Carlisle 2018

[billnparts]

I will probably be towing also, due to lack of drive time as well as the weather. There is a possibility the MG won’t come at all if I can’t resolve issues with the replacement coilovers.

That will piss me off.

Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"

[edward ericson]

Dang! I’m pulling for ya, Bill. I want to hear this thing.

Who’s doing the covered bridge/winery tour?
<h1>A Tale of Two Cruises</h1>
 

Friday’s cruise will feature three of Central Pennsylvania’s famous covered bridges, which were featured in one of the most memorable cruises we’ve ever done as part of this gathering. The bridges themselves are amazing, but the roads which connect them are spectacular – sweeping curves, changes in elevation and scenery like nowhere else in the country.

Stops are planned at several points where we’ve scouted adequate restrooms, but we’ll primarily be driving those magnificent roads. Each stop is no more than an hour apart. Two food-and-beverage stops are planned on the back half of the Friday cruise, after which we return to Carlisle by the same amazing public roads.

We’ll make our Friday lunch stop at The Historic Meiserville Inn Pub and Restaurant. It’s a completely renovated public house which dates to the Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, featuring a menu with combinations to suit for everyone’s tastes, a paved parking lot out back, a second-story deck, seating for more than 100 people and a friendly staff who’ll accommodate everyone to the best of their ability. There’s even a curvy old ‘40s-era Caddy out front as landmark.

After we’ve eaten the Meiserville Pub out of business, we’ll head to the nearby, superbly scenic Winery at Hunter’s Valley.  It sits on a rounded ridgeline and overlooks the Susquehanna River, with better-than-adequate parking (they’re roping us off a section!) and spectacular local knowledge of their wares.  One-ounce flights of their wines are five dollars, and two-ounce are ten, but come with a complimentary glass as a souvenir. We visited the winery, just to make sure it was up to snuff, and it most certainly was. Bring a camera.

We’ll return to Carlisle from the winery, with an hour’s drive between us and it. We should return to the Show Field by three in the afternoon, assuming we keep to the set schedule. For those wishing to skip the estimated hour and-a-half the winery stop involves, the route back through Harrisburg is very straightforward.

 

 

 

Saturday’s cruise is a new optional event for those that wish to see more of the Pennsylvania countryside.   Last year’s visit to the Old Sled Works in Duncannon, PA was so popular we are going to do it again!  This extremely “car friendly” place is filled with antiques of every variety, and has its own mock soda-fountain and a pinball machine room.   There is so much to see here, and you just might find something you had no idea you needed!

For anyone not looking to spend the morning on the show-field, this tour starts at the show-field at 10:00 and returns to the show-field around 12:30, for lunch and an afternoon of car fun.

[Al Greig]

I will be arriving Thursday afternoon with my wife, Rose Ann.  Plan on going to Caddy Shack and all other activities that follow.

Al

[Dale Schumacher]

Good deal Al.

Looking forward to hanging out.

Hope the rain forecast changes – I wanted to drive a lot this weekend.

[Paul Mossberg]

Will be arriving early afternoon on Thursday.

But with the forecast as it is, I am very likely going to slap the show field sticker on my Volvo C70. I’ve seen a fair number of daily driver cars coming form the Speedster group. Sad, I guess. But will still be good fun with a great group of people.

 

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

[billnparts]

I’ll be driving the Subaru, but due to positive thinking, I’ve already plastered my field pass to the MG windshield.

Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"

[billnparts]

Here are some photos from the 2018 Carlisle event. Rainy, wet and muddy would describe it. The weather kept a lot of cars away, but a good time was had by all who attended anyway.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128426013@N03/albums/72157695318216161

Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"

[HappyJack]

Hey Bill,

I tried to get to your flickr page but —

The link did not work —

Sorry to hear that the weather was as bad up there as it was here in North Carolina……

There is always next year — I may have my car done by then.  I don’t even have a name for the Ford TDr yet, let alone have the body back together.  Bummer!! But I guess that’s why they call it a hobby and not a career.

“Happy to have stayed out of the Carlisle Mud this year but Sad to have missed seeing the gang” Jack

[Royal]

Ditto Happy Jacks comments

[billnparts]

Another attempt

https://www.flickr.com/gp/128426013@N03/uB26i4

Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"

[Paul Mossberg]

Great pics!

thanks Bill!

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

[edward ericson]

Bill you take pretty dang good photos. Thanks for sharing those. I love that one of Schu checking out the Morganstein.

[newkitman]

Bill. How did you not manage to take that cool trike home with you? Great photos.

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

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