Last night I went to my first car show (not counting the Wentzville show where I mainly just got drenched in the rain after seeing a handful of non-Cobra cars). I heard about it from the Gateway Factory Five Racing Owners Group (FFROG). It was at the big non-denominational church on Gravois, very near my house. I figured it would be a small gathering of a few vintage car people, but I figured I could start networking with a couple of local COBRA owners.
Boy, was I ever wrong. The show was huge and the crowds were enormous. There were HUNDREDS of vintage cars there. Maybe close to a thousand! There was even a waiting line for vintage cars to even get into the display area because there were no more spaces left! Dozens just parked in a line waiting for someone to leave. And the spectator parking lot was jammed too.
I spent an hour there. I saw 4 Cobras and met a couple of the owner/builders. Tom Keiser and Skip Wiese. Got a few tips from them on paint and licensing. Mainly just made contact, though.
The dumbest thing I did was forget my camera--sorry folks. There is a standard amongst this community that if there are no pictures (or video) that it just didn't happen. That just has not become second nature for me yet. Oh well, they have this car gathering every month on the first Friday, so I will try to go back next month with a camera.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
7-1-2007 -- No good news
I spent most of the week pursuing an EBAY auction on an engine/automatic transmission that was up for sale by a guy in Arnold, just 5 miles or so from my house. Man, it sounded perfect. Low miles, 5.0L 302, fuel injection, 1993 Lincoln with just 1 owner who was a real car guy, a racing engine builder, who obviously took great care of it. I spent an hour with him prior to bidding and was very comfortable with the two items. The only downsides were no wiring harness and no computer. They would have to have been purchased separately for $200-300.
Long story short, I lost the bidding. I went to $940 but the eventual winner was higher. It was very disappointing. The owner seemed intrigued by my project and could have been a great help besides just supplying the power plant. Wish we had hooked up prior to the auction, somehow.
I talked to Hurricane last week and got the impression that I could probably be grandfathered in at the old prices, once they raise them 2 grand, presumably this week. The guy there actually was going to try to help me with search.
I am not sure at this point if I should just give up or maybe just bite the bullet, figuring I will eventually get the engine thing worked out. In a way, I am leaning towards getting started under the assumption I will find an acceptable 302 deal. Maybe slow down expectations on the time frame on the whole project. This basically makes 3 or 4 different solutions that would have worked in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Just never quite the perfect deal.
Long story short, I lost the bidding. I went to $940 but the eventual winner was higher. It was very disappointing. The owner seemed intrigued by my project and could have been a great help besides just supplying the power plant. Wish we had hooked up prior to the auction, somehow.
I talked to Hurricane last week and got the impression that I could probably be grandfathered in at the old prices, once they raise them 2 grand, presumably this week. The guy there actually was going to try to help me with search.
I am not sure at this point if I should just give up or maybe just bite the bullet, figuring I will eventually get the engine thing worked out. In a way, I am leaning towards getting started under the assumption I will find an acceptable 302 deal. Maybe slow down expectations on the time frame on the whole project. This basically makes 3 or 4 different solutions that would have worked in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Just never quite the perfect deal.
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