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Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: britcars
Date: September 01, 2014 09:09PM

Carl, slightly different pose by the passenger but definitely the same photo shoot. The graphics guy used a photo from some online stock photo company.


rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: rficalora
Date: September 02, 2014 08:41PM

Curtis, I'd love to participate, but time is not my friend these days. But, I am definitely enjoying your pictures Curtis!


lawnvett
PJ Lenihan
Winston-Salem, NC
(477 posts)

Registered:
04/29/2009 11:37AM

Main British Car:
74 MGB-GT 3.4 V-6 crate, 5 spd

Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: lawnvett
Date: September 03, 2014 05:12PM

I plan to get out and earn a few more points soon, rumor has it, that one will need 200+ points to be a contender this year. I'll have a little over 100, so not in the running. Last year I took 5th place but I did a lot more driving.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 04, 2014 02:24AM

Here are our latest: (though I'm too tired to say much about them right now)

a better Tunnel pic
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Dest-Tunnel-RedRocks.jpg

an "O town" (Ogallala Nebraska)
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Town-OgallalaNE.jpg

a "Y town" (Yankton South Dakota)
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Town-YanktonSD.jpg

an "H county" (Hall County Nebraska)
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/County-HallNE.jpg

a "Y county" (Yankton County South Dakota)
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/County-YanktonSD.jpg

state of Iowa
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Iowa.jpg

state of Minnesota
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Minnesota.jpg

state of South Dakota
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-SouthDakota.jpg

state of Wisconsin
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Wisconsin.jpg

Moss decided to give some bonus points for roadside oddities. These might qualify:

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Bonus-60ftJollyGreenGiant.jpg

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Bonus-SunnyTheSunfish.jpg



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/09/2014 10:39PM by Moderator.


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4511 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: September 04, 2014 09:44AM

How are you going to make Watkins Glen if ya keep stoppin?! ;)


britcars
Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: britcars
Date: September 04, 2014 07:50PM

A beautiful day here so we went for a drive down river after dinner. We stopped at Harvey's Big Potato, a local Farm Market with about 200 acres under cultivation. The Harvey family have been farming here for about 100 years.
Known locally just as the Big Potato, their sign can be considered a Roadside Oddity.
Big Potato.a.jpg


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 05, 2014 01:11AM

Yep, that's odd alright. Very nice photo!


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 05, 2014 01:50AM

Carl asked: How are you going to make Watkins Glen if ya keep stoppin?! ;)

I've been wondering the same thing. Hopefully the answer is "just in time".

Managed to cover a bunch of miles today. Five more points.

Rock County Wisconsin
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/County-RockWI.jpg

state of Illinois
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Illinois.jpg

state of Indiana
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Indiana.jpg

state of Ohio
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Ohio.jpg

state of Michigan
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Michigan.jpg

Must. Sleep. Now.


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4511 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: September 05, 2014 09:52AM

Gotta say this is way more fun to watch than me just typing, "I drove 960 miles today" when driving out to the V8 Meet.


lars49
Larry Barnes
Colorado Springs
(177 posts)

Registered:
06/11/2009 02:12PM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB GM LA1 3400 V6

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: lars49
Date: September 05, 2014 12:29PM

Say Curtis, while you were in Michigan did you got to Hell?


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 06, 2014 10:17AM

No... but I did have a great visit with Dave Craddock, which included a tour of the Preform Resources composite fabrication shop. Preform Resources now has Ford Mustang body kits and composite parts for Porsches. And Dave took me out to dinner! And then I drove a couple hours into Canada before stopping for the night.

Yesterday I drove around for little looking for a cool Ontario sign... missing several good opportunities because I was looking for something more exciting, and finally having to settle for this lame photo I took as "nsurance".

Province of Ontario, Canada
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Province-Ontario.jpg

On the up-side, I was very excited to get this:

O County - Oxford County, Ontario
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/County-OxfordONT.jpg

Had to really rush across New York, making just one brief stop:

U-town - Urbana, New York
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Town-UrbanaNY.jpg

Got to Watkins Glen just a couple minutes too late to pick up my Crew Pass, so I snuck in by showing a previous years Media Pass to someone who didn't know any better. Enjoyed a really nice dinner held in honor of our dearly departed friend John. After that, I didn't want to leave to go find "the gang" at the Seneca Lodge because I figured I might not be able to get back into the track. Now my credentials are legit, and I can come and go as I please.


