Just Tony Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 The California Caravan is on the road so look out Arizona and New Mexico. We had a rough start as they were doing paving right in front of the Costco entrance. Luckily, I got there earlier and started making calls to switch to Plan B. What? You didn't know about Plan B. You always have to have a Plan B. Okay, so we didn't have one either put we just started making phone calls and changed the meeting spot. Most of us ate at the In-n-Out then when Tracey Smith showed up in her fueled up 08 SGT convertible we hit the road. Pretty uneventful trip and now we are checked in at the LaQuinta in Chandler. Gotta go, they are banging on the door 'cuz everyones hungry and we are going to the Cracker Barrel next door. More details and pics (being uploaded as we speak) when I come back, as long as I don't spend too much time under the keg with the tap wide open. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hey Tony, sounds like a good first day! Packed and ready to head out at 6 tomorrow morning to meet the group at 7 and be in San Antonio by 10 to meet up with the others for food. Don't let the tap run too long tonight, makes for some crappy cruising the next day cya in Alpine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 :happy feet: :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Sounds like a great start Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Tracey and Jenni (with help from John Keller) dragged me away from the keg before I became completely incapacitated. Thanks guys . I'll never forget what you did for me. So now I'm back in my room (all alone, honey) and will give some details of our first day with selected pics. The whole Photobucket album can be found here and I will upload daily. http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd129/t...%20Road%20Trip/ First the Roster. The organizers: I have the Blue 40th vert and Michael McGuirk has the '06 Legend Lime Mustang GT. Our goal was to have as much fun (or more) as we had at the Birthday Bash. Next we have Bill and Maria Bayes in the '07 Blue coupe with the SS hood and Jenni from the CSCF in the GT-H with the Terlingua sticker. Dictating our speed (we had to step on it to keep up with him ) is Ken Boone and his girlfriend Krystal. Inside the innocent white trailer is his Red SS'd 40th. Lastly, but not least, we get to hang with Tracey from CS Licensing. She brought a special '08 SGT; #00000000002P. The P is for prototype. We met up with John Keller from PA in his 2008 Silver KR after taking delivery just hours before we got to the hotel. This brave man is breaking his car in on this trip. We also hooked up with Jim and Shirley Crescenti who are trailering their awesome '07 Black SS vert from NorCal. Pictures of these 2 when there is light in the morning. So those are the players for the day. Tomorrow we add 2 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 In the first post I mentioned a hiccup in our plan that denied us easy access to our announced meeting place. Thinking quickly, we just called everyone and said "Meet us at Sam's Club instead of Costco. It's one block closer to the freeway." Luckily they bought our lame excuse and met us at Sam's Club. Off we went. Since Michael arranged for the hotels, he led the way to our final destination of the day, Chandler, AZ. Bill provided a set of long range radios. He brought up the rear with one radio and Michael had the other radio. A beautiful but hot day awaited us. Relatively uneventful. We hit rush hour traffic in Phoenix for the last 30-45 minutes of our drive. All in all, a good first day. About 330 miles from the caravan start point but everyone put in extra miles to get to the rallying point. Some highlights. We passed a whole lot of windmills in the Palm Springs area. Pjcobra9t7 would feel right at home here. Except for the total lack of water. Our only gas stop of the day was in Blythe, CA, right on the Arizona border. We stopped to take a few pics and get details on Tracey's car. Three different Blue Shelbys. Tracey's special '08 SGT convertible, Bill and Maria's '07 GT500 coupe with the cool SS hood and my Blue 40th convertible. We wouldn't want to forget about Jenni's GT-H or Michael's one-of-a-kind Legend Lime Mustang GT. We attracted a lot of attention as you might imagine, 5 Shelbys and (other than the 3 blue colored cars) none of them the same (yeah, I counted Michael's as a Shelby, it looks like one). This guy took pictures of every car as he drifted backwards through our line then around the back end and passed all of us on the left as he went about his business. We crossed the Colorado River and entered Arizona; half way done with today's drive. Hopefully, this video will see the light of day before the Bullrun chopper video. In the upper right of the picture, you can see our uniform of the day so we could pick out others in our group: a CS look-alike antenna ball. The LeMans stripes alone just weren't enough of a give away. That's it for the day. Gotta get up for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel at 6:30am so we can get the rubber to the road at 8am. Another update tomorrow if John, Tracey and Jenni can get me away from the keg again. Now that I know their technique, it might be a little harder from them. And don't forget to watch the AGT show and vote for the most talented person you see (Don "Chips" Braswell, of course). Good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark17357 Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hey Tony, Thanks for making this effort for those of us who cannot make it. Looking forward to the updates. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Tracey and Jenni (with help from John Keller) dragged me away from the keg before I became completely incapacitated. Thanks guys . I'll never forget what you did for me. So now I'm back in my room (all alone, honey) and will give some details of our first day with selected pics. The whole Photobucket album can be found here and I will upload daily. http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd129/t...%20Road%20Trip/ First the Roster. Wow - your 40th sure does get around :happy feet: Wish I was in the caravan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reino Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hey Tony,Thanks for making this effort for those of us who cannot make it. Looking forward to the updates. Jim Ditto! I am completely jealous of yall. Also looking forward to updates and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Great photos, thanks for sharing, just wish I was there to see it all in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 We got in after dark last night. Between that, watching AGT and voting for Chips, and a slow internet connection, I was too tired to post. I did upload yesterday's pictures. I'll detail the day with pics after I check in at Lajitas this afternoon. We left Chandler, AZ on time and called Todd Burgess (08 Pony) when we hit the north end of Tucson. He joined the caravan without a hitch and we got a chance to chat with him and his wife, Christine, at our first gas stop in Wilcox, AZ. Everything went smoothly until about 5 miles outside of Las Cruces, NM (our last gas/lunch stop) when the right side tire on the forward axle on Ken Boone's trailer decided it had had enough and let go. Bill, Todd and I stopped with him to survey the damage. Ken said he would limp over to a tire repair place in Las Cruces and then meet up with us at Applebee's. Luckily, our new Canadien friends, latest additions to the caravan, Don and Laura Harker had scouted out the area and found that Applebee's was just off the freeway so we agreed to eat there. We left there after Ken arrived and headed for Van Horn. We ran in to El Paso, TX rush hour traffic but regrouped by mile marker 46. Gotta go. The group is ready to hit the road. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Gotta go. The group is ready to hit the road. Tony Yup, get on that there road. The first group of SoCal Team Shelby members already arrived in Terlingua. The benefits of a commercial airline but then again they missed out on a Shelby caravan. Keep the updates coming Tony Steve PS- If Tracy or Jenni calls back to Gardena and no one answers the phone tell them not to worry, its just that everyone is working real hard in this ghost town this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Before I forget what happened today, let me share it with y'all. We left Van Horn about 8:40 and got into Alpine a little before 10:00 (don't do the math, it will only scare you) and that included a 10 minute break just outside Marfa. Some of the guys suddenly got a burst religious fervor. I can only assume this because there were several that went out into the empty prairie and stood still for a minute or two with heads bowed and hands together below their waists. I never heard an amen but eventually they tightened their belts and walked back to their cars. Nothing else exciting happened until about 15 miles from Lajitas just after we turned on to 170. The Valentine 1 suddenly gives a loud chirp and full bars and then the LEO comes over the crest of the hill just in front of me. His lights go on instantly and I immediately pulled over and waited for him, DL, registration and proof of insurance in hand. I was politely greeted by Deputy Martin Willey and reminded that the speed limit on the 170 was 50 mph and he had clocked me at 67 mph. He said that since I was from California, I would have to go before the judge immediately and pay the fine in cash. Since that would be a major hassle for me and him, he simply requested that I observe the limit henceforth. I agreed to his conditions and we parted ways. Whew! Dodged a bullet. I'll post more about today later, if I have time. They have our days pretty packed. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 First let me say that the rooms we are staying in have metal roofs, so last night the internet was ssssllllllooooooowwwww. For some reason this morning the wireless connection is flying so I am uploading pictures right now. I will see what I can upload after breakfast. But all of the pictures are going to the Photobucket album in my 1st (2nd?) post so you should be able to see them there shortly. Later, time allowing, I will post selected pics from yesterday and today. Today we have the drag races and a police escort back to Alpine for a car show then dinner. They are allowing one full hour for the escorted 100+ mile drive to Alpine. You do the math. In between is lunch at the airport which is where the drags are held. Tomorrow is the 300+ mile Bullrun with secret checkpoints. We will try go keep y'all current on things, but as mentioned before and on another thread, the wireless connections are really spotty. Be patient. Y'all will get your fix. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Wow tony, You have been doing alot of Shelby driving this summer around the US. Did you take the summer off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 First let me say that the rooms we are staying in have metal roofs, so last night the internet was ssssllllllooooooowwwww. For some reason this morning the wireless connection is flying so I am uploading pictures right now. I will see what I can upload after breakfast. But all of the pictures are going to the Photobucket album in my 1st (2nd?) post so you should be able to see them there shortly. Later, time allowing, I will post selected pics from yesterday and today. Today we have the drag races and a police escort back to Alpine for a car show then dinner. They are allowing one full hour for the escorted 100+ mile drive to Alpine. You do the math. In between is lunch at the airport which is where the drags are held. Tomorrow is the 300+ mile Bullrun with secret checkpoints. We will try go keep y'all current on things, but as mentioned before and on another thread, the wireless connections are really spotty. Be patient. Y'all will get your fix. Tony Thanks for the updates T. Have a blast, be safe and DO TEAM #13 PROUD. Close call with Smokey. He got you by waiting for your headlights and then flipping on the laser. No sitting there with it on at night so you can detect his beam when he can wait for headlights. We are all helpless against that move, unless we dont speed, like I said, we are all helpless against that move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Tony must be having a blast because he forgot all about us. Either that or he found another Keg Todays schedule is pretty full so lets look forward to everyone getting back home safely so they can post their pics and Terlingua stories. