Greetings Group, This morning, the day of our Farmer Boys get together, I went out to get the newspaper. The street and sidewalk were wet. It wasn't raining, just a heavy mist and a smell of rain in the air. (expletive edited) So, should I drive a convertible or not? One of the weather forecasts said no rain. Another said possible scattered showers. We decided to chance it and jumped into our Bugeye Sprite. It needed a trip to test the recent carb swap from a Weber DCOE-45 to more docile dual SU HS2's. When better to test it than when it might rain. Well, it ran great and it didn't rain. With luck like that I should go buy a lottery ticket.
We had another good turnout. Even the chance of rain didn't discourage this group. We had a few first timers again. Doug Falk owns a few Sunbeams and a '64 Sprite. Ken Nuttall has a '48 MG TC that his Dad raced in the '50's. Steve Christiansen has a '60 Morris and 2 MG Midgets. They were invited by word of mouth. Welcome guys. Good to have you.
Those in Classics. 13 cars - 15 people Bill Cheesman - '66 Triumph TR4A, Jimmy Cheesman - '67 MGB, Bill Cowieson - '69 MGB, Ron and Sandy Davies - '59 Austin Healey Sprite, Jimmie Davis - '56 Austin Healey 100, Keith Downs - '79 Jaguar XK V-12, Randy Main - '64 Chevy El Camino, Dan Mensinger - '65 Sunbeam Tiger, Frank Moses - '48 MG TC, Allan Perry - '60 Austin Healey 3000 Modified - Nice side pipes.
Sounds great, Jim Stewart - '91 Rover Mini Cooper. Built by Rover in Japan for the Japanese market, Bob Upton - '04 Chrysler Crossfire, Bill and Diane Wilkman - '58 Austin Healey Sprite.
Those in future Classics. 6 cars - 6 people Charlie Budenz - '08 Jaguar XJ8, Jim Cregg - '24 Subaru Crosstrek, Larry Maloney - '06 Bentley Continental GT, Larry Reynolds - '23 Genesis G70 3.3T, Tracy Vining - '08 Honda Element, No Name - '06 Cadillac XLR-V Sorry, didn't get your name. Let me know if you can. Loved your car. I want one.
Thank you to everyone who could make it. I hope I didn't miss anybody this time. A great bunch of interesting cars and their owners. Come join us next month on Saturday April 5th. at Farmer Boys in Riverside on Alessandro Blvd. at 8am. We would love to see you and your Classic.
Cheers