fred cohen wrote:
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> > Three glorious days of sunshine and temperature in the high seventies
> > greeted the Morganeers for Autumn Mog. New York State was alight with
> > trees in their Autumn colors --- perfect Morgan weather.
> >
> > Each year the 3/4 Group takes on the challenge of a Fall event. Weather
> > in the northeast can easily be at frost level all three days. It takes
> > the most devoted Morganeers to make the time and financial commitment
> > for an early winter event.
> >
> > Autumn Mog 2000 was tee shirts instead of sweatshirts. Saturday
> > reached a near record eighty degrees. The Mog began Friday evening with
> > drinks, finger food and a chance to meet and greet old friends.
> >
> > As the forty five Morgans started to line up for the Concours on
> > Saturday
> > morning it was obvious that the cars were outstanding.
> > A number of people noted that the level of car maintenance and
> > restoration is such that many cars on the field that took third or
> > fourth place
> > might have been class winners a few years ago. The cars
> > keep getting younger! The downside is that some owners of nice Morgans
> > choose not to enter their cars.
> >
> > Again this year the predominate model was the Plus 4 followed by the
> > Plus 8's and 4/4's. There were also four Trikes on the field.
> > Best of Show went to the wonderful 1966 Super Sport of Mary and Burt
> > Hunter. See the side chart for the complete list of Concours class
> > winners and
> > runner-ups. Great cars.
> >
> > The afternoon rally/tour was the work of Jim Nichol and a driving
> > challenge through the mountains of the first order. It was also a
> > breathtaking display of falling leaves and New England homes and farms.
> > The winners were Scott Willoughby and Cathryn Kaufman. They were
> > followed in second place by Mark and Amy Bergman. Larry Eckler and Jim
> > Perman were next followed by Reny and Bill Willoughby. Steve and Fran
> > Kramer were fifth and John Bigler and Iris Knight were sixth. Well
> > planned event and the first six finishers were really at the top of
> > their game.
> >
> > Saturday night was reserved for the Awards Banquet and Mog Auction. An
> > interesting change this year was a result of an award given by our
> > Canadian friends. Cathy and Greg Kaufman and Audrey and Lorne Goldman
> > and Edward Burman drove their Morgans down from Ontario (seven hours
> > each
> > way!) and had an award for the outstanding Morgan person at the event.
> > Lorne
> > is the webmaster of GoMog the best Morgan website in the world. Greg
> > is editor
> > of Morganizer (the Ontario Morgan Newsletter) also on GoMog. The
> > Canadian award
> > went to Jim Nichol - a very deserving winner.
> >
> > No Autumn Mog would be complete without the auction and our first class
> > auctioner Scott Willoughby. As usual Scott used his skill to turn auto
> > related
> > donations into cash for the 3/4 Group treasury.
> >
> > After Sunday morning breakfast we all gathered in the sunshine for the
> > gymkhana. For the second year in a row the winner was Paul Fredricks
> > (this year with Angel). The runnerups were Larry and Linda Eckler.
> > Third place
> > went to Larry and Nancy Krueger.
> >
> > The success of Autumn Mog XII is a tribute to our President - Joe
> > DeLuca. Joe did a fantastic job of making it all happen; and we all
> > liked his new 4/4 !
> >
> > After the gymkhana awards presentation the Morgan group drove off in all
> > directions still enjoying the warm air and sunshine. Some over the
> > ridge in the direction of Woodstock, of 1960's music fame, just a few
> > miles
> > away -- crowded as always with art galleries and coffee shops and now
> > period looking cars. A fitting end to Glorious Autumn Mog XII.
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