Museum of speed Lincoln Nebraska Hill climb and rally

[Michael Peternell]

https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/s ... union.html
Anyone on the forum going?

[TeveS-Nor Cal]

Yes- going to get there a day early to view the museum.

[Michael Peternell]

Museum is a days worth, good idea traveling that far.

[DHort]

I will be going there after the Speedster Rally in Rockville, IN. You will have lots of time to tour the museum during the Reunion, but getting there a day early will give you time to really see it.

[babychadwick]

Plan is to go and camp at camp away if I can get everything working.

[bnchief]

i plan on going

[DHort]

Chad

Are you still planning on camping between Indiana and Nebraska?

[Erik Barrett]

If I go this year it will be as crew chief of the Sherman racing team in support of the fastest flathead T ever to run at Long Beach by Jerry Sherman, sr. His son Jerry jr. will pilot the car at Lincoln. Our own team was very much encouraged not to bring the Wild Cherry II back there. As the first T to prevail there it caused a lot of angst. The awards ceremony was delayed a bit because it never occurred to the club whose name includes
“Ford A” that they would be beaten by a T powered car and they had to get an special trophy for a King of the Hill. Anyway, we never take the WC2 back to an event it has already won, but we will be back in 2027 with our Gallivan/Rajo DOHC model T racer and nobody will be able to whine about the automatic transmission. Rock crusher 4 speed in this one.

[TeveS-Nor Cal]

Can I be a crew member on your team Eric?

[babychadwick]

Chad

Are you still planning on camping between Indiana and Nebraska?

I returned to a disaster here and am working to put the car in order. It's unknown if I will have the T running, a tow vehicle or light enough trailer. I will most likely need every day to get ready. As such I won't have the time to make Indiana. From TN I'm looking at a 12 hour drive so we will probably just crash in the car overnight. Once there we have reservations and will be camping at campaway.

[DHort]

Sorry to hear that. Best of luck getting everything put together for Lincoln.

[Erik Barrett]

Nor Cal, you are welcome to be a part of our crew. Details are not clear about this year but when our own race team comes in 2027 with the DO model T you can be a part of it. We will take the game to the model A boys again. I expect them to be ready this time.

[Erik Barrett]

Tried to post a pic of the race car but it’s easier to spank model A’s with a model T than to post pics here.

[Michael Peternell]

Heading south on Wednesday! Can't wait to see the toys!

[babychadwick]

Trying to get loaded today, will drive thru the night to get there Wednesday. The list of things not finished is long and it's raining again. It's a mud pit here trying to sort and load.

[Jerry Sherman]

Had a blast. The old Sherman flathead ran well.

[Michael Peternell]

[Michael Peternell]

[Michael Peternell]

[DHort]

Mike,
You forgot to state that the day of the tour and the hill climb it was about 103 degrees out.

The first day involved a tour to a nursing home, a national park where the first Homestead in the US is located, a country club for lunch, a barn made without nails and walls made of carved limestone, and lastly a stop at the University of Nebraska for ice cream. I had sweet corn ice cream.

The second day was a hill climb that started early in the morning, approx 8AM and continued until about 3PM.

The third day was testing on a dynamometer, but I went to an auction instead and missed it. The banquet food this nite was the best I have ever had.

What a fantastic time we had put on by the folks at the Museum of Speed. A first rate operation that everyone should put on their bucket list.

Some of the cars that participated were just plain old Model T's. They were not speedsters.

[DHort]

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=29 ... 0590745005

Photo of Rob's Model K, Model N, Model F, and Model B lined up for display at the museum.

Also the car that represents the 10,000,000 car produced, that Mike and Mike drove from New York to San Francisco on the Lincoln Highway last year. I believe this was the 4th time this particular car has made the trip.

[babychadwick]

Some shots my son took at the hill climb.

[bnchief]

My first time there had a ball all the volunteers who made this work deserve a lot of credit big shout out to to Bill Devine and family they had a lot on their plate running the hill climb and it was miserably hot Bill and and his wife and family made it all go well and they never get enough credit support them with your business they do a lot for us.

[babychadwick]

Don't forget about the wind, the climb was stopped at the end as it got too windy.