Any Michigan members want to meet up?

Post by **FORDification** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:25 pm

This subject was intially off-topic in another unrelated thread, so I thought I'd continue it here instead. As mentioned several weeks ago, I bought a choptop truck project in Michigan and will be headed from Nebraska to Michigan to pick it up in about three weeks. 67 highboy and Tim P. both extended an offer for any help if needed.

Anyway, I definitely appreciate the offers, guys! I'm going to a little town south of you guys called Vermontville, which is about 700 miles from here, according to Mapquest. Tentatively we're scheduled to head out on Thursday evening Oct 12th and will drive all night (while the kids are sleeping). We'll try to sleep some on Friday but hope to be there in the vicinity by Friday night. We'll then get up and hopefully get everything loaded up on Saturday, and will probably head back home on Sunday. I'm taking Thursday through the following Wednesday off work though, just to make sure we leave ourselves enough time to get everything taken care of....and where we can make the trip back a little slower, just to let the kids get out now and then to run around in a park somewhere to burn off some energy.

However, since there would probably be an extra day to kill if we want it (that Sunday), I was wondering if you guys would be busy on Sunday Oct. 17th. Maybe we could come up with a place in between you two to meet up for a few hours, and have a mini Meet & Greet? Is there anyone else from the forums in that general vicinity who would be interested?

heep70 · Post by **heep70** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:10 pm

Oh great, you are going to leave me here to take care of all these yahoos????????

67highboy · Post by **67highboy** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:20 pm

Sure, sounds good to me.
I would like to see that chop top in person anyway. I was watching it as well when it sold.
I am not sure whoelse is from the area but it would be great to invade someplace with a bunch of bumpsides

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:54 pm

Im not sure of where vermontville is I.ll have to pull a map but this sounds great. However Sunday would be the 15th you are talking about October correct? The 17'th is a tuesday.

Post by **FORDification** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:03 pm

Whoops, you're right....I was looking at Sept. instead of Oct.

Yes, it would be Sunday the 15th of Oct.

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:08 pm

I figured you were looking at the wrong month when you posted this but had to ask

spartman · Post by **spartman** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:58 am

heep70 wrote:Oh great, you are going to leave me here to take care of all these yahoos????????

BUUUUWWWWWAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flyboy2610 · Post by **flyboy2610** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:32 pm

heep70 wrote:Oh great, you are going to leave me here to take care of all these yahoos????????

We don't eat much, and most of us are potty trained.

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:57 pm

I think we have benm76 going to join us also keith that makes three+ you and family, getting better.

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:59 pm

ooops benm78

Post by **FORDification** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:53 am

Cool! Now we'll just have to come up with a time and place to meet. Did you guys get a chance to check out the map to see where I'm headed? Do you know of a good spot in that general vicinity to at least sit and talk trucks for a while? Might be a good idea to have something close that the wife and kids could do in the meantime, too.

67merc · Post by **67merc** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:09 am

I think I could head across the river for that! Doubt there'd ever be a Meet & Greet any closer

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:26 pm

Yea keith I checked the map Im less than an hour from there but where are you going to do business at in V ville near center of town or out skirts me and highboy are corrosponding back and forth on this and we think we should feed you and your family too of course we"ll strap on the feedbag to

. I'll check the map better to see if there is a park or something near by.

Post by **FORDification** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:45 pm

Uh....sorry about this, but apparently there's a change of plans. When my wife and I were discussing making this trip, we initially thought that it would have to be the weekend of Oct. 14-15. But something came up with my wife's work, and now those dates won't work. Everything's been bumped up a week, so it NOW looks like we'll be leaving Nebraska on Thursday Oct 5th and hopefully getting there by Friday night October 6th. Then we'll load up the truck on Saturday 7th.....so if we do this Meet and Greet, it'll have to be Sunday the 8th.

I hope nobody's made any plans yet that will be messed up by this change of dates....sorry about that, but those dates are the only dates we can make the trip. With my wife working nights as an RN at the hospital and then teaching Lamaze classes during the daytime once or twice a week, her getting away is next to impossible!

Let me know if this will work for you guys.

As for where in Vermontville we'll be headed....I entered the street address into Mapquest and it appears that they live about 2-3 miles due east of town on the W. Vermontville Hwy.

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:44 pm

Ok I think we can still make this happen who knows this might be a good change it might be raining on the 15th, I,ll get back to you after I talk to the other guys let them know of the change.