Thread: How to ruin a car show........

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I Googled "Cars & Coffee Crash" and was amazed to find a whole bunch of postings of "events" that have happened at or immediately after these informal car shows across the country, several in Irvine and also Dallas. Might not be my first choice of places to go with a car I like....

Originally Posted by rspears

I Googled "Cars & Coffee Crash" and was amazed to find a whole bunch of postings of "events" that have happened at or immediately after these informal car shows across the country, several in Irvine and also Dallas. Might not be my first choice of places to go with a car I like....

There's a Cars & Coffee near our place in Henderson, NV every Saturday morning. These are pretty much a clone of the Donut Derelicts deal, casual gathering in the morning, usually in some kind of strip mall setting, starts around 7:00 am, breaks up around 10:00 am. It probably depends on the nature of the strip, but for the one in Henderson, most of the merchants (1/2 restaurants) aren't open that early so not often do "civilians" frequent that portion of the lot. But then, inattentive drivers show up at the most inopportune time whether on the street or in the lot.

I wonder if Ken was there. I think I met him once at a coffee place, car gathering, down there in So.Cal when he had just completed his RPU?

Hey Bob,I take it that you are an old bodyman and yes,I mean that in the nicest way too, but the 3 old tradesmen I learnt Panelbeating and Body Building from would of repaired that Ponty. Okay if new panels were still to be had it would be easier but even having to resort to second hand bits it would be a go. One RH door, RH rear quarter, LF door skin and repair everything else. Oh the dash and RH seat to be replaced, heck one could have it straight again in a couple of weeks. I watched one of those old guys repair a 1970 Camaro that had a 20foot container dropped on it at the Christchurch wharf and the only new bits that were ordered in from America was the glass. Every panel was pushed or pulled back into shape and then hammered and filed finished, simply amazing workmanship from the old craftman. That would of been 1974/5 from memory and it was a high dollar car here in NZ.

Well Whip, my claiming to be an old bodyman would be an insult to the trade. I practised wise division of labor. I let the good bodymen do the repairs, I just made sure they had plenty to work on/with and their checks didn't bounce.

You're right that almost anything can be saved in the right hands. But that old trade off of "is it worth it" keeps getting in the way. The number of hours it would take to save that Pontiac, from a commercial sense, would exceed it's market value in no time, especially since it was a run of the mill Tempest LeMans...........apparently a nice one, but still not "special/desireable". There are guys with considerable talent who make massaging sheet metal an art form.

Whip, you got the "OLD" part right

What Bob actually said was, he has an OLD BODY, man !

He is just Mr. Obvious.

Don

Hummmm.Got me wondering if she got her text msg done before all that happened.Yeah-I am assuming,but still a possibility.