Powell
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Funny thing happened on the way to a car show today. We are in Beaverton, Oregon, southwest of Portland, headed west to attend the Wapato Showdown in Gaston, Oregon. We are traveling along the highway in the right lane on a beautiful, sunny day with all the windows open and playing rock n' roll.
We stop at a red light and a red Chevy Cavalier pulls up next to us in the left hand lane. He tells us what a beautiful car we have and says he has 2 of them. Now usually when people say that they mean they have 68's or Mustangs without realizing it's a California Special. At the next stop light we talk again and ask if the 2 cars are California Specials. He tells us yes. We think oh sure, maybe but maybe not. Then we keep talking with him to the next stop light and he asks where we are going. So we tell him and he says he heard of that and thought about going but will be going to the coast.
Later at the car show, he and his wife with their dog show up and sure enough he has 2 California Specials. One green (in long term storage) and one red with white stripes. He was very knowledgable about the cars and has Marti reports for both but has been so busy with life that he hasn't gone to shows with either one.
We talked a lot about the cars and besides his, he knows about 3 others in the area that we have not seen as far as we can remember. We invited him to a car show that we make trophies for and sponsor a trophy, he said he might come. So we guaranteed him a trophy if he shows up.
It's always so great to meet other owners of the GT/CS and discuss our "babies". We had a great day at the show (right at 500 cars) and are looking forward to seeing our new friends and their cars in a few weeks.
Karen and Ralph Powell
We stop at a red light and a red Chevy Cavalier pulls up next to us in the left hand lane. He tells us what a beautiful car we have and says he has 2 of them. Now usually when people say that they mean they have 68's or Mustangs without realizing it's a California Special. At the next stop light we talk again and ask if the 2 cars are California Specials. He tells us yes. We think oh sure, maybe but maybe not. Then we keep talking with him to the next stop light and he asks where we are going. So we tell him and he says he heard of that and thought about going but will be going to the coast.
Later at the car show, he and his wife with their dog show up and sure enough he has 2 California Specials. One green (in long term storage) and one red with white stripes. He was very knowledgable about the cars and has Marti reports for both but has been so busy with life that he hasn't gone to shows with either one.
We talked a lot about the cars and besides his, he knows about 3 others in the area that we have not seen as far as we can remember. We invited him to a car show that we make trophies for and sponsor a trophy, he said he might come. So we guaranteed him a trophy if he shows up.
It's always so great to meet other owners of the GT/CS and discuss our "babies". We had a great day at the show (right at 500 cars) and are looking forward to seeing our new friends and their cars in a few weeks.
Karen and Ralph Powell
