KIRK!
09-21-2003, 03:56 PM
Hey everybody,
First of all THANK YOU. That's all I've been saying for the last three days and I still can't say it enough. THANK YOU. The show was a huge success, contrary to .05% of the opinion.
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Friday night went off without a hitch. No problems with cops or the city. Everyone was mellow and had a good time. We drained the bar of all it's Bud, Jack and other booze. They even ran out of food they had set aside for the next day's business. If this is something that people want to see next year we'll do it again and probably need a bigger location.
SATURDAY:
What do I say about Saturday? I'm a little bias but it was the biggest and coolest show I've ever been to. And everyone I spoke to had the same feelings. There were, of couse, the small percentage of the wrong cars there. But, like I've said, we had them around the first year and every year since. The bottom line with that is the amount of KILLER cars far outweighed the lame ones. The guys at the gate told me the last registration they did was 671. 671? HOLY CRAP!!!!! The dream for this year was 550. But 671? Come on. The place was a sea of great people and great cars. There were a few funky ass characters that came in as spectators and I'm sure pics of these freaks will turn up sooner or later. Then there's the Kustom Kompetition. The two teams were Cornerstone Customs from Fremont and the Weird Oh's from San Jose. These two teams busted their asses all day in front of a huge and amazed crowd on a '63 and a '64 Ranchero. Chopping, slamming, shaving and fabricating until the deadline. The winners were the Weird-Oh's with their chopped, dumped and shaved '64. I loved that they cut up the VW roof we supplied into bubble skirts. They won $100, a trophy and got to keep the Ranchero. Thanks to both teams for putting on an awesome show for the crowd! So the final official count is 670 vehicles and over 3000 people. I'm still not able to comprehend it all.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Billetproof was able to swing 1/2 price tickets to the dirt track races last night and I saw a bunch of Billetproofers having a good time watching the roundy round cars. The dwarf cars were especially cool. I know I was in a daze most of the time.
So, in my opinion, the show was a complete success. That success is due to the people that show up and the people who help. It's just an empty lot without you. So THANK YOU. My hat's off to everyone who came and to everyone who helped (The Swanx, their families, Jason and Marilyn Fredriksson, Rog and Abbie from Detroit, everyone else and my wife Christina).
THANK YOU all and see you next time! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
First of all THANK YOU. That's all I've been saying for the last three days and I still can't say it enough. THANK YOU. The show was a huge success, contrary to .05% of the opinion.
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Friday night went off without a hitch. No problems with cops or the city. Everyone was mellow and had a good time. We drained the bar of all it's Bud, Jack and other booze. They even ran out of food they had set aside for the next day's business. If this is something that people want to see next year we'll do it again and probably need a bigger location.
SATURDAY:
What do I say about Saturday? I'm a little bias but it was the biggest and coolest show I've ever been to. And everyone I spoke to had the same feelings. There were, of couse, the small percentage of the wrong cars there. But, like I've said, we had them around the first year and every year since. The bottom line with that is the amount of KILLER cars far outweighed the lame ones. The guys at the gate told me the last registration they did was 671. 671? HOLY CRAP!!!!! The dream for this year was 550. But 671? Come on. The place was a sea of great people and great cars. There were a few funky ass characters that came in as spectators and I'm sure pics of these freaks will turn up sooner or later. Then there's the Kustom Kompetition. The two teams were Cornerstone Customs from Fremont and the Weird Oh's from San Jose. These two teams busted their asses all day in front of a huge and amazed crowd on a '63 and a '64 Ranchero. Chopping, slamming, shaving and fabricating until the deadline. The winners were the Weird-Oh's with their chopped, dumped and shaved '64. I loved that they cut up the VW roof we supplied into bubble skirts. They won $100, a trophy and got to keep the Ranchero. Thanks to both teams for putting on an awesome show for the crowd! So the final official count is 670 vehicles and over 3000 people. I'm still not able to comprehend it all.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Billetproof was able to swing 1/2 price tickets to the dirt track races last night and I saw a bunch of Billetproofers having a good time watching the roundy round cars. The dwarf cars were especially cool. I know I was in a daze most of the time.
So, in my opinion, the show was a complete success. That success is due to the people that show up and the people who help. It's just an empty lot without you. So THANK YOU. My hat's off to everyone who came and to everyone who helped (The Swanx, their families, Jason and Marilyn Fredriksson, Rog and Abbie from Detroit, everyone else and my wife Christina).
THANK YOU all and see you next time! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif