From the GSR we went over to Summit Racing to see what was going on over there. Summit has their own car show going on in the parking lot, so we joined in, and then went inside the store. Didn't buy anything though. After Summit, it was off to the Atlantis Casino, parked, and walked around some more. There was a cruise through the parking lot, so we kicked back and watch all the awesome vehicles cruise slowly by. We stayed there until after dark, and then back to the Sands Regency for another night of relaxation. The only difficult thing about HAN this year was the heat and smoke. Kind of put a damper on things, but we managed to overcome it all.
Wednesday we drove down to Carson City to have breakfast with my father-in-law, Joe. If you read my posts about HAN 2016, Joe was my hangout buddy. He's getting older now, but we were hoping he could go with us. Unfortunately, he and his wife are battling medical issues and appointments, so he couldn't get away for the day. So we had a good breakfast with Joe, and then Chris showed him how to recharge the AC system in his Escape. From there Chris and I went to Virginia City, walked around, chatted with people, went through a small museum that was very interesting, and just acted like tourists. Afterwards we went to the A&W Root Beer stand in Reno for the Reno Mustang Club's "Mustangs on the Green" get together. Found out that it was the last one to happen because on Sunday, August 12th, the A&W stand was closing its doors. Didn't find out why, but I'm sure someone wanted that corner lot more than A&W did. Later we went to the Peppermill and parked there, but in a sort of an out of the way area as we got there kind of late. Lots of good looking cars, but was wondering what was up with all the reserved parking spots. We left the Peppermill and did three cruises through downtown Reno and waved to the small crowds on Virginia Street. I warned Chris that on Friday night, traffic was going to move a lot slower that what were experiencing at this moment. Chris was snapping photos like crazy from inside the car, not realizing that the flash was bouncing off the headliner and not out the window. Needless to say, those photos didn't turnout too well. After cruising, we we went a couple of blocks over back to the Sands and called it a day.
The next day we we went to Baldini's Casino in Sparks for the breakfast buffet and the free t-shirt. Okay, we really went for the free t-shirt 😤😤 The HAN swipe meet, err I mean SWAP meet was going on across the street from Baldini's, so we perused what was available over there. I managed to pickup a rotary dial telephone from 1967 for $12, and that was about it. Sucked down a lot of lemonade and again dealt with the heat. We went back to the GSR, walked that area for awhile, and then went inside the casino and had a few beers. Back to the Sands, parked, and walked over to the Virginia Street venues to check out the cars there. We went inside the Reno Event Center for the Big Boy Toy Store and bought some of those little things that are nice to have around the workshop. Dropped our goodies off back at the hotel, got in the Mustang and did some more cruising through downtown Reno. The crowds were just a little bit larger than the night before, but it still wasn't Friday night.
Friday night turned out to be a special day. First it was back to the GSR to check out cars and folks. Went inside to get some more beers and figure out our plan for the rest of the day. I still hadn't seen the drag racing over at the Nugget in Sparks, so we decided to go check that out. What a crazy drive...the roads were all blocked either for the Sparks Downtown Cruise, or for the numerous construction sites that sprouted all over. We finally got to the parking area for the Nugget and parked in the upper floor of the parking garage that was set aside specifically for vintage cars. We walked downstairs and ended up at the start of the Sparks cruise. We didn't hear anything that sounded like cars drag racing, but the event schedule indicated that it should have been going on. Meanwhile, I had some crazy person sending texts to my phone trying to make me guess who it was. I was a bit frustrated as I was down below 30% of my battery capacity, so the person finally admitted to who it was...Kelly! She was in Reno for the weekend, and had seen me and Chris drive away from the GSR while she was there getting ready for the evening's concert. So we headed back to the GSR, and found Kelly, her Dad, and the HAN VMF gang sitting around and telling stories. We jumped right in, but Chris looked a bit left out as he didn't know any of the people as he is not a member of VMF. We stayed until the HAN parking lot patrol came around to tell us we had to pack it up for the night. We said our goodbyes, and went our separate ways. HAN 2018 was over for Chris and I as we were leaving the next morning to go back to his place for a couple of days before I went home.
The first car photo I took this year - a clean 65 coupe
One of the guys I work with is in the process of restoring a VW bug. Hey Amby, you can get to this stage!
Interesting story behind this 69 Hurst Olds - the guy bought it many years ago, sold it, and then went shopping for another one years later. Ended up buying his old car back.
I wish I could remember the year and model of this car. It's a Buick, and the owner lit up when we told him we really liked his car. Anyone know?
A "Star Chief" with lots and lots of chrome!
I always thought 8 track tapes sucked....4 track must have sucked even more!
A well done Shelby clone
Mustang Row at the GSR
It was nice that this family let this Black Widow spider hitch along for a ride. The wife really freaked out when I pointed it out to her!
Saw this AAR 'Cuda pulling into the parking lot when we arrived - nice car!
Tastefully done car 65 Fastback.
I didn't realize I had two pictures of this Shelby clone....here it is again!
The "bubble gum machine" on the top of this retired cop car was HUGE!
Mercury Meteor - hadn't seen one of these before.
The effect of all the fire smoke on the sun.
Downtown Virginia City
Another view of downtown Virginia City
This is the view out of a picture window in one of the saloons in Virginia City
Noticed a few AMX' this year - here's one.
And here's number two
How would you like to be the one who has to shine up the chrome on this grill?
And a third AMX - saw all three of these in just a few minutes at the Peppermill
Nice Shelby 👀
First Maverick I saw at the show this year
Front view of same Maverick
Saw this Shelby earlier at the A&W Root Beer stand - it was driving by on Plumb Road
This is why one does not attempt to shoot flash photos from the inside of a car...
Beep, beep my @$$!
Richard Petty Blue painted Road Runner
Nice Galaxie convertible that caught my eye
We were revving engines with this guy during the downtown Reno cruise
Good looking 442
I've seen this car already featured in a couple of online galleries for this year's show
The color pulled me to this car. The owner says it's called "Anti-Establishment Green". I asked if the interior color was "I Hate the Man Black".
1967 Plymouth Satellite.
1970 Mustang Sportsroof
Another VW Bug to help Amby get motivated
This 66 Coupe is powered by a 289 with a Paxton supercharger. Don't see many of those!
1968 Shelby GT500 KR. This was one nice car!
Woody!
Chris checking out a row of Mustangs at the GSR
This was the only Vega I saw all week. Remember when these things were all over the place, and featured in most of the hot rod magazines in the 70's and early 80's?
A license plate with my name in it...cool!
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