I finally got around to downloading my digital camera to my computer and ran across these pics that reminded me how shady, peaceful and relaxing the Petit Jean week is, and thought you might like to see a couple of the respected Forum contributors at work! That's Paul Mikestra on the cooler and Mike Walker in shorts and I forgot the other guys name. The T's in the pics were driven several hours to get there.
Is that a swap meet or campout? Mike looks like he is happy.
I hope thats a Camping swap meet. Id like to negotiate prices after we pull from the jug a few times around the campfire. That Mike Walker is a good man. Keep em Rolling
Here are some more pictures from the Petit Jean swap meet.
Mike Black's newly restored 15.
A good example of the ultra rare Conestoga T.
I think Mike Walker's ancestors homesteaded to Arkansas in that connestoga T in the 20's. Mike was in high school then.......
I stopped on the mountain a few years ago and stopped the museum (former Winthrop Rockefeller museum site). Looks like a great place for the "camp/swap site".
Rob
Just be immune to chiggers, and watch out for big snakes.
My legs itched for five months after stopping there in the 1999 Greatrace. A big black snake in the grass at the side of the road going up there struck at the Speedster, and got flung in loops after hitting the back wheel. We didn't see it but the people in the camera car following did, and the gal in the right seat wouldn't get of the car at Pettit Jean.
John kept his foot up off the runningboard after that.
rdr
You can have a SNAKE in any color you want ...
As long as it is BLACK ....
Jim
Hi, Guys -- I thought I felt my ears burning.
I'm on tour at the Ark. Tin Lizzies Fall Tour in Tennessee, so I'm not checking email as often as usual. The other fellow in the pics is JD Foster, from Springdale. We and Paul drive our T's from Fayetteville & Springdale to Petit Jean and camp out for a few days. So it is both a swap meet and a campout. Several T guys hang out at our swap meet spaces, including Mike Black this year. There's not scads of T parts at the meet, but it's always a good time.
This tour we're on now is great! Today was the first day of the tour, and we visited Don Meadows' new museum here. It houses about 125 cars, with more than half of them being T's! It's mind-boggling for us T folks. Then we travelled on great Model T roads through wonderful hills & dales covered with Sugar Maples and other trees which are at their peak of color. The weather is perfect, and we're all having a great time. There are 25 cars on the tour, from our club, the Tennessee T's, the Gulf Coast club, and one of the Springfield, MO clubs. I took bunches of pics today at Don's museum, but I can't download and post them until I get back home on Sunday. So stay tuned!
Mike,
Enjoy. You told me about Don's place and Holly and I stopped last year, incredible. Can't wait for pics. Is Charlie along?
Rob
Petit Jean is a tradition to some of us. It is the first old car swap meet that I ever attended. Uncle Bill took me when I was a young kid. We camp out, enjoy good conversations with friends, tell some small lies and eat very well! I miss the T guys that used to go with us but have passed on. Here is a picture of the Hack that I drove to the swap meet this year. I inherited it from Uncle Bill. I would rather drive another car and still have him around.
When I had the sign business and used to peddle my wares at swap meets Petit Jean was always one of my favorites. Got to get back down there sometime.
Steve,
Let me or Mike Walker know that you are coming and we will let you know where to meet up with our T group!
Paul - I'm with you there. As you know, Uncle Bill was one of my two very helpful T mentors and I miss him a lot. The other mentor, also named Bill, is still plugging along in his shop at 95 years of age.
Rob -- Yes, Charlie is here. We are driving his car on this tour, since I don't have a roadworthy one at the moment. We're taking turns driving, and the car is doing fine.