74 NovaMan’s … Novas

[74NovaMan]

We have the opportunity to get the original high school car and extra body shell back and I have been thinking hard about a project that has been floating around in my head for over 25 years. Not sure we are ready to pull the trigger yet but everything we have does run and drive (though the to do lists are still substantial). We can get them for almost nothing - which is probably close to what they are worth at this point. It would certainly be a long term project. These pics will give you a clue as to what we are considering.

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What's life without a few adventures.

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There was some inconsistency in the award lines as some lines were only giving out signs for the driver credential. Unfortunately, I was in one of those lines. With 1,200 miles to cover by Sunday night, we were not going to let that detail slow us down at that point. We hit the road at about 9:00 and made it north of St Louis by 7:00. We averaged 70mph including 2 stops and covered 700 miles.

Sunday morning, I locked both sets of our keys in the trunk as we were loading up. I had to call a locksmith. All i really needed from him was a stubby phillips screwdriver to remove one of the speakers so that I could reach in an get the keys out of the box of tools in the trunk. $50 later and an hour later in the pouring rain we were on the road. We made it home by 6:00.

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Long Hauler gathering Saturday morning:

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Made it to the venue got our stuff and got out before the rains hit again. No pics. Had dinner with a bunch of good folks and got a decent nights sleep.

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On the way to Gonzales we went through New Orleans and drove down Bourbon Street. The plan was to get lunch down there but the traffic was horrible and the car was overheating. We made our escape and drove north across Lake Ponchatrain. The bridge is about 24 miles long. We were intending to reconnect with the route but the traffic looked horrible so we never really did. Bourbon Street:

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We stopped for lunch just short of Gulfport and when we got back on the road the speedo stopped working altogether. Funny part was that the odometer still worked. Lots of noise at this point coming from the speedo. We downloaded a speedo app on the phone and kept going. Later I put the old cable back in to see if there was any change and there wasn't. so I pulled the cable out of the housing and reinstalled it and we finished the trip using the phone for the speedo. Venue and accross the street from the venue:





Dinner across from the hotel in Biloxi:



Shameless made a new friend in the parking lot that night:

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On the way to Gulfport:






Stopped to see if these guys needed help. They were having electrical problems and showed up at the venue shortly after we did but they were on a rollback.



The Ocean:

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Shortly after the gas stop, we made a pit stop at O'reily's for jack stands and a speedo cable (which is an in stock item) as the speedo was making quite a bit of racket. No venue pics of Birmingham but here is one of the speedo work in progress.



>>>>head washing his car in the pouring rain:



Parking lot/sunset:

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Off to Birmingham:





Gas Stop:

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Beale Street show - A few Bangshifters were invited to participate out of 100 slots.

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Stopped at the "Flying Saucer" - This is half of their taps:



Got some refreshment at Silky's



For some reason they have goats, complete with observation tower (for the goats):

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We stayed downtown just off Beale Street. (Same as 2013) Got some good ribs at The Rendezvous:



Took a ride through town:







and checked out the Peabody (missed the ducks):

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Venue:

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I started our leg to Memphis as co-pilot: