2017 HRPT in a 72 Super with my wife and sons

[hewittca]

Man I've been missing out by not following this thread. Thanks for keeping those of us who couldn't tag along up to speed.

[Mator]

I did not get to meet you. It is so hard with so many people. I had a great time. Here are a few picts of the start of every morning and one of the cool retro gas station at the I80 truck stop. I will try and put them in order of the day one, two and three.

[Burbor]

I'll be heading out tomorrow morning to meet up with the Power Tour at Indy and continue on to Bowling Green. First time at Power Tour! Love to meet some of the folks from here.

Here's what my Burb looks like:

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I saw somewhere that they wouldn't be on the tour this year, are the cars just being trailered around?

They were all over last year, I saw them so many times the "celebrity" wore off and they were just two dudes

Finnegan actually drove the muscle truck along the entire route, I saw him rolling in it a few times (in 2016).

Rudlege wood also had a crew last year that ran twin green 67/68 Camaros. We ran into him at a gas station and talked for 5 minutes or so. He said my car was "cool". I gushed like a school girl

yeah, Pilot Transport is a sponser and hauling the Roadkill and other Hot Rod magazine cars around. Rutledge Wood is driving the tour in a 70 Charger. Saw him today

[tarafied1]

Mator
I think I was at that same Casey's in Marshellville?
I also got a pic of my truck at the Worlds Largest Truck Stop, sorry we didn't meet up

[tarafied1]

Here is mine there

[tarafied1]

Burbor,
looks like a nice ride!

[tarafied1]

a few from today

[Ken B]

Awesome thread and I wish I was there! Your son did a nice job on his Bob Cat, love the vintage muscle bikes on top!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by tarafied1

yeah, Pilot Transport is a sponser and hauling the Roadkill and other Hot Rod magazine cars around. Rutledge Wood is driving the tour in a 70 Charger. Saw him today

There was some FB sightings yesterday at a gas station, it looks like a nice car too. You don't see too many white Chargers.

[tarafied1]

on the Mothers Blog for day three they posted a picture of my son's car with a little blurb
http://powertour.mothers.com/archive...EJmyAKQbl4Y.97

[tarafied1]

we had a good day. We did get into some wicked weather in Southern Illinois but it was so hot we welcomed the rain. After the sun came back out it was incredibly miserable At Gateway. Then it started raining again. We packed it up and went to the hotel for some relief.
I'll post up some pics and video later

[GR8-68]

Thanks for sharing, maybe next year I can tag along Some awesome pics by the way

[tarafied1]

Thanks, I hope you can too. It's been pretty hot and yesterday some bad storms but it is a great time. I'll post up more pics this weekend. I need to download them and internet is pretty slow at the hotel

[tarafied1]

well we made it! The old truck did great! My son's car did too. Sadly there was a fatal crash on the tour and we lost one of the hot rodders.
My friends 61 Bubble top Impala also broke down about 40 miles from the end of the tour. We had it towed to my house and we spent the night getting it fixed so they can drive home to Texas in the morning. It's been a really long day. I will post up some pics and vids after we get settled back in at home.

[tarafied1]

here are some pics my son took

[tarafied1]

more

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by tarafied1

we had a good day. We did get into some wicked weather in Southern Illinois but it was so hot we welcomed the rain. After the sun came back out it was incredibly miserable At Gateway. Then it started raining again. We packed it up and went to the hotel for some relief.
I'll post up some pics and video later

I don't know what it is about the power tour, but it brings out the worst weather (stupid hot, or severe rain, etc) for whatever area we go.

Last year it was 102-106* at EVERY venue from M-F. The first two days was rain off and on that kept the temps in the low 90's. Every place we went the locals swore, "this weather is crazy, it was only 85 last week", or "it's never like this, this time of year, it's usually only 88-92" etc. And we saw a freakin tornado last year. You can see the funnel starting to come down. This was taken by the car behind me, I'm actually glad I never saw it. That was on Highway 27/82 along the LA coastline.

[tarafied1]

moe pics

[tarafied1]

keep going?

[tarafied1]

a few more from yesterday/last night

[Already Gone]

Thanks for keeping up the posts an pics. For someone like me that is planning to do the Power Tour (2019) I appreciate getting a first hand look at what goes on during the Power Tour.

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

Thanks for keeping up the posts an pics. For someone like me that is planning to do the Power Tour (2019) I appreciate getting a first hand look at what goes on during the Power Tour.

my pleasure! It has it's moments with traffic and questionable organization for parking sometimes it well worth any inconvenience

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I don't know what it is about the power tour, but it brings out the worst weather (stupid hot, or severe rain, etc) for whatever area we go.

Last year it was 102-106* at EVERY venue from M-F. The first two days was rain off and on that kept the temps in the low 90's. Every place we went the locals swore, "this weather is crazy, it was only 85 last week", or "it's never like this, this time of year, it's usually only 88-92" etc. And we saw a freakin tornado last year. You can see the funnel starting to come down. This was taken by the car behind me, I'm actually glad I never saw it. That was on Highway 27/82 along the LA coastline.

I some how missed your post. yes, the weather can be brutal! and always on the tour week!

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by BILT4ME

Look me up when you're in KC!

We're doing the HRPT as well, but not in our 70 GMC K2500 (Maybe next year for that one!)

We'll be in our Bright Green (with REAL original patina!) 1959 Studebaker Lark. We ran the Long Haul last year and had a GREAT time. We're planning on it again this year. We're from the KC area, so it will be great to hook up with someone from KY!

I'll PM you with info.

we met briefly as you drove by! hope you made it home safe