Lone Star Round Up 2010

[hkestes41]

Lone Star Round Up is scheduled for April 9-11 in Austin. I know there were a few here that attended last year and just wanted to see if any of you were planning on showing up this year.

http://www.lonestarroundup.com/

I will be there this year and if anyone else will be let me know and we can arrange a meeting.

[james curl]

Since I only live 30 miles away you can count on me being there. I have a compressed disc in my back at the present time that limits my walking ability, have to stop and rest a lot. The pain is only in my right leg and any time I start walking I never know if it is going to hurt a little or a lot. I have never had any back problems in my life until now, went to visit my mother in law one evening, sat and talked, could hardly stand the pain when I stood up, I must have sat with my back crooked and pinched a nerve that goes all down my right leg.

[hkestes41]

Hope to see you there James. You can say hello to your old rearend.

[hkestes41]

BTT to see if anyone else will be there.

[hkestes41]

Just rolled into home from the Round Up, close to 600 miles for the weekend.

Only saw one other P15 (a four door sedan with a belly button under the hood ) , in fact there were not a lot of Mopars at all. However there were a lot of Mopar powered cars in attendance.

Here is a link to my photo album from the weekend. http://tornadowarning.smugmug.com/Cars/Lonestar-Round-up-2010/11782427_dzHRb#832124299_QHGAP

Just as an FYI for anyone interested, in the swap meet area there was a guy with some mopar flathead intakes.

Joes Speed Shop

Ponca City, OK

580-268-3704

http://www.joesspeedshop.com/

What he had was;

Edmunds intake for the long block Chrysler/Desoto looked to be in decent shape for $500

D&S intake with carbs for the Plymouth/Dodge short blocks for $300 that was also in good shape. I have never seen or heard of D&S before, but it was shaped a lot like the Offenhauser dual intakes without the fins and a large raised D&S between the carbs.

[1940plymouth]

Thanks for sharing.

On page three, the fourth photo, what is it, that sure is some set of exhausts

[hkestes41]

It was an old funeral coach and he obviously had no mufflers on it and I don't think it was baffled at all either.

On Saturday this coupe was parked about 4 spaces from me.

A guy with a real steal bodied 32 roadster was parked across the isle got in it to go to lunch hit the starter and had no neutral safety switch on his transmission. You can guess what happened next. The roadster was in gear jumped about 15 feet across the isle and climbed right up the front of the coupe before he could get it stopped. Luckily nobody was standing in front of the roadster.

Knocked the headlight off the roadster and bent up his radiator shell and hood side. Destroyed the glass radiator shell, radiator and bent the passenger side frame horn on the coupe. Guy with the coupe was actually pretty calm about the whole thing. Just said "well this is why we have insurance."

[Greenbomb]

"That's why we have insurance." Man, that's cool under pressure!!!

Thanks for the pictures.

[BobT-47P15]

Thanks for the pics, Kirk. Glad you had good time.

[hkestes41]

"That's why we have insurance." Man, that's cool under pressure!!!

Thanks for the pictures.

I think it was a much more subdued response than the vast majority of us would have had, especially considering if the other guy has the cash to build a big block powered steel 32 roadster he should have the cash to spend on a neutral safety switch. Then again just because you have the cash to do it doesn't mean you have the smarts to do it.