Re: [FWDLK] Car show in Moultrie GA

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom;
I assume that all 1000 cars were NOT for sale, but most of them on 
display. If so, and having only 20 Mopars there, was one of them yours? 
That would have made 21.

I've also found that there are often more people looking/commenting on 
the Mopars than the "Others" on display. How many 57 Chevys can you 
look at in a day anyway? Of course, when you have a beautiful Chrysler 
300 E and you hear people saying to each other that "My dad had a Dodge 
just like that, 'cept it was a 4 door", it gets a little discouraging.

As to parts, yes only a few at most shows, but the owners don't know or 
care much about them and they usually go cheap.

As to Father/son, my son and I looked for 4 years at every show/flea 
market held at Carlisle, PA, that's 4-5 a year one of which is all 
Mopar, and could not find a pair of front fenders for his '71 'Cuda. 
Then finally, I found a pair, reasonably priced, and when we met up at 
noon, he had found 3 sets, not including the set I found. Ya never 
know. We did often see many families hunting parts there years ago.

Hoping to hit a few shows myself this year, Ray


On Feb 5, 2006, at 4:35 AM, Tom Taylor wrote:

> I spent yesterday walking around the event looking at parts and cars 
> for sale.? Out of probably 1000 vehicles maybe 20 MOPARS were present 
> and out of that, two 1950 Plymouths, a 42 Chrysler, an early 60s 
> Desoto and the rest Darts and either real or cloned Superbird and 
> Charger 500. There was one hemi-challenger?? that was a pretty car.
>
> ?
>
> As to be expected, the majority of the vehicles there were 55-57 
> Chevy, street rods and a lot of older and somewhat newer trucks.? I 
> guess we are all sitting on gold mines once Forward look cars catch 
> on.? There was a really nice Javelin there advertised for $7500 and 
> some junk more popular cars there for same money.? Guess Javelins are 
> not the deal these days.? Those old bullet nose Studes are still about 
> the ugliest car I have seen leave a factory but I also understand that 
> a warthog’s mama thinks he is cute. (IMHO)
>
> ?
>
> As to be expected, there was zip there for Mopar parts.
>
> ?
>
> I did get by the Coker Tire trailer and eyeballed the Goodrich WW 
> tires that would fit my car and now just mulling giving up my beer 
> budget to buy a set.
>
> ?
>
> Happy Superbowl watching.? I have the DVD set so I can watch the 
> commercials later should I fall asleep.? For the millions per minute 
> paid for these ads, they are generally good to watch.
>
> ?
>
> I was impressed that one father had his 6th or 7th grade son with him 
> and they were looking for parts for a Studebaker that was to be the 
> son’s project.? The boy had a sign made of cardboard around him like a 
> sandwich board stating that he needed parts for that particular car.? 
> I thought that was cool.? Might as well as had one of those for myself 
> but the kid was braver.
>
> ?
>
> Tom Taylor
>
> 55 Coronet
>
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