<VV> Corvairs and Car Shows

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This past week end our Head of the Lakes Corvair Association  entered the 
World of wheels Car show locally. We had 9 Corvairs entered and had  a great 
display of almost every year represented. We placed 3rd in the Club  Display. We 
thought we took 1st place but were mistaken. We didn't figure we  were in the 
running so didn't attend the awards. Still 3rd place is great for  us. We 
rejuvenated the club 3 yrs ago after the club disbanded and started  with 3 
members. We now have a membership close to 25 not counting spouses. We do  a lot of 
fun things and keep active. The show was a great success for us. We are  
starting to attract new members. They are seeing us at shows having fun and  doing 
community things like our 2 food drives every year and want to be a part  of 
the action. All the comments at the show were good ones. I mentioned in a  
previous post that we got the usual Nader killed the Corvair comments. This was  
turned into threads that the Corvair was looked at negatively at show. We don't  
see that at all. The clubs that host cars shows around here have opened a 
class  up for Corvairs only. That's working together.  We get out and drive them  
as much as we can and show them off. This always brings on a story of, My Dad 
 had one of those, or I learned to drive in a Corvair. Our club members are  
always working on a members car to help keep it on the road. That's why we 
have  a club. And other clubs now see that we are here to stay and want to be 
part of  the fun. When we started up the club I thought if we could get 12 
members that  would be tops. We have more than doubled that and still growing. They 
way we did  it was to have fun and help each other. Others see it and it's an 
attraction. It  works for us.
Here's a link to some show photo's
_http://rides.webshots.com/album/562918682tmrtoh_ 
(http://rides.webshots.com/album/562918682tmrtoh) 
Ron T



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