Congadulations Gerard!!
Sounds like you had a great day! Did you drive or
trailer the bugeye? I'm guessing you drove it but I
could be wrong. :o)
Did you let your daughter drive? :o)) I know she must
have wanted to. :o)) Of course, you'd have to work the
pedals...
Dan
--- Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Seems this was an active weekend for car events...
> here's mine.
>
> This weekend was the Stockton Aaparagus Festival and
> car show. Since the
> featured marque this year was Austin Healey, my
> buddy Chuck (who usually
> attends race events but not car shows) convinced me
> I should bring the
> Bugeye. At 6:00 AM Sunday, my (teenage) daughter
> Elise and I met up with
> him at his shop where his trailered '68 Sprite
> vintage racer awaited
> departure for the 100 mile trip to Stockton. We
> arrived in Stockton about
> 7:45 and found about a half-dozen Big Healey's
> already there with their
> owner's polishing and setting up on this gorgeous
> morning. After
> registering I, with the help of Elise, did the same.
> Before too long I saw
> Rick and Carolyn arrive in their green "AH FROG"
> Bugeye. We chatted a bit
> and I had a chance to get a closer look at their
> Bugeye. They have the two
> most charming stuffed frogs (ala "Frog and Toad are
> Friends") I have ever
> seen (which Carolyn made herself) flanking a picnic
> basket atop their boot
> deck. Rick also has a motion detector which sounds
> the "ribet" call
> whenever a passerby approaches the front of the car.
> It charmed and amused
> many spectators. Later, I ran into David and Peggy
> cooling themselves(?) in
> the shade amidst the Healey's. We all heard many
> stories of "Hey, is that
> a Sprite, I used to own one of those when..."
>
> By the time the afternoon began, the park was filled
> with a wonderful
> selection of vintage 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's and
> '60's cars ranging from
> stock to gorgeous hot rods, as well as several
> contemporary sports cars.
> One family arrived in a Model A Ford sedan, looking
> like it was dragged,
> only this morning, from it's hiding place in that
> proverbial barn, it's
> rusty patina proudly demonstrating how they "don't
> make'em like they used
> to". Other's had paint jobs you could only dream of
> affording! There were
> about 30 Healey's all together ranging from dailey
> drivers to concourse
> quality. Also there was a beautiful 100-4 that, as
> some of you may have
> heard the story before, was wrecked after having the
> driver's sleeve
> snatched up by the driveshaft because he was test
> driving it with the
> transmission tunnel removed. The driver was ripped
> from his seat and flung
> into the passenger seat as the car went out of
> control. Somehow he survived
> and the car showed no signs of the damage shown in
> the accompanying photos.
>
> After touring the grounds, getting roasted in the
> hot afternoon sun while
> looking at cars and standing in line for food, the
> results of the days
> judging were announced. My Bugeye placed second,
> with Chuck's car taking
> first in the Sprite/Jensen class. "This is going in
> my room", my daughter
> said, quickly claiming the plaque as her own for
> having cleaned and shined
> the car. Guess I'll have the settle for the photo of
> me and my prize,
> flanked by twin models in mini-skirts...'-)
>
> Gerard
>
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> G G Gerard Chateauvieux
> E A
> R R pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
> A A
> R G Pixelsmith on Duty
> D E
> S http://www.gerardsgarage.com
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Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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