I've been in contact with Rick (One Way) and we are organizing a get together on May 20th. We have a full day of events planned and anyone who can attend is welcome.
The day will start out with breakfast followed by a drive to an excellent junkyard and wrapping up with a car cruise.
The Itinerary
9a.m. - about noon
Meet up at The Cookery in North East
The Cookery is located at
272 Lums Road
North East, MD 21901
It is right off of I-95 exit 100 at the Flying J Truck Stop.
There is plenty of parking. There you can grab some breakfast and the length of time we are there should allow plenty of travel time for anyone who wants to attend.
Noon - ?
We will then cruise over to Mars Junkyard which is just up the road from The Cookery. This yard has well over 30 Fox Tbirds, Cougars, and Lincolns. Most of which are complete and not destroyed.
You can come and browse or if you would be getting anything, be sure to bring your own tools.
After we are finished at the junkyard, we will head to a car cruise.
The location of the cruise is the Fox Run Shopping Center in Delaware as they have a huge show on the 3rd saturday of each month. This cruise will involve a 15 mile 20 minute drive along route 40 which is a 50-55mph road.
We'd like to get as many Tbirds, Cougars and Lincolns together as possible.:D
So if you are interested, we would love to have you join us.
Post here or email me at fiveowillgo@hotmail.com
Hmm, another chance to come to md? I'll have to call Zach and see if he is willing to go.
Thanks Fred. :cool:
This is shaping up to be a fun day. Nothing but playing with cars.
Are there any dirt roads or parking lots that we would have to park on at any of these places?
The parking area at the junk yard is crush & run and grass. All else is paved.
Karl, if you can make it that would be great. If you would rather keep your car at the breakfast place, I can take you over to the junkyard if you want.
The road infront of the junkyard is paved if I remember correctly so you could probably park there on the street. It's basically a dead end so it won't have any traffic running through.
But yeah, if you're worried about a lot of dust and dirt, we can work around it. It isn't any worse than the gravel parking lot at the park in Cat Jam '04.
Just an update.
We will be heading to the cruise at the Fox Run Shopping Center in Delaware after the junkyard.
Also a note on the junkyard. The owner has sold out to a developer and the land will be cleared probably some time in June or July. This means all the inventory will likely be crushed and sold for s. Just a little fyi.
What a shame too. He has some of the cleanest cars. Some are better than cars seen at some used car lots. :disappoin
as long as im not in a carshow, which i think i might be, i'll go. i can also try and bring some other people from my area. i gotta find out more info.
Cool Nate, we'd be glad to have you. Let us know either way.
I'll see if I can make it also (MN-12 lurking around).
mn12s are cool too :D
I would like to go but I have a bit of a problem. If I'm going to a junkyard to pull parts, I'm going to get dirty and I'm going to need a large trunk if I get any large parts. The biggest trunk I have is not on the back end of a Cougar. So, if I go to the yard, I won't be able to go to the show.
Ideas, suggestions? :dunno:
Promise yourself you will not pull big parts. ;)
Don't know what else to say. I have a feeling we'll need to car-pool up to Mars, parking isn't exactly huge and might even be a little messy if it rains.
I don't know I just ran by there a couple days ago and it looks like he should easily be able to accomodate 20 cars. I don't think we have that many attending do we? Man I hope it doesn't rain. If that's the case we might have to forgo the junkyard and probably even the car show. :(
Karl, I may have my dad run backup in his truck just incase I have problems with my car (or anyone else for that matter). If you get anything big, we could probably just put it in the bed and I can store it for you until you can come up and get it. Just a suggestion.
That sounds like a good idea.
Id love to make the trip up...just my car is in alot of pieces, like steering wheel is in the backseat and front seat is in the house kind of pieces lol.
Well, scratch me out for this weekend. I have to work the 8a-8p shift for one of my co-workers. Seems like it's going to rain anyway. For all who do make it, HAVE FUN!!!
Shhhh! Don't say that!! There's plenty of time for the forcast to change and I sure hope it does.
I don't believe it! I will actually be in the area, finally, and still can't come!! I will be driving right past you guys on the way down to College Park, probably just as you are all sitiing down to breakfast, and I won't have any time to even stop and introduce myself.
Just once I would like to catch a break and be able to meet up with someone, somewhere, at some point!!
Oh well, back to lurking, I'm afraid.
Ira
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Keep in mind other customers may be there too. I'd guess we have about 10 or so attending. Talked to an F-body friend of mine tonight, he may go too.
It won't rain. But if it does, I'm still going to Mars! ;)
Well, what began early as rainy ended up as a wonderful clear sunny day. And I have the sunburn to prove it along with others that attended.
We had a total of 11 Fords 1 Acura and 1 Ram
In attendence representing our board were myself and
Cougars2go, Karl and Debbie in the Integra
Mercoug302, William in his '96 LSC
Motormenace, Ben in his '86 TC
The Lincoln guys really came out making up the majority of the cars there.
