Happy Monday, Listers,
I entered my 70 1600 in a local (Boerne TX) open car show yesterday.
Got a few questions and comments, but was put over in a corner,
fourtnately, not by the porta potties.
I was one of 3 enries in the "foreign" category, along with a
Maserati powered Citroen and a nice old Mercedes. I had easily the
smallest car there, as most of the entries were gigantic old chevrolets
(pronounced Shiv-A-Lay around here).
The Citroen was truly bizarre! A Maserati V-6 with a transaxle in
front of the motor. A long shaft ran the accessories (a/c alt hydraulic
pump for the suspension (!) ).
There was a flatbed tow-truck which must have been ewaring the
entire JC whitney catalog. More chrome geegaws in one place than I've
ever seen. The flatbed was painted as an American flag, which leads me
to wonder if a car leaks oil on the flag-flatbed, is the truck owner
obliged to burn his truck? ;^)
There were other interesting entries, a Hudson pickup, which looked
like half a late 40's sedan with a bed stuck on, and a Kaiser,
beautifully kept and restored with a widow's peak in the windshield.
Not a huge fan of street rods, which was a large segment of the
entries, and only one lowrider . Garish, but less predictable than the
street rods.
I didn't stay for the awards, so i don't know who won what.
-Marc
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