A few other shots - not by me. I was too busy driving!!!

North Carolina^

West Virginia^

Charleston West Virginia^ Madhouse!

Rutledge Wood was touring in his own "Delivery Van"!

Norwalk Ohio ^

Lightspeed Mike wrote:

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WOW, looks like you had a great trip. I really got to put that on my bucket list.

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 It WAS a great trip! Definitely worthy of the bucket list!!!

GhostPost wrote:

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Awesome Steve. Great pics above. Definately on the Bucket List of things to do. My son promised me we will do it. Since father/son built the car. Promised me we would do it some day. Looks awesome.
May I ask where you started and finished on your route? How many days driving/stops/hotels/expendatures/Medical Insurance?
Im thinking with all the shows we do in one summer. Might be the same for the trip.
We usually do Woodward,PortHuron,Plunketts, Bothwell, and more plus Sparta every chance we can.
This looks like it would far superseed all of that! Id LOVE to do the Power Tour with my son. I can't get go until he has his licence because of my health.

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Hey Tom, the "kick off" was in Concord, NC this year, close to Charlotte, so I drove 14 hours straight  starting at 3:30 AM Saturday morning - stopping only for gas. I didn't get too many pics on day 1 at the Z Max 4 wide Dragstrip because there wasn't much time left and lots of participants were heading back to the hotels.

The subsequent stops were Knoxville Tn, Charleston WV, Norwalk Oh, Crown Point In, Bettendorf Iw, and Wisconson Dells Wi. -7 days/ 7 cities!

I didn't get too many hotels - I camped out most nights.

Expendatures? Gas,& oil for the car, drinks, ice and food for me, but I bought groceries so I had breakfast and lunch pretty cheap and only had fast food twice during the tour and twice on the way home. I haven't done a complete tally on the cost yet - not sure I really want to know!

Medical insurance is covered through my job, so no worries there.

It's a great experience to have with your son - I took my youngest 10 years ago when he was 10 years old and he loved it! I took my daughter back in '06 too! Totally worthy of the old bucket list!!! IMO. 

I just pulled this image from the Hot Rod web page:

They had us roll by at 10 MPH and snapped these departing "Long Hauler" shots after the awards

ceremony. Only 844 of us posed for the camera - I'm sure there

were a few that peeled out early or went out the alternative gate. I haven't

heard the final tally of participants and "Long Haulers" yet.

Edit: removed huge picture and replaced with less annoying smaller picture.

-- Edited by Fordy Acres Car Farm on Thursday 19th of June 2014 04:55:15 PM

They finally got the group picture of all the

long haulers up on the Hot Rod web page - That's

me wearing the cowboy hat with a camera in front

of my face. I figured they would have used the shot

where we were all holding our hands up - I posed

properly for THAT one!

This is the just the group that went all the way, to

every stop! There were hundreds, if not thousands

more that started and dropped out before the

end or joined us part way into the trip

Plaid shorts,  hat, sunglasses and camera

Pictures are begining to trickle in from the "Mother Site" and I'll post a few of the finest examples here from each day, then provide a link from each day to see the rest - there are thousands!!!!!

Day 3: Left from Chilhowee Park in Knoxville Tennesee and headed for Charleston West Virginia. State Capital, Downtown Riverfront. Nice enough area, but man, what a fuster cluck getting in there. No large lot for the cars to spill into. I got there fairly early and was rewarded with an angled parking space about as far away from the main stage as I could possibly be- about 40 to 45 minutes to park. Armed with one lousy water and camera in hand, I started walking and snapping shots as I went. I left the car at 12:30 PM and got back from my round trip at about 5:30 PM - somewhere in the neighbourhood of 3 1/2 to 4 linear miles. The only consolation was the overcast skies offering releif from the blistering sun in the begining and the neverending onslot of cars pouring in off the freeway. The camera was getting a good workout and often they were coming at me so quickly that a few ended up partially out of the frame. Sorry, but it was a bit frantic at times, well over 900 photos that day alone!!!

Here are a few to enjoy now and a link to see the rest at the bottom of the post

^ Mob scene!!!!

State Capital building:

....and for the cars, cars and more cars!!! Sensory overload here, nice stuff!

A fitting back drop, yes?

One for "The Cat"!

HUH????

Acaidian Canso!!!!

Merely ONE of my favorites of the day, but oh so sweet '61 Falcon:

An awesome GTO!

Alright, I'm tired. If you'd like to see the other 900 shots, please feel free to drop in over here: http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/roaddawg/vehicles/95667

Great pictures. Looks like such a good time

Day 5: Norwalk Ohio to Crown Point Indiana. This one's going to be short and sweet. You see, I ran out of battery power on both of the cameras, but not before clicking off a couple dozen shots. I guess a hotel will be in order after the show to remedy the power depletion delema. A shame too, as there were tons of cool rides parked on the scenic grounds of the Park at this stop.

As you can see in the background, there ARE lots of cars there, I just couldn't get them all - heartbreak!

This is the only other 1971 Ranchero Squire that I've EVER seen in person IN MY LIFE!!!! (other than the two I already have of course- rare!)

It's better than my either one of mine.

There are a few more....very few here: http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/roaddawg/vehicles/95701

Day 6: Crown Point, Indiana to Bettendorf, Iowa - just north of Davenport.

This one was at the Isle Casino Resort- one lane in and one lane out over a bridge.

Not the most efficient stop on the Tour for sure!!!

The batteries were all charged at the hotel, so I took a few shots during the cruise through Ohio and Michigan out on the road!

A shot from the suspension bridge where

I spent a good 45 minutes watching cars slowly

crossing the 2 lane bridge into the venue (shown

in the centre of the picture)

If you look real hard, you can see bumper to bumper hot

rods waiting to get in - this is hours after I finally got to park!

The Casino (building):

The Casino (riverboat):

The venue was actually pretty nice once you eventually made it inside.:

Stay tuned for more from day 6....