[Shotimes] Effingham meeting

[Paul L Fisher]

I think you've been in IL too long. I believe it is Champagne edition. The
drink, not the city. ;-)


Paul L Fisher

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 8:05 AM
To: 'v8sho'; SHOtimes
Subject: [Shotimes] Effingham meeting

Thanks to John Stout for meeting up with us (Jan and I) at the 
MidAmerica Motorworks big annual air cooled VW meet.  Must have been 
over a thousand air cooled VW's there.

Big surprise was being buzzed by a WWII fighter,  I didn't catch the 
brand, but it was privately owned and looked like a Grumman hellcat, 
tigercat, wildcat or skyrocket.  He buzzed the grounds pretty low.  I 
can now relate to people in europe being scared when these things 
approached low and fast.  You hear it coming but only seconds before, 
and then it comes overhead shaking everything in sight!  This was part 
of the show put on by MidAmerica.

We didn't stay very long, after lunch we walked the grounds, attended a 
seminar on maintenance, and just looked over all the VW's.  We drove 
Jan's 78 Champaign Edition Convertible. 

This was our first long trip with the car after buying it a couple of 
years ago from Jan's mom.   I was surprised that we only got about 20 
mpg!  Guess fuel injected VW's aren't economy cars or the car needs a 
serious tune.  But several other owners we talked to said about 20 was 
the norm.  I seem to remember doing better with my 64 VW in college.

Thanks to John for making the trip in his Gen IV SHO (Mazda 6) 

Don Mallinson

 

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