As we did last year, we met
over at Todd Zuercher's house on Saturday morning
so the Arizona contingent could drive over to California together. Winston
and Margaret Brown were on hand with their 383 Chevy powered 1968 3/4
cab, along with Dean and Bonnie Hathaway in their
1973 Wagon and Todd Zuercher with his soft top equipped 1969 rig.
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We hit heavy traffic during
the California part of the trip (again), and had to quickly check into our
motels before heading out for the Saturday evening pre-party at Angelo's Hamburgers.
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As usual, there were lots
of great rigs and Bronco people there and more poured in as the evening progressed.
I recall talking to Roger Bell and his wife there
for the first time.
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Doug
Schulz, along with wife Jean and daughters Erica and Daniell, Bronco'd
over on Friday in their Red, White, and Blue 1972 head-turner to spend a couple
of days enjoying amusement parks in the rain before Fab Fords. They joined
up with the rest of the ACB clan at the Angelo's blowout. Jon
Hanna (ClassicBroncos.com) also showed up to shore up the Arizona connection.
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The next day we joined the thousands
of other Ford fanatics at the Fab Fords Forever car show. The Broncos were
again located in the 'offroad' section of the Knotts Berry Farm parking lot.
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This is nice, since the grass is much nicer to roll
around on underneath a Bronco while checking out mods or trying to sneak in
a nap.
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Doug's fancy new custom aluminum radiator
and one-of-a-kind shrouding drew a lot of interest all weekend. That's an
advantage of being a big honcho at Ron Davis Racing Radiators.
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It's unlikely that these pieces will see further
production, according to Doug, because they are labor intensive to make.
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The array of Early Broncos at the show was
outstanding again. I heard there were over ten dozen expected. Hats off to
Steve Sampson and the EBR folks for again doing
a great job promoting EB attendance and doing support for the show.
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It's always great to see all the vendor's
and their rigs, like Suzanne Duff from Duffs,
Chuck Atkinson from B.C. Broncos, Lonnie
Bright from Tom's Bronco Parts, Joe Monroe
from Extreme Automotive and probably some I missed.
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The crowds were large and appreciative of
all the various Fords, as they have been every time I've attended. ACB members
John Moojen and Doug Larson
independently showed up at the event without their Broncos to further swell
the Arizona presence.
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A strange thing happened on the way back.
Doug left ahead of the rest of us and was buzzing along far ahead in his GT-40
equipped, salute to veterans (that's right, his 'THX VETS' license plate means
'Thanks Veterans', not 'Thanks Veterinarians'). Somewhere out around Indio
Doug and his crew stopped to eat dinner. When they were once again ready to
hit the road Doug put the hammer down and blasted out onto the freeway--right
into the rocking chair position of our Bronco Convoy! Seeing it happen from
the tail end, I had assumed that Doug must have called our earstwhile leader
(Todd) on his cell phone and somehow arranged this seamless, high-speed merger
of antique iron in mid flight. I knew there hadn't been any warning on the
CB. It turns out it was totally coincidence! Wow.
Speaking of wow, how about a combined 3200
miles on four Broncos with a combined age of 135 years over a weekend with
not one problem of any kind?
- deano
