Larry Schramm Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) Well, I have experienced the real Dandy Dave here in the Detroit and to say that it was a lot of fun would be an understatement. He left my house early this morning and he should be arriving at his house later today after picking up the 1915 car that had been talked about here on the forum in Northern California. Among the things we did while he was here, was Joyce and I took our '76 Corvette that we have had since we got married 35 years ago to the Greenfield Village Motor Muster car show Motor Muster last weekend and took Dave along with us. I believe that Dave started to have car show overload not to mention all of the machines in The Henry Ford Museum and the assorted collections. He then went to another show on Sunday, the Eyes On Design EyesOn Design without us.We did some Detroit sight seeing and I even let him drive the '15 truck. He told me he was in truck overload because he had driven two Buick trucks in the same week. Among the persons that we saw here in Detroit were Barry Wolk, Brian Heil, and Roberta Vasilow and others. He has a bunch of stories and a lot of pictures that he will talk about when he gets back on the computer, so stay tuned. For the others that also saw him on this trip, please add some of your pictures and stories. I just wanted to prepare everyone for the up coming Dandy Dave Road Trip Experience. Edited June 19, 2013 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I am sure Dave left some lasting memories, and we are glad he is heading back home. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grant Magrath Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Great post Larry!CheersGrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithbrother Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I would bet those ARENT' billet wheels on Dandy Dave's SUV, you guess. The back set, or lack of such on the fronts look a bit positive, hehehe. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Dandy, but would bet that he and my brother would make a rocking party pair, I bet....LOL. Dale in Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 DD finally gots hisself a California car!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Larry dragged Dandy Dave to Flint on Tuesday for breakfast with some Flint folks, I think we spent more time checking the California car out then it took to eat breakfast LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-g-g0 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) We were traveling east on I 80 yesterday afternoon and we came up on this Surburban pulling and old car. Karen was driving so I ask he to pull up beside the driver so I could hollar at him and find out what the car was. The wind noise was loud so we could not really understand what he was saying but between the two of us we made out 1915 Buick! Immediately I knew the rest of the story!! It was Dandy Dave with his "new" 1915 Buick!! Wish that we would have been at a service plaza rather than doing 65 on the interatate!!Great save!!! Hope the rest of your trip was safe!!Gary Edited June 20, 2013 by g-g-g0 spelling (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithbrother Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 WOW, what are the chances that you would come up on such a nice/future piece? Next to none. Wishing this restore well,Dale in Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 we are glad he is heading back homeHmm... it that post had come from Michigan, I'd be worried for Dandy Dave. He sounds like a great character, whom I'll have to meet someday. As for G-G-Gary finding him on the freeway, no surprise. These forums infiltrate everywhere, so that there's no such thing as a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) Dandy Dave stayed 4 nights with us and helped me unload & get one of my Shaw Du-All tractors running. On his last day with us, he and I visited Al Sherman's "Iron Ranch", where Dave was like a kid in a candy store. We also did Friday lunch with some of my car buddies, & toured a couple of local car collections.Oh, and Dandy Dave did drive Derek's depot hack before Derek gets to drive it... Edited June 20, 2013 by Mark Shaw (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 It sounds like Dave has enough stories for a book. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 He does, someone should tell him about this post so he doesn't start a new one. He told me he has to pay bills and cut the weeds down before he starts his book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Now the one of the pictures that we took on his camera is with "Bob the Builder" at The Parade Company. Here is a flyer for The Parade Co which he had a chance to visit. http://www.theparade.org/docs/tours/2009TourBrochure.pdf. Now please post some of those pix. Probably do not want to talk about the Packard Plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (The Packard Plant??? . . . remembering the recent pictures in Mac's MotorCity Garage article . . .)Sound like Quite A Trip!! How long's it gonna take for his heart rate to return to "normal range"?Enjoy!NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 He knows about this post. Plus he has a picture of him in front of the Packard Plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Guy Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I was fortunate enough to be at breakfast with Roberta and the usual tuseday group, so was able to talk to DD and Larry. As Roberta stated, : we spent more time looking at Dave's lastest acquisiton than we did eating." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hey Gang, I have arrived home in one piece. What an adventure. If any of you ever get the opportunity to do it, go for it. The worst thing I did was excellent. Here's the Tuesday gang back at Flint. I was deffinetly in good company. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 And another Photo... Having fun driving Larry's 1915 Buick Truck. I helped Larry sort out a lot of small problems and it is running a lot better. He still has several things to do to get it in excellent running condition, but at least he knows what to do now. I was glad to be able to help out and had a wonderful time with everyone. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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