Car show was good....even won a prize

[BobT-47P15]

Went to Baxter Springs, Kansas tonight for a car show and street dance,

held right on old Route 66. It is their main drag. Baxter Springs claims

to be the oldest cowtown in Kansas. And this year they are celebrating

their sesquicentennial with numerous events. In fact Max (with whom I

play music) and I will be entertaining there Friday night from 4 til 7 pm.

We were a bit on the late side getting to the show since I don't get

off work til about 5:30 and the town is about 15 miles from Joplin.

The window tag they gave us was number 67......so

there were at least that many vehicles there. They awarded

a few placques for broad categories such as "Gorgeous GM",

"Fabulous Ford", "Marvelous Mopar" and others. We got the Mopar

one. Then we entered the jitterbug dance contest and wound

up with another placque for that. A fun night.

Decided to go all out and wear my Plymouth Service Guy outfit.

Mary Ann even allowed me to hold onto the placque, at least for

a while.....

The man with the blue cap on the right painted the Plymouth its first

coat of yellow back in the late 70s. The tall guy on the left did the

current paint job. Fellow in the middle owns several old cars including

some nice originals and some rods and customs.

[BobT-47P15]

This Dodge flatbed looked pretty good..... Not sure what the box in the

bed is for.

I thought of greg g when I saw this Stude.......

This Chevy reminded me of Rodney's car.

Displayed my new P15-D24 sign for anyone interested.

All in all, a fun night. Link to my PhotoBucket album for more pics

if anyone wants to see. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v96/BobT3/Car%20shows/Baxter%20Springs%207-01-08/?start=0

[Ed Griffin]

Great pictures Bob. Looks like ya'll had a fun time and a winning one. Congrats and thanks for sharing the pictures.

[Dennis Hemingway]

Bob, Thanks for the great photos. Congrats on the wins. Your Plymouth Service Guy outfit is great looking.

Dennis:cool:

[John Mulders]

Thanks Bob,

looks like you had a good time.

Like the Dodge flatbed, never saw a wooden grill (I think it is wood).

Congratulations on the prices !

John

[55 Fargo]

Way to go Bob, looks like you Folks had a great time................Fred

[steveplym]

Great pics Bob. Looks like a lot of fun. Those route 66 events are fun.

A few weeks ago we went to a classic car festival on Rt. 66 in Litchfield, IL. Had a show and cruise on the highway. Could see different sites along 66 during the car cruise. Then on Saturday night all the cars went to the skyview drive-in for a movie. That was a lot of fun.

Congrats on your prizes.

[BobT-47P15]

John, the grille on that Dodge truck was metal, painted a kind of

yellow-ish color. Sort of odd.....

I think those grilles would have been white.

[Normspeed]

What a great time. Wish I could have been there.

[Don Coatney]

About that service uniform. It doesn't look like it's seen much use under the car' date=' or under the hood. It's too clean and white. You need some dirt and grease smudges on it.[/quote']

Here is Norms clean shirt story from an old thread:D

<snip> When I worked for another company from 1968 to 1989 we also sold liquid roof coatings and asphalt sealers. We sold directly to the maintenance department heads of all types of factories. We also supplied the equipment to spray roof coatings and asphalt sealers. When the equipment broke down the maintenance supervisor would call for us to come out. I'd go out to the plant, take off my sport coat, tuck my tie into my white shirt and pull the pump out of the 55 gallon drum of either the asphalt or tar based roof coating. Repair the pump and put it back in the drum, then test spray the material to see if the pump was working properly. Never got a spot of coating on my clothes except once in all those years. That time I was instructing a couple of guys at a plant in Rockford, IL. Told them not to cut the roof mat to lay into the coating, to roll it out. They cut it anyway and was trying to stretch it out. The mat got full of coating, then the wind took it, and it landed on top of me.

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Norm On The Old Forum, http://www.indfloorcoating-repair.co...storation.html <snip>

[David Maxwell]

Those Route 66 award placques were a cool idea. Nice looking, original and easily mounted on a wall without taking up space and collecting dust! I always like it when a group does something clever and different.

[BobT-47P15]

Norm......speaking of white uniforms and getting dirty.......

There was an auto repair shop here in town run by a kinda short,

older fellow (probably a short younger fellow in years gone by).

The floor of the shop was a clean and shiny grey. Walls were white.

The owner dressed in white overalls, white shirt and white cap.

Any time I ever saw him, he was clean.

He probably delegated most of the work at that point.

The older people just thought he and his place were wonderful.

He retired and sold the shop. Don't know if the next owner kept

up the act or not. I did hear he raised prices.

It would be rather difficult to stay all spiffy, if getting under a car.

However, as you can see by the manual in my hand, I am more like

the service advisor.

[Young Ed]

Not sure if its the same guy but there was a guy here in the cities who did that. He probably did travel to WI too. Without knowing it I witnessed his final cruise through the last north st paul car show of the season of 06. In 07 there was an article about him in the line chaser. His health was failing and he and his family had decided to sell the car. He did make it down to barrett jackson to do his act one last time when his car was auctioned off. The car was nice but it was just a plain 4dr sedan. Brought in an amazing amount. I think like 33K if I recall correctly. I swear I have a picture of his car somewhere but I couldn't find it in my photobucket.

[Don Coatney]

Is this the car?

[Young Ed]

Thats what it looked like but I suspect the one I saw would have a MN plate on it.

[Don Coatney]

Thats what it looked like but I suspect the one I saw would have a MN plate on it.

Like the Dukes of Hazzard Charger the Fife squad car must have been cloned many times.

[Young Ed]

I think he had a maniquin (SP?) dressed as Barney in the car a couple times I saw it. I suppose he wanted to get out and enjoy the shows sometimes too

[BobT-47P15]

This car was for sale at the Springfield, MO swap meet a couple summuers

ago. Is a 1960 model. You could develop your own act to go with it.

[Rodney Bullock]

Great pic's Bob, Yes that 1955 chevy is to die for, thanks for that shot. You have some nice shows out there, That Stude truck is great looking and the hood treatment is cool. I like that plaque you got, it's different and it's easy to admire. Your outfit is cool, most of the guy's that wore those uniforms back then were clean because those cars run so well:D they just needed a little oil or grease. As always your car looks fantastic.

[BobT-47P15]

Thanks for all the kind words, guys.

We just try to get out and enjoy such things when we can.