Sorry for the delayed response here folks. Kinda spent last night and most of today recovering from what was a GREAT event IMHO!
Pictures will be coming (at least from me) in the next couple of days. I need to get them transferred from my phone, cleaned up and titled before posting. Perhaps Steve or Don can post a few in the meantime?
Thanks for the notes to let us know you got home safely and the kind words about the event.
Anyhow, details from the event go something like this:
Friday final setup and informal gathering was busy but a good time. We had several of our more distant travelers arrive, including Don "2-Ton" and his wife Vicki, Mark "59 fleet", Tim "57 Drifter and Andy "HandyAndy". Plus local folks Chris "Rock 49" and Mike "32Fordpuchoptop", as well lending a hand to finish setup and share in the evening. Don cooked up a mess of fried fish, cheese curds and sweet potato fries and we topped off dinner with some of Vicki's cookies. Followed that with just mostly sitting around gabbing and chatting about anything/everything Stovebolt, as well as catching up with old friends and getting to know more about some folks meeting for the first time.
Saturday started off kinda sketchy, with a brief rain shower, but that quickly cleared off, warming up with bright sunshine throughout the majority of the day. 8:00 am the registration table and T-shirt/hat distribution opened for business, with Stovebolter's and guests trickling in over the morning hours. The Swap Meet area also opened for business. 'Bolters that brought their trucks all got a chance to do a show-n-tell session with folks to learn about their trucks and a bit of their stories.
I know at one point there was a gab session going on inside Steve's '54 Bus that includes at least 8 folks, several separate discussions about technical questions on some of the trucks, hand off of new parts for a 261 engine rebuild that's in-progress (my own), as well as some wheeling and dealing in the Swap Meet area. We were also pleased to have Jim Carter come and participate with us. He generously provided discount certificates for anyone present and a pile of catalogs for anyone to grab.
We had a display table for folks to peruse inside which included several Chevy and GMC Master Parts catalogs/illustrations books, original dealer new truck pamphlets for both Chevy's and GMC's, some technical repair/rebuild booklets and several of Steve's 3d printed replacement parts he has done. Folks also got a chance to see one of Steve's unique shop trucks on his 4 post lift as well as all the other cool stuff he has displayed throughout the shop. Last thing of the morning before lunch was an interesting and well presented Tech Session by Mark "59 fleet" on the differences between an ammeter and a voltmeter and things related with how each should be correctly wired in Stovebolt's for either 6V or 12V systems.
You've already seen the primary lunch menu, so I won't rehash that list. Several folks brought extra sides to enhance the feast with home made potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw, a delicious chocolate cake and some home brewed tea to supplement our other beverages. As far as I know, no one went away from lunch hungry - hahaha!
After lunch we had some super well prepared and presented Tech Sessions (also mentioned in detail above) by Kevin "Shakey61". As always, Kevin's presentations had hands on components and demonstration things that really helped everyone grasp the topics. I know I learned many things and want to offer a big thanks to both Kevin and Mark for their Tech Session presentations!
Not long after the Tech Sessions concluded, we had inclement weather come rolling in, which caused a bit of a scramble for folks to pack up/load, but all managed to do that without getting soaked. From that point, many folks headed home leaving a few of us hanging around to wrap things up and just enjoy a little more time together hanging out before calling it an evening.
All total we had 24 folks at our gathering, including Stovebolter's, some spouses and various guests/Stovebolter friends. Many thanks to all who helped/attended to make the Roundup the a very fun/enjoyable event IMHO! Looking forward to doing again next year!
