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When
the weather starts to warm-up and the tops come down, it’s
Spring time and that means only one thing, we’re going on a SLO
run. If I wasn’t a member of the California
Roadsters, the best group of roadster minded guys around,
there is only one other club I would even consider joining,
that’s of course if they would have me, are the San
Luis Roadsters; because I would get to live in the Central
Coast, one of the most beautiful places in California.
California
Roadsters completed our twelfth consecutive topless run to
SLO over the extended weekend of May 13-16th, to
participate in the 31st annual San
Luis Roadster Show. The
run was well attended by members Jon/Midge, Jerry/Judy,
Joe/Laurie, Ray/Sally, Don/Patty, Max/Sue, Mike/Colleen, Phill/Cheryl,
Doug, Duane, Terry, Dick/Ronnie, Hank (SLO rookie) and yours
truly, plus several guest rodders including Roadster Keith
with sidekick Bill and Flathead Wayne in a really nice ’32
5WCoupe.
We used the two assault route routine again this year,
with northerly and southerly groups converging for lunch at
the Harbor House on
the Santa Barbara Pier;
and then onto SLO, arriving at the Peach
Tree Inn, with Sandy and Hitch giving us a big welcome.
The Thursday night downtown Farmers Market was capped
by the Lakers fifth
game win over the Spurs,
who highlighted our weekend to go on and win the series on
Saturday night, after another excellent meal at Olde
Port Inn.
In preparation for hosting the Bay
Area Roadsters on the weekend of July 23-25, a group led
by Max scouted a run up the coast past Paso
Robles to Jolon Road, then proceeded inland thru the Hunter-Ligett
military reservation and down a narrow windy road to back to
the coast about 17 miles north of Ragged
Point – taking in about 150 miles of great scenery.
The high tech guys with IFS/IRSs were loving the heel
and toe action, while the traditionalists with straight axles
thought the road was a little long.
After lunch at Moonstone Restaurant, the group returned to home base for one of
Jon/Midge’s catered deck parties, including the introduction
of two new private label wines – Calroady
Red and NoWay
Cabriolet. Jon
continues to dazzle us with his creativity and his labels for
our vintage stock, which are works of art.
A few of us that did not have the pleasure of visiting
Dave West’s place outside of Paso Robles, got another
opportunity on this trip, and yes the spread is as nice as
described by members that visited last year.
Unfortunately, the interior of the house was not
included this year, but the homemade cookies were great.
The best quote of the weekend came from Sherm Porter,
as we were checking into the show on Saturday morning, when he
asked Jon, as he followed us in his ’48 Woody into the
section reserved for roadsters only, “I know you have a
roadster because I saw it on the website, but then again I
guess someone has to haul the club wine.”
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Early Sunday
morning the club broke into smaller groups for the run back
home. The weekend
was pretty uneventful as far as breakdowns, but Duane had to
replace a front shock, Joe had a bolt come loose from his
front brake caliper and Dick sprung a minor radiator leak,
needing a can of stop leak.
Ray is still looking for the next recipient of the Tony
Award, but I don’t think these minor repairs qualify for
passing of the torch.
The weather in SLO was magnificent all weekend as
always, and we all had a great time. It was a combination of the host club’s efforts, Sandy
and Hitch’s continued hospitality at the Peach
Tree Inn and the rural beauty and cruising opportunities
afforded by SLO and the surrounding communities.
This is an annual "don’t miss" event for our club, so
you laggards, let’s plan ahead and try to attend next
year’s run. Put
it on your schedule now, and we’ll see if we can bump next
year’s attendance. Also,
remember we need a good showing in July for our hosted Bay
Area Roadster run.
Mark
Byer
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