Event Coverage ACME Speed Shop's Road trip to Lone Star Round Up

thanks for taking us on your trip..great pictures!

 

John it was nice to meet ya and thanks for the key chain!

 

Steve,
Thanks for letting us be a part of the Round Up family again this year. It means a lot to us and we appreciate you making us feel so welcome in your town and especially at the event. I am a few miles from home now; I'll call you later.

 

John it was nice to meet and chat with you about youre trip down and what goes on behind the secens with movie cars. Hope you had a safe trip home.God bless.

 

Great post John! Thanks for sharing the trip and glad you made it home safe.

 

John,

What a cool trip! Thank for taking us all along.

 

Glad you made it home ok. I left a message on the phone and since I never heard anything was a good thing. When we p***ed the ghost town I though how cool it would be too get a tour. Now my question has been answered. See ya at LA Roadster show.

 

MMMMMMMMMMMM Venison

 

Jeff, sorry to see the damage to the truck, glad you're okay.....hope you cooked up that sum***** and ate him! Save the antlers....Breeder might wanna mount em on the hood of his 53 Chevy.

 

That was a fun trip. Thanks John

 

John... it was great to meet you, Jerod Bowers had a lot of good stuff to say about you!

I forgot to get a shirt while I was there at your tent!!! Dang it!

 

We got to join up with Norwell and the Acme crew for a little cruise heading back into town from Reggies.. pretty cool for a **** like myself I might say!

 

It was good to drop by your area and meet you and get a few shots. I hope you will make the trip again next year.

 

Thanks for the pictures and updates John, looks like a blast!

 

Well, I'm home.

3600 miles round trip with a few mechanical issues that were all easily fixed, thousands of photos, a bunch of new stories (Cynthia is tired of the old ones by now), new friends made, old friends made closer and a renewed at***ude. I am a lucky guy.

It wasn't easy to take the extra days off that would allow us the time to just wander out and back. But we did . I wonder if much would have changed at work by being here a few days longer. Probably not.

Fact is; I needed this. It has been a real grind the last few years. We have taken a few steps back in business and will need to work some extra years to make it up. This trip helped me put things in perspective. Nothing like being out on the road to square up my point of view.

I want to make this the last post from the road with a few random shots. I will reply to your posts and PM's later tonight when I get home from the shop.

Thanks to everyone for coming along on the journey; I really enjoyed reading your comments each day. And a special thanks to Ryan Cochran, founder of this little site he calls The Jalopy Journal/HAMB. It has become a conduit that connects lives all over the globe.

Keep it up brother!!

Sunrise this morning.







Command center.



10 miles from home and the last freeway.



Back where I started; home. Time to clean up and head to work for a meeting. I bet they will be wondering what I am grinning about.

 

Again, I LOVE your house! Thanks again for the grand tour of your trip. BTW, how do you protect that great van from the elements? Big garage, carport, huge car cover??

 

yes thanks you again!

 

Great stuff....thanks for the story and pics!

 

Thanks for the fantastic vicarious road trip John....glad you are all back safe and sound...

 

Great thread. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks again for taking us along. Oh, and this is the coolest vise I have ever seen........seriously!

 

What a great story. Thanks for posting John. Welcome back home.

 

Awesome thread and looks like it was a great trip. As said many times already, thank you very much for sharing.

 

Super cool of you to share the trip with us. I bought a couple of shirts from your webshop as a thank you.

 

Thank you so very much for putting your trip on the HAMB. Absolutely fantastic!

 

I am glad you enjoyed the thread. I am guessing by your HAMB name you are into Studabakers? Here are a few trucks we saw out in NM.

 

Thanks man. We really appreciate the order. make sure to wear that shirt in public!

 

I still can't get your 54 Vicky out of my head! Thanks for the comments.

 

It lives inside the ACME shop when I,m not driving it.