THE 2012 MONTANA 500

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: THE 2012 MONTANA 500
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 01:35 pm:

3 days 21 hours 33 minutes until the start of the funnest thing you can do in a Model T Ford. We had a 5 person crew working till midnight last night. All to help out Jamie Allen get a top on his car for before we leave. Jamie broke his left arm in a four wheeler accident. So we got her done for him.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Pitts on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 01:41 pm:

Good luck Jamie.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stan Howe Helena, Montana on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 02:09 pm:

That car came from John Steele from Rust, Montana a couple years ago. It is a great transformation into a 500 racer. I'm not sure if they rebuilt the engine that was in it or not but I think they did. Some of you may remember the touring that was on Tbay with a Ruckstell and Buffalo 30 x 3 1/2 wire wheels a few years ago. This is it!! John and I flipped a coin as to which one of us was going to buy it and his coin was bigger than mine. Luckier, too. Another one saved. John has the wheels and the Ruckstell, Jamie has a car, the 500 has another racer. T life is good!!

Disclaimer: The reason I am in here fooling around on the computer at noon on a work day is that I went to the chiropractor again this morning and he told me to sit down and give my back a rest every hour for a day or two.
We are planning on going Wednesday. John thinks a 200 mile day is going to be a little long for the DeTour DeLuxe and he and I are both going to be gone until Sunday or Monday. I'm going to an auction to buy more junk and he's fishing for Walleye and whatever else at Fort Peck.

Today, I'm working and he's fishing.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stan Howe Helena, Montana on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 02:16 pm:

By the way, Jamie, I'm sorry to hear about your broken arm. Should have said that in the first post. See you next week.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 02:27 pm:

Stan- That car had all the tell tale signs of a Ruckstell and wire wheels when Jamie bought it. I would of high-graded those things too. It sure woulda sweetened the deal! We did use the engine that came with it. Jamie has paid homage to "Mickey" the mouse that pulled the entire seat padding into the crank case to build a nest. Jamie poured 4 quarts of oil into the engine to get it running first thing. When we went to drain the engine after we got it running no oil, None poured out. All of it soaked into the padding! We pulled the lower pan and that was the most disgusting foul smelling mess I have ever cleaned! Aww Memories!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stan Howe Helena, Montana on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 04:29 pm:

I heard about the mice mess. The car was stored in a barn for years. What was the shame of the deal was that it had a virtually new set of Wards Riverside 30 x 3 1/2 tires on it that were ruined from setting flat. It was a nice body but John would have never bought it for anywhere's near what he paid for it without the 5 wire wheels. I'm glad it's back on the road.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 04:35 pm:

That mouse was building an internal oil filter for you.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warwick Landy on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 02:04 am:

Good luck with the touring car Jamie. I hope you have a great run. Has a touring car ever won the event ?. Please post the results and pictures on the forum as soon as you can. It is on my list to come over and do the 500 one day. One of my good mates is very keen to come over for an Aussie assault on the prize. Anybody got a car? Maybe we can lease one like a NASCAR type deal?. How many entries this year Mike?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 02:53 am:

Garrett Green won in a touring car. I've had several people drive my extra T's. Even had them beat me with them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 03:25 am:

Disgusting! But funny! and sad at the same time. I hope the mouse left before you started the engine?
Thank you. It has been a rough couple of days, I needed a good laugh.
Good luck on the run!
I think I have officially begun collecting parts to maybe put together a qualifiable T? Most of my running Ts in the past have been speedsters, and my coupe has too many era accessories.
To all the 500 attendees,
Drive carefully, and have fun! W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 11:25 am:

The Montana 500 doesn't have preregistration, so an exact head count is impossible until Monday morning. I have heard from 17 car drivers that said they will be there going for "2012 Montana 500 winner".



I had a 7:30 T time. Just a couple more things to wrap up on my T before I head out.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 12:21 pm:

Over the years the average number of drivers is close to 20/year. Usually someone shows up out of the woodwork.


I'm ready to go........ I think.

1


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Schrope - Upland, IN on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 07:56 pm:

Tom - I can say for sure that your T Roadster will run 50 mph so easy it's scary - on the flat.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warwick Landy on Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 01:56 am:

Tom, nothing would give me greater pleasure than participating in the 500 in one of your 'spare cars'. good luck with your car this year. I enjoyed following your build on the forum last year in preperation for the event. Hopefully you have no electrical gremlins this year and have a successful run.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 11:50 am:

Warwick, that was two years ago! This will be my third run with my "new" car. My how time flies!

On a side note, my brother called yesterday evening and informed me that he had blown up his Montana 500 car. We pulled an all-nighter and got it fixed, so off to Montana we go!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warwick Landy on Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 10:39 pm:

Wow Tom, how embarrasing! A year of my life and a Montana 500 remain unaccounted for! I have a plan in place for next year. Hopefully the 500 and the MTFCA National tour are close enough in dates so I can attend them both. Maybe leave the wife in a big USA city for shopping so I can come race! good luck and safe and reliable racing to all.Once again,dont forget to post pictures and results from that beautiful Montana countryside. Warwick.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By arnie johansen on Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 07:46 pm:

Tom:

I wish you good luck and a safe Montana 500 this year! Is your sister going to compete against you this year?

Arnie


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Monday, June 18, 2012 - 12:22 am:

Thanks Arnie, Yes, Nan will be driving Tweety Bird this year. There are 18 trophy cars and 11 touring cars this year. The farthest competitor is from Austin, TX.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 10:19 am:

Tom has had some problems with updating the 500 page. The final results for the 2012 Montana 500 are.

1) Tom Carnegie
2) Mike Stormo
3) Jillian Robison

Tom tied Bud Peters for most overall wins with 5.


Congratulations to all the drivers of the run. We crossed the continental divide 6 times and battled 30-40 Mph winds. After day one the weather couldn't have been better.

The driver that came the furthest came from Austin, TX.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Cress on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 10:32 am:

Congratulations Tom! What do you think about the strong performances by Stormo and Jillian? Back to back top three finishes for Jillian! Her time is coming :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By arnie johansen on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 01:43 pm:

Way to go Tom!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 02:00 pm:

Here is a link to the MT Standard newspaper

http://mtstandard.com/news/local/tagging-the-ts/article_6134ef4e-ba8e-11e1-a480- 001a4bcf887a.html

Enjoy


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Cress on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 03:34 pm:

Thanks for posting the link Mike. Interesting read.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 05:35 pm:

link to the News Broadcast.

http://www.kxlf.com/videoplayer/?video_id=13776&categories=244

Story starts @ 2:40 mark


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gene Carrothers Huntington Beach on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 06:14 pm:

Thanks a Lot MIKE!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 03:28 pm:

A thousand or so pictures of the 2012 Montana 500.

http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t294/modeltbabe/2012%20Montana%20500/


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Robison on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 03:25 pm:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/06/motoring-montana/

News article about Tom.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John P. Steele Rust, Montana on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 05:56 pm:

Mike, Thanks. It's a very nice article about Tom and the race that most of us would have not seen without your post.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 08:30 pm:

Congrats to Tom and I am sure all involved had a lot of fun. Good weather this year? Mike, thanks for the interesting links. Any action videos?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 08:34 pm:

Tom, in the above photo, is that a victory dance? Anyone get a video of that?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 08:50 pm:

No, I was just standing there and somebody yelled something like "do something!", so I did something and somebody took a picture and now it's on the internet with my fat belly and tighty-whities showing. :-(


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 09:17 pm:

That's great! Loved the newscast. Looks like a really good time...someday my T too, will be "race" ready and there for the Montana 500. Great show guys.


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