Cruisin For Heroes was invited to set up a Fisher House
Foundation information canopy at the 22 Annual Mustang and Ford Powered
Car/Truck show in Harrisonburg, VA. The
Valley Mustangs Unlimited Car Club manages the show at the Harrisonburg Ford dealership. We attended this event a couple years ago and
had a great time so when Joe & Dave invited us back this year we jumped at
the opportunity. Since I don’t have a Ford
on the road yet I decided to take our daily driver and not have to endure the good
natured ribbing about my Chevy truck.
The farm truck repairs were not quite finished anyway from it’s argument
with a large unseen pothole we drove through….it trashed a couple ball joints
and some other things. Dave at B&R
Customs was putting the finishing touches on the repairs so that also helped
make the decision to use the daily driver.
Lou & I would represent CFH at the event so I met Lou at his home
and we transferred all our Fisher House stuff to his Ford Escape and motored
131 miles southwest to Harrisonburg, VA.
We set up between the DJ and the Judges canopy….and I knew when
they put a trash can near us, we would get a lot of traffic. The day was warm but as long as the breeze
was moving the air, it was tolerable.
This is a Ford show….put on by a Ford Mustang club….at a Ford
dealership! If you think there would be
a lot of Mustangs that registered for the show….you would be keerect. About 80% of the 95 registered vehicles were
Mustangs of one year or another. A lot
of really cool late model Mustangs too….and most were over the top nice. The judging is a points based system that
evens out any arbitrary judging….just the facts ma’am…. It would be difficult to pick out the best
Mustang but for me the blue ’72 was special….
I liked the green/white ’65 Ford F-100 with the Boss 9 Shotgun motor….THAT
pegged my WOW meter. I also liked the
red F-1 with Flathead power. There was just
too many nice cars to pick just one or two.
Sometime around 1PM the DJ announced that rain might be coming and the
club would try to hurry up the process so folks could get out before the
rain. Then around 2PM the black clouds
began to roll over the hills behind the dealership….it looked bad. The club began to hand out the awards but the
rain started when they were….almost…done.
The rain didn’t begin slowly and progress…no…it began in wind whipped
torrents….a trash floater if I ever saw one.
Lou & I were alone under our canopy till the rain started….then we
had about 25 new friends huddled under our canopy….watching the rain fall. The club waded through the awards and the DJ finally
called the event over. Most people
waited for the rain to abate a little then sprinted out to their rides. We packed up and made our way north. The storm system was traveling the same
direction as we were….so we were in rain all the way to Culpeper. When I had transferred my part of the FH
stuff back in my car I began a wet 47 mile trip back to Stafford.
It was an interesting day…we made over 100
dollars for Fisher House Foundation from the donation barrel and the club will
share the proceeds from the show with Fisher House Foundation. They will present their check to Cruisin For
Heroes at the local VFW on Veterans Day in November. This will help put us near our yearly goal
for Fisher House of $7500.
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