Report 13 & 14th  October
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Today we heading up to Detroit, but first put Dirk the new tires from Coker Tires on the Model T.

new tires 1

new tires 2

new tires 3

new tires 4

new tires 5

new tires 6

Because of the long trip to Detroit, about 500 miles, we decided to sleep in a motel, so we can leave early tomorrow morning.

at the motel 

The morning of 14 October we leave early to the direction of Detroit.
Our travel mascot Kees, leads us to the right direction.

Kees 

Around 5 PM. We arrive in Detroit and we were warmly welcomed by Paul and Jannie Walquist.
Jannie and Paul are friends of Dirk and Trudy and we can stay at their house until we depart to Holland the 17th October.

sky line Detroit

Report 12 October
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We wake up after a good night in our wooden cabin and the sun is shining.

cabin

Today there is an old timer show at Hershey where car owners can show their old timer.
There were beautiful restored cars but also beautiful not restored cars which have been in a barn for a long time to get old.

Show 1

Show 2

show 3

Show 4

This show was the end of a beautiful 4 days event in Hershey.
We have met nice people and have seen beautiful cars and car parts.

We can recommend this event to every body how loves classic cars.

Report 11 October
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Next morning when we wake up we saw that it was a good decision to leave the tent last night. The river near the tent was still growing.

river near tent 

The owner of the campsite gave us the advice to bring the tent to a higher place.
People from the campsite helped us with removing the tent to a dryer place up the hill.

removing tent 

After rebuilding the tent we dried our clothes in a dryer and after 30 minutes everything was dry and warm.
We decided to rent a cabin for the next two nights to be sure we would have a dry night rest.

Bill and Pat Sherrill picked us up from the camp site to go to the second auction evening of RM Auctions.
The auction was the same happening as the last evening.
The auctioneer was very busy to sell every car for the highest price.

Auction 1 

Auction 2 

After the auction Bill and Pat invited us for a nice dinner.

Dinner

They gave Dirk and Trudy a special present from the Hershey Chocolate Factory with a picture of them in the Model T.

Bill and Pat with chocolate 

Back at the camp site we had a good and dry night in our cabin.

Report 10 October

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Today we have an appointment at the stand of the Model T Ford Club of America.

MTFCA stand 1

There we were warmly welcomed by enthusiast Model T people and the president of the MTFCA; Dennis Gorder.

MTFCA stand 2

Dennis and Dirk

The whole day there was a lot of rain but we kept smiling.

Rain

At the evening we are invited by RM Auctions for their auction of classic cars. This was a great experience with beautiful cars and high prices.

Auction 1

Auction 2

After the auction it was still raining dogs and cats.
Back at the camping ground there was a lot of water and a water fall beside our tent was so heavy that we decide to spend the night in a warm and dry laundry room.

Report 09 October
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This day we go to the AACA Hershey meet.
From the campsite there was a shuttle service with an original yellow school bus.

Schoolbus

We had an appointment to park the Model T at the stand of Coker Tires, the company that delivers us the tires for the Model T during our world tour.
At the stand we were warmly welcomed by Corky Coker, the boss of Coker Tires.

Corky and Dirk

stand Coker Tires

new tires

At the stand there was a lot of attention for the Model-T and the work of the SOS organisation. The collect bin was doing a good job. Friends from Dirk and Trudy from Houston, Bill and Pat Sherrill, came also for a visit.

friends from Houston

Joris Bergsma, of Pre-War Car, with his orange hat came also for a visit.

Joris

On the event terrain there were a lot of thing to do and there were a lot of special parts.

Special parts

After all the impressions this day we finished the day with a very nice dinner with Dirk’s friend Stynus Schotte from the Netherlands.

Dinner

Report 08 October
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This morning the weather was very good and our neighbors at the campsite Fred en Phyllis  gave us a very nice cake with the text Happy Model T 25000 Miles. This was a tasteful present. Thanks very much for this.

Cake 1

Cake 2

A beautiful trip brought us to Hershey with two times a stop for a cake party. In Hershey we found a very nice campsite very near the place of the AACA old-timer event.

Hershey

Camp site Hershey