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Absolutely killer time as always with the Early Iron Speed & Custom guys out of Ocala FL, if you roadtrip your traditional rod or Custom, this is the show for you! Lots of drive time with awesome people all over north Florida from Live Oak on the Suwannee River, all the way down to Ocala! Enjoy my half-***ed photo coverage, glad they had real professional photographers there!

 

Thanks for the photos.

 

Damn, those are some good pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

The custom 40? Merc in this last set of photos is *****in'.

 

Cool - Thanks

 

I see a couple of South Carolina guys & a North Carolina pal showed up. HRP

 

Great coverage ‼️. Love the channelled rods ‼️. Thankyou

 

Great pics of some realcars! Thanks for taking the time to share,much appreciated!!

 

Thank you , great images

 

Thanks for all the pics! I am loving that little red channeled Model A roadster!

 

Thank you so very much. It does seem to have a bit of a herding stray cats vibe to it, which no doubt helped to make it such a great experience. Any idea of the total car count, or distance/time covered?

 

Just tripped across a video as well.

 

So much to appreciate in that video, now I am on the hunt for one of those- Relax it’s not a show car stickers. Thanks guys for bringing some of that sunshine to a dreary Monday morning.

 

Agreed on that sticker. It is pretty cool.

 

The video said 50-60 cars and mentions at least a breakfast stop, I am planning something way smaller and invite only, got to see what Jack Murphy has for me to use as a graphic on my invite, man, I love my time on here.

 

Great pix, cars, and video! Looks like your Crossmembers run, Jeff

 

The event ran Friday and Saturday with people showing up on Thursday to get settled in to the campground (Moonshine Acres RV Resort), My girlfriend and I camped in a small tent on lot 18, the event covered lots of distance going between Live Oak, Lake City, Alachua, High Springs, Fort White, Micanopy, and Ocala.

longest trek I made over the weekend was from Bev's Cafe in High Springs to Magnolia Dr. in Ocala which through the backroads was about a 1.5hrs rip, other patrons decided to detour through Micanopy's historic district.

To be honest I figured it would be a lot more 55mph cruising, but to my surprise most of the cars were setup just about perfect for 60-70mph rips, I won't lie, caught me off guard when my 302 powered '54 Merc got P***ED by a flathead coupe doing about 70mph!

I had planned to take my banger powered '31 coupe (PFP) but unfortunately had cam gear failure Thursday night.

 

I was down there two weeks ago visiting my granddaughter at UF and the Garlits Museum.
I had to get out my map to trace your route on the 2 lanes.
Nice event.

 

@VALVE FLOAT Mind if I add some pics I took?

 

Just saw your post about 300 miles on your flathead powered 40 Ford and recognized the A roadster from these pics, so knew where you went. Looks like a great time!

 

Yeah, almost everyone in the car club I'm in went to this one. It was a blast, weather was great.

 

Absolutely! I apologize If you were there and I didn't shake your hand. Definitely an eventful weekend!

 

Great photos "Valve Float" it was almost like being there, hey wait I was there! It was well worth the drive from Tennessee, Ryan and his crew put on a fantastic event. I will definitely be back next year. I give that video that "guthriesmith" posted an Oscar.

 

Thanks for sharing! Looks like a good time. Was just watching a few shorts from Peter Santenello who visited that area and talked about Florida’s lost coast. Looks like an awesome place to live.

 

Thanks for sharing the adventure !
I had no idea it was happening

 

We met at the bridge. I was in the 40 Tudor Sedan