Dixie Flyer "Firefly" speedster photographs

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Hi Rockpick 

Not too long to wait now! The Flyer is well on the way arriving in LA on about the June 18. It then travels by road to Louisville. We Leave Australia on the morning of June 23 and arrive in Louisville about 30 hours late at 11.45 PM on the same day. Talk about time travel! Something to do with crossing the International date line. Attached are two photographs of the Dixie Flyer being loaded onto a transport for the journey to the container depot.

I will try again with the photographs.

6-18-2010

The count down has begun. By my calculations the Dixie Flyer should now be on American soil. It will still have to clear the US Customs and then be transported to Louisville. We depart Melbourne Victoria Australia 11.00 AM Wednesday June 23 and arrive In Louisville Kentucky USA 11.45 PM Wednesday June 23 after traveling for around 30 hours.

Wow

7-12-2010

Hi Y,all

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. We are presently staying with good friends Jim & Christine Williams in Sth Carolina. We move to Long Island and then to New York for a week before flying home on July 30 It has been a real pleasure to meet so many of you. Something that we will never forget.

THANK YOU

8-2-2010

Hello everyone

We are now safely home in Australia. The Dixie Flyer is to go to the AACA Museum at Hershey for approx six months while Kentucky Trailer prepare its new home at their Logistics Road complex so this should give more people a chance to see it.

We arrived home on Saturday morning having left New York on Thursday evening. What a trip! We don't know if we even want to think about another journey quite like that again for a while. 

Having said that, today (Monday) I have removed the gearbox out of the 1934 Lagonda Rapier in order to attend to an oil leak that has been bugging me for some time. We have two major driving events coming up shortly so want to have the problem rectified before then. 

With that out of the way the decks should be clear and I should be just about ready to think about another project.

It was really great to meet so many of you at Louisville and all your comments are much appreciated.

Happy motoring!