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...Paul, I put my blue clone in the 4th of July parade this year. Lot's of compliments on the color blue! :-)

Nonsense... I think it would be great to finally put faces to the names here. C'mon in, the water's fine! ;-)

...Nice idea Paul - 'hope everyone does it (you too Rhonda;-) Here's a few randoms of me in my element!...

...On second thought - 'looks like your run of the mill Flux Capacitor. ;-)

I was going to say reflection, but that seemed too obvious. Are we instead referring to the gold colored screws around the cap?

...My long-time favorite is: "You're not what you think you are, but what you think, you are."

Yeah, she loosely refers to it as the "Bumble Bee". But will likely have a new name after its restoration...

...My black & Gold one is the "Midnight Special" as that song was stuck in my head the whole time we were going down to get it ;-) My wife named the others: White w/ red = "Cream Puff" 'cuz its color, plus it rides & sounds so smooth. Red w/ black = The "Cranberry". Highland Green 390 =...

...Did you hear about the frustrated math teacher who had constipation & couldn't work it out with a pencil? ...Or how'bout the Italian Airways jet that made it's first landing at an airport in the U.S. Just as the wheels touch the runway - the pilot SLAMS on the brakes & goes full reverse...

Thanks Rhonda. Boy, you're sure getting creative with your avatar these days. ;-)

COLOR! color, color, color... Why such an "in your face" color for all the effort? 'Just my opinion...

A few of the other cars in attendance including an ultra-rare Pierce Arrow!

All in all; a wonderful trip! However Mike called in a "mayday" on the way home (all cars equipped w/ radios) with rising temperatures on his 390 CS and steam shooting from the hood vents that began fouling his windshield! An emergency landing at Colfax revealed a stuck thermostat and bad...

After the fly-in, we took a road trip along scenic highway 174 to Colfax, then HWY 80 to Auburn for some freeway photos and lunch...

...where we rousted early on Saturday for a trip to the Nevada County Airport and the EAA sponsored Fly-in. Homebuilt, experimental and a few local warbird a/c augmented (flying club member) car displays for the event. A pancake breakfast was followed by formation fly-bys and fellowship until...

Wow BB! That looks like a great one indeed! Nice pictures!!

We did - but after so much inhaling, we're beginning to hooyeloosenate!

...You know, it might be a lubricator for journal type muffler bearings. Train cars have something like that. Or maybe this car is equipped w/ air brakes?

Thanks DON!!! That's where I kept my key! ;-)

Naw... that's an exhaust-driven McFlatchy pump (notice close proximity to the muffler sprocket). The hose up front connects to permiating filters in the passenger compartment and the rear to the fuel tank. With the advent of fast-food resturaunts, they were tried on cars going to Mexico to...