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A picture from last year's Golden Gate Tour.

We have been granted a Special Use Permit from the National Parks Service to return here this year.
Sign up so that you may join us. The info is above.

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Original Smith's Day One "Optional" Loop Out Over the Pacific Ocean
Lee and Steven Chase will be leading the equally spectacular, but less intense, alternative route.
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To get a peek, Click on the blue video link below.

https://images.app.goo.gl/gmcKhdh77WV8Qbaw8

Just sent in my deposit.

Larry; We'll be going down the hill, it's an awesome view!!

You've just gotta take it slow and have external brakes.

Yes it's steep, but I don't see a reason for concern! I just put the car into low pedal, and down I went. After a quarter mile, I shifted into Ruckstell. I don't think I hardly ever touched the brakes.

We went on this tour last year and it was a heck of a lot of fun. Steve did a great job of planning it and it looks like this years tour will be even better. If you can, go. Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in a Model T! It doesn't get any better than that.

This tour announcement is now in the January - February Vintage Ford magazine. Activities Calendar section.
Contact Steve Chase, (323) 497-0601, and get your completed registration form to Debbie.

This area has a lot to offer! It's not like driving up hwy 101. There are Redwood Groves and narrow two lane roads that haven't ever changed, except now they are paved. A wonder tour indeed. I would certainly consider going on this tour.

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So many points of interest along our route. And, this is just one of our six days.
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I'm signed up and really looking forward to it. Beautiful area.

So, on your way home make a short drive over to Auburn for the 46th Annual Mother Lode Model T Club swap meet Sunday, June 7.
See the flyer in the Vintage Ford.

Tell a friend.

Unofficial Sponsor

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After 3 days touring in and around Marin County we will be spending 3 more days in and around the Alexander Valley.
There are two Model T-er rooms still available there in Healdsburg, CA. You really should come along.

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Here we are on last year's Golden Gate Tour Day 2 through Tamalpais State Park and our Day 3 drive over the Golden Gate Bridge and onto the historic Presidio Army Base.

Carryover Post

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Grab a tasty hamburger in Healdsburg, Sonoma, CA. where we will be spending nights 4 and 5.
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We have no plans to cancel this amazing tour. But, if you like, we will keep the cars 6 feet apart. Smiles

Hopefully, things will be returning to normal by then! Wish I could go, but not this year it seems.

I think it's great that this tour is still committed to Model T-ing.
Smiles

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May 9, 2020

Great news!!!
We are still proceeding with this wonderful Northern California Tour. As you can see from this photograph, My father is ready to lead the way.
As of today, there are 10 Ts and 20 T-ers committed to coming, ...with 5 more cars still on the fence watching the reopening.
Latecomers are most welcome. There are a half dozen spots available.

The Tour Flyer is at the top of this thread.

Sounds like a great tour. Point of interest, Glover Ruckstells Grand Father was the auditor on the Golden Gate project when it was built. Glen

Chaffins wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 2:34 pm

Sounds like a great tour. Point of interest, Glover Ruckstells Grand Father was the auditor on the Golden Gate project when it was built. Glen

Will you be in attendance ?


FJ

Those of us who are committed to touring in June are the pioneers of the "back-to-new normal". We will, of course, be following Marin and Sonoma Counties social distancing and all other guidelines as will those destinations we interact with. Both counties' Stay in Place Orders expire on May 31st. This Golden Gate Tour 2.0 is a good thing. We are excited to tour and expect to show others that it can be done without harm. So, why would some knucklehead now, less than 3 weeks before this club gathering, undermine it with a rotten post here?

Maybe because there is a deadly virus on the loose.

Okay Steven, Karen and I want to go. I'll give you a call. Thanks for hangin in there.

Ed aka #4

Mr. Archer

I do believe you can outrun just about anything.

FJ

Well, not quite FJ but I'll give em a run for their money!

Ed aka #4

SO TEMPTING

too distant for us this year , but I send our best wish's for great weather and great touring … always an optimist ...Gene French

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As of May 18th, there are Ts coming from Utah, Arizona, and Northern and Southern California.
And, there are still a couple of "latecomer" spots available. So, Climb Aboard.
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Lead Pioneer: Steven ; (323) 497-0601

terribly disappointed that I dont have a running car at the moment. Almost want to just go buy one so I could go. Maybe next time.

L

Can we bring something that’s not a model t? (1926 lincoln)

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Hello Linus,
The answer to your question is yes. You may bring your 26 Lincoln on this tour. If you decide to join us your car will be #12. We would look forward to getting to know you in the hopes that you might invite our Model Ts to your club's Old Fashion Camp-Out later this year. That sounds like a lot of fun.
Cheers.

