Oh was I ever in trouble when my wife (the intelligent part of our
marriage!) got home and read my report saying we had 150 LBC's show up to the
July
24th CCBCC British Car Show at the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, CA. She
pointed out that I failed to mention that there were nearly 200 British cars
there in total if one were to count the cars that showed up and but didn't
register or sign up as part of the judged event. And the parking lot had it's
own
fair share of really nice British cars, too! Plus we let people who showed up
in their mostly vintage and newer LBC's as well, onto the lawn area way past
the final cut off, to just come in and frolic amongst the rest of the LBC's
& madcap revelers. One other bit of info that I'd like to share is that the
event location actually had it's own "Winner's Circle" that allowed the
winners to make a loop up to the judging area, smile for the camera and pick-up
their trophy. Then after their 30 seconds of fame and glory return and join the
rest of us lesser mortals! Really a nice touch. Also I'd like to thank our
hard working committee. They made the event appear to be seamless. Funny how
other peoples hard work always seems to make things appear to run smoothly. So
Thank you Don Greene, C. Darryl Struth, Don Cole, Jim Belardi and our club
President Dave Wellwood! Plus a special Thank you to all of the volunteers
who
always are there when you need them. Finally, the great Oxnard weather, a
nice, balmy 73 degrees with a soft breeze off the water, just about perfect
weather for a British Car Show!
Albert Escalante
1978 MGB, 1977 Jaguar XJ-6L,
Central Coast British Car Club
Ventura, CA.
www.ccbcc.org
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