Preform Resources
Dave Craddock
Redford,Michigan
(359 posts)

Registered:
12/20/2008 05:46PM

Main British Car:
72 MGB V6 3.4

Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Preform Resources
Date: September 06, 2014 01:53PM

That Curtis,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he is on a mission !!!
Dave


britcars
Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: britcars
Date: September 06, 2014 01:56PM

"Say Curtis, while you were in Michigan did you got to Hell?" Larry, if you didn't want to go to Hell, come on over to Maine and visit Purgatory, ME near Augusta. :-))


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 07, 2014 10:15AM

The Watkins Glen vintage festival includes multiple car shows, and I suppose I could have moved my car around between them and collected a bunch of "Car Show" Motoring Challenge points. I chose to drop in briefly at this one:

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/CarShow-MGCarCorralAtWatkinsGlen.jpg
"MG Car Corral at the Vintage Grand Prix of Watkins Glen" - September 6, 2014
(with Caroline & Ray Waugh who own the red MGB GT V6 at left - Bill Guzman's old "test mule" - and with long-term GT V8 owner/enthusiast Tom Rosser.)

I had hoped to find a Charity Car Wash in the town of Watkins Glen somewhere... but no luck there.

Back to racing!


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PJ Lenihan
Winston-Salem, NC
(477 posts)

Registered:
04/29/2009 11:37AM

Main British Car:
74 MGB-GT 3.4 V-6 crate, 5 spd

Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: lawnvett
Date: September 09, 2014 02:54PM

Looks like a fun group, wish I could have been there


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 09, 2014 10:58PM

You would have fit right in!

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From Watkins Glen I decided to I'd drive down to Virginia to visit my parents. Here are some Challenge pics collected along the way:

a "U county" (Union County, New Jersey)
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/County-UnionNJ.jpg

an "N county" (New Castle County, Delaware)
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/County-NewCastleDE.jpg

state of Connecticut
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Connecticut.jpg

state of Delaware
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Delaware.jpg

state of Maine
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Maine.jpg

state of Massachusetts
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Massachusetts.jpg

state of New Hampshire
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-NewHampshire.jpg

state of New Jersey
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-NewJersey.jpg

state of New York
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-NewYork.jpg

state of Pennsylvania
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Pennsylvania.jpg

state of Rhode Island
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-RhodeIsland.jpg

state of Vermont
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Vermont.jpg
(Glenn from Pennsylvania stopped and offered to take the photo. I offered him a better job.)

we already had a great "Harbor" photo, but this one might suit the competition better
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Dest-Harbor-BaltimoreInnerHarbor.jpg
(Rob from MD was out jogging around Baltimore's Inner Harbor, but stopped to talk cars.)

and here's another roadside oddity:
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Bonus-GiantCrashTestDummy.jpg
(wear your seat belts!)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/09/2014 11:22PM by Moderator.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 11, 2014 12:16AM

Today's I scored for "Destination: On a Ferry"
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/Dest-OnAFerry.jpg
(That's my dad and my sister Susan at White's Ferry, which crosses the Potomac near Leesburg, Virginia.)


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4575 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 11, 2014 07:22PM

The first trip I clearly remember taking in an MG was in 1971. Dad took my sister Ellen and I to Antietam in his green '64. Today, dad and I returned in my GT to tour the battlefield (too briefly) and to collect a Motoring Challenge point.

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/NatlPark-Antietam.jpg

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-Maryland.jpg

We also stopped briefly at Harpers Ferry. Been there a hundred times, and have always enjoyed it immensely.

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/NatlPark-HarpersFerry.jpg

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/MossChallenge2014/State-WestVirginia.jpg


Scott68B
Scott Costanzo
Columbus, Ohio
(561 posts)

Registered:
10/25/2007 11:30AM

Main British Car:
1968 MGB GM 5.3 LS4 V8

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: Scott68B
Date: September 11, 2014 07:55PM

Curtis, you have to be racking up some serious points. Bet you're a contender to win the whole thing.

On a completely off topic question, what is the secret to enabling email replies in a thread?

Good luck!

Scott


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Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: Let's Win Moss Motors' 2014 Club Spirit Award
Posted by: britcars
Date: September 11, 2014 09:36PM

You're racking up some serious miles as well Curtis.

Collected a few points this week on a visit to Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. The Bay of Fundy has the highest vertical tides in the world......up to 50 feet.
[bayoffundytourism.com]
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