PS: There are still two late-comer spots available June 1st if anyone else would like to join us.

GOLDEN GATE TOUR 2.0 - JUNE 1ST THROUGH 6TH, 2020

This plan is subject to change per state and local Covid19 restrictions.

Pre-Tour Cocktail Party at the Travelodge, Sunday, May 31st, 5:PM, Early arrivers check into Mill Valley Travelodge that afternoon.

Day One 25 miles
Monday, June 1st - (Afternoon Tour)

From Mill Valley Travelodge: into the Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Park, Fort Cronkhite, the Marine Mammal Center, Golden Gate Bridge Overlook, and back through Sausalito. Then, a BYOB cocktail party back in motel parking lot, 5PM.

Day Two 60 miles
Tuesday, June 2nd

From Mill Valley Travelodge: to Muir Woods National Monument, Tamalpais State Park ridgeline, Bolinas, Stinson Beach Picnic, and the Shoreline Scenic Highway.

Day Three 50 miles
Wednesday, June 3rd

From Mill Valley Travelodge: to Sausalito Houseboats, the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Presidio National Park, Crissy Field, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Marina, Maritime Tallship National Park, Lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf, Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge, and on to Fort Baker. Bayside cocktails at the Trident Pier Restaurant in Sausalito.

...NOTE; This day 3 we will only be on Hwy 101 for the 1.5 mile span of the Golden Gate Bridge. We access it from a backroad at its northern spire and exit immediately onto the backroads of the Presidio Army Base at its southern spire. We will be exclusively in the right lane start to finish. The speed limit on the GG Bridge is 45 MPH. Our route while in San Francisco has been designed to avoid hills, traffic, and stop lights. This crossing was a highlight of last year’s Golden Gate Tour.

Day Four 85 miles
Thursday, June 4th, ...Lee Chase’s (MTFCA member #29) birthday.

From Mill Valley Travelodge: north through Marin County’s inland grasslands, Marin French Cheese Co. lunch, to Sonoma for a two night stay.

Day Five 75 miles
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From Sonoma: a loop through Alexander Valley and Calistoga. Final Banquet (one night early), 5:30:PM

Day Six 100 miles
Saturday, June 6th

From Sonoma: west to Bodega Bay, Drakes Beach Beach or Marconi Center, Tomales Bay, Point Reyes Station, Rancho Nicasio lunch, and back to the Mill Valley Travelodge to retrieve trailers. If needed, we have rooms blocked there for this night too.

To have one of these 12 spots held for you, please mail your $400.00 Golden Gate Tour 2.0 deposit to the MTFCSC 15333 Campoillos Rd., Mirada, CA. 90638. Make, it payable to Debbie Francis/ GG Tour. This deposit covers your two night’s stay in Healdsburg, CA. and a $50.00 per person tour fee (based upon 2 people in your Model T). This money becomes non refundable March 1, 2020 unless someone from a waiting list takes your place.

Contact:

Steven Chase, REMTC, MTCSC Debbie Francis, MTCSC

Sausalito, CA. Los Angeles, CA.

(323) 497-0601

Gitty Up!!! Less than a week away. Are you sure you don't want to fill one of the available late-comer spots?

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Looks like this tour just picked up another famous California Model T-er.
Does anyone recognize him?
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...and, believe it or not, there are still a couple of "late-comer" spots available. So, you may now jump in too.

I know Jeff (on left) - the other fellow is a buddy of his - a brother Centerdoor owner !

RajoRacer wrote: ↑

Wed May 27, 2020 1:49 pm

I know Jeff (on left) - the other fellow is a buddy of his - a brother Centerdoor owner !

That purple Center Door belongs to Mr Brad Lusk of the Motherload Club. He is a wonderful guy, chocked full of decades of Model T knowledge. What you may not know is that he recently had his leg fractured. He was disconnecting the drop-down ceiling bed in his big Toy-Hauler. When he turned his back, it came crashing down like a guillotine and pinned the poor guy to the floor breaking his leg. He is on the mend now.

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MTFCA member #29 will be celebrating his 91st birthday on this tour. Here he is way back in 1960 with his '09 Touring and his dingy The Titanic.
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We are currently on the tour, and it's been lots of fun so far. Yesterday we toured 71 miles.

Original Smith wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:52 am

We are currently on the tour, and it's been lots of fun so far. Yesterday we toured 71 miles.

Larry,

Good to see you are in attendance.


FJ