anyone go to carlisle?
 

http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/ford-nationals/

anyone here ever go to this? i am thinking of going as my first real road trip with the mustang. any tips for the drive down? things to see, places to stay? any help or thoughts appreciated.

well, i registered. $71USD, two people, car in the show, and camping.

I've talked to guys that have been there & it's sposed to be awesome, well worth the drive, I'm gonna try to make it this year.

i think there may be 3 or 4 cars going from kitchener waterloo including me !

How long of a trip is it form Southern Ontario?

6 hours, 10 min., 577 km, from ur house thru Sarnia. Google maps is ur buddy. :)

worth the drive !

Hmmmmm, maybe a trip for me. I've never been either.

well maybe some of us could meet up and cruise down together ?

Great event, my buddy Stu (Virgil Hilts) and I have been down several times. Anything Ford / Lincoln / Mercury / Edsel that you can imagine, there will be at least one there.


cheers
Ed N.

I guess i could've checked with google LOL!
Will talk it over with the wify.Maybe a could time to book some days off of work around it.
A bunch of us can meet up together for sure.:tup

wow, cool responses. i'll be driving from guelph, most likely pickin up a buddy in AYR, and heading down. maybe closer to the date, anyone local to the tri city or guelph can meet up and see if we wanna cruise down. maybe hook up at the cambridge home depot cruise night to figure it out. i'll post up closer to june.

Made this a sticky to keep it at the top. :tup

well it looks like plunket is also having his show that weekend this year it looks like a two day car show

http://www.fleetwoodcountrycruizein.com/2011/2011.html

The only problem with Plunkets is that it's age limited.The only reason we were able to enter that one year is because he had a mustang special for the anniversary of the mustang.Unless that is changed now!

ah good point forgot about the 45 anniversary of the mustang

cheers. :D

I hear he plans to do it again for the 50th.

No prob's!:)

looks fun but WAY to far for me. How many of you guys have done the Woodward cruise. Me twice

^^^ It's on "The Bucket List" ^^^ :tup

Never been!I'm hoping maybe this year.We will see.

If you are going to do one car show in your life WDC is the one to do

wdc is on the bucket list. but, for next summer, i'm hoping to do Knott's berry farm.

North of L.A?

yup yup. i kinda have this "road trip across the U.S. in a wicked car" fantasy. i wanna drive thru the mountains on the states side. i would like to go thru canada on the way there, depends on how much time i can get off. i havent been out west in years, would like to see where i used to live when i was little.

I've been there five times so far, to both the Ford and GM shows. Lots of fun however it rains every year at the Ford show. I prefer to stay in Harrisburg instead of Carlisle as it's much cheaper and still easy to get there on the interstate. The cruise at CJ Pony Parts is a blast as well.

If you enjoy road races!:D

^^^sounds like fun

Been going down for Woodward since '99 - it's so much better than your usual car show, cause everyone seems to be running around with open headers and doing the occasional burnout, and not just sitting there parked like in a normal car show. As long as you keep it under control and not go crazy, the cops generally look the other way, but since you got a million or so people attending, if you get out of hand they'll light up the cherries and pull you over. It's so close, ( 1 hr or so), you can spend all day and not feel wiped out from driving. We got a buddy with an old full size van with windows, so a bunch of us pack the cooler and head down. If you get a chance, go. Haven't been to Carlisle yet though.

hmmm maybe interested in Woodward

I'm thinkin the ol wagon may make the pilgrimage this year, throw a mattress in the back & we're good 4 whatever cums our way :)

eewww my gawd terry

i did my first woodward last year ith my brother is his punetang it as his second year. and ill be going every year till i cant go anymore. it was unreal we head up friday morning get checked into the hotel and settle in, grab some din din and then fill up and hit the strip and we cruised for 4 fricken hours of most amazing bumper to bumper traffic i have ever experienced. anyone looking to cruise up friday morning let me know, we stayed friday night and left late satruday but thinking we are going to stay to nights this year, the drive home was aLOOOONG after all the fun lol

^^^ :lol :lol ^^^

NICE avatar Dave!!!!!!!! :tup

There will be a group of us from Ottawa heading to Carlisle this year. Hope to see you guys there.

Talk to you later. There is always a group of us from just south of you. Maybe hook up on the way down.

Been there about 5 times now it is awesome, but bring an umbrella and watch for the law!

sounds like a few from here are going. we'll have to figure out how to hook up down there.

on a side note, i have found my big trip for this year, in the end of sept., the wife and i are going to drive the stang to the grand canyon, vegas, lake havasu, and hoover dam. looking forward to some awesome pics, especially on route 66 through texas,new mexico, ect.

have done that trip maybe 5 or 6 times in several types of cars including a 77 vette...

i wanna do that trip SOOOO BAD
mid to late september it looks like im headed to the tail of the dragon if all goes to plan for a change mmmm twisty roads

Been there in 69 & 96, bet we were in some of the same watering holes Dave :cheers: