After the winter we had in New England this year (over 110"!) I'm finally calling it quits and moving down to Lynchburg, VA. My wife's best friend and her family live down there and my company has a lab in the next town over so it kinda worked out perfectly. Friend's father even has his real estate license so he's looking for us already. We'll be heading down in July for a week to scope things out and moving permanently in early to mid October. I won't be bringing down any SVTs (although I'm sure I'll snag another one soon enough) but I will have my 64 1/2 restomod/pro touring Mustang to play with.
So my first question is what is the car scene like down there? I understand it's a college town and from what I can tell there aren't a whole lot of car shows/cruise nights. I was down there a year ago and from what I remember there was a lot of newer Camaros and Mustangs rolling around (mostly v6 like much of the south). I'm guessing I'll have to drive to Roanoke for anything good?
Second is what do you all (or y'all I suppose) do for fun in the Lynchburg area? Our friends have told us about plenty of stuff but I always like to ask around to get the most well rounded answer possible. My wife and I especially enjoy outdoor activities. Although both in our early to mid 20's neither of us are much into nightlife (which seems to be scarce in the town anyways) but prefer a bonfire with friends and a few beers. I'm especially looking forward to fishing, shooting and a longer motorcycle/Mustang season.
Lastly are there any good speed or performance shops in the area? I do nearly all of my own work but there are some things that I do like to sub out. The plan is to build a 4 or 5 bay garage at whatever house we buy so I have a place to service and build my cars/trucks and bikes and work on other peoples vehicles on the side. I've done a few partial restorations and have a guy up here that does media blasting and another that sprays my primer. I'd like to continue once I move so any help locating people who offer those services would be appreciated.
If you have any other pointers or suggestions that would be awesome. I'm really looking forward to moving down and slowing life down a bit. Things move fast up here in MA and I'm ready to take it easy for a bit.
So my first question is what is the car scene like down there? I understand it's a college town and from what I can tell there aren't a whole lot of car shows/cruise nights. I was down there a year ago and from what I remember there was a lot of newer Camaros and Mustangs rolling around (mostly v6 like much of the south). I'm guessing I'll have to drive to Roanoke for anything good?
Second is what do you all (or y'all I suppose) do for fun in the Lynchburg area? Our friends have told us about plenty of stuff but I always like to ask around to get the most well rounded answer possible. My wife and I especially enjoy outdoor activities. Although both in our early to mid 20's neither of us are much into nightlife (which seems to be scarce in the town anyways) but prefer a bonfire with friends and a few beers. I'm especially looking forward to fishing, shooting and a longer motorcycle/Mustang season.
Lastly are there any good speed or performance shops in the area? I do nearly all of my own work but there are some things that I do like to sub out. The plan is to build a 4 or 5 bay garage at whatever house we buy so I have a place to service and build my cars/trucks and bikes and work on other peoples vehicles on the side. I've done a few partial restorations and have a guy up here that does media blasting and another that sprays my primer. I'd like to continue once I move so any help locating people who offer those services would be appreciated.
If you have any other pointers or suggestions that would be awesome. I'm really looking forward to moving down and slowing life down a bit. Things move fast up here in MA and I'm ready to take it easy for a bit.
