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From: Bob Tarpenning
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These guys really know to kill a car show.
Bob T
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Gang,
Blame the local governments - We lost the Woodley Park venue because
they dumped some of the same on us - no vendors, no food (people were
sending out for pizza and Chinese take-away) - they even forbid the
contracted city vendor, Buritto King to get any closer than the
parling lot and then sell only ice cream, candy and soft drinks, no
band or PA, no cars for sale (I said fug'em on that), plus we had to
hire rangers for "security" and pay two grand for insurance. 300 cars
showed, we lost a bunch of money and participants lost confidence
because the show was not as good as before.
I tried for years to find another venue that was not an expensive
hotel parking lot east of the 605 in Orange County.
We were so lucky to get the Brisbane venue up in NorCal to replace
Palo Alto. PA wanted us to team with a local Merchants Assn. and
non-profit and move the event to a "shopping street" without vendors
and let the local restaurants and shops take up the slack......
This is the future folks... get used to it - your choice will be local
"cruise nights," and morning "coffee runs" or BIG FAIRGROUND SHOWS
like the Good Guys in Pomona or Pleasanton - but be ready to suffer
insults like "teabagger cars" and "l'ill put-puts" unless you cram a
V8 in your Minor (Like Bill Czerwinski) where they will just refer to
you as crazy and ask it it is a Willys???
Best,
Rick Feibusch
BritishCarNetwork@gmail.com
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