Marble Falls sounds good to me also. Any Sunday will work for me. Don't know about driving the truck, I need to finish a few more details, but will bring pic's and lots of questions. LOL

 

I visited the Member's List and seen that there are quite a few members who live in Central Tx cities/towns who have posted in 2009...which means they are -to some degree- Active.
Perhaps if they could be contacted via Private Message and informed of this thread; they would chime in and want to go.
Also I am sure that everyone knows someone in their area who has one of these 48-56s and may not be a member here; but would be interested in attending a gathering.....and then join.
thoughts?

 

Well, gang,,,,Don PMed me and volunteered me to contact members and so tonight I will start PMing potential area members......hope this works out.

 

Took a little road trip this afternoon. Drove down to Marble Falls and looked around. I found a real nice restaurant with a great parking lot for our trucks. Plenty of room inside for a group of 10-12 people. I talked with the manager and he said that by 1:30 on Sunday afternoon the church crowd had finished and were gone. He said they would love to have us come there and would have no problem with us hanging around for a couple of hours talking.
My wife & I ate there tonight and it was great. Looks like it would be a good place to go for a late lunch and a cold beverage of your choice and spend some time discussing our trucks.
August 9,16, or 30 look like possible dates. What do you folks think??

 

I am in Austin. I have a 53 Ford all stock. Not on road ready, but hoping soon!

 

I live in Sugar Land but have property in Bandera county. I am building my 55 flatbed to use up there as the ultimate cowboy truck.

 

Don,
I think any of those dates will work for us. Let me know, looking forward to the meet and greet. Mike

 

Would that be the Blue Bonnet Restuarant?

 

Have to be Aug 30 for me. out of town the other dates

The Blue Bonnet Cafe is awesome!.. They have a picture of a 55 that a local owned on a Mag cover (don't remember which) hanging on the wall.

Sam

 

Count me in. Any of those dates are workable for me.

Gil.

 

I'm in Dripping Springs (20 sw of Austin). It would be nice to have a F100 gathering associated with the Fredricksburg swap meet or the Lone Star Rod and Custom Round Up (which is a great event).

 

Next one is April 9-11, 2010... registration opens Jan 2010.

http://www.lonestarroundup.com/

The Lions Club Show & Shine is in Marble Falls, Sat Nov 7th, 2009.
more info call 830-265-0110, or email katiegoodson at hotmail. (.com of course)
$25 day of reg fee, $20 up to Oct 27th.
registration 9-noon, awards at 3pm.
decent class bands<br>
Car: pre-50s, 50s,60s, 70s&80s, 90s&2000s, original, muscle, <br>
street rod, t-bucket-roadster,corvette. import, <br>
Trucks: pre-60's, 60's & 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, original.

sam

 

the Fredricksburg swap meet was just this last weekend..

http://www.fredericksburgcarclub.com/calendar.html

Sam

 

We did the Texas Heatwave Austin show this weekend. about 1000 cars.
65 classes if I counted right.

came in second in the 55-72 pickup class (no modified class available)..

beat a ton of 68-72 chevy pickups. lost to one super clean one, same guy did their interior as mine.. they won best interior too.. best in show for our class was a 57 chevy, beautiful truck.. gold paint.
should have beat both, but they were stockish.. no shaved anything, chevy small blocks, billet serpentine pulley getups..(that anyone could do). stock dash layouts.

no other ford fat fenders trucks present..

we counted and there are 4 stock panels on my truck.. 2 front fenders and 2 running boards. everything else is modified somehow. shaved, tubbed, suspension, one piece door glass, big block drivetrain, interior... blah blah..

sam

 

I am in Houston and I hope I am still around to finish my 1951 F1 restoration.