I almost forgot: The much sought after "Zehring" award for most
spell-binding display goes to: (trumpets sound; audience hushes...)
**Jaguar** with its *working* cutaway model of the inline-six engine. In
fact, several mfgs. had those ultra-chromed engines on display, but only Jag
had the cutaway actually in motion. Beauty. Beauty. Runner up was a
similar display with the big GM V8 (Northstar? actually, I saw it at the
Buick display if memory serves), sadly: not in motion. Not much like me
'umble little B-series lump, that one, not much.
Will Zehring
P.S. Quote for the evening, overheard at the Porsche display: "For that
price, I'd buy the Jaguar."
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