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Me and the Meadowbrook


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9-26:

Wife snapped this pic of me leaving Hidden Trails.  She drove the van with the baby riding along.  

At home after a great day.  The Meadowbrook ran flawlessly.  65mph on Hwy 61.  We had the chance to climb some pretty decent hills and discovered the new carburetor actually allowed us to hold speed at 1/4 throttle, and gain speed at 1/2 throttle or more.  Pretty sweet.  Ran just under 180 degrees the whole trip.  Thank you Meadowbrook for a peaceful afternoon!!

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9-26:

Saturday night after all the activities my daughter and I took a drive to visit my brother and his kids.  We went out for a night cruise.  I let him drive, which he was more than happy to do.  It was nice to ride in the passenger seat.  In this picture we had stopped for snacks.  That's my brother behind the wheel.  Our ride lasted about an hour.  After that we sat in the car till about 2am shooting the breeze!  I got to bed about 3:30am ?

My nephew really likes the car and wants to drive it sometime.  He's 12.

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9-29:

Cruising around town with the kids tonight.  Mid-50s for temps.  Heater off, but heat from engine just enough to be comfortable.  

Good news! Winona 7 Theater finally opened up again.  Second pic: cruising down 3rd Street.

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9-29:

At Kwik Trip to clean off buggies from the windshield.

A stop at DQ to top off the evening.  

Meadowbrook ran great.  I have a squeaky clutch pedal return spring I'll have to take a look at ?

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10-1:

Warming up for a trip to Fleet Farm for dog food.  Took my 2 older kids and my daughter's friend, who had never seen the car before.  She loved it and told me the car reminded her of an airplane because of the seatbelts.

Pic 2: the Meadowbrook outclasses everything in the parking lot.  Had the heater on today. 

 

 

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LOVE reading about people enjoying their cars and trucks!

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10-2:

At the bank drive-thru after work.  

Then later, at the Cathedral for a quick prayer.  The Cathedral and the Meadowbrook were both built in '51.

 

 

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10-2:

Rogue DQ stop!  No kids!  Just my wife and I in the Meadowbrook for once.  2 strawberry sundaes with whipped cream ?

Heater cranked; cooked us out so had to turn it off and crack a window ?

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I wish I was having the fun with my Dodge truck that you are having with your car.

Was supposed to have been done by Aug 31st. Now they are saying the end of this month. Went and checked on the progress again today,and the end of this month is doable if nothing goes wrong.

Oct to April is a tough time period to sell something like that,though. Buyers need warm weather and sunshine to get their hearts pumping.

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10-3:

Filled up with gas this morning.  Then filled up the minivan.  When backing up in front of our house, the van's camera was full of Meadowbrook!?

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10-3:

I don't remember any water ever coming in the side windows since I've owned the car (unless you count the one time I used a pressure washer).  If that door panel could talk....

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10-3:

Snapped the pics of the dash and door panel while wife was getting coffee from Kwik Trip.  We took a cruise upriver to Kellogg, MN just because.  The Meadowbrook ran perfect.  55mph and lots of fall colors.  This pic was from downtown Kellogg.  A man and his wife in their 70s pulled alongside us and were happy to see the car.  

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10-3:

The Meadowbrook always looks good parked by any church.  

On the way home the drone sounds of the engine put wifey to sleep!?

We'll go out soon for more fun ?

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10-4-20:

Getting ready to take off for a car show in town?

Perfect day, sunny and upper 50s.

Donations for the show benefitted the Freedom Honor Flight for Veterans, and the spaghetti dinner benefitted the Elks Lodge foundation.  

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10-4:

I parked next to this Camaro/57 Chevy thing.  Weird!

A nice row of cars including a black 55 Chevy which looked an awful lot like Harrison Ford's in American Graffiti.

The blue 69 Roadrunner on the end (I didn't get a better pic) the owner bought new in '69 for $3100.

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10-4:

There was a good turnout of cars.  3+ good rows.  It was nice to see everyone out having fun.  A lot of people were poking their heads inside my car.  One couple wanted to know the history of it. You know how that goes... I'm more than happy to talk ?

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10-4:

Every year they have a pumpkin drop.  The crane raises 2 men in a cage up 150ft. and they drop pumpkins, squash, watermelons, etc. onto the pavement.  The crowd roared!  It was great fun!?

Big white pumpkin falling in this pic.

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