...we've been on the road for two and a half days now, starting from outside of Philadelphia, spending the first night in Front Royal, VA and the next night in Canal Winchester, OH (a half mile from McDorman Chevrolet). Tonight, we're in Georgetown, KY.

We're part of the Eastern portion of the road tour (there are ten separate tours). My 1985 is the only C4 in our small group right now, though we expect to pick up at least two more in Paducah, KY tomorrow evening.

We're traveling with the "slow/old" group - three solid axles and two mid-years. The faster group started with three C5s and a C6 and added a C6 Z06 this morning. We're joining one of the other tours tomorrow morning and that will add a bunch more Corvettes.

So far, I haven't had any unexpected problems with the 1985, despite the fact that we've put almost 800 miles on it - more than any other single trip we've yet taken. We've had to fix some loose plug wires on a solid axle, some leaking fuel lines on a mid-year, and solve a strange tire wear problem on a C5 - but everybody is still moving.

Represent.........

Excellent! Hope you'll have lots of pics when you get back.

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Aw, thanks!



At least we're doing better than the sharks - we haven't picked up a single C3 yet...

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We've got the D70 and a 4 GB card - we should have something!

Enjoy the trip and be safe!

Joel

You guys will all be in Rolla, MO on Saturday, right?

Sounds like your having a good time, and the weather in Missouri looks like it will be perfect for you.

I think I read that the group will be leaving Rolla on Sunday morning and heading north on US63? Where will you be meeting?

Would be cool to come out and take a look at some nice cars.

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I just picked up a 2 gig CFII for our D200. About $13.00 after rebate! Which reminds me... need to do that.

Sounds like a great time! Enjoy! I hope Lauren kicks ass!

Say hi to Evie for me!

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Greg,

We will be in Rolla on Saturday night. We're staying west of town - I'll get you the specific motels as soon as possible. The best time to see all the cars (if you can stand being up) will probably be around 7:45 AM Sunday morning - we roll out at 8:00 AM every morning and the tour leader does not like if we are late!

ARE YALL COMING TO ST CHARLES MO FOR THAT CONVENTION IF SO PM ME LD LIKE TO MEET UP WITH YALL
ILL SHOW YOU MY NEW TO ME 40TH ANNV

Aside from the issue with the fuel pump priming yesterday, we have been fine. It has been hot - our still strong GM air conditioning has been fighting hard to keep all that heat from coming through the Plexiglas top. I don't know how the folks with no air conditioning do it...

We now have over 30 Corvettes participating on the tour and at least three more C4s (including a 99% 1986 coupe) have joined the chase. We've got about an even split of old (C4 and below) and new (C5 and above) cars.

We were in Paducah, KY last night. We're in Branson, MO tonight, doing touristy things. Tomorrow we head up to Rolla, MO in the afternoon.

By the way, RollaMo-LT4, at this point our assembly point on Sunday morning will be the Baymont Inn & Suites and we'll be heading out around 8:00 AM.

Thanks for the update!

I am glad it's you in Branson and not me. I try to avoid all that crap as much as possible. Although my mom still lives down in that area, so we do go down a few times a month.

Branson traffic can be a killer on your cooling system.

I will be sure and swing by the Baymont Sunday morning to see you guys off. Would be nice to meet you.

Greg

Wish I had known you were going to be in Georgetown, I would have sprung for steaks and beer !

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You aren't kidding - about half of us came close to overheating on that last mile or so (uphill, of course) before we got to the Ramada. My coolant temperature spiked from 193 (all day) to 221...

Well, lots of Corvettes in Rolla, Mo tonight. Drove out and found j3studio just getting out of his C4. Stopped and introduced myself and we chatted for awhile.

One of the local Corvette guys put on a big bar-b-que for the NCRS group, which I am sure they all enjoyed.

The weather is pretty nice tonight, even though it was a little warm today.

We were on the Harley when we pulled into the hotel parking lot, so I didn't get to show off my LT4 to John.

We'll go out in the morning a few miles north of town, and find a nice spot to take a few pics as the go by on their way to St. Charles.

It was great chatting with you John, and you have a beautiful example of a fine C4.

Here's to a safe trip the rest of the way.

John and Evie are great people! Real gems in this world.

We met about 3 years ago when they did a big x-country trip.

Hopefully, we will be able to get together when we come home for Christmas.

Caught on film! John and Evie on the NCRS tour.


Pretty cool watching all the Vettes go by this morning on their way to St. Charles.

awesome!

Those types of events are SO fun. It's just neat to be part of such a tour.

Great pic!

We're back home.

2723 miles (phew!)
24.4 mpg (those new fuel injectors are amazing!)
12 days away from home (oog...)
1 stall (!@#$%)

Pictures to follow...

...thanks to RollaMo-LT4 for his cool shot!

Glad to hear you made it back home. I bet it feels much better to not be living out of a suitcase. I was wondering how everything went in St. Charles.

Will be waiting for some of your pictures.

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Wow! That's great!

Lauren served well! Way to go!

Now... how did Lauren fare in the show????

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Ah...all we had to do is get a 94% or better on the operations check to receive the Founders Award. With bonus points, we scored a 270 out of 260 - a perfect score (the cigarette lighter decided to work for the only time this year)! We received our Founders Award on Monday evening from Gary Mortimer, one of the original seven folks who started the NCRS.

Sweet!!!! Congrats on the Founders Award! That's SO cool!

Sounds like fun, wish I was there.

[Cross-posted from C4 Factory Restoration, since I promised pictures in this thread]

One hundred pictures, mostly from the Eastern portion of the NCRS National Road Tour from Front Royal, VA to St. Charles, MO, but some from the convention itself:

http://gallery.me.com/j3studio#100061

- probably best viewed as a slideshow.