[TPR] Car Show day

[Asa Jay Laughton]

And today, after Church we head out to that other car show we were 
invited to yesterday.

This show was much closer and had a lot more classics from the late 60's 
and early 70's.  A 1967 Shelby Cobra replica, a Road Runner Superbird, a 
smattering of other Mopar beauties, some Chevelles; the typical crowd.

Again, we let plenty of folks, both young and old, take their turn in 
the drivers seat of the Pantera just to get the thrill of sitting in the 
car.  Smiles were had all afternoon.

The thrill for me was meeting an older gentleman who used to work on the 
special projects line at Ford Dearborn.  Yea!  Today he's just a 
snowbird traveling on motorcycles, but he told me stories of working on 
engines for the GT40 and other programs.  The saddest moment was when he 
said they'd switch over to new inventory; he and a security guy would 
take out thousands of dollars worth of engine parts, usually heads that 
had been specially machined and scrap them using a hammer to physically 
make them non-usable.  He had been admiring the Pantera for quite a 
while, especially the engine and that's when I struck up the 
conversation.  He just wanted to get a bit melancholy for the old days.

And to top it off, we found out from one of the other participants 
today, that we actually won a trophy at the car show -yesterday-.  We 
had to leave that show early, before the awards.  I never figured on 
winning a trophy.  I'll find out tomorrow what it was; probably a third 
or second place in our class maybe.

Sam had a good time too.
Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 7/12/2015 12:03 PM, John Bentley via TPR wrote:
> Sounds like a good day with your son. Nice :)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 11, 2015, at 4:30 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR<tpr at teampanteraracing.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Hey gang,
>> Sam and I were able to get to a car show today with a good handful of classics (20's through 60's), a few rat rods with some amazing work and a few cars from the 70's.
>>
>> I'm proud to report we had about a half dozen kids and one adult sit and get their photo taken in the Pantera (not all at the same time mind you).  I would venture we were about the -only- entry that did that.
>> :)
>>
>> It rained on they way and sprinkled on us during setup but soon the rain stopped and we were able to towel off the rides.  While there, we were invited by a grandmother with two Autistic kids to come show our Pantera at another show tomorrow after Church.  Spreading Autism awareness one car show at a time.
>>
>> Asa  Jay
>>
>> -- 
>> Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> &   Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
>> ******************************
>> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
>> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
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