One Way, Rick - '90 LSC
OldSchool1, John - '84 Mark VII
Chip89LSC, Chip - '88 LSC
marked, John - '90 LSC
HixHonor, Jack - '85 Mark VII Bill Blass
Radie842, Mike - '00 Town Car
Gadget73, Thain - '86 Town Car
Then there was Chris in a 2003 Lincoln LS, who is not associated with any of the message boards. He was in the area because his wife was at a convention at the hotel next door to our meeting place. He saw all of our cars and introduced himself and even brought his car over to join the crowd.
The Ram was my dad since he ran support and parts hauler duties.
We met around 9 at The Cookery and cars just kept flowing in. After Breakfast, we headed over to the yard where it seemed everybody found what they were looking for. Unfortunately Karl had a bad experience with the owner of the yard who thought his stuff was worth a lot more than what it should. Karl, I don't think you were the only one of us who he tried to overcharge. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. Unfortunately, most of his inventory is slowly being eliminated. He had a total of 4 fox thunderbirds, all of which were '87-'88 TC's and 2 fox Cougars. One 4-eye Turbo XR-7 and one '87-'88 LS. This was a dissapointment and a far cry from what he had last time I was there. He managed to keep all of his Lincolns though as well as dozens of fox Mustangs.
I did find that the yard had some cars you usually don't find. I saw 5 '55-57 Bel Airs, 3 complete Corvairs, about 5 Jaguar Xjs' and a couple Porsche 924's. All of these cars with the exeption of the Bel Airs could easily have been fixed. One of the Jags looked like it would start right up and drive out. All that was wrong with it was a broken gear selector. The most heartbreaking for me was a 1969 Cutlass 442 that had been totaled and still held it's original motor and all the badging.
Once we left the yard we headed back to The Cookery and some parted ways while Rick, Thain and myself headed up to the car show at the Fox Run Shopping Center. The show had a pretty good turn out of around 100 cars considering the Ocean City show and Kahunaville show were going on at the same time. There I met a guy who had a '93 Cougar XR-7 5.0 Supercharged. His car was super clean and he said he was thinking about joining Cool Cats. We'll see what happens there.
I have more pictures that I'll put up later but here's a couple links and two of my pics.
Thanks to everyone who attended!
I would also like to extend an additional thanks to The Lincoln Mark VII club for supplying refreshments and to Rick, One Way for aiding in the organization of this event.
The day in pictures (http://"http://thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/Gallery/May-20-Breakfast-Meet-Raiders-of-the-Lost-Yard")
Breakfast meet (http://"http://thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/events/breakfast/2006/05/md/20060520/index.htm")
Junkyard run (http://"http://thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/events/breakfast/2006/05/md/200605201200/index.htm")
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I had a great time and can't wait to do it again!
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Here's a link to my album http://thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/Gallery/May-20-Breakfast-Meet-Raiders-of-the-Lost-Yard?page=1
Thanks Fred!
Looks like a good time....
I went my junkyard over the weekend and I asked if I could buy those "plugs" that go over the screws on the door handle and for a seatbelt cover thingy since mine for some reason is brown? hmm..
they told me 100 for both things. I laughed and told them to stick it up their .....
Looks like you guys had a blast. Thanks for the pics :)
Shoot, I didn't know you guys were so close. I'm only about an hour away from you guys. I'm outside of Philly, PA. I'd definitely like to show up to the next 1, but I didn't know there was an event taking place!
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Thank you, everyone, for coming out to another great Breakfast Meet and Junk Yard Run and Cruise!
It wasa trifecta day with THREE events planned and attended. Rick, Fred, and Thain are long haulers and true powerhouse enthusiasts. The last trifecta I attended was over the course of two days, held in three states. It took me four days to recooperate :)
For further information on events, check out:
http://www.thelincolnmarkviiclub.org/events
See you next time!
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im pissed lol, i wanted to go realy bad but something personal came up and i couldnt make it... o well, next time
Not everyone can make it to every event. There is at least one event per month, year 'roud. Keep your eyes on the schedules and plan to make one.
Sorry you couldn't make it Nate.
Here are some more pics
'93 Cougar from Delaware
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Original unrestored. Even the paint and striping is original.:tg:
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Couple from the yard
The Cutlass
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Some Bel Airs
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2 of the TCs/ Guess what, the Gold one ran and it's entire service history was either etched, written or on a label somewhere in the engine compartment. Notice too that neither of these cars have any body damage nor rust. Just a couple door dings.
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Cool pics Fred!
You went around to where George keeps the old stuff. ;)
looks like everyone had a great time...
mind if a non-asshole fox mustang owner joins next time? :D
Mind?
Hell no we don't mind!
I've been inviting everyone driving anything since 2004. I can't wait to see some "Poor Man's Lincolns" at the breakfasts :)
As for the Junk Yard Runs ... there had to be between 15 and 30 Mustangs there. That yard is a hidden treasure. I'm two states away and I cannot WAIT to back there.
Sure, come on up! We'll announce the next meet here.
Of course you're welcome to come Bane.
, that's a nice turbo 2.3!:D
i had a good time guys. hopefully i'll be able to stay later for the next one and be able to join you guys at the junkyard.
I WANT THAT BLOWER!!!
good thing i didnt come, i might have been tempted to "aquire" that KB supercharger :D
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