Category: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Road ready

The winter was long and hard on the old triple white fox. At some point late last fall or over the winter I noticed a spot of fluid under the right rear tire. I thought nothing of it. Perhaps, I thought, it was just a residual spill from an...

Tent @ Carlisle All-Ford

As I mentioned in the forums, I have reserved a tent for our 2009 trip to the Carlisle All-Ford Nationals. The total cost was $160. If you would like to contribute to the cost you can catch me on site there. Although, it’s never been a hard requirement to...

Registered for 2009 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals

Carlisle is only a few months away. So, it was time to register for the 2009 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals. This year it will be held from June 5-7. Similar to in the past we will be attending as a club and reserving a tent. Planning information has been added...

Carlisle 2008 All Ford Nationals Wrap-up

Overall, it was a great show and the weather was unbelievably hot but no rain. We had a mix of those who had told me they were joining us and a couple that we added to our group at the event. The attendees were as follows: Tim H. (from...

Carlisle: it’s almost here

It sure came fast and as usual I am rushing to the end in order to get ready. I attended a local show over the past weekend and there was some white dandelion-type stuff floating through the air all day. It made my semi clean interior a mess. I...

Carlisle banner

This year one of the Carlisle policies for having a club tent requires having a banner. Not a bid deal but the problem has been getting the inspiration for a design. I want to do something different but also not too specific as my plan is to hang it...

1990 7-up Registry helps spread the word about our Carlisle plans

Steve Cracknell from the 1990 7-up Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible site and registry was kind enough to post on his home page information about our plans for Carlisle and even included a link over to my Carlisle page. Steve has been very supportive of me in the past and...

Registered for Carlisle

I have finally put my planning for Carlisle into full gear. I have been ramping up for this through the first two weeks of March. I registered my car and did the updates to this site to make the planning official. These things always take a little longer than...

Carlisle coverage in September 2007 Mustang Monthly

I have been waiting for this. I figured one of the magazines should be covering this years Carlisle All-Ford Nationals. One of the Mustang Monthly people was around the Saturday of Carlisle and I saw him snapping pictures of the four feature convertibles in Building T. The article covers...

Carlisle 2007 wrap-up

Well folks, it’s in the books. And, I have to say that my first Carlisle All-Ford Nationals was more fun and more successful than I had hoped. I am still riding the adrenaline rush of it all. I haven’t had a decent nights sleep since Thursday of last week....