NECF FALL FOLIAGE CRUISE III

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NECF FALL CRUISE THREE
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Main Route laid out here, there might be several smaller cruises that head out to this rally point, so please READ THIS Thread for more information.

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My Trailblazer Lead/Service Vehicle 1, and our "Tailgunner" to be our eyes and ears out back... 
Phone Numbers will be handed out just before the cruise begins.[/b]

Sunday, October 13th, 2013:  
Rain Date: Monday, Oct. 14, 2013

Rally Time: 12:30 PM-1:29PM

Leave Time: 1:30 PM

Start/Finish Location:

99 Restaurant & Pub
793 Southbridge St/ Mass RT 12/US 20
Auburn, MA 01501-1336 
(508) 832-0999 

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Plenty of Parking and Easy to Access from:
I-90 Mass Pike, I-290, I-395, RT 146, US 20
Short trip from: I-84 to I-90, I-495 to I-90, I-190 to I-295

Primary Cruise Route: Almost 50 miles even, roughly 1.5 hours with pit stops/ its under an hour with no stops.

99 Restaurant & Pub, 793 Southbridge St/ Mass RT 12/US 20 Auburn, MA 01501-1336 to Rt. 12/ US 20 West to Rt. 56 North
(Southbridge Road take right onto Leicester Street/ Huntoon Memorial Highway)

Rt. 56 North to Rt. 122 North (Oxford, Ma)

Rt 122 North to Rt 148 South (Oakham, Ma)

Rt. 148 South to Rt. 9 East (Brookfield, Ma)

Rt. 9 East to Rt. 49 South
(Take a right off Rt. 9 East to Rt 49 South "Phillip-Quinn Highway")

Rt. 49 South to US 20 East (Charlton, Ma)

US 20 back to 99 Restaurant & Pub, 793 Southbridge St/ Mass RT 12/US 20 Auburn, MA 01501-1336

Great Cruise, my lead/service vehicle '07 Trailblazer, and 6 F-bodies started the cruise... picked up a 5th Gen Camaro and another 3rd Gen Trans Am along the way. A number of cancellations, and 2 breakdowns prevented a sizable number of people from making it... 99% of the cruise went well until we found a bad stretch of road... as we turned onto US 20 in Charlton... the Black '91 TA sheared off the top of one bolt head that held his Spohn torque arm to his Moser 12 bolt. The other apparently had shaken loose and fallen out. We attempted to take a bottom one and swap it to the top, however the torque arm was twisted badly and was hitting the yoke on the driveshaft.... 3 hour wait for AAA... But our line of cars drew a lot of attention and we met a bunch of great people who pulled in, offered help, & shot the breeze with us...

Just a few pics of the run.