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2008 - The Fourth Annual Stovebolt Reunion in Kansas City (MO)


Here's the webpage for this year. We had a bigger group this year. And we had purple shirts! Was really easy to spot us in the crowd. Here's a link to the big image with mouse-over so the folks are named.

This was the year of Ed "Da Oz Tinman" Hoover and there is a lot of "commentary" on that page, too.

Anyone who wants to post comments, remembrances, or photos from 2008, please do. Or earlier years ... see the three years already set up: 2005, 2006 2007 and this one, 2008.

Thanks,
Peg

That was my first year but the 54 started overheating 50 miles from home. I drove my PT cruiser. The 54 missed one more and I drove my 2008 Buick Encore.

I have all the stuff that I could find for the 4th Annual Reunion in Kansas City in 2008. Fixed all the links in the pages.

Reading the story again (a few times even) ... gosh what a great time. Ed "Da Oz Tinman" Hoover was a major contributor to Stovebolt for the event. He really bumped up the Stovebolt image a lot! The story tells it all.

And, then, we got a great Saga from him about getting TOTO to the Reunion.

And, THEN, we got a great story in the Gallery from Mongo telling about his score (1954 GMC 2-ton) he made during the event.

And, of course, we have a nice bunch of pictures in the Bolt Bucket that tell even more of the story.

I'll not re-tell the story already linked. I'm hoping some of the Bolters can add to it.

If I come across more 2008 stuff, I'll add it in here.

~ Peggy

It’s those stories that got me to attend my first Reunion in 2009!
Didn’t take the wife cause I didn’t know what to expect. Soon as I got home, I told Vicki that we were both going the next year.
We both have been hooked ever since.

Don

That was my first year since no old vehicle that year I have only found 2 pictures that I think are me. Not sure.

Ron, isn't this you?

Did you not take any pictures when you were there?


I liked this shot. I was in charge of "holding" John's camera. This was before cell phones with camera I guess!

Announced in the August News page.

Always a lot, well some, detail on getting it all started. Still fun to remember it all.

The September News page has a nice re-cap of the highlights of the Reunion.

(Sorry. Some of those links are not working but they are covered in the main story. The forum for the event is long gone. )

Thanks, Peggy. that is the one I found. Not much of a picture taker and what i did take Photobucket ate them because I would not pay the ransom.

Ron,

That's too bad. That's happened to a lot of people. And remember the Webshots ... all those folks who lost their pictures?

I realized the other day why the Reunion web pages stopped after this year. Our first grandchild was born December 2007! For six years, we were "day care" for three (coming two years at a time). And then after school for a few more hears. Loving every minute of it.

So ... things definitely changed for a bit.

Still poking thru what I do have and will get some place-holders in here. Some people posting in other forums about later years so it'll be good to get them to post some in here.



Sorry about the pictures ... I just had to share.

Well, my big take away from this one is that this was the year Rusty Rod nearly turned me into a quadraplegic ... He came sneaking up behind me at the American Inn Poolside Soiree and put me in a headlock not realizing I had only recently been released from having to wear a neck brace from a neck injury. Luckly, between my sqwaking, and Miss Peggy's intervention, he released me before any thing bad happened.

I then busted out all his teeth with a beer bottle and we've been besties ever since.

Well ... maybe not, but that's my version and I'm sticking with it.

It was also the year we all got to meet Sabrina and Alberto. We all miss that girl. She was always a welcomed presence on the site.

I missed having Paul there that year -- *I* had to answer technical questions about the site ...

Rusty Rod does not remember that year as he was still imbibing more than one should, heck, if there wasn't a pix of him, then he would think he didn't go that year. And he does have all of his teefs. Rusty Rod doesn't remember meeting Mexico Sab tho (sad face).

Oh, Rusty. We have a few shots that may help you remember, and smile.

It looks like this year, we went early (Thursday). Wanted to help set up all that great stuff Ed "Da Oz Tinman" Hoover got us the year before. (image #1) Mike "Ol Trucks" Taylor was storing it for us and we didn't want to stick him with all that work of set up. He has enough to do for his boss (Jim Carter). After all, it was a huge weekend for many of the parts suppliers.

It was much more relaxing to get there early. We've got a bunch of images that makes me think we must have done a Junk Yard Tour with a few of the folks who were locals. (image #2)

Sad that Paul "baldeagle" Schmehl (our Stovebolt Geek) didn't make it. He may be ready for Halloween, tho. (image #3)

Rusty ... here's a few to remember. Isn't that you at the bar behind Cletis (image 4). And here we have some of the Friday early birds with our first Hot Wash of that day, hanging out at the pool. (image 5)

Speaking of hanging out, here we are in our primo spot (thanks to Mongo), ready to pounce on anyone who'd venture over. (image 5a)

Oh, and look: we have a happy customer. Who could THAT be?? Rusty Rod? (image 6)

And a HAPPY Rusty Rod ... as he just won a prize. (image 7)

People having just plain fun. That's Ed Hoover and Joe "TooMany2Count" Weimer. (image 8) Is that Ed's truck behind Joe?


Fun, fun, fun.