Just following up on your last comment,
Tom, our Mopar Club invites all the retirement homes to our annual Show &
Shine each June, so they can enjoy the 200+ cars there of all makes. Many
of them have vans, so we get a decent turnout. Predictably, they
turn their noses up at the hot rods, and head for the original cars like
mine. We also have an annual show at the Veterans Home & Hospital
here, and the old guys really get a kick out of the cars and the memories they
rekindle.
Tony Boatman
Boise, Idaho
57 Dodge CRL D500
69 Barracuda Convertible
85 Bitter 3.9 SC
From: Forward Look
Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tommy Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
3:32 AM
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Subject: [FWDLK] Barrrett Jackson
- impact on our cars
Yes, you have to treat BJ as a spectacle. I record it
on my DVT (TIVO) and then fast forward thru what I do not want to watch.
I have just about got to the point where I do everything that way. You
can catch a 30 minute news program in 12 minutes when you bypass commercials
and fluff or strung out weather. Ever notice they give the weather in
drips and drops to keep you there?
I have always noticed that old Mopars have not brought the kind
of money and interest as the triple fives, etc but to me that is good if you
are buying as I could not afford a 55 Chevy now and I can afford the old
55 Dodge I have. I quit going to car shows as everything is hot rodded,
rat rodded, fiberglass and aftermarket. Give me the old Ormond Beach show any day. We each have
different objectives. Mine is to keep mine original so people can
reminisce about the one they had, the current generation can see what they
looked like (what grandpa drove) etc. The other day I went to the store
and a guy was looking at my car when I came out. He was disability
retired military and was grinning ear to ear as years earlier, a 55 Dodge was
his first car. You let them sit in it and look around and to me that is
what this is all about. And, there are no prettier cars to me that the
finned Mopars. If you have any retirement homes near you, I bet a trip
over to let the old folks look under the hood and sit in the car would be the high point of their day.
Tom Taylor
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