The Modesto Roadster Owners Club held their 15th Annual Polar Bear Run Saturday the 2nd of March. Me, Eric and Eric's brother-in-law Rich decided to attend. I left Rohnert Park around 6 AM and headed over to Napa to meet up with Eric and Rich. It was a bit nippy out but still a nice top down drive. We had coffee at Eric's and headed out for Modesto. Two hours and some odd mintues later we met up with the crowd at the Shell station in Modesto. There were 21 roadsters in attendance with a smattering of other cars i.e. an old Cadillac, a 914 Porche, and older Austin-Healy I believe. I could be wrong on the Healy. From there we headed out and stopped at Robert's Ferry Nut Co. where there is an almond packaging factory. We received a guided tour and got to taste some almonds. From there we cruised up the road a bit and stopped one more time before we began the climb into the foothills of the Sierra. By this time it had started to warm up rather nicely for a California winter day. Our next stop would be Groveland where we had a pot-luck lunch at the towns park. It was nice to sit, relax and talk. A guy who lives in Groveland came up and started asking us some questions. Come to find out he has a 66 with a U20 conversion. He wanted to know if parts were still available. We gave him the low down and turned him on to several web sites that could provide him with the information he was asking for.
After an hour and a half we loaded up and continued our trek. We cruised along through the foothills until we reached Coulterville where a scheduled break was in order. Eric and I decided to head back as it was getting close to 3 PM. Calspeed decided to cruise along with us. We said our good byes and thanked Paul the organizer and headed out. It was dark when I left and dark when I got home but what a great day for roadstering. Here are a few pictures I took-enjoy-we all did!
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Leaving Napa and the sun begins to rise.
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Meeting at the Shell station in Modesto.
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Another shot at the Shell station.
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Heading out on the run-the fun begins!!
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Stopped at Robert's Ferry Nut Co. for a little tour and some tasting.
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Another Robert's Ferry shot.
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Leaving Robert's Ferry.
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914 Porsche.
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Regrouping before heading up into the foothills.
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Cadillac pulling in to the regroup.
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More roadster pulling in.to grab a bite.
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The last of the group pulling in to regroup.
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Back on the road!
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Heading into the foothills.
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Pot luck in the Sierras.
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Yellow roadster-unknown owner.
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Red roadster-details unknown.
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Red roadster-details unknown.
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Buz and Kay Bowerman's aqua colored automatic roadster with VW tail lights.
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Another red roadster.
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Eric's 67 1600.
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Calspeed's 67.5 2 liter.
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Jack and Betty's yellow roadster.
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Lou Smaldino's '69 2 liter.
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Austin-Healy ??-details unknown.
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The run continues.
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Breaking in Coulterville.
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Just about home and the sun is going down. Check out the bug splats on my windshield.
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