The Friday Nite Cruise at Old Town
as reported by Gregg Nelson Sr.
August 26th, 2005
As Published in V2-I35-#55 September 1st 2005
Friday night we had 68 faithful
cruisers that came out to greet tropical storm Katrina. Other than a few
gusts of wind, a small drop in temperature, and an occasional drop of
rain, Katrina never arrived. I'm not complaining though considering what
Katrina turned into and the devastation in the gulf. With only 68 cars
to look at it was difficult to find cars I have not already commented on
but I did find a few.
The first car that caught my
attention was a 2004 Jack Roush Ford Mustang GT 440A convertible. This
pony is a light maroon color with taupe colored racing strips going up
the hood and down the trunk lid. With the top down I could see that the
interior had the same color combination and it looked like the racing
strips going up the hood was also drawn on the seats. It really looked
cool. Jack Roush has a winner with this one even just sitting still.
Under the hood of this one I found a supercharged 4.6 L power plant
hooked to a 5 speed manual transmission. As it turns out, this ragtop is
of exclusive pedigree as she is number six of forty built.
Next to the Mustang was a 2000 Ford
Excursion Limited four door SUV. This sport is four wheel drive and is
treated to a small body lift. It was also treated to a brush guard, bug
guard, fog lights, Centerline alloy wheels, and a video system inside.
It looked good with the lights shining on its black paint.
We again had four checker flag
winners.
Bert Brown must have a lucky star
shining down on him as he won another flag with his tan 1985 Chevy
Caprice four door sedan.
Ryan Fontaine also won a flag with
his very nice gray 1980 Cadillac Sedan De Ville.
Robert Navarra brought out his
burgundy 1987 Nissan 300 ZX T-Top coupe to claim the third checker flag.
All three of these cars were in nice shape and for the most part were
completely stock.
The fourth winner was Don Petrunak
with his 2005 Scion XB four door. This car is white with a custom
grille, graphics, neon lights, and alloy wheels and tires. This
concludes another report so until next week have fun and cruise safely.
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