Hot Rod Power Tour 2013
06-13-2013, 09:35 PM
#1
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Hot Rod Power Tour 2013
Well we're back, 3800 miles, 10 cities in 11 days. Tampa-Eglin-Dallas-Texarkana-Little Rock-Memphis-Birmingham-Chattanooga-Charlotte-Savannah-Tampa. 3600 miles of it top down! Here's a cool shot from my buddy's hangar where we spent one night on the way to Dallas. A few more select photos to follow this weekend..
As always, it was good to meet up with the gang who I never see but once a year on this tour! I think Tom (Sky65) is the only one from our group who frequents this forum.
As always, it was good to meet up with the gang who I never see but once a year on this tour! I think Tom (Sky65) is the only one from our group who frequents this forum.
06-13-2013, 10:29 PM
#5
Melting Slicks
Glad you had a safe and fun trip. I saw a couple midyears at the Little Rock stop but not your two cars.
06-14-2013, 10:11 AM
#9
Le Mans Master
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 5,656
Received 612 Likes
on
367 Posts
St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
Here's a lil pile.
http://s193.photobucket.com/user/Qbl...ideshow/HRPT13
http://s193.photobucket.com/user/Qbl...ideshow/HRPT13
Tom
06-14-2013, 10:31 AM
#10
Le Mans Master
Well we're back, 3800 miles, 10 cities in 11 days. Tampa-Eglin-Dallas-Texarkana-Little Rock-Memphis-Birmingham-Chattanooga-Charlotte-Savannah-Tampa. 3600 miles of it top down! Here's a cool shot from my buddy's hangar where we spent one night on the way to Dallas. A few more select photos to follow this weekend..
As always, it was good to meet up with the gang who I never see but once a year on this tour! I think Tom (Sky65) is the only one from our group who frequents this forum.
As always, it was good to meet up with the gang who I never see but once a year on this tour! I think Tom (Sky65) is the only one from our group who frequents this forum.
Mike T.
06-14-2013, 02:08 PM
#12
Melting Slicks
My original goal was to pick tour up in Memphis and go on to Charlottlet.
Didn't make it to Memphis due to brake system and having to next day air parts back and forth to CA twice. Then having them send me a complete new system overnite at their cost.
Made it to Hoover AL and was parked at light pole H there. From 12:30 till 5:30.
Made it to Chattanooga, and there car was parked in Vendor area. Had trouble cranking car due to low battery but did make it to next door neighbors house where we found alternator had only been putting out 12.8 volts. Car can run on that but can't charge battery. Every time car was cranked it pulled battery down a little. Check battery it was good, pulled alternator and had it checked and it checked good. Problem is my one wire alternator has a ground wire also. Ground wire was not grounded proberly.
Fixed that on Friday, but too late to go on to Charlotte.
Did meet one Fourm member at Hoover, and one Pro Touring member there too.
Never saw any of the Vettes with numbers, an I thought I saw all the cars coming in form Memphis. Was sitting in shade right were cars either went left or sort of straight to right to park.
Didn't make it to Memphis due to brake system and having to next day air parts back and forth to CA twice. Then having them send me a complete new system overnite at their cost.
Made it to Hoover AL and was parked at light pole H there. From 12:30 till 5:30.
Made it to Chattanooga, and there car was parked in Vendor area. Had trouble cranking car due to low battery but did make it to next door neighbors house where we found alternator had only been putting out 12.8 volts. Car can run on that but can't charge battery. Every time car was cranked it pulled battery down a little. Check battery it was good, pulled alternator and had it checked and it checked good. Problem is my one wire alternator has a ground wire also. Ground wire was not grounded proberly.
Fixed that on Friday, but too late to go on to Charlotte.
Did meet one Fourm member at Hoover, and one Pro Touring member there too.
Never saw any of the Vettes with numbers, an I thought I saw all the cars coming in form Memphis. Was sitting in shade right were cars either went left or sort of straight to right to park.
06-14-2013, 02:28 PM
#14
Le Mans Master
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 5,656
Received 612 Likes
on
367 Posts
St. Jude Donor '05, '09, '15
My original goal was to pick tour up in Memphis and go on to Charlottlet.
Didn't make it to Memphis due to brake system and having to next day air parts back and forth to CA twice. Then having them send me a complete new system overnite at their cost.
Made it to Hoover AL and was parked at light pole H there. From 12:30 till 5:30.
