For those that didn't join us yesterday in Reno ... YOU BLEW IT! We had a GREAT time, although we were small in numbers. In attendance was msgjvh (with son), SacBill, R100RT, whisperer (in a rented PT Cruiser), Don (I can never remember Don's handle because it's 2 miles long and seldom posts, but comes to many of our left coast events) myself, and my fearless co-pilot, 70sportsroof.
Ken (70sportsroof) and I started the day at 6:00 am from my house and met up with the rest of the gang in Reno. We started the morning with a breakfast in south Reno, then a nice "poker run" cruise around Lake Tahoe, all the way down the east side of the lake into South Shore. Hal was nice enough to GIVE AWAY a t-lock handle to the winner of the poker run. 70sportsroof and I cheated, combining our hands, and STILL couldn't win
Only came up with a stupid pair of 8's between us *LOL*. msgjvh did a fantastic job of picking scenic route and leading the way. Part of the way msgjvh, Jr. lead the way in John's '68 FB, because he got his leaner's permit TWO DAYS AGO!
Hal (whisperer) provided lunch which SacBill did an excellent job of BBQing for us in an absolutely gorgeous park north of Carson City.
Then it was back into Reno to check out the cars and cruises. For those that have never been to Hot August Nights, there's well over 5,000 classic and muscle cars running loose in the city with car shows EVERYWHERE. The streets are just jam packed with classics. It's like going into a time warp.
Ken and I took off around 11:00 pm or so, and it took us a good hour to get out of the city because the streets are so congested. It's like a rolling car show even on the streets of the city. At one stop light a '67 Camaro S/S one car in front of me, and one lane over decided to show off a little and do his own burn out contest at the stop light. I hope his first stop this morning was at the tire shop to have his one tire (no posi-trak in it) replaced. The smoke was so thick from his burn out, I couldn't move for 2 minutes because I couldn't tell if the car in front of me was still there or not. If I'd been the car in front of or in back of the Camaro, I'd probably have gotten out beat his ass, but since I wasn't, it was pretty funny ::
We arrived home at 2:00 am, 20 hours after leaving in the morning. What an absolutely fantastic day. A special thanks to msgjvh for hosting the cruise, whisperer for the food and anual Vintage-Automotive.com hats, and to SacBill for letting us hang with his car at the show at the Atlantis Casino.
On a sad note ... if you haven't already registered for next year (which I was going to be haven't yet), it's too late. They've already sold out all registrations for next year's show. You can still go and have a good time, you just can't show your car as all 5,000 slots are already taken.
Ok, on to the pics:
http://mach1.classic-mustang.net/HAN2003
Ken (70sportsroof) and I started the day at 6:00 am from my house and met up with the rest of the gang in Reno. We started the morning with a breakfast in south Reno, then a nice "poker run" cruise around Lake Tahoe, all the way down the east side of the lake into South Shore. Hal was nice enough to GIVE AWAY a t-lock handle to the winner of the poker run. 70sportsroof and I cheated, combining our hands, and STILL couldn't win
Only came up with a stupid pair of 8's between us *LOL*. msgjvh did a fantastic job of picking scenic route and leading the way. Part of the way msgjvh, Jr. lead the way in John's '68 FB, because he got his leaner's permit TWO DAYS AGO!Hal (whisperer) provided lunch which SacBill did an excellent job of BBQing for us in an absolutely gorgeous park north of Carson City.
Then it was back into Reno to check out the cars and cruises. For those that have never been to Hot August Nights, there's well over 5,000 classic and muscle cars running loose in the city with car shows EVERYWHERE. The streets are just jam packed with classics. It's like going into a time warp.
Ken and I took off around 11:00 pm or so, and it took us a good hour to get out of the city because the streets are so congested. It's like a rolling car show even on the streets of the city. At one stop light a '67 Camaro S/S one car in front of me, and one lane over decided to show off a little and do his own burn out contest at the stop light. I hope his first stop this morning was at the tire shop to have his one tire (no posi-trak in it) replaced. The smoke was so thick from his burn out, I couldn't move for 2 minutes because I couldn't tell if the car in front of me was still there or not. If I'd been the car in front of or in back of the Camaro, I'd probably have gotten out beat his ass, but since I wasn't, it was pretty funny ::
We arrived home at 2:00 am, 20 hours after leaving in the morning. What an absolutely fantastic day. A special thanks to msgjvh for hosting the cruise, whisperer for the food and anual Vintage-Automotive.com hats, and to SacBill for letting us hang with his car at the show at the Atlantis Casino.
On a sad note ... if you haven't already registered for next year (which I was going to be haven't yet), it's too late. They've already sold out all registrations for next year's show. You can still go and have a good time, you just can't show your car as all 5,000 slots are already taken.
Ok, on to the pics:
http://mach1.classic-mustang.net/HAN2003
