Here are some pictures from day 1 of the RRR here in Baytown.


NTFC lining up to head south:


Heading down in the rain rained the whole way down):


Another raining pic:


And Another:


Stop for gas:



At the hotel:


Talk time:


Blake/Jim being happy after dinner:



More to come

[This message has been edited by MstangsBware (edited 10-09-2009).]

If you notice---There are no Houston people in the pictures? 30 miles from Houston and they can't even come to greet us---It's okay NTFC handled up on everything.

quote Originally posted by MstangsBware: If you notice---There are no Houston people in the pictures? 30 miles from Houston and they can't even come to greet us---It's okay NTFC handled up on everything.

I was planning to but I was in the garage making a last minute attempt to get my car able to pass inspection...too soon to know if I was successful.

I don't see any Kerrville people in the pictures either. Bring your camera and come buy me a margarita,

quote Originally posted by jscott1: I was planning to but I was in the garage making a last minute attempt to get my car able to pass inspection...too soon to know if I was successful.

inspections are overrated
mine failed 3 times and I still drove it down.

Unexpected visit from my daughter.


She's headed for Afganistan in a few days.

Oh man, I would have loved to come. Unfortunately I'm in Phoenix at Luke AFB in an F-16 IFTU class for a month. Brutal course, but I'm looking forward to getting back to San Antonio so I can work on the Fiero for a few weeks. If I'm lucky I might be able to catch a Texas Fiero get together before I leave for Korea for a few years.

No last minute show up for me this time. $200 Speeding ticket took my funds.

Don't you just hate when these events just sneak up on you?
Weather map shows the weather cleared up. Glad someone is enjoying the Ruckus. My grandson is happy his Pop is taking care of him while he has the Flu.

quote Originally posted by jscott1: I was planning to but I was in the garage making a last minute attempt to get my car able to pass inspection...too soon to know if I was successful.

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Wish I could've made it - but was working from 7:00am to 7pm today.
Hope everyone is having fun!

Is that my old Indy in the pic?

quote Originally posted by fierocarparts: Don't you just hate when these events just sneak up on you?

Yeah it did sneak up on me in the sense that I didn't realize my sticker was expired. And overrated or not, I don't ride dirty because inevitably I will get pulled over.

I was successful in getting my inspection to pass. Ran into Chris at the same inspection station. How often are two Fieros in the same inspection station at the same time totally unplanned?

anyway here are some pics

Day 2 of the RRR:

Breakfast at Denny's:




Show/shine:


The one/only ALL glass choptop:


Driver's meeting:


Line up for Ferry ride:


Monument:


Cars from above:


Large ship w/many guns:


View of cars from ship:




Fieros on the sand:



Many more to post but that is all for now.

Here is one for tonight, will do some more tomorrow:

I am so sad I had to miss the Ruckus. I got an opportunity to buy an 88 GT in great shape and could not pass it up. So I flew to NM Friday and drove it back with intentions of driving strait thru so I could still make the Ruckus, however I am not as young as I use to be and had to stop for the night. Looks like ya’ll are having a great time…Joe please send me an e-mail address so I can pay pal you for my tee shirts. I included a few pics of the most recent 88 GT to call Texas home

Here are some of my photos. Hopefully some of those that got video can get those up soon, hint hint.

On the ferry.

In front of the monument.

Tim and I trying to shoot my wife with the gun. They allowed you to climb on the guns and aim them at whatever you wanted. From this perspective I am on the right and I am controling the up and down of the gun and Tim on the left is controling the left to right of the gun.

Me over my loyal subjects.

On the beach.

Blake picked up some seaweed while doing his mandatory donuts on the beach.

This is going to be a b!tch to clean.

Good night shot.


It was a great Ruckus and I want to thank Don and Joe for all the work they did to make it happen.

Nice Mera




Horrible yellow coupe


Sanderson's coupe from Corpus Christie,Texas with the Quad 4 swap done real nice.



Swapped 3800SC


4.9 Caddie


3400 DOHC





3800 NA


Nice Choptop


All Lined up


Centexindy remember this one?


Red Cars One of my favotites


Nice Gold Coupe


Nice White GT


Black GT


BB35 Battleship Texas


14" Guns


Tourists


Proud1 jscott1's ride with the 4.9 conversion at the resterant in Galveston


Lined up in Galveston


Good time had by all.

I want to than Don ,(MaryJane), and his wife Jane for setting up a great Texas Ruckus and hope every one makes it home without any problems, or a trip to Jail.

Good friends, good food, great scenery, neet little cars! What else could a guy ask for in life?
Joe Crawford

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I am back home--back home in the mud. It was so nice to spend 2 full days on cement, especially with a great group of folks--some from Oklahoma travelled + 600 miles just to get there. (Hope you Okies have a safe trip back home and hope the rain holds off)

I'll upload my pics a few at a time----being on dialup, I haven't even been able to view all the ones already posted yet.

I want to thank all who attended for making the trip, and especially want to thank Joe for all the help as well.

Great Pics,
It looks like you guys had lots of fun. Sorry I missed that one.

If my EGR valve didn't crack I would have been there. Can't wait until next meet. Cliff let's shoot for around here... San Antonio, Kerrville or somewhere near here if we have enough people interested.

quote Originally posted by ViperBlue85GT: If my EGR valve didn't crack I would have been there. Can't wait until next meet. Cliff let's shoot for around here... San Antonio, Kerrville or somewhere near here if we have enough people interested.

I hinted to Cliff yesterday.
Joe

Chili's Friday night

The line up

A sweet Indy that I want to chop.

