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Carl Jaeger, John VanDenberg and myself are heading down Friday morning.We are heading out from the Quonset hut on 176th at 7 am. Looking forward to my first Shedd event.

Ross
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Ted, glad to see you made it back home. We'll see ya in a couple days... now to work on my tan lines...LOL..
We may have to have a social gathering for those arriving on Friday. Plus I hear that there is a Green Roadster already burning up the back roads in Oregon.
For those who are making a long drive to the BBQ, if it helps, we do have a shop available for those unexpected or needed repairs. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone there..Bill

Bill forgot to mention the complimentary Towing service!.
The Neals are farmers and a trailer and truck are at the ready.
Embarrassingly it was used twice last year to fetch disabled (whoever heard of such a thing!) Roadsters.
And Bill Cole will make quick repairs at a special Shedd discount rate!.

Ted.

Bill forgot to mention the complimentary Towing service!.
The Neals are farmers and a trailer and truck are at the ready.
Embarrassingly it was used twice last year to fetch disabled (whoever heard of such a thing!) Roadsters.
And Bill Cole will make quick repairs at a special Shedd discount rate!.
Ted.

Limp in, and drive out zoomin', with a BBQ sandwich too

Can I get a tow? I'm here in L.A.....

Linda

Shedd Roadster BBQ 8-15-13

Garth and Kathy arrived first on Thursday and Don, Sandi and Ted came from Seattle in the afternoon without incident.
Bill Cole joined us for dinner

Ted.


A little rain on the way.


Dinner on the Neal patio.


Garth, Bill Neal, Don Anderson, Bill Cole.


A 4+ roadster garage!

Shedd Roadster BBQ 8-16-13

Bill Neal gave us a tour of the local grass seed industries in the valley.This is the Grass Seed capital of the world.
Bill's family has drainage, irrigation and straw operations.
We saw them laying drain pipe with BIG machinery.
We got a tour of the peppermint distillation plant. A 50 gallon drum of peppermint oil can be worth $10,000.
A seed cleaning plant was in operation and we got a fine tour.
The straw operation compacts a standard sized bale to about 1/5 size for shipment to Japan.
In the afternoon we got the tables and awnings set up for the BBQ.
Don Anderson provided fine ribs for dinner.

Ted.

It was Ted's first visit to a real farm!

Thanks for the tour Bill!

Shedd Roadster BBQ 8-17-13

GREAT Shedd BBQ today.
Wonderful weather, drive, food, folks and roadsters.
32 Roadsters today. A new record.
Visited a farmer on the drive that had 20 old Fords and dragsters in his big shed.
Ross and the Canadians arrived LATE for the drive but in time for the BBQ!
More pictures later.

Ted

We had a brilliant day today with perfect Oregon weather, 33 roadsters, and a bunch of fantastic people at the Shedd BBQ-- a HUGE thank you to Bill & Karen Neal for their fantastic hospitality once again. My son AJ and I came out in our 66 roadster, along with Jack Scoville in his 69 2000 roadster, and Dave Jolliff and his Dad in his 67 SR powered 1600 roadster.

I took a bunch of photos and video which I will get uploaded as I have time-- but until then, here are a few teasers!

Our most awesome hosts, Bill and Karen Neal:


Ted Heaton in his 1500:


Followed closely by Jack Scoville in his 69 2000:


Don from Seattle in his 67 1600:


Dave Jolliff and his Dad, Gary in his SR roadster:


Group shot during one of our stops:


Jack Scoville and my son, AJ near Jack's roadster:


Garth's awesome "Margarita" 69 2000 roadster:


Jack Scoville signs Ted's Datsun Comp jacket:


John's awesome red 69 2000 during the stop at the Mennonite bakery:


Again, it was a great day... and we have the sunburns to prove it!

Michael

is Scoville running a Z32 BBK? I'd like to know more info on his car it looks great

Alvin wrote:

is Scoville running a Z32 BBK? I'd like to know more info on his car it looks great

Yes, Jack's car has our 26mm 300ZX brake kit on it, with stock rear brakes. It has a comp front sway bar, and Dean's front springs in it, and the front end was totally gone through last winter, other than that it is stock. It is a clean survivor car, but it drives outstanding-- probably one of the best driving original roadsters that I have been in. It is great to see him (at 84 years young) working the car in the corners!

Michael

Nice to see such a great turn-out, the Neals are great hosts. Congrats to them for a successful event!
I'm enjoying the pics especially the action ones from Michael.
More pics please!

Linda

Looks like a great event, thanks all for sharing - great pictures!

Made the drive down from Snohomish, WA to Shedd, OR for the 2013 BBQ. Last count was 32 Roadsters. Had a great time.Thanks Bill & Karen for hosting a great get together.

spriso wrote:Alvin wrote:

is Scoville running a Z32 BBK? I'd like to know more info on his car it looks great

Yes, Jack's car has our 26mm 300ZX brake kit on it, with stock rear brakes. It has a comp front sway bar, and Dean's front springs in it, and the front end was totally gone through last winter, other than that it is stock. It is a clean survivor car, but it drives outstanding-- probably one of the best driving original roadsters that I have been in. It is great to see him (at 84 years young) working the car in the corners!

Michael

that is very cool, I hope I am as spry as Scoville at that age!