Chris:
I agree that your car is very nice, and that we should
not be pushed. My car was only average, so I was not
really thinking too much about it.
My public thanks to Ramon Spontelli for agreeing to
drive out of his way to my house to help me get my
kids to see the show. They had fun petting all the
dogs (!) and slept the whole way home. How anyone can
fall asleep while riding in a Sunbeam with the top
down on Southern California's I-5 freeway is way
beyond me. Oh, to be a kid again.
Hope to see you all again.
Ed Howard
Single dad
67 Mark V
Pale Yellow
--- Christopher Albers
<Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu> wrote:
> Went to SDBCD yesterday and it was a fine event.
> Hundred's of
> excellent British cars were on hand of nearly every
> make. There was an
> good turn out of Sunbeam's, with 16 total cars, 2
> "proper" Alpines (the
> '53 was gorgeous), and the balance being filled by
> Alpines & Tigers
> (sorry, didn't count them). Remarkably, there was
> only one "pointy
> fin" Alpine there, but it took home the "Best of
> Marque" trophy.
>
> Now, I must throw in my own, somewhat biased,
> opinion at this time. I
> was amazed to see Smitty carrying around the "Best
> of Marque" ballot
> box telling everybody which car to vote for. This
> bothered me for a
> number of reasons, the first being quite selfish, as
> I was certain that
> my car was far cleaner and certainly more complete
> (there were parts
> missing from the dash & boot!) than the car that
> won. And certainly
> there were other cars that were nicer. Second, I
> think people should
> make their own decisions about which car should win
> and that no one
> should be pushing a "party line," as it was put
> (who's line? SDAOG's?
> of which I am not a member). It's just not fair to
> people who put tons
> of work, not to mention $, into their cars to show
> only to have the
> voting fixed. Frankly, I was disgusted at what I
> observed. Such to
> the point that I will probably never attend that
> event again with my
> car. The members of SDAOG should be embarrassed.
>
> I can only speculate why this happened. Apparently
> it's done nearly
> every year. I can only wonder. Though it was
> pointed out to me that
> Smitty did do a significant amount of work on the
> car that won. But it
> leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I am sorry, I just
> had to vent my
> spleen. Let me apologize in advance if I offend
> anyone.
>
> CNA
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