My favorite car at the 2011 Midlands International Car Show

From Car Show 2011

1958 Belvedere Hardtop. Killer fins!

From Car Show 2011

This was my second favorite. New 4 door all wheel drive. Too bad it burns gas...

From Car Show 2011

A Flurry of Furys

Lee finally finished restoring his 64 Fury Convertible. He's owned it for 18 years. He's been working on it for 9 years on and off. For two weeks in June Lee, his wife Linda, and members of the Praire Region Plymouth Owners Club took a road trip to the Pacific Northwest. His 64 Fury pulled their teardrop camper.
They spent a couple of days in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, then drove on to Portland for the 2010 National Plymouth Meet. While there, they toured up to see Mt. Saint Helens. After that they drove down the Oregon coast to the California redwoods, then over to Lake Tahoe.
From there they went to Reno and toured the National Auto Museum -The Harrah Collection. Before heading home they made a stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.


Last night Lee and Linda, Lee's brothers Loren and Les showed their 64 furys together at a car show on 84th and Park Drive. The Furys owned by Lee and Les came out of a junkyard on Colorado. These cars were saved from being crushed and scraped. Lee's is the green convertible. Les owns the red Fury Hardtop. Both of these have 318 V8 engines. Loren's is the brown Sport Fury with a big block 361. Les restored his red hardtop years ago. Loren finished his restoration last year so they have been urging Lee to finish his too. This is the first time these cars have ever been shown together. This is a very nice piece of Plymouth history in one place for the first time in 46 years. That math was easy because I was born in 1964.

Thanks for the photos and the details Lee - Super Cool Furys!

Flurry of Furys

South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge Opening

The South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge has been taking me, my friends and family to drive in movies at the Council Bluffs Drive-in for as long as I can remember. Before it was closed on September 8, 2009, at 9 am it was high, long and narrow. This could be nerve racking for people that don't like bridges anyway (Jodi, Linda). There was a ceremony with IA and NE Govenors cutting ribbon. Lee was invited to bring his '41 Plymouth Business Mans Coupe. Lee let me tag along to be the photo journalist. Nice sunny day for such a grand opening.

Here are some more photos...

So Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge Opening

My Server Cabinet Locker at Work

I wanted to keep some of my work clothes at my workplace. That way I could wear what I want when I ride my bike to work. I have a friend at work I've known for the last 14 years and he has great ideas. When I mentioned to Lee that my clothes were getting knocked on the floor and messed with in the office coat closet he built me a locker. It's in a place that not many have access to. The locker is built out of a server cabinet that was not being used anymore. It sits in the corner of our development LAB. Lee cut a piece of conduit to make a hanger rod. It's perfect! Thanks Lee.

Here is Lee's ride to work...