On September 18 2021 at Keystone Motor Club,
"As I was motivatin over the hill, I saw Mabellene in a Coupe DeVille........"
Actually that was
Chuck Berry. Pardon me folks, I just spent the weekend listening to
50's and 60's Rock and Roll...... that's my excuse. : ) lol
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As I was motivatin up Gunn Highway on my way to Keystone Motor Club,
I saw the largest single raindrop ever, splatted right on my windshield in front of me.
I'm thinking: Thank goodness it wasn't a bird taking a poop!
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The night before, I had emailed the Keystone Rain Plan to the membership.
(check the newsletter, post #415)
When I left that morning in the fully loaded and mercifully loaned pickup truck of
Gen Rummy, the sky was overcast but not raining, and I was glad that I sent out the plan....and it was not raining.
By the time I drove into the parking lot at Winn Dixie at Gunn Hwy and Van Dyke, it was a different story. It was raining.
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On the trip up Gunn Hwy I had been hoping that I would not be the only person there. I had in my pocket the guaranteed $25 for the 50/50 and a Gift Certificate from Rock Auto Parts.com. I had promised that if only one person showed up, that person would get the Best Of Show trophy, the guaranteed cash and the Gift Certificate. Man was I surprised.
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The parking lot was filled.
I'm thinking how blessed I am that all these wonderful car loving fanatics came out today.
Immediately some of them jumped in and set up two tents, tables, and all the stuff that goes on them.
Then the rain quit.
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By the 11AM deadline, I had signed in everyone who wanted to, for the NO ENTRY FEE car show,
the five or six Corvette guys had held a handiwork demonstration/class/BS session on a unique project under the rear hatch of a mid engine 'Vette,
Milt Roorda had hand-cranked up three of his vintage outboard motors as a demonstration, and
Denise Johnson of Gulf Coast Cruisers had taken pictures and a video for their GCC newsletter,
//www.tamparacing.com/forums/event-coverage/844895-newsletter-gulf-coast-cruisers.html....
and their facebook page
Both
Vic Piano and
Rosemary Roorda had their hoods open on "new" rides.
Vic to show the nicest show engine I ever saw on a 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet, and
Rosemary's 36 Buick coupe had the only straight 8 seen by me.....ever. I'm wondering if the Buick has to be double clutched or if it has a synchronized manual transmission.
Vic had his Hot Rod featured in the center section of September's Motoring Tampa Bay, along with
Rickster, and
John Berti's Corvette in other issues.
As is the Keystone custom we gave a few moments for car clubs to speak about their club and/or what they are doing such as the Hope For Children Ministry car show on 25 September at QSL and the newly formed Gulf Coast Cruiser Club.
Wesley Shallow got his 69 Camaro wet to win Best of Show, and the gift certificate went to
Dr She of HFTCM. The rainy day 50/50 was operated by
Dick Peterson and paid $40 to the winner.
The trophies for the
Herb and Carol Wagner Memorial Car Show are getting bigger, if anyone has not noticed....and next month's October Best Of Show will be over two feet tall.
People could stay, or BS and visit as long as they wanted to at Winn Dixie.
John Berti, the
Roordas, Vic Piano, Dick Peterson and a few others helped me reload
Gen Rummy's pickup truck, and
Milt's outboards.
Gen Rummy will return after her knee heals.
I thank each and every one of you that came out.
Have a great Day folks!.......and some of your great days will be Rainy Great Days!
-Bob
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