Sunday we met Bill & Jo-Ann in N. Stafford,
VA and cruised 28 miles to Manassas, VA and the 33rd annual Rod
Run. We have attended this show for many
years and always enjoyed ourselves immensely.
Shortly after we arrived, Fred & Debie and Lou & Arlene joined
us to set up for the day’s activities to begin.
The day was sunny, warm but not hot.
It was also very windy, almost too windy for a canopy. But the ladies insisted on shade so we
secured part of the canopy frame to the perimeter fence and another part to my 859
pound tool bag I tote everywhere with us.
It worked, the canopy didn’t Mary Poppins out of sight even when the
wind gusts exceeded what seemed like cat 3 hurricane wind velocity.
The rain our area endured the preceding week had
rendered part of the show lot unusable. Because of that the total number of
vehicles that could be parked on the lot was reduced by around 15. Vehicles were being parked in the restaurant’s
customer parking lot which could impede the flow of the restaurant traffic and
I’m sure some opted to pass on the show because of the complicated
parking. This event requires so many dedicated
parking people from the club because of the tight space and the rules Prince
William County imposes on the club. But
they always get through it in a professional manner and manage the event like a
drill team on the parade ground in review
This is one of the northern most events we
attend and we always are able to rekindle old friendships here, which is always
a good thing. I took pictures of about
140 show cars that were not club cars and most would be comfortable at any
National show. I liked the green/black ’54
Chevy Pickup and the candy red ’48 Chevy Fleetline the best. Please
check out the pictures to get a flavor of the quality and quantity of the
vehicles that attended. This show is one
of the few we will attend this year and also one of the best. It’s always on the first weekend of May….circle
your 2015 calendar to be there next year!
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