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| Sheridan's 1946 Chevrolet Now that the truck is "done" I thought that a page to list out the various events, shows and honors that the truck has received may be appropriate. I will list those events here along with my random thoughts on the event, show or honor. 2011 shows have been somewhat limited but I did manage to get out to the Watertown show as well getting back to the Delafield show (which is one of my favorites). We also had a car show at work in conjunction with the MillerCoors Brewery Tour. Weather permitting, I also plan to return to the Beloit Autorama! 09/11/2011 Downtown Delafield Classic Car Show - 10th
year anniversary of both this show, what we have all come to know as 9-11 as
well as the year of the 10th anniversary of when I got the truck out of storage.
Parked on the street this year across from Chuck who owns a 1946 1/2 ton that is
sitting on a large 4x4 frame. The streets were overflowing this year and
the best of Show went to the Delafield Fire department!! Very fitting end
to a great day! 09/01/2011 MillerCoors Employee Car show - Brewery, Beer
and collector cars! This was an employee and retiree event held at the
brewery. We had almost 40 employee and retiree cars on display all day and
the tourists that were visiting the brewery and employees were able to vote on
their favorite. The cars were top notch and I am totally honored to have
won for the Antique class as well as the Best of Show honor. We hope to do this
annually somewhere around the beginning of September.
07/25/2010 Stovebolt.com Heartland Rally - "People's Choice". Today I took a road trip with the truck to Edgerton, WI for a total of 95.5 miles with an average speed of 28.8 (or 34.1 mph moving average) and a top speed of 53.5mph. I kept that pedal to the floor for a few minutes to get to that 53!!! Thanks to Archie for pulling this together. There was a pretty good number of cars and more trucks than you typically see at any show. I completely forgot my camera but I did take a few with my phone right at the end. Hopefully others have more photos. My truck was honored with the People's Choice Award! 10/24/2009 VCCA Wisconsin Region Fall Tour. Today I decided to
attend what will most likely be the last event for 2009. This time instead
of a show it was a tour which will be the most miles I will put on the truck
since its restoration and by far the most miles since the engine rebuild.
My dad came along for the trip which was pretty cool. Drove from
Oconomowoc to Menomonee Falls where we met up with the other VCCA members.
From there we proceeded along Part of the local Wisconsin Rustic Road Scenic
Routes ending up at Holy Hill. The tour continued without us because we
wanted to visit the Chapel and see the view from the top of the tower. We
attempted to catch up with the group but they had already "disbanded" by the
time we caught up to the last stop. Overall it was a great tour that also
helped to break in the freshly rebuilt engine. Ended the 62 mile tour with
526 miles on the truck.
9/21/08 TODAY IS THE BIG DAY!!! I borrowed my Brother Chad's truck and the neighbor Chris' trailer. My plan was to drive the first hour from Oconomowoc, WI to Janesville, WI with the trailer then take the truck off the trailer at my parent's house to drive it to Beloit. I got up a bit late that morning (6:30AM) and loaded up the truck. The fog was extremely thick and the air was so damp it was almost like it was raining. At this point there was not much that was going to stop me so I pressed on. Marla woke up the girls and got them ready for the road trip. Marla wanted to be sure to properly document the first trip/show. With the problems the day before, i was a bit gun shy so I drove a bit further South to my brother's house where I met up with my dad in the '46 Olds Woody and we all drove to the show together. You can see here a photo of her following me and just how foggy it was. We got to Janesville without incident where I met up with my Dad and my Uncle Don. Remember Uncle Don - he's the one that gave me the truck to start with!!! After a commemorative photos, we headed over to my brothers where I just hoped and prayed that it would start!!! IT DID....AND IT RAN BEAUTIFULLY!!!! My dad showed up with the Woody and we hit the road to drive to Beloit Autorama.. I kept reminding my dad that my top speed was about 40 but we did end up hitting 45 at one point. My Uncle Don road with me in the truck - of course with the windshield and the cowl vent open!!! We got to the show with no problems. I heard at one point that there was about 1,400 cars (still need to confirm that though). What a great show.! Perfect weather on top of it. The sun took care of all that fog and there were very few clouds all day long. We decided that it was more important to park together than it was to make sure we were parking in the "correct" class for each respective vehicle so after paring in a late model section and being talked into moving by one of the show organizers, we parked in the Antique car section (pre'49) which both qualified for. The guy from the show stressed to me that I should park with the trucks and have a good chance at an award but he ended up saying you never know it may work out here too. We were fine with staying right were we were. I love the old cars that surrounded my truck that day and I got to park next to my dad with the woody (Thanks to Tom for letting us take the woody to another show)!!
Now it is time to enjoy it and put some miles on it. After the first show weekend I had just over 50 miles on it!!! What a great new beginning for the little truck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's a photo of me and my dad after the show just before I headed back to Oconomowoc. While the truck is still not technically completed; this has been one great experience. I never would have though back in May 2001 that I would have gone to this extent. Thanks again to My uncle Don for getting me started, my dad for staining the bed boards and most of all thanks to my wife Marla and my girls for putting up with it for this long. Marla was so pleased that it was pretty much done that she actually went out and bought a Pandora bead in the shape of an old vehicle for a bracelet that commemorates the completion. See you at the shows and on the county highways!!!
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