Very clean car Well built the engine was posted before

Houston we have yellow

and gold I liked this car very clean

JScott caught ya looking

I made it home, IN THE RAIN! but it washed off some of the salty/sand mix on there , BUT it was grimey dirty road water
Don Great RRR! I had a wonderful time! A little shakey at first but even the weather was in your favor! A really great treat to see Jane!
Thanks to the OK group! man you guys are GREAT!! what a drive you you huh!! High praise indeed!
I am still getting the sand out of my car. I got some great shots on the beach! What a cool one time deal!
When you have a great group of friends(and Steven) to hang out with and smoke high quality cigars, who needs taco cabana!! We had the cast from "King of The Hill" show up and Blake doing his best "getting into a T-Top car" still ain't pretty Yeah the club President club is getting larger it seems! We had several "prez" things to talk about. where the next show will be and who will step up and Host. (I don't remember if there was a final word yet.I think some scouting is in order first.) Check with your club presidents.
ok so all in all I thought this RRR was a


NOW
ON

WITH THE

SHOW
PICS

Showing off the 4.9

one of my wife's favs

Two Choppers talking shop

Blake having flashbacks of trying to fit in my car last year

I do not think a chop is in going to work here


JScott snapping a few pics

And that was when it was clean Tim, white sure gets dirty....




Good thing these cars are short

You guys appear to have had a great time. I hope to meet some of you when my car is done. Right now my fiero has a blown engine and no parts to build with. thanks for the pictures.

~mike

Blake and his Chemical City



I guess we, well Blake is... I think he ... aw hell who know what he is doing...






Poor Galveston...


Then the "kids: had to play in the sand

Blake had to show the kids how it was done in his days..

he even built a sandcastle with seaweed banners



Don't forget the echo tunnel !!!

and last thing I saw neat, skyscrapers under clouds

After seeing this very nice car my wife wants one

up to no good





HI MOM

This is one of my favorite pictures.

and this one of JScott stroke n my car

on the move


don't ask





We had a great time as always, I want to thank everyone and hope to see it happen in Oklahoma next year I think we can make it happen. One of my Highlights was following JScott all the way from east beach to 59. I do not know if he knew I was behind him but two chops were together all the way back and we were getting a lot of looks.

quote Originally posted by ViperBlue85GT: If my EGR valve didn't crack I would have been there. Can't wait until next meet. Cliff let's shoot for around here... San Antonio, Kerrville or somewhere near here if we have enough people interested.

quote We had a great time as always, I want to thank everyone and hope to see it happen in Oklahoma next year I think we can make it happen.

I too would like to see it in Ok!
I believe the next 2 October events(Ruckii?) [Ruckus 9 =Okies]and [Ruckus 10=NTFC] are already spoken for. Thats Oct 2010 and 2011.

I would like very much to host 2013's--Ruckus 12.
Don

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Got home a little while ago. We took 290(I think) to austin then 35 back home, traffic came to a stop 3 times on us. All of that added about an hour to the time. It rained pretty much from austin up to OKC. Should of went back up the way I came I think. Had a good time though anyways. Oh the exhaust is still intact, two ruckus's and counting.

Sucks you guys were in my city and I didn't have a Fiero to run this year. Looks like you all had a blast. Thanks for posting those pictures!

quote Originally posted by F355spider: We had a great time as always, I want to thank everyone and hope to see it happen in Oklahoma next year I think we can make it happen. One of my Highlights was following JScott all the way from east beach to 59. I do not know if he knew I was behind him but two chops were together all the way back and we were getting a lot of looks.

Yeah it's hard to come up with an interesting road course in Houston, but the site of Fieros 3 wide going down the road was much cooler than I expected. Even Curley would have been happy to see a couple of chop tops rolling together.

Here's a few movies I made...forgive the camera work, I was holding the camera with my right hand, shifting a 6 speed with a my left hand and steering with my knee.

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Made it home a few hours back--Nothing but rain the while way back just like Friday but we all made it back with no issues. I have more pictures that Jim took that I will post up tomorrow.


Had a great time and was good to see everyone.

I'm still in Mo. City...

I went to change out the plugs, wires and do an oil change and ran into an issue. One of the plugs was cross-threaded. It just had to be on the foward side where there is no room to do anything. I don't know what other option I have other than throwing that same plug back in and looking at it later when i get back to Ft. Worth. Wish me luck.

I'm putting in another order for tee shirts if anyone wants more. PM me please.

Finally I have photos to post. It took a bit to figure how to get them from our phones to the computer.



Even people from other vehicles got out to take pics of our Fieros.


How fitting...














And now the very few pics that I took...

It wasn't easy, but I finally caught Revin in my mirror.




Paul and I had a great time! Thanks to all who had a hand in putting this together.

Where's Blakes pictures? He told me he had a new fancy camera that didn't need to get wet.

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Remind me everyone, did Blake go the whole weekend without any run ins with the popo?

quote Originally posted by FieroReinke: Remind me everyone, did Blake go the whole weekend without any run ins with the popo?

Hmph!
You have any idea how many favors i called and how much extortion $ I had to pay--how many officers I had to buy for that to happen? Hookers for cops ain't cheap!!! Even my own nephew at Baytown PD wanted in on the graft.
Blake owes me big time.

The only reason they didn't nail him in Galveston is that Joe still has connections there.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Even my own nephew at Baytown PD wanted in on the graft. Blake owes me big time.

It also helped that we had Blake tucked in behind a row of Fieros and ran interference for him.