Hi Don,
Thanks for posting whatever you posted. The Picasa sight states they
are not
for public viewing. It was a nice show. Didn't bring the Morgan as I
was offing
some... Or trying to off some TR-4 parts. Did you see the Lagonda?
Nice car.
Cheers,
Wendell
On May 22, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Don wrote:
> Anne and I went to the British car show in Woodland today. The
> cars ranged from the sad run-down cars needing love to the very
> expensive exotics that were worth as much as a house. There were
> four TFs in a row, some very nice old Healeys, beautiful Morgans,
> many MGs and Morrises and TRs, and a few oddities. Only one
> Sunbeam Tiger and one TR8 that I saw. The '48 Allard with a
> flathead V8 was really cool. My friend Tim and his Riley 2.6 were
> there; he said it is one of two such cars in the US. I
> photographed a couple of cars with transplanted Japanese engines.
> I liked the white Bugeye that was factory correct, except with
> updated 1275 engine. The white Jaguar 3.8 sedan was spectacular.
> There was not one early B roadster there.
>
> The weather was ideal. Mildest I've experienced ever at that car
> show and I have attended it for several years now.
>
> I took some photos and put them on a webpage. I photographed some
> odd stuff like the cars in the parking lot and the swap meet and
> some of the stranger cars like the Prius with a Morris body. I did
> photograph the food vender that was selling Freedom Fries, but I
> didn't buy any. There were some very nice cars in the parking lot
> which I cannot understand their owners not paying the fee to show
> inside the fairgrounds. My Miata was not welcome inside the
> grounds, and suffered in exile in the parking lot. A rather
> ungainly Healey kit car and a 356 Speedster replica were also in
> the parking lot, but some of the other cars in the lot were British
> and every bit as nice as the ones inside the grounds at the show.
>
> I almost bought a piece of sales literature for the 1957 Ford
> Zodiac, but the seller wanted $20 for it. He said it had special
> value because it was stamped "Wee Wee Motors of San Francisco."
> Apparently that adds a big premium to its value, but not for me. I
> owned a '57 Zodiac when I was in high school.
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/104973305347633073496/Woodland2011?
> authkey=Gv1sRgCP6B0NTGiejT8gE#
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