Wow! What an incredible weekend at the All Ford Nationals in Carlisle, PA. It was our first year there & I have never seen so many Mustangs gathered in one place.
We took our 2007 Parnelli Jones S302 Saleen Mustang & my Dad took his 2001 Saleen Mustang 281 to the All Ford Nationals. The drive down to Carlisle from Pittsburgh on Friday evening was a nightmare. It rained the entire time & we missed a tornado. Needless to say, these cars are not made to be driven in this kind of weather. Along with the fact, that our now detailed cars were getting filthy. But we made it to the hotel late Friday evening & went to sleep, excited about the next day & hoping for better weather.
Saturday was absolutely beautiful! It was the perfect car cruise weather, 70s & sunny. Not a rain drop to be found. We arrived at the fairgrounds around 9ish. Found our classes & parked our cars with them. Luckily, our car was parked just a few cars away from my Dad's. After we cleaned up our cars from the drive, we went to walk around the fairgrounds. Beautiful mustangs were everywhere!
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| My Dad's 2001 Saleen Mustang |
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Our 2007 Parnelli Jones Saleen Mustang     
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The food at the All Ford Nationals was wonderful too. A great selection for everyone, kids included. Speaking of kids, they had a nice area for the kids too. A bounce house, kids activities, & a playground, along with a nice grassy area for them to run around in. It was fenced in so that the kids were safe from all the cars driving through the fairgrounds. And if you are rebuilding a Ford, they had everything there that you could possibly need. Looking for a new Ford, go check out their Coral. Lots of nice cars for sale. One of the things we were most impressed with was watching them install an exhaust on a Mustang. So if you wanted a new exhaust, just drive it down to them & they would install it for you there.
At noon, they paid a tribute to Carroll Shelby who unfortunately passed away before the 50th Anniversary of the Shelby. It was the revving of the engines to honor a great man who did so much for the auto industry.
By the end of the day Saturday, we were exhausted. Lots of walking around trying to take everything in. We didn't sign up for the Parade that they have going through downtown Carlisle. Maybe next year we will do that. Our kids love being in parades with our cars. So back to the hotel to relax & get some rest.
Sunday morning came along, & we headed back to the Fairgrounds. The weather was great. 70s & sunny. We parked next to each other since a lot of cars had already left. Saturday is the big day. We cleaned the cars off again & went for a walk. Around 9am they had the list of winners available. So we headed there to see if we happened to win anything. We were surprised & excited when our 2007 Parnelli Jones Saleen Mustang won our class, 2005 & up Saleen. We went to get our plaque & then signed up to do the Awards Parade. Winning that class was extremely exciting for us. So at 1pm, my Dad went to the Grandstand to take pictures of us while we went into the parade. When we made it to the Grandstand, we got our picture taken with the car & our plaque.
Overall, it was a great weekend. I really do believe that we will be back with our Mustangs again. Hopefully next year will find us back there.
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