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Monday, March 31, 2008 |
| SSCC 11th Annual Cougar Show |
 A few of the Old Guys own Cougar's, are members of the Sunshine State Cougar Club, and for years, have spent a late-March weekend in Daytona for the SSCC's All-Cougar Show.
This year, Swami produced the SSCC's portion of the Spring Daytona Show, and we were treated to a photo session on the Speedway track, a plaque with a dash plaque and photo of your car, prime lakefront Speedway parking, and a ton of great door and raffle prizes.
There was pizza Friday evening, Ken "have it MY way, or NO way" Cruci did his usual showfield hamburger and hot dog cookout Saturday, and Cynthia and Bill cooked up a steak, salad, baked potato and corn on the cob dinner Saturday evening, feeding about fifty people.
And topping off an already great show was me winning the 50/50 drawing...$153, which covered the cost of the convertible's fuel for the trip up and back!
To find out more about the Sunshine State Cougar Club, visit the SSCC website. |
| And The Winner Is... |
 Before we even talk about how he did it, we've gotta tell you that Billetproof out on a great show! There were more than 500 cars on the show field, and even though they said that the gates won't be open until 9:00 AM, we arrived at about 8:30, and there were already a couple hundred cars on display! This show isn't for everyone...there were year restrictions, and they don't like ANYTHING billet...cars WERE turned away! There were vendors, a live rockabilly band, and some pretty decent BBQ available for lunch. But the cars were the main attraction, and there will be dozens of photos in the album sometime next week. This was the debut of the Strall's Automotive Rat Rod, and Steve, Eric and Leroy brought it over from Englewood early this morning. There were a couple issues on the shakedown cruise from the hotel to Garlits...the alternator doesn't charge, and it heats up at idle, but nothing that can't be fixed in the next couple days. For those of you that don't know, Steve and Packard Bill bought the 1934 Chevy cab at the 2007 Turkey Run, and the built the frame around it. We had an opportunity to see the awards in advance, and they WERE creative! Hand built by members of the Poor Boys Car Club, and not a drop of billet anywhere on them! So when it came time to give out the awards, we were all pleased to see Steve receive the Jive Bomb award, which was for creative use of frame tubing, as well as excellent backyard engineering! Even though it sprinkled a couple times during the afternoon, this was still a great show, and we'll definitely be back next year! |
| Billetproof Welcome Party |
We found out about the party through the Rat Rod underground a couple weeks ago, and since we were planning to be in Ocala for the Saturday show anyway, made plans to attend.
So at about six o'clock this evening, we headed for Nowhere, which is the name of the bar where the party was being held (she asks, "where have you been?", and he says, "Nowhere"). We got there an hour early, and the parking lot was nearly full!
With more than 100 cars in attendance, my '70 Cougar was the newest car on the show field. Didn't matter...those guys like ANYTHING with four wheels!
There was dinner...a BBQ'ed quarter-chicken, with baked beans, cole slaw, pasta salad, and corn on the cob...for which we happily paid $4 each! Actually, Packard Bill graciously picked up the entire tab.
There were cocktails...generously mixed, and the price was about as low as we've ever seen...our three drinks were just over $10 total!
And there were cars! Lots of cars...pre-1964 classics, and tons of rat rods! And with the exception of a couple, they were all cars we've never seen...they were ALL very cool! And when the photo album is posted, we're sure you'll agree!
Even better were the people! In general, car people are great folks, but these guys (and ladies) were the friendliest bunch of people we've ever encountered!
We stayed for a couple hours, enjoyed the dinner, the cars, the people, and the cocktails, and then headed back to the hotel.
We met in the hotel's lounge, and had just one more. We made the usual cocktail-hour calls to Mikey and Boss Hog, and since they're both blanketed in snow up in Michigan, we made a point of rubbing it in!
We're calling it a night rather early, so we can be up early, awaiting Steve's arrival with the Strall's Automotive (Packard Bill and Son) rat rod debut.
We plan to have an early morning breakfast at Waffle House (no more breakfasts at the Quality Inn after the last time...over an hour to be served!), and then it's off to the Don Garlits Museum for the show.
Check back tomorrow evening for an update. |
| On The Road Again |
 The good news is the wagon is all back together, and running. More good news is that it's running rather smoothly! There's still a few bugs to work out, and the distributor is one of them.
The pic is of the culprits...a broken piston, and the front half of the cam. The other half of the cam is still in the engine, which is currently on the way back to the company in Tennessee that built the replacement engine.
Needless to say, Ill mount the piston and cam on a board and hang it in the garage, where it will serve as a reminder (again) to never buy a car you can't push!
'Nuff said on this subject! |
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