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[Guru]

http://www.cruisinthecoast.com/

"Cruisin' the Coast" gears up for October meet.

[katzeyez]

I LOVE CTC! It is always so much fun to see all the cars.

[Honey]

Never again!

[Fotno]

It always rains.

[Fotno]

I'll still go though.

[Guru]

I may bike down for this one if I get to be home.

[rollinthunder]

I might be able to make the last two days...

[bpitt]

I'll be there the Thursday through the final Sunday.

[katzeyez]

Bp, are you going to be showing a car, or just enjoying the view(s)??

[bpitt]

Nah, I'll be enjoying the views (of the cars). My ride ain't ready, yet. As a matter of fact, it is a lloooonnng way from even being driveable.

[bpitt]

T-minus 2 weeks and counting......

We've two friends of the family who have cars they wish to sell, yet can't make it to the show. They're toying with the idea of allowing me and the father-in-law to drive their cars to the show to see if we can get them sold. One is a '67 Chevy truck built for drag racing, the other is a '69 Dodge with a 440 in it. Talk about doing some burnouts at the mall!

[bpitt]

As an aside, the director passed away last weekend. Yet, to his wish, the show will go on. So far, over 3400 cars have registered...yes, 3400. Can you feel the ground beginning to rumble?

[bpitt]

Smell the car polish.....

See the sparkle of a flaked roof.....

Watch out for the flamed fenders......

Hear the squeal of burning rubber....

Smell the nitrous in the air......

See the pile of crap Mustangs limp off the track as the Camaro's pass them by....

Listen to the bands as they play at the many venues...

Get your cruise on.

[bpitt]

Lemme grease my hair back, don my black leather jacket, pull on my Chuck Taylors.

[Powerman]

Amazing how the hotels jack up their price during this time.

[Guru]

Here's hoping for some good crisp dry air for the event.
Who knows, maybe the love bugs will be gone by then too.

[bpitt]

I'm already pumped, dude. This is THE one event of the year that I get really excited about. I'm even more excited about CTC (Cruisin' the Coast) than I am the upcoming AC/DC tour, and that says a lot.

I'm worse than a kid at Christmas.

[bpitt]

My father-in-law gets pumped as well. He's already dusting off a SBC 4-bolt main to build, just to get him even more excited about the show and to build something, heck, it ain't like he doesn't have any 'projects'. He's got a 2-door '57 Chevy hardtop, a '56 4-door Chevy, a '78 CJ-5, and a really bad off '57 Chevy 4-door.

He, too, like me, is looking for 'rat-rod' material. So if'n anyone knows where a '20-'50 era truck, lemme know.

[katzeyez]

Oh My! Where's that manual..Honey! I need the manual, I gotta translate what Bpitt just said!

[Guru]

I'm gonna supah-detail Traveler II before heading down when the time comes if I can make it. Might even put on some Jesse James hurricane mags before then. Can't decide if I want stainless steel or chrome.
Thought about getting some dull black WW-II stars on the front end of the nose ends of the gas tanks and clear coated over.

[bpitt]

Well, being that it's coming up, I figured I'd raise anticipation by posting teaser pic's, here's one for today........



http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/bpitt_photos/157817824_l.jpg

[carsalesguy]

my uncle has a ford ranchero truck (like an el camino)

needs some rewiring work

it's all original-

[bpitt]

Fix it and drive it dude.

[bpitt]

Okay, I can't resist, here's another pic to stir excitement. This one's for all you motorcycle owners. See, I'm already gettin' like a kid at Christmas.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/bpitt_photos/Heaven.jpg

[katzeyez]

my uncle has a ford ranchero truck (like an el camino)

A friend of mine had one, he actually used to live in Dixie before being transferred to Ft. Hood. It was a 1971, I think, in really good condition, but the paint job was awful on that thing.

[bpitt]

Here's another teaser pic......I just love car pics......

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/bpitt_photos/057s.jpg

[Fotno]

That is slick.

[katzeyez]

Now I'm hearing 'low rider gets a little higher' in my head.

[bpitt]

Today's hotrod pic. Reckon how low that thing is?

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/bpitt_photos/100-0062_IMG.jpg

[katzeyez]

I'm thinking one might get road rash on their rear end in that one.

[bpitt]

Now this is art.....

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii166/bpitt_photos/CUSTOMCHEBBY5.jpg

[Fish-Bait]

um....the paint is coming off of his beauty rings.

[bpitt]

I don't care, it's still beautiful.

[bpitt]

That way, you can tell it's a DRIVER and NOT a TRAILER QUEEN.

[Fish-Bait]

That way, you can tell it's a DRIVER and NOT a TRAILER QUEEN.

that damn thing can't even make it through a pothole.

[katzeyez]

Shoot Bpitt! I saw a really cool car this morning, and was going to take a pic of it, and post it, but stoopid work interfered, and I forgot.

[Guru]

um....the paint is coming off of his beauty rings.


Those are wheel balance weights I think.

[bpitt]

I had to go to the coast this morning and work at the SeaBee base on something. I saw a CTC poster up welcoming cruiser's at a gas station. So, some are starting to get ready, even though we've got just under a week and a half to go.

I can't wait. I'm all 'giddy'.

[bpitt]

I'm not sure if I've posted this before somewhere. But, speaking of old cars, we think about old music, classic rock, etc., from the '50's and '60's. Here's a link to some tunage from 'back then'.........

http://www.bobforrest.com/JukeBox.htm

[bpitt]

Here's a short video on youtube from last year's event.

