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Just
a note to say “thanks” for the Sunday Seward experience.
My thanks to Todd for again bringing home the hardware and for leading
us home through some of the worst weather I have ever driven in.
I do have to say that the severity of the storm is directly related to
the age of the car you are driving, i.e. the older the car the worse
the weather, in which case it truly was the worst of weather.
I also now know the “rear view” of a ’71 Mach very well as
the 6 little tail light were truly a beacon leading me through the
driving rain.
My thanks to Jeff for “bringing up the rear” on our perilous trip
home. Your head lights and one fog light (the other one is
out) gave me a real sense of security, for when I would look at those
lights I would know that there is a friend in a modern car, with
always working wipers and a workable defrost with a fan motor that
probably doesn't "sing", behind me that would most assuredly
assist us in the event the elements proved too much for elderly cars
to bear. The urge to pass the old, slow cars with dim tail
lights (mainly mine) had to overwhelming to you, but yet you remained
steadfast in the rear and in your duty of safely shepherding us home.
Thank You.
My thanks to Rex for coming with us to the show and for again expertly
detailing my car when I thought it could be detailed no more. I
have to believe that I finished 4th , (as I am sure did
Jeff) just out of the money, which was in no way a reflection on
your cleaning ability. So noteworthy was your cleaning that Tom
Cast, after he was long finished with readying his car for the show,
but yet when he saw the work you were doing on mine, he went back and
spent another 30 minutes cleaning his. I also thank you for your
oft stated comment to my stated aversion to driving in the rain, and
that is “cars get wet, they don’t melt, you dry them off and then
you drive them”. These words became my mantra through
the arduous trip home as the lightening flashed and the thunder
cracked immediately overhead, with Todd’s tail lights growing faint
through the blinding rain and Jeff’s head lights being the
reassurance of a dependable person behind us.
As the Annie musical has taught us, “The sun will come out
tomorrow” and so it did and yet after many car shows from now
our trek home from Seward will not soon be forgotten.
A great Sunday, all in all, and am glad I could be a part of it with
all of you. Thanks, T. Maul |