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moabman Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 I am loving all of the reports! Thank you so much for keeping us up informed. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Fast forward to today. ZOMG. He sat in my car and signed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 sweeeeet! Looks like the cherry on top! congrats my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Great job, Tony Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Hay Tony, Just wanted to thank you for putting the caravan together. You and Mike did a great job, Thanks Mike. We had a blast and enjoyed the whole experience. The people were great and the cars ware works of art. I am preparing my truck for the next trip, It has an appointment at the Northrop facility in LA so it can be fitted with their latest Jet engine technology then its off to the Nasa air tunnel at Moffet field to make it more aero dynamicly stable. Hopefully when its done it will be able to keep up with the all the high powered KR's mustangs GT rockets Gt500'S, SCGT & (SCGT/H’s, you can drive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8675309 Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Cali to Terlingua crew.... I wanted to tell everyone how much fun I had on the trip and how fantastic all of you are ... This is what i love about my job meeting all the Shelby ......FANS!! It was joy to meet each of you and get to know everyone. Thank you Tony for putting all of us together and being our fearless leader... Thank you Michael for taking care of us and the POS!!! Take care and I look forward to seeing everyone again soon. Jenni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMcGuirk Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Cali to Terlingua crew.... I wanted to tell everyone how much fun I had on the trip and how fantastic all of you are ... This is what i love about my job meeting all the Shelby ......FANS!! It was joy to meet each of you and get to know everyone. Thank you Tony for putting all of us together and being our fearless leader... Thank you Michael for taking care of us and the POS!!! Take care and I look forward to seeing everyone again soon. Jenni Jenni, On behalf of all the "freaks", we loved the opportunity to hang with you on the trip and at the best event (so far). Oh, and the poker tournament was cool too! ^_^ Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Tony Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 I thought I was the one having all of the fun! Hanging out with the Girls from Shelby (Tracey and Jenni) was a lot of fun and I learned a lot. These young ladies are the intelligent, fun-loving people we all look for when expanding our circle of friends. I miss driving around with all of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of GT Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Cali to Terlingua crew.... I wanted to tell everyone how much fun I had on the trip and how fantastic all of you are ... This is what i love about my job meeting all the Shelby ......FANS!! It was joy to meet each of you and get to know everyone. Thank you Tony for putting all of us together and being our fearless leader... Thank you Michael for taking care of us and the POS!!! Take care and I look forward to seeing everyone again soon. Jenni Jenni, very clever user name you have here, very clever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqUPApCUt90 It was great to see you again at LASAAC's S.M. Pier show last month, and you looked terrific as you always do! I'm glad that you had a great time in Terlingua, and I look forward to speaking with you again soon. Carroll definately has the right person managing the Foundation on his behalf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Fast forward to today. ZOMG. He sat in my car and signed it. Oh man, how cool is that. Congrats Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Bill and Maria, If you are out here some where in cyberspace I have a few words of interest. Insulators… Clear. Deep Green & Crystal Blue. Mother of Mother loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ZVHT88S Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Bill and Maria,If you are out here some where in cyberspace I have a few words of interest. Insulators… Clear. Deep Green & Crystal Blue. Mother of Mother loads. Hi Jim, Thats interesting info about the motherlode of glass. I will PM to get more info. Also, attached is the URL to all of our photos of Terlingua. Video's to follow soon. Enjoy and remember to keep your keys out of the trunk if you don't want the papparazi in your face with cameras. Hahahahahha. Thanks for the note. http://picasaweb.google.com/District37Hond...ey=o7rYnzr5yJs# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08Pony Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hey! Thanks again for a once in a life time opportunity to hang out with the best of the best. The Shelby God was looking down on Christine and I when he hooked us up with the Mighty Migration from California to Terlingua:) All our best Todd&Christine Photos- http://picasaweb.google.com/tbpony/NewFold...ey=MSrqKKFbE0A# PS-Randell, if you're out there I need your mailing address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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