YouTube - HOT CARS TV: CRUISIN THE COAST 2007

[bpitt]

It has begun.......

We cruised 90 yesterday on the way home and there are quite a few cars already down there. In the past, there usually wasn't many cars on the first day, not so this year.

[Fotno]

Last night WLOX said there were around 5000 that signed up.

[bpitt]

I'll be heading back down there either Wednesday night or Thursday morning. I plan on taking the camera and camcorder, make me some YouTube footage, lol.

[pooker]

*I might be coming up with some friends

[Dobby]

A bunch of guys from our store are going and a coulpe of them have cars registered

[pooker]

We should meet up and we can grill out

[katzeyez]

I'll probably head down Friday after work, and cruise a bit to see the cars, I'll already be half way there since I'll be in Wiggins. I love old cars.

Here's my first pic of the week. It was taken with my phone, so it's not great, and I couldn't get a side pic of her, as she was being gassed up. She was a beauty though!! The guy and his wife were on their way to the coast.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/katzeyez/Cruising1.jpg

[bpitt]

Good job Katz! Get into the spirit!

[bpitt]

We should meet up and we can grill out

I'll be down there Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Me and the father-in-law are planning on sittin' on HWY 90 in the back of the truck and chill and watch cars for a while. We also plan on having our little habachi grill in the back of the truck to grill some dogs and brats whilst we're out there.

[pooker]

If you don't mind I might stop by, I will be on a wrecked bike HA , if you see it though I am NOT the one who wrecked it. Add my number bro, 601-985-8732

[bpitt]

What day you going down pooker?

[bpitt]

A bunch of guys from our store are going and a coulpe of them have cars registered

You at Dossett?

[pooker]

What day you going down pooker?

not sure yet, alot of people I was gonna go with are tied up until sunday. But I wanted to go before then, because this is my first time and I wasn't sure if there was still stuff happening on sunday. Most likely I am hoping for saturday because I think that will be the best day and monday is school and I dont want to get to tuckered.

[bpitt]

Yeah, it ends at like noon on Sunday. Traditionally, from Thursday to Saturday has been the best. But I gotta tell ya. When we were down there yesterday, the first day of the event, there were a lot of cars already down.

It's freakin' awesome when you can sit in one spot and see cars from all decades go by.

[bpitt]

And motorcycles, there are a crapload of motorcycles riding around.

[pooker]

I am gonna drive to poplarville friday most likely on the bike if its finished (has to have new forks installed) and stay in my friends dorm then go on saturday then. I am excited!

[bpitt]

You won't believe the freakin' cars, dude, I'm telling ya.

[pooker]

I saw the signs last year where people were telling fast cars to roast em as they went by, I wanna get me some boiled peanuts while I am down there. You can ride the bike bpitt :D

[bpitt]

We'll have some peanuts, if we haven't eaten them all.

People will hold up signs on the side of the road, 'Beads for Burnouts', etc. You do a burnout, they throw Mardi Gras beads into your window.

There's almost always people doing it right in front of the Edgewater Mall. With people on 'lookout' for da cops, which usually don't say anything anyway.

[bpitt]

I think Guru may come down one day, but I don't know when. Guru?

[pooker]

bring the bike GURUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[bpitt]

Go to www.sunherald.com, that's the coast newspaper. Right on the front page they got articles, pics, etc, on cruisin the coast.

[Guru]

I'll probably head down Friday after work, and cruise a bit to see the cars, I'll already be half way there since I'll be in Wiggins. I love old cars.

Here's my first pic of the week. It was taken with my phone, so it's not great, and I couldn't get a side pic of her, as she was being gassed up. She was a beauty though!! The guy and his wife were on their way to the coast.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/katzeyez/Cruising1.jpg

* Nice car but at $22.49 a gallon I would say the gas is pretty high.

[Guru]

I think Guru may come down one day, but I don't know when. Guru?

* Yeah I would like to come down during the week. I have some tentative things maybe for this coming weekend that may allow me to but I'm not sure yet. If I can I will be there and call you guys.

[Hawkeye]

I've been seeing a steady stream of beautiful rides southward bound on 49, some rolling and some on trailers even in all this rain. Hope they have good weather this weekend.

[Hawkeye]

Nice rides continue to pass my house. I'll drag up a chair this afternoon and just watch. I need to figure out a way to slow them down though so I can get a better look.

Just saw a cherry red 59 chevy coup cruise by sounding and looking good.

I may have to give the old Barthmobile a little road trip Saturday. He becomes a classic himself this coming January.

[pooker]

I guess the guys decided to go friday, everyone should go friday.... saves gas. :)

[katzeyez]

Just finished chatting with our medical records secretary from our Picayune office. She'll be heading down tomorrow for the weekend, she was rubbing it in that tomorrow will be her Friday. Heifer. LOL

[pooker]

like I said if ya guys wanna meet up I am slowly recruiting, got about 6 so far

[bpitt]

I'm heading down in the morning.

[Guru]

Pictures or it never happened.

[bpitt]

Well.......it's over.........and I miss it already.....

I got some pic's, but I'm at work now, so I'll post later.

I didn't see pooker or Guru...though, I saw a ton of motorcycles riding around.

[Guru]

I'm taking 3 weeks of vacation when I leave here tomorrow so they weren't too receptive to me sneaking out for the weekend, lol, employers - go figure.

[Hawkeye]

I was down there all day Saturday. Lots of eye candy. Good skrimp po-boy and cold beers at Shaggy's

[pooker]

I was their friday but we rode in a different car that night, breaks locked up on sunday but went with some different people. We didn't stay very long that day though *