Moparfest 2018

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I just got confirmation from Mr. 4 Speed himself, Herb McCandless, that he will be attending this years Moparfest.

I went to his newly opened Museum in North Carolina during the HOTROD Power Tour in June and it was awesome.

He told me then that he was thinking about coming back up to Moparfest after missing last year, and just confirmed via text that he will be in attendance.

You must attend his performance seminar in the Hockey arena. He is one excellent story teller about the good old days of factory sponsored drag racing, and he also shares his extensive Mopar knowledge too.

You won't be disappointed!
 
I plan on it they always have a great old school racer setup there , they had the Petries last time ,they were the Canadian Ram Chargers and did the perfitmance cl8nics for Plymouth back in the day .
 
well I just rolled into town but so far the hotel parking lots are empty , I'm beginning to wonder if this is the wrong weekend ? lol
 
I have yet to attend the performance clinic.
Maybe I will remember this year.

I won't show till Sunday. Saturday we are making the drive to the campground with the kids.
 
I have not heard anything about the Weiner party.

But we likely will have a fruity tray with a side of veggies
We will also have a coleman camping grill/bbq thingy
 
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Steve may or may not be bringing his shade tent I believe Lori said he couldn't take it but he may have snagged it anyway ,Andy isn't coming so no Brats from the menonites I'll nip over to Zehrs in a bit here and grab some grillables so we will have something to grill when you show up sunday if nothing else .
 
Good afternoon,
Wanted to let you guys know that after spending 24 hours at the border, Layson's Restorations will not be able to attend Moparfest 2018 as previously planned due to the broker in Canada used not filing paperwork correctly. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, our crew will be back to home base by Wednesday so If you have any questions or concerns please wait till then contact them.

Sincerely, Layson's Restorations
 
It could be the rain that's keeping some people away. There is localized flooding here in Toronto
 
yeah it was a crappy drive from Renfrew today ,I walked down to the Comfort Inn where we usually are and there was quite a few cars there , Sucks that Laysons won't be able to make it I always find something I want in there tent .You coming up tomorrow Mike ?
 
ouch I know the feeling but in the end it will be right I'm sure . Nobody has responded about the shade tent or bbq yet so I guess I'll plan on bringing food sunday after we figure it out tomorrow .
PS NO I didn't try to ship fresh Halibut again !
 
well Steve and I are set up here in our area , cars are starting to roll in now ,the field was about empty at 8am , weathers nice going to be a great weekend .
 
The ride report from my buddies that drove down from Ottawa was bleak... monsoon rains from Perth to Guelph! That's a long way to be bailing out a leaky Valiant convertible! Felt bad for the guys.

I'm sure all is forgotten now, weather there looks terrific for today. So jealous that I couldn't make it out... :(
 
didn't take any haha ...................actually Steve {4spragtop} took some I'm going to take some tomorrow , slow start not a lot of cars in the morning but it filled out through the day and should be good tomorrow .I attended the Herb McCandless talk , it was interesting for what it was , they handed a small booklet out before he started and it was basically a recitation of that booklet , some real good general advice but no real insight into tuning or setting up the car , it was all about "use this oil , buy this plug wire set , etc.....
 
It sure was great to reconnect with so many FABO friends , {I even got to see Gilles ,you've been missed buddy} and meet a couple of new ones , heading out for our annual saturday night dinner with the FABO folks plus Lance and his brother ,this will be fun .
 
cannucky said:
It sure was great to reconnect with so many FABO friends , {I even got to see Gilles ,you've been missed buddy} and meet a couple of new ones , heading out for our annual saturday night dinner with the FABO folks plus Lance and his brother ,this will be fun .
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Heard that you met my Ontario Valiant buddies! Also heard that you took home the Long Distance Award... hard to get farther away from New Hamburg than Victoria! Congrats! :thumbsup:
 
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Im stubborn as fack so i tried to fix for 2 hrs before calling caa. Lost spark....twice. I "think" VR or ecu. Spares are in garage....
Funny thing I "helped" a guy at moparfest with his elec vr problem and he was happy as ****.
At 407 and Pine Valley Drive.
GONEFISHIN' said:
Oh-Oh! hope it's nothing serious!
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dcam57 said:
Hope you are close to home.
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4spdragtop said:
Im stubborn as fack so i tried to fix for 2 hrs before calling caa. Lost spark....twice. I "think" VR or ecu. Spares are in garage....
Funny thing I "helped" a guy at moparfest with his elec vr problem and he was happy as ****.
At 407 and Pine Valley Drive.
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To bad you weren't closer. I had a spare ecu and ballast resistor in trunk
 
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