[tcb] Re: The 88's ran great today
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:17:45 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
I agree Sammie. But rain the week of Ennis never bodes well for turnout. You
did mention busses, but
there were only a handful that entered. Speaking as a bus guy, IMO, custom bus
and stock bus is too coarse. No early, no late classes, no westy class...
Which is typical for Bus shows. I also saw one/two entries lots of them on the
sheets. Maybe some consolidation of the bug classes? I dunno. Top 50?
Maybe. Some people expect that and have adjusted their showing based upon that
fact that there isn't that many of a particular type or class. The converse of
that is how do you get enough entrants to support a class based judging right?
There were a lot of nice cars in the show but there is the socialization aspect
of it. The Swap meet is great, but the damn flippers were out in force. I
wonder how we can cull them out of the heard? LOL
I'll point out that the Bug Swarm also saw a drop in cars from 2004 to 2005,
about 40 as I recall. Gas prices, show format may have had more to do with
that. I'll hand out flyers, twist arms. I've had a contingent from Missouri,
Iowa and Illinois come down the past two spring shows.
Yeah, that "Yankee" is a friend of mine.. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
>From: Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Apr 3, 2006 10:36 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: The 88's ran great today
>
>Paul:
>Great to see you and Joe (all Smith's are cousins you know). And you are
>right about the show. Warren had a long talk with all of the people
>working the show. My take on what he said is that if we can't get up to 80
>or more cars in the show, then there is not going to be any more
>Ennis. Essentially, if you want Ennis to continue with it's great swap
>meet and all of the other things positive that this show creates, then you
>better show up at the show in October and bring a friend. We had lots of
>nice cars and busses in the display only parking lot that should have been
>in the show. Also a few in the swap area that should have been in the
>show. There was a really nice 67 slider door panel in the swap area that
>would have been a nice entrant in the show. First slider door split window
>delivery van that I've seen. I know that some do not like Ennis and I know
>that the cost is more than the club shows. But guys/gals this show is good
>for the hobby and has been around a long time (over 20 years). If we can't
>show some support by entering cars in the show this October then Ennis is
>probably going to be history. Now is the time to think about this and make
>sure we have a good turnout for the October show. I remember when we had
>160+ cars in this show. Lets do it again.
>Sammie
>
>
>At 01:46 AM 4/3/2006, you wrote:
>>I kruzed up to Ennis this moning in fantastic kool
>>weather . Small show ,smaller swap meet , but had a
>>great time , saw Mike Everett , Sharon , Denis and
>>Claudia , Jerry , Sammy , Will , , I'm probabbly
>>missing some of the folks that are on the list but
>>anyway , I don't understand why more folks don't
>>attend this show ? I hear all the aruments but I still
>>love the show , Enough of the personal opinions , Joe
>>and I left in a rush as a severe thunder storm was
>>insight and coming our way , we kruze over to Alverado
>>via 287, Joe headed north on 35 to Burleson and I
>>headed west to Cleburn ,then south down through
>>Miridian ,Vally Mills Crawford and on home via 317 ,
>>fantastic scenery along that route ,
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