MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Discuss all things Model T related.
Forum rules
If you need help logging in, or have question about how something works, use the Support forum located here Support Forum
Complete set of Forum Rules Forum Rules
User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:26 pm

I had the opportunity to ride in the back seat of Forum Member Gil Fitzhugh's 1914 Touring on the "Red Dirt Tour" held on Prince Edward Island Canada. I can definitely say that there was no false advertising in the tour title. Here are a few photos of the week.
20190719_071535.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:31 pm

20190714_075128.jpg
20190714_075116.jpg
20190714_075104.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:34 pm

20190717_114503.jpg
20190714_075208.jpg
20190714_075329.jpg
20190714_075339.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:37 pm

20190714_075430.jpg
20190714_075459.jpg
20190714_080459.jpg
20190714_080522.jpg
20190714_080534.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:39 pm

20190714_080611.jpg
20190714_080633.jpg
20190714_080650.jpg
20190714_080707.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:41 pm

20190717_105422.jpg
20190717_114156.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:45 pm

20190714_081717.jpg
20190714_081925.jpg
20190714_082320.jpg
20190714_102911.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:49 pm

20190719_073809.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout


Jerry VanOoteghem
Posts: 2951
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:06 pm
First Name: Jerry
Last Name: Van
Location: S.E. Michigan
MTFCA Number: 24868

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:24 pm

My wife & I were on the tour. The folks on PEI did an awesome job! We had a wonderful time. Best seafood anywhere! (Where can I get a lobster roll in Michigan!?!?!?) Nicest people you'll ever want to find. Really, we hated to leave.

User avatar

Jeff Perkins
Posts: 223
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:40 pm
First Name: Jeff
Last Name: Perkins
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1913 Runabout 1926 Touring
Location: Lakeland MN
MTFCA Number: 10642
MTFCI Number: 17799
Board Member Since: 1999

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by Jeff Perkins » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:24 pm

I presume that was GtE’s 1914 Touring in the lighthouse picture........nice car!
1913 Model T Runabout,
1926 Model T Touring,
1948 Chrysler New Yorker,
1991 Mazda Miata


Gil Fitzhugh
Posts: 73
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:39 pm
First Name: Gilbert
Last Name: Fitzhugh
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914 touring
Location: Morristown, NJ 07960
MTFCI Number: 20696

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by Gil Fitzhugh » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:46 pm

Aye, 'tis mine.

Gil

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:18 pm

More:
20190715_125230.jpg
20190715_125319.jpg
20190716_100131.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:20 pm

20190716_132929.jpg
20190716_133058.jpg
20190717_081545.jpg
20190717_081738.jpg
20190717_081744.jpg
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:21 pm

SAM_1185.JPG
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:23 pm

SAM_1190.JPG
SAM_1191.JPG
SAM_1192.JPG
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:24 pm

SAM_1210.JPG
SAM_1212.JPG
SAM_1213.JPG
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:26 pm

SAM_1226.JPG
SAM_1227.JPG
SAM_1229.JPG
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:27 pm

SAM_1228.JPG
SAM_1261.JPG
SAM_1297.JPG
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:30 pm

SAM_1299.JPG
SAM_1395.JPG
We had a wonderful week and I want to thank the host region for all of their hard work, and Gil for taking us along for the ride!
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout


Gil Fitzhugh
Posts: 73
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:39 pm
First Name: Gilbert
Last Name: Fitzhugh
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914 touring
Location: Morristown, NJ 07960
MTFCI Number: 20696

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by Gil Fitzhugh » Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:47 pm

I heartily second the idea that this was a fabulous tour. An example of the attention to detail: At every intersection that might have been troublesome, there was a sign telling us which way to go. That meant someone had to go out on tour putting up signs, and go back on tour at the end of the day to take them down. Since I never found an error in the instructions, this was just a way to be extra sure that no one got lost. With almost 150 cars on the tour, there was never a traffic jam. The scenery was gorgeous, and the destinations were wonderful. These folks did it right; I'm in awe, and grateful.

And I enjoyed having Wayne and Paul as passenger/navigators. They were good company.

Gil


Pete Ratledge
Posts: 35
Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:31 pm
First Name: Peter
Last Name: Ratledge
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 T touring
Location: Delaware
MTFCA Number: 6356
MTFCI Number: 3534

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by Pete Ratledge » Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:30 pm

My wife, Mary and I did the red dirt tour in our 1911 touring. It was a wonderful experience. The routes were laid out perfectly. The scenery was beautiful. I was surprised that there was a Amish Settlement there. The hotel was nice, but I was shocked that they did not offer a small breakfast included. $17.00 per person is a little high. We went to Mcdonald's a couple of days and then bought some cereal to eat in the room.
I think that we drove close to 600 miles on the tour. The day of the accident, we got turned back from the tour route and we drove 200 miles that day. (we got misplaced)
The opening breakfast was good and the closing banquet was excellent. We both had Lobster. Jim Snair and his committee did fabulous job on every part of the tour. On the day we were heading home, Jim was there shaking our hands as we left the Hotel.
We had a little trouble getting to the Hotel the first night. Our cell phones did not work. ( AT&T wanted $1.00 a minute or $10.00 a day for usage )
Our GPS did not work above the border. ( I found out later that the areas that we were going to had to be down loaded ).
Any way we had a good time. We have to get the car cleaned up ( Red Dirt Off ) for the MTFCA tour in TN.
Thank you PEI,
Pete Ratledge

User avatar

Topic author
WayneJ
Posts: 472
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:15 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Jorgensen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout, 1918 Runabout
Location: Batavia, IL
MTFCA Number: 31697
MTFCI Number: 23399
Board Member Since: 2013

Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour

Post by WayneJ » Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:05 am

I will post two more pictures. Like most of us on the forum, I have had a fascination with Model T Fords since childhood. Here is a photo of me at a car show in Vermont Park in Mequon, Wisconsin taken about 1962:
Wayne_0004.jpg
Here is a photo of Gil Fitzhugh's car, that I rode in the back seat of, some 57 years later:
20190714_081623.jpg
Maybe there is such a thing as destiny!
Wayne Jorgensen, Batavia, IL
1915 Runabout
1918 Runabout

Post Reply Previous topicNext topic