the valley's below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 This highway up the mountain was at least 10-15 miles long, a sports car lovers paradise. I didn't realize how high we were until my ears started popping and I had to start reading lips!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 At the top of the mountain we came into the town of Groveland. This old Hotel met us on the corner as we reached the center of town. One of our hosts (Marcia Bennett)had grown up in this town. Notice the Hotel rates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 At the top of the mountain, we came upon a gated community airport with many large homes with attached plane hangars. We had to be sure to park our cars behind a line off the runway, as planes landed all morning while we waited for lunch. The picture below is of one of two hangers that our host owned. He must have had at least 5-6 restored working vintage airplanes. I saw the 2 engine job and immediately thought of Sky King, the early 50's TV show. Our trip back down the mountain had us stopping at this little town from the past. As you can tell from this building, they don't see a lot of tourists, although the Hotel Jeffery is open for business. We found an old ice cream shop and most of us pestered the owner while he dipped out ice cream, or made a milk shake, in my case. The old walls of the shop had all kinds of hand written statements on the walls, similar to a truck stop rest room. Don't ask how I know! Of course these little hand written jokes and statements were not of the blue variety. Just because it was St. Patrick's day, some of our local hosts broke out into jokes of hilarity. Some of those, of course, were a little bit on the "blue" side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Meanwhile, back in the state.......of Virginia that is! Last time here, I mentioned the dash of that beautiful Air Flow,. seen below. This car is owned by Bill and Greta Rothenbuhler (say that 3 times real fast! ) from Banning, CA. You can see the '25 Buick through the windshield.**Don't concern yourself with the discharging ammeter. It was wired backwards by mistake, which will be corrected shortly.** Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Wednesday found us in the town of Murphy checking out a very nice restoration shop, Gold Country Auto Restoration.This Pratt car was getting it's finishing touches before delivery to it's owner. Radiator emblem below; The car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hispano Suiza engine waiting completion of its body... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Same shop...a Peerless! Did I mention that this was a large Peerless, a very LARGE Peerless!The shop had to take the wheels off this car to roll it into the paint booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Interior-back of Peerless. Looks better than any furniture upholstery in my house. The elaborate pulls pictured are used to raise the windows back up after lowering them. I think the pattern confused my camera, as the picture seems to have lost it's proportions.Here's the "sofa"!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I've lost track of which car this carburetor was from, but its cool to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 If you love engines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Rear end housing? Our tour guide told us this at first. This casting was made somewhere out west, as the original was unservicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Now we can see that, in fact, it's an engine with the rear housing combined. This picture shows where the heads would be bolted in place. Whoops, forgot to mention that this was a steam powered engine with everything in the back of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Meanwhile, back in town... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Looks like a Morgan? If so, it's probably owned by Norman and Betty Kear, out of Homeland CA. Their car is a 1951 roadster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Seemed like every town in California has one of these ore cars. This one was at the Ironstone Winery just out of Murphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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