R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Fuqua-Varina, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com</st1:State>NC</ST1:p—Well, I caught some flack tonight for not posting my promised diary. When I first registered for this tour, I forgot to factor in a new-to-me car that had not been proven. For reasons that I could not control, I got behind the eight-ball and did not even start working on this car until one week before the tour. I had about given up on touring with this car in October. A new friend from <ST1:p<st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State></ST1:p came to my rescue with a promised carburetor if I would bring my car down. I will not name him, but he like most AACA members came to the rescue and allowed Gloria and me to drive our own car. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) ...............I’m going to post a few pictures, but first I’ll explain that the carburetor cured my gas ills, until 30 miles into our first day on the tour, at which point we not only lost generating capability, but our fuel tank stopped fueling. A tour trouble truck brought us back to the hotel. As it turned out, another Essex on tour lost a rod, so we had another avenue for parts. A quick trip to Wally-World found a marine 6 gallon gas tank that would set in the back seat, and with some unique tubing fabrication, we got the Essex running again. The other ill Essex gave up its generator coupling device to allow us to generate again…problems solved. Check it out! Edited October 29, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Last one about me. We were tooling along yesterday heading back to the hotel, when a very large car came up in my mirror, very fast. Now, we're only running along about 35-40 mph tops. I had to speed up or get run over.....that darn Marty Roth, my friend from New Orleans.:eek: :DThat's when I noticed this station and decided to go back for a picture, but had to run off the edge of the road and wave Marty on by. Edited November 16, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 The Marty Roth Packard along with a row of tourers at the railroad siding waiting for our steam train trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 A large Franklin in the parking lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Jean Soehnlein and Joanna Cooper having way too much fun in the Roth Packard. That's Marty on the side making the ladies comfortable.Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) A nice Studebaker from Martinsville, Virginia. Edited November 1, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) The stream engine switching ends of the train as it went by to hook back up to our passenger cars. Edited November 16, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 A very nice Chrysler and Randy Stone messing around with Carol Barlop and Franklin Gage in Don's Overland "big" car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 We had our last stop of Tuesday at the Silk Hope, NC steam display, where we had lunch and home made ice cream, churned by steam...what else. Yum, Yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Following a group of Model A's today. They would run away from me on the straights, the hills, it was a little different story. We finally caught up with them at a stop light,when one backfired and quit. I stopped, but the resident mechanic buddies had things well under control, and what I know about Fords, you could put in a thimble. :eek:As a matter of fact, I know about as much about an Essex! It wasn't long before the guys showed up at the hotelWaynePS, speaking of my Essex, our broken down Essex friend came by and explained to me what the steering wheel lever did (throttle) and the funny looking plate over the oil stick area. (Uh, Wayne, that's where you put the oil in the engine!! ) OH! Good thing I found that out, had to add 1/2 a quart today. Edited October 29, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) A cool mill??? Can't remember the name. sorry.Tom Getz, from the Cape Fear Region- standing beside an antique marble top bureau in a mansion home in Raleigh, NC! Edited October 29, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 bath anyone? That's not your Mom's dial soap there folks......try Lye Soap...the home made kind!!:eek:...............so much for my beautiful skin!Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 OK, it's payback time Judy Edwards...... Judy's sister, Audrey, leaning over Judy, with my Gloria sitting on the Mordecai Historic Park Mansion front lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Well, we finished off Wednesday by having a night on the town, as Fuqua Varina closed off 3-4 blocks while we filled the town with antique cars, and the town's people. It got dark quickly, so we had a police escort back to the hotel at about 8:30!Lots of fun!Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Forgot to mention...three days of touring and I don't think anyone has gotten lost. Judy Edwards, Tour Chair, along with husband-Barker, has a tour-direction-book that works, and that also should be the standard for every Region in this organization.Wayne Edited October 29, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 We are having loads of fun and good for Wayne for beating me to the internet with photos of his "engineering?". I still have a few photos to post, but for now we are having too much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 105 miles today. Driving a 35 mph car 105 miles makes for a long day for me, but we persevered. We stopped by the Tobacco Museum today in Selma, NC. A local fellow from that area had this beautiful Lasalle in the parking lot. He told me he had bought it in Hershey about a year ago, a really pretty car.Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Museum Parking Lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Museum Mouser! I rubbed him a while, but evidently, I must have rubbed his hair "against the grain", according to the look on his face!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 We had a large group of Model A's on tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 A very nice EMF Brasser, with a temporary problem and plenty of help or hindrances, as the case may be. She was running a little later that afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Unusual Chevy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Matt and Mary Ellen Hinson. I had a time getting Mary Ellen to stand still for my camera!Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 One on the bumper, one in the seat...this touring thing sure tires a fellow out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Well, I must have been rearing to go today. Got up before my 6:30 wake up call went off, got dressed, went downstairs and noticed the breakfast area still closed off. I checked my watch again...OH! It's only 5:30 am!:eek:We're traveling to Fayetteville, NC today, home of Fort Bragg! Ugh! I saw too much of that place each summer years ago, when our reserve unit trained there each summer. We'll be checking out an Air Museum today, along with more food and fun. The last day of our tour, so it's winding down folks.Forgot to mention that Joanna Cooper is riding with us today. Gloria said she can use the break. I will be bending someone else's ear today. Later guys!WaynePS, Back to school at the Aycock Park yesterday. Girls had to sit on one side of the room, guys on the other. I remarked that I'll bet that was boring, couldn't pull on pony tails or anything. Our young tour guide showed me the "lashing switch", so I straightened up. Edited November 1, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) Well, I've finally rested up enough to wrap up this Tour. Amazingly, I wasn't the only one a little tired. Touring, driving antique cars, and the running of one's mouth, like Wayne does:eek:, wears you out. Friday, we all traveled to Fayetteville, NC on mostly straight roads. Gloria and I had a passenger today, Board member, Joanna Cooper from Oklahoma. The traffic was heavy at times with logging trucks and dump trucks competing for the highway, but I could easily tell when one was near, a deep groaning sound could be heard, as they were in and out of the diesel engine. At first, I told Joanna that I thought it was her commenting on my driving!???:confused:First stop was the Edgar Allen Poe house?????? Hey! I thought he lived in Richmond, Va, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, where he died. Wrong Poe, Wayne. This Poe was a prominent brickyard owner in Fayetteville. What? A brick man and his house was wood?? Well, it was very beautiful woodwork too. Here's Gloria on the front porch, with our interpreter waiting for a large group of us to take through the home. This girl was very knowledgeable about what it was like to live in the 19th century. She explained everything from "Sitting up with the Dead"(front parlor) to childbirth (I didn't want to know), to the freed blacks that kept the house in order at the time.Wayne Edited November 1, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 The Poe house had some very interesting woodwork throughout the home. The ceilings were amazing.Here is the cute little child's playhouse in the backyard of the Poe Home. Pretty cool, that this building has been preserved since 1897.Next door to the Poe Home was Cape Fear Museum which had many displays concerning early American life and also Indian artifacts which represented the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Antique furnature anyone?A beautiful antique wardrobe in the Poe Home, and also an Antique bed in the same room. Gloria and I have one similar to this bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 As we left the Poe home, the girls and I drove on down the hill to the Huske Hardware House for lunch. This historic restaurant brews bear within the restaurant. You could see the stainless tanks from our table with viewing glass around the equipment, pretty cool. As we left the restaurant, I noticed Marty Roth's Packard parked on the street, with what looked like Mike Jones, our AACa President, going by in his A. You'll notice that Marty doesn't pay much attention to parking lines, sounds a little like me, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Friday night was banquet night. We were supplied with a shuttle bus so we didn't have to drive our tow rigs downtown. Judy thought of everything! I didn't know what this gentleman was celebrating, until the wife suggested it might be Halloween.....Hallow, what???:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 My protege, Ed Hilbush, along with his wife, Anne. Ed is seen here accepting his "Hard Luck Award" for his broken '29 Essex coupe (Rod bearing--made lots of ugly noises, as Ed put her in the trailer.) from Tour Cahirman, Judy Edwards.Ed saved to week for Gloria and me, by having that extra carburetor handy for our use. I also used his generator coupling after his breakdown. I probably could have made it without a generator by charging the battery every night, but, Ed said, "No, take the hose connection too!"Thanks Ed, you're special, as are most AACA members.That wraps up our first Vintage Tour. Someone, maybe Steve Rinaldo, suggested that now, I should buy a brass car. What? Steve, I think the mechanical sacrifices of this Essex will take care my needs to work on cars every day while on tour! :eek:It was fun though, and Gloria and I are looking forward to the 2010 Touring season.Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) Even though Wayne posted the photos of his "Engineering?" before I got a chance, I have been plotting to post some additional photos.Would you trust this man to work on your car?I also spotted some sort of tag on Wayne's gas line. I took a closer look and had to laugh and take a photo of it.That happens to be the only Essex Fuel Line in existence for me to use Matt. You've got to improvise at times, you know? Wayne Edited November 1, 2009 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yeah Wayne grew up on a farm. He knows how to improvise. I guess if it works on a tractor or a combine, it'll work on an Essex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wayne, I'll bet that is the only Essex in the world with Chinese made replacement parts! I'll bet the Chinese never expected that they were making Essex parts....We all had a blast. Wayne probably had more fun than the rest of us, even with all the kidding he took for his "screaming fast" re-engineered Essex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wayne,Every time I tried to relax and drive casually behind that pretty Essex, you would pull over and wave me around.Hey, -- great visiting and touring with you and Gloria -- and with Matt, Beverly, and MaryEllen too!This was a great tour, but then we have come to expect no less when Judy and Barker Edwards get it all together.Steam-powered Ice Cream !!Our Packard has had its Maiden Voyage, cruising North Carolina, and did us proud - just look at your photo with Joanna Cooper ! .... and Dale and I were having even more fun !Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Here you go, Marty. Just for you. Now, I want you guys to realize why I got out of Marty's way each time I saw his "Locomotive" bearing down on me. It looks to be at least a foot taller than my car setting beside his in this picture. My car looks like an Austin, doesn't it? Also, speaking of innovative engineering, please note my "parking brake" on the left front. There were some really expensive cars parked in front of me. I couldn't afford to replace any of them.:eek:Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks to Barry and Lindie Eash of B&L Enterprises in Windber, PA for all the effort on the '30 Packard over the past year - getting it ready to tour. Engine rebuild and paint, carburetor, fuel pump, radiator, really a complete mechanical re-do; and then the spokes powder-coating and new tubes; and then ALL the chrome re-done at Paul's; then the safety-glass; then the pin striping; then the tonneau covers front and rear to incorporate the rear windshield -- and so many, many more items.The goal was to take the Paris-Delivered, low-mileage collectable from Formula-1 Driver Abba Kogan's Collection in Monaco, and upgrade it into a dependable AACA/VMCCA/CCCA Tourer-Driver.Thanks to Barry and Lindie, we were able to drive dependably the entire week, and to offer rides to other tourists throughout the week - we were never alone !Folks seemed to like the way it looks, too !Wayne, thanks again for all your effort,Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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