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I noticed that by doing it the way you did,  you eliminated the need to drill out the threads on the calipers, which means they can be used as purchased. Very cool, good engineering!

Dave

A list of local and regional events for 2022 that might be of interest to Ford, Mustang and Shelby entusiasts:

• Feb 4, 5 & 6- Asphalt Angels Car Show, Meadow Event Park, Doswell VA, Asphalt Angels Web Pages
• Feb 5- Mid Atlantic Bronco Meet, 11:00 AM EST. **DATE CHANGE** 2022 Annual MEB Meet and Greet. The Pickel Barrel Restaurant 12912 Plaza Dr, Henrico, VA 23233-7419 (rescheduled from Jan 22), Mid-Atlantic Early Broncos (MEB) | Facebook
• April 7-10- Spring Autofair, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte AutoFair - The Largest Collector Vehicle Event in the Southeast! (charlotte-autofair.com)
• April 16 (Tentative)- Mustang Club of Tidewater show, at Cavalier Ford, Chesapeake, more info to follow
• April 23- Spring Dustoff Car Show at Landstown Commons, VA Beach, open to all makes, 9AM-3PM, 17th Annual Spring Dust Off - Cruisin' thru the Decades | April 23rd — Car Club Council of Hampton Roads (ccchr.org)
• May 8, Jalopyrama Hot Rod Show, Easton MD, featured display- Deuces & Forties , check website periodically for updates Jalopyrama - Hot Rod and Custom Car Show (jalopyramahrs.com)
• May 13-15- NHRA Virginia Nationals, Virginia Motorsports Park, Virginia NHRA Nationals will return to Richmond in 2022 | NHRA
• May 21st - Old School Hot Rodders of Virginia Spring Cruise In & Swap Meet 10am - 4pm at 19621 Namozine Road Sutherland VA 23885. Having been called by some "The Woodstock of Cruise In's" this event is geared toward folks who enjoy the "golden age" of the hot rod car scene: 1950's - 70's. Come see old friends and make new ones with our main goal being to enjoy our cars, share stories from days past and photos from the "good old days" of hot rodding, street racing and drag racing. Expect burn outs, wheel stands and pin up girls! Cars, trucks, rat rods, race cars, project cars and motorcycles 1981 and earlier are more than welcome. We are offering large swap meet / car corral spaces for only $25. Food trucks will be on premise. Rain date May 22nd. For more info call/text Darrell Olgers 804-943-2283 or email 66stingraycoupe@gmail.com. See the Facebook group Old School Hot Rodders of Virginia for event details
• June 3-5, Carlisle Ford Nationals, Carlisle Ford Nationals | Carlisle Events
• June 11- 54th Annual Richmond Collector Car Show & Swap Meet - Richmond Region AACA - St. Joseph's Villa, 8000 Brook Rd, Richmond, VA 23227 - Featured Cars: Sports Cars!  Judged Car Show, Cruise In & Huge Swap Meet Contact - www.richmondcarshow.com
• June 16-18, SAAC-47 @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway, THE National Shelby Convention SAAC-47 National Convention – Indianapolis Motor Speedway (saac47.com)
• July 7-9, Fairlane Club of America 2022 National Meet, York PA, more info to come
• July 23, Tidewater Region AACA Annual Swap Meet, Suffolk Nansemond Academy, Rt 460, more info to come.
• July 23- Mid-Summer Swap Meet and Old School Talent Show Saturday July 23th 10am - 3pm 19621 Namozine Road Sutherland VA 23885. It's time to clean out the hot rod parts from your garage and turn them into cash
• Aug 6- Southern Knights Car and Bike show, Ricahrd Bland College, Petersburg, Southern Knights Cruisers | Home
  
  
  
  I'm sure there will be more events coming up, but these are the ones I know of so far. Please pass along to anyone that might be interested. I'll try to update it as I get more info. Please forward to those who might be interested.
  
  Dave

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Dave

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Good story written about how the wreck happened in Mike Mooney's book about the Griffith. Another demo ride gone wrong (and in a residential area to boot.....)

Dave

Hey Paul,
  We need to hear your side of the story about the aborted run to Anaheim in 1984...... 

Dave

HAHA, I didn't actually notice the VW in the photo until I was processing my photos that night (I think it was in Scottsville). It was a poor stand in for my blue/white stripes 66 GT350 I left in the garage that day.......

Dave

Quote from: 69mach351w on December 06, 2021, 05:55:03 PM

Quote from: honker on December 05, 2021, 10:10:55 AM
Thanks for posting, looks to have been a great day, good turnout. Like that Fairlane rag top !

Honk, If it's the one I'm seeing, that's a vinyl top on the blue Fairlane. Maybe I'm missing something.

Yes, Beautiful turnout and weather.

HAHA, yeah, the Camaro owner was a patron of the restaurant, who just happened to roll in after we were there. Besides the fact that I like really like Z/28s and Yenkos (although I'm pretty sure that was a clone), I wanted to get a photo of the Camaro with all of the Shelbys breathing down its neck LOL.

As for the Fairlane, it's actually a white painted roof (and believe it or not, that's how it came. Other than being repainted, it is a mostly original car that my buddy Tom got out of Ohio a couple of years ago. Just north of 50K orig miles.

Dave

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A small group of early GT350 owners from Eastern and Central VA got together today to make a run up Route 6 from Richmond, through Scottsville and up to a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway south of I-64, ending at The Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton VA for lunch. Larry Barnett, Bob Garland, Greg Bradner and Tim Kilinski drove their 66 and 67 GT350s (I just rode along and took pictures this time). Great company, great weather and great food. Thanks to Tim for organizing this.

Very cool video. Thanks for posting.

Dave

As promised, the link to some of my photos from the 2021 edition of the Virginial Festival of the Wheel. As Flmach1 noted, the theme was Ford v Ferrari. About 150 cars, lots of spectators. The event benefitted the Cancer Center at the University of Virginia:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5qKrguKn3KAGvtVMA

Dave

Should be a great event, excellent weather forecast for this weekend too.

Dave

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Dave

Hey Phil,
  Just shot you an IM, give me a call before midnight. Also sent you an email.

Dave