My Crystal ball is broken :-) where might this event been held...?
----- Original Message -----
From: William Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:31 AM
Subject: Wheels and Wings Report.
> This weekend Classic Motorbooks held their annual Wheels and Wings car
> show, fly in, and book sale. The weather was perfect for such an event.
> The usual MG vs. Triumph participation competition looked like no
> contest to me although there was a scary moment when one of the
> officials waved the MGA to go park with the enemy. Luckily this was
> straighened out and I was able to join the MG flock. Maybe they need
> to start making the contest MG vs all other British.
>
> There were, naturally, plenty of B's to see and at least six A's- three
> tourings, two coupes, and a Twin Cam touring which parked next to my
> car. Lots of TD's but no TC's or TF's that I remember. There were a
> few Midgets as well along with one super trick Bugeye that parked with
> us rather than with its AH brethren.
>
> I have been going to this event for about six years now and it gets
> bigger every year. Most of the growth is coming from the Hot Rod boys,
> however and many of the "great" cars are staying home. Last year there
> was a genuine Mercedes 300 SLR, a genuine FIA Cobra 286, and a Bently
> Speed Six.. This year I saw no cars of this caliber.
>
> For me, the higlight of the show was a beautiful Norton Commando cafe
> racer with polished aluminum bodywork and all of the right performance
> and weight reducing aluminum billet parts. Cycle World ran a feature on
> a similar bike earlier this year and this bike was nicer than that one.
> A track T also caught my eye with a custom cream to primer brown fade
> paint job. The worst car of the show, hands down, was a customized late
> model T-bird with a fifties Mercury front and rear end grafted on. The
> work was nicely done but the car was hideous. I would also give the
> "Car who's ownership most closely resembles flushing money down a
> toilet" award to Dan Iburg and his unrestored Citroen SM. Luckily Dan
> runs a foreign car repair shop and has a parts car. I guess they are
> really nice cars to drive. Dan also owns an XK120 roadster and the
> trick Bugeye mentioned above so I guess he has some taste in cars.
> Besides he sold me the tranny part I needed for my project so he is A-1
> in my book.
>
> I picked up five books including Original MGA for half price. The half
> price selection was very good this year but, unfortunately, I am on a
> strict budget ever since "the project" followed me home.
>
> For anyone in the upper Midwest, I would highly recommend this show.
> There is always plenty of cars to see plus bikes and airplanes at the
> airport. One interesting feature is that Polaris builds the Victory
> motorcycle engine next door and runs a booth showing their equipment.
> There is usually a guest of honor- this year is was George Barris the
> legendary custom car builder. He brought along two of his most famous
> creations. For the rest of the family, there is a craft show and small
> amusement park downtown and shuttle busses run between the locations all
> day. Plus you can get books on sale- some half price and the rest 15%
> off. Just make sure they don't try to make you park with the Triumphs
> ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Bill Eastman
> 61 MGA
> 58 XK150 fhc project
>
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