Anne and I went to the British car show in Woodland California on
Sunday. 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.
The car show:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104973305347633073496/Woodland2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCP6B0NTGiejT8gE#
And a '57 Ford Zodiac:
http://www.automobile-catalog.com/auta_details1.php
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Don Scott
Calistoga CA USA
1955 MGTF
1962 MGA Mk 2
1973 MGB GT (selling)
1963-7 MGB (seeking)
Misc. Japanese cars
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