Deep South Cobra Club Tour de Floride

[Wayne Presley]

Had a great time at the Tour de Floride in Tallahassee yestrerday. It's a 2 day event that I was only able to go for the last day. Ricky and Randy put together a great event and everyone had a blast. Saturday started at 9 AM with a 70 mile ride through the canopy roads around lower Georgia and panhandle of Florida ending at the Tallahassee Auto museum with a car show out on the front lawn.
From there another short ride to Dave's BBQ for a really good southern lunch. From there went got a special treat to visit a private car collection including a real 427 SC street car and a real 289 FIA cobra.
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He has 3 Ferrari's also, a couple of 430's and a 599, RS porsche, Boxster S, real GT350. We take a group shot on his short driveway (real short 1/2 mile or so...)

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From there we head over to a little country store for dessert, a moon pie and RC cola! We leave the store another 40 mile though the canopy roads ending up at at the host hotel to clean up for dinner.
Dinner was at Julies Place with a buffet and great company. Everyone had a great time and Ricky Harper made some great trophies out of engine parts welded together.

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[Garry Bopp]

Wayne,

Thanks for the great pics ... however, I believe Randy Dender made the "scrap metal" trophies ... very creative and well-received!

Garry

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne,

Thanks for the great pics ... however, I believe Randy Dender made the "scrap metal" trophies ... very creative and well-received!

Garry

I stand corrected, thanks Garry

[cwhoofgator]

Who won the trophies and what was the event?

[Garry Bopp]

Chuck,

We really missed you and Addie!! There were about a half-dozen or so trophies for various contests. All great fun ... but don't ask how I did in the Time/Distance/Speed rallye! Ugh! One of the neatest experiences of the weekend was in Quitman, GA, where we ate lunch at the Wiregrass BBQ restaurant. As Curt and I were about to get in the coupe, we heard a little old lady yell at us from across the street, "Please wait, I want to see your car!" She was at least 85 years old and she came wheeling across the street with her walker!! She talked with us for several minutes and asked all kinds of questions about the coupe. Her final comment was, "these cars will be the talk of the town for the next two weeks!"

Garry

[Joe]

Looks like a great time! I really wish I could have made it. A death in the family got in the way of me going. Maybe next year!

[Garry Bopp]

Here are a few of my pics:

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[Garry Bopp]

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[cwhoofgator]

Thanks for sharing, I thought about ya while I was pulling my engine... Lucky Guys you are..

[vnmsss]

Looks like lots of fun....The pics are awesome, and it sounds like a good time was had by all....That Tesla magnet is very cool too, and that operating temperature....Yikes!

Karen

[Plant City Mike]

I'll add a few more:

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[Plant City Mike]

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Many thanks to Randy and Rickey for a terrific event.

[PhyrraM]

Great pics! Thanks.

No love for the workhorse 289? I always prefered the smallblocks....

[Wayne Presley]

Great pics! Thanks.

No love for the workhorse 289? I always prefered the smallblocks....

No love??? here's 80 pics of just that car http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/c...ionpb/csx2290/ You tube vid in HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mapJgI1xSLI

All pics of the Tour http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc175/vcpinjectionpb/tour%20de%20floride/

[PhyrraM]

Crap, I got my cars mixed up.

I was trying to be the jokester with this pic:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5613106822_6e301b2453_b.jpg

......But it backfired because at first glance I thought all the folks were standing around the 427. My bad.....:o

You know what they say about cracking jokes......get up and try again. :p

[Wayne Presley]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFO3hTpjGk


Here's a video of some of the canopy road drive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFO3hTpjGk In HD on YT site

[JJ'snakepit]

I have never seen country that green or that long of run with trees over it.. That looks like a nice place to visit... Thanks for sharing... JJ