Second year at the All Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pa. What a fantastic time! Left on Friday with my dad in his Saleen & our Parnelli Jones Saleen. It seems though that every Friday we travel to Carlisle, it rains. Most of the drive was clear, but then the rain came. Luckily, we brought enough car cleaner equipment with us to clean off the cars on Saturday at the Fairgrounds. But if we hadn't, there are plenty of vendors on site that have what ever you need to take care of your cars.
Arrived at the Fairgrounds bright & early on Saturday morning. First thing we did, was clean up the cars. This year there was over 100 Saleen Mustangs in attendance. The reason for that many, Steve Saleen was there. We were really looking forward to meeting him. And our son was looking forward to meeting drifting champ, Vaughn Gittin Jr. We had a fun filled day ahead of us. First stop though, was to check out our friends brand new 2014 Saleen. What an awesome car! Looking forward to seeing it again at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in July.
After that, we went over to meet Vaughn Gittin Jr. He really made our son's day! He walked around the rest of the day with a huge grin. Vaughn was extremely nice to our son. Even offering to take a picture with him in front of his Mustang. Our son was so thrilled! Vaughn has made a fan for life!
We walked around, checking out all the cars, even making our way up to the top of the hill. At the top they were doing ride alongs in a Ford Raptor & Ford Focus & Mustangs. Looked like a lot of fun & may have to try that next year. Just never seems to be enough time to do & look at everything. So many vendors, events, & cars to look at. I know we missed a lot, but what we saw was great! The people there are true car people.
Then we met Steve Saleen. What a great guy! Signed our car in the trunk & under the hood & then took a picture with us in front of our car. This was definitely the highlight of our weekend. His daughter was also there along with his wife. The entire family is extremely nice. We talked to Steve about the car for a little bit & then he went off to sign my Dad's Saleen & other's. But it is a day that we won't soon be forgetting.
It was a great weekend & we were sorry to see it end. But we are already looking forward to next year. If you ever get a chance to go to the All Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pa., go! You won't be sorry. Great time, great people, & great event!
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