Re: Car show
Hey gang lets pull together and work in a spring gathering/car show at this event. I've done this before with Tom Dowd back in 2000. It was a large show with just about anything you could want to see on display. Lots of muscle cars from the sixties right on up to present day machines. Also big for the over 60 crowd to show off their nice hot rod rides from the 40,'s 50's. Heck in 2000 there was even on display of one of the Batmobiles made for the original TV series which I grew up with since I'm so much older than most of you in the bay area.
Here is the website for the event:
http://www.miramarevents.com/dreammachines/index.html
I haven't yet seen the flyer for this years event. But in 2000 they even had tractor pull competitions going on in a dirt portion of the parking area. As well as the biggest collection of working vintage steam engines I've ever seen in once place.
Oh one other demonstration which took place in 2000. Because this event as in past years was also a air show fly-in. There was a fly-by of a C5 Galaxy cargo plane from Beale Air Force Base doing a low speed pass which left me amazed that enough lift could be generated to keep that BIG bird in the air while moving that slow. Also a much faster pass demonstrating the manuverability it also had despite its large size. Also there was a F-117A Stealth Bomber which flew by a couple times.
Then of course there are static displays of many vintage war planes from WWII including regular favorites that run annually at the Reno Air Races. My favorite is a beautifully restored P-51 Mustang flown by Watsonville pilot, Dan Martin flying his plane named the Ridge Runner II. A beautiful example of American fighter planes.
A little of everything in one show. The only uncertain variable this weekend can be the weather. Old man winter can still make his presence known, so take that into consideration. But it didn't rain on Tom and I in 2000. Bring along a folding canopy for when if it does rain and when it stops, shammy down the Sy or Ty and your back in show trim.
The real trick to us all parking together is being there when the gates open. As Don says they usually will make an effort to park groups together. But if you are late you could be parked from the group as far away as a quarter mile like I was in 2000. When vehicles started to leave during the mid afternoon as space opened I moved over near Tom for the rest of the day. The big key to being together at this event is being there so we can all go in together.
Hope to see a few trucks at this event along with Don and I?
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