Flew home last night. The gang at Holley headquarters were nice enough to store Hellfire and Greg's car until a truck can pick them up. Put 1872 miles on Hellfire and it ran like a top. What a great event. They limit the tour to 50 cars and it seems just right. I think we had 41 cars. It is a small enough group that we can stop and see some very cool shops and collections. Seeing a gazillion cams being made at Comp Cams, seeing 2 gazillion carbs being made at Holley, seeing George Poteet's farm with rows of cars. I could go on and on. Ed Capen was our fearless leader and he just flat out has things squared away. Wherever we go next year I am in.
I FINALLY got home --- so now will post some pics. To echo what Charlie said.... the tour was excellent - went without a single hitch - the planning and instructions that we got (in the form of a book) with addresses - routes - contact numbers etc. Very professional! I'll be on next years for sure.
Not in order ---- just random shots from places we visited.
To me - this was the most impressive of them all - because of the HISTORY the owner has.
These bricks and windows -- came from his Grandfathers business!!
On another wall he had the SIGN that was from his Grandfather on his other side (you know - like one is his fathers father and the other his Mothers father)
COMP CAMS was an amazing shop tour!!
HOOTER GIRLS ATTACK!!! This was in Loveland Colorado show.... If you haven't been there -- the fairgrounds were stellar!! Perfect time of year -- and the cars overall were fantastic!
One of the stops was a private collection....
Charlie and I had to walk out to Cadillac Ranch.....
Another private collection that was absolutely HUGE!! They served us a fantastic BBQ dinner on top of allowing us to visit!
Cruised some two lane blacktop! That was used for blowing the carbon out.... LOL
The coolest wrecking yard -- everything sorted by make....