[elky] Re: Car Show Tuesday

  • From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:54:05 -0500

Hell with the shoe .... don't scratch the trunk!  It probably bounced 3
times before it cleared the thing.
JC

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:47 AM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> **
> As a child I remember my brother getting in trouble for throwing his shoe
> out the back power window, and off the trunk. LOL
>
> Smokey Mt Frank
>
>  In a message dated 7/13/2011 9:03:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> johncgg@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> I was amazed at that car. A jeweler I did work for in Knoxville, Iowa (We
> made the Knoxville National Sprint Car Championship rings 8 years in a row
> for him) had one is his garage with only a few thousand miles on it. I never
> saw it, but he talked about it a lot. This is the first time I had seen one.
> Amazing car.
>
> JC
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:03 AM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> **
>> My family had one of the first 57 Mercury Turnpike Cruisers. It was black
>> like the one you saw, but a 4d.
>> They bought one of seven cars originally made for the Auto shows. These
>> cars were showing all that Mercury had to offer, and were not for sale. But
>> money talks and they got one.
>>   I never knew this story until after the car was gone, and they keep it
>> for 15 years.
>>
>> Smokey Mt Frank
>>
>>  In a message dated 7/13/2011 9:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> johncgg@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> I worked the entrance of the car show last night downtown. I DID browse
>> the show with the camera though. Here is a link to a hundred or so of my
>> favorite shots.
>> http://www.myelcamino.net/events.htm
>>
>> Click the top link on the page.
>>
>> Hopefully we raised some raffle money for the Car Club at the school.
>>
>> JC
>> ---
>> John Christensen
>> 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
>> NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
>> Saint Charles, IL
>>  ---
>> John Christensen
>> 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
>> NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
>> Saint Charles, IL
>>
>>
>>
>

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