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Here is a video from our first ever trip in 2008

www.streetfire.net/video/northeast-rod-run-2008_643280.htm



and here is a video from 2010's trip

www.streetfire.net/video/2010-northeast-rod-run_2301888.htm


The other year's are up on Streetfire also and 2011's trip should be up there finished real soon

there are a lot of old cars that go. We all pack a bunch of tools and can fix most problems (less blown engines, rearends and trannys (on the road). We've fixed distributor problems, carbs, electrical, wheel bearings, shredded blower belts on the side of the highway, etc, etc. Some people that usually go even have their own shops, so there is some decent knowledge that joins us.

It's mostly a mature (in age only) crowd that goes and we've all been into cars most of our lives. this isn't one of those groups that doesn't know shit and just buys a nice car once and then talks about it for the rest of our lives. We all pretty much eat and breathe hot rodding, with probably over 50% of the group veterans of past and current Hot Rod Power Tours.

The Camaro I took for the last 3 years (not taking it this year though. have to give the girlfriend a break) gets about 7-9MPG on the highway. Tachs at about 3200 around 70MPH. It has a barely streetable cam with a 3300 stall converter and it's loud as all hell while rattling your teeth. Every year when the trip is over, it takes me almost a week to go through it and tighten everything back up. Totally not a daily driver, nevermind 1000 mile trips, but you know what? I roll the dice and take it anyway. If it broke down I knew AAA would get me to one of our hotels and I could deal with it then.

It becomes almost like a family reunion every October, with a real cool group of people from all over the eastern USA and Canada. No attitudes and no one trying to prove anything, or to show-off or brag about what they have. This is coming up on our fifth year and we've never had one asshole join us yet and even if we did, they would be shut out and left behind pretty quickly

Another thing is that we don't do much Interstate driving, so it's casual stuff that doesn't wear and tear on the cars. The worse part is if we get stuck in traffic, because some of the cars can be pretty built up and not like the heat (my Camaro being one of them), but with this trip being in October every year, that really helps with the temps

Another thing to think about, is that we usually only go right around 100 miles between stops. Stopping for bathroom, food, gas, shop tours, museums, site-seeing and stuff like that break up the long hauls, so the cars aren't screaming for long runs all the time. Plus we only do around 180-220 miles a day in total.

Just trying to give you as much info as possible so you can make an educated decision and not get in over your head, but at the same time, trying to let you know that it might not be as extreme a trip as you are worrying about.

And just a few more

Here's the second and final part of last year's trip

http://www.streetfire.net/video/2011-northeast-rod-run-pt-2_2383472.htm

Hopefully this gets some people fired up to join us on this year's trip. so who's coming with us in October?

Final Itinerary for this year's trip

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

There will be a get together at Mt Wachusett www.wachusett.com/ that morning. From there we will cruise west on the Mohawk Trail (Route 2), before heading into New York and taking 87N, where we will be making a lunchtime stop for a visit at the Saratoga Auto museum saratogaautomuseum.org/ . We should be meeting up with more of the group there, before finishing the day at Lake George. If the weather nice that day, we can also take a drive up Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway before. http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...morial_Highway

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

We will start the day cruising up Route 28, as we connect onto Route 30, before heading west along Route 3 to finish our day's drive at Alexanderia Bay www.visitalexbay.org/

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Our first stop this day will be at the Antique Boat Museum www.abm.org/. From there the trip will continue along the New York Seaway Trail www.seawaytrail.com/ until we finish our day's drive in Geneva, NY and the Finger Lakes region www.fingerlakes.org/

Friday, October 5, 2012

While this day's drive is the shortest of the whole trip (approx. 150 miles), it is also our highlight day. NERR will be taking a Thunder Road tour (for those that have pre-paid) on the track at Watkins Glen International http://www.theglen.com/Plan-Your-Vis...oad-Tours.aspx. After that we will be driving into Pennsylvania www.paroute6.com
and ending the day at clark's Summit

Saturday, October 6, 2012

This day has a lot of weather dependent stops. Our first stop will be a drive up Pocono Knob, that overlooks the Delaware Water Gap. For those that are interested in a bit of walking, our next stop will be a sidetrip to Bushkill Falls www.visitbushkillfalls.com/. From there NERR will be going to Bear Mountain as we take a cruise up Perkins Memorial Drive before finishing out our final day in Newburgh

If time allows we are going to try to take a tour of a motorcycle museum motorcyclepediamuseum.org/, or maybe even get a shop tour of Orange County Choppers www.orangecountychoppers.com/ while we are in the area

LS1NOVA67 wrote:

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I was just thinking if the trip was a long weekend type thing and was more new England driving closer to home I would be down for it. I liked the previous one that left from wachusset and ended up at bar harbor. Something on that idea I would be down for.

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 Next year we will be back to that type of trip (long weekend), maybe even starting at some place like Lime Rock Park in CT

This year we are just going big because it's our 5 year anniversary

The trip was AWESOME, the people were great and the sites were over the top this year. Here is a short video clip of some of the cars on their way to Watkins Glen

For those that joined us... thanks for coming... for those of you that debated on going.... you missed one hell of a trip

-- Edited by Northeast Rod Run on Thursday 11th of October 2012 10:16:15 AM

-- Edited by Northeast Rod Run on Thursday 11th of October 2012 10:17:06 AM

It was absolutely a great time. If you plan on going next year, it's going to stay in New England, so mark off the first weekend of October and you all have a full year to make sure your cars are ready for a long roadtrip

Next year's trip is already in the works. Can't really say for certain where it is going yet, but all updates on the "2013 Green and White Tour" will be posted up on www.northeastrodrun.com as they are confirmed

Until then, enjoy some more pics.....................

Here's a few more pics from one of our last day's stops