Made it to Chattanooga, and there car was parked in Vendor area. Had trouble cranking car due to low battery but did make it to next door neighbors house where we found alternator had only been putting out 12.8 volts. Car can run on that but can't charge battery. Every time car was cranked it pulled battery down a little. Check battery it was good, pulled alternator and had it checked and it checked good. Problem is my one wire alternator has a ground wire also. Ground wire was not grounded proberly.
Fixed that on Friday, but too late to go on to Charlotte.
Did meet one Fourm member at Hoover, and one Pro Touring member there too.
Never saw any of the Vettes with numbers, an I thought I saw all the cars coming in form Memphis. Was sitting in shade right were cars either went left or sort of straight to right to park.
Didn't make it to Memphis due to brake system and having to next day air parts back and forth to CA twice. Then having them send me a complete new system overnite at their cost.
Made it to Hoover AL and was parked at light pole H there. From 12:30 till 5:30.
Made it to Chattanooga, and there car was parked in Vendor area. Had trouble cranking car due to low battery but did make it to next door neighbors house where we found alternator had only been putting out 12.8 volts. Car can run on that but can't charge battery. Every time car was cranked it pulled battery down a little. Check battery it was good, pulled alternator and had it checked and it checked good. Problem is my one wire alternator has a ground wire also. Ground wire was not grounded proberly.
Fixed that on Friday, but too late to go on to Charlotte.
Did meet one Fourm member at Hoover, and one Pro Touring member there too.
Never saw any of the Vettes with numbers, an I thought I saw all the cars coming in form Memphis. Was sitting in shade right were cars either went left or sort of straight to right to park.
Tom
06-14-2013, 05:55 PM
#16
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
06-14-2013, 06:01 PM
#17
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
My original goal was to pick tour up in Memphis and go on to Charlottlet.
Didn't make it to Memphis due to brake system and having to next day air parts back and forth to CA twice. Then having them send me a complete new system overnite at their cost.
Made it to Hoover AL and was parked at light pole H there. From 12:30 till 5:30.
Made it to Chattanooga, and there car was parked in Vendor area. Had trouble cranking car due to low battery but did make it to next door neighbors house where we found alternator had only been putting out 12.8 volts. Car can run on that but can't charge battery. Every time car was cranked it pulled battery down a little. Check battery it was good, pulled alternator and had it checked and it checked good. Problem is my one wire alternator has a ground wire also. Ground wire was not grounded proberly.
Fixed that on Friday, but too late to go on to Charlotte.
Did meet one Fourm member at Hoover, and one Pro Touring member there too.
Never saw any of the Vettes with numbers, an I thought I saw all the cars coming in form Memphis. Was sitting in shade right were cars either went left or sort of straight to right to park.
Didn't make it to Memphis due to brake system and having to next day air parts back and forth to CA twice. Then having them send me a complete new system overnite at their cost.
Made it to Hoover AL and was parked at light pole H there. From 12:30 till 5:30.
Made it to Chattanooga, and there car was parked in Vendor area. Had trouble cranking car due to low battery but did make it to next door neighbors house where we found alternator had only been putting out 12.8 volts. Car can run on that but can't charge battery. Every time car was cranked it pulled battery down a little. Check battery it was good, pulled alternator and had it checked and it checked good. Problem is my one wire alternator has a ground wire also. Ground wire was not grounded proberly.
Fixed that on Friday, but too late to go on to Charlotte.
Did meet one Fourm member at Hoover, and one Pro Touring member there too.
Never saw any of the Vettes with numbers, an I thought I saw all the cars coming in form Memphis. Was sitting in shade right were cars either went left or sort of straight to right to park.
We had our share of "gremlins" to deal with along the way, but all in all we kept 5 cars together for the long haul and that's no small feat!
06-14-2013, 06:03 PM
#18
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
maybe next year I won't be working on the car every day up until we leave and I'll have more time to figure out who else is going and make plans to link up! I'd like to see 20 C2's or more rolling together at some point on the tour!
06-14-2013, 08:58 PM
#19
Great-looking car with my favorite street tires for almost any vehicle!
Umm, camera problem? In a couple of side-view pics your door looks darker red than the rest of the car?
Umm, camera problem? In a couple of side-view pics your door looks darker red than the rest of the car?
06-14-2013, 09:14 PM
#20
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
