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Keith....
You have the right idea. I checked the "dash plaques" I've received from car
shows and found that I had been to 42 shows in a year and a half. I intend
to take my Ferret to as many as possible these next few years. I've always
had cars that I did not particularly want people to run their hands over -
now I have one that someone can walk on! As soon as I detetrmine the best
way to allow folks to enter & exit a Ferret without sueing me for thumping
their head on something, I'll encourage that as well. If one were to look at
the local schedule for classic, custom and specialty vehicle shows, you'll
find that there are often as many as three or four local ones each weekend.
It's a great way to introduce others to the MVPA and let them know we are
not always live-in-the-woods extremists....
Ian Wallace, Seattle
New Ferret
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> From: Military Vehicles List [mailto:mil-veh@uller.skylee.com]On Behalf
> Of KBDewey 42GPW
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 7:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MV] Car Crushing: Bad Idea?
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> Laura, thankyou thankyou for the clear head of logic. (I haven't read
> the other responses but...) As a member of one of the oldest clubs in
> the Northwest it is our quest to get out there and be among the people.
> Besides the usual 4th of July parades and the Veteran's Day we
> participate in other municipal functions like the Whidbey Naval Air Sta
> open house. And ur right about letting them touch and experience. The
> most memorial impression I've observed is when a child ooh's n aah's the
> insides of the equipment like the cockpit of the ASW planes or gets to
> sit in the captains or navigator's seat or climb down into the the
> refueler's couch in the back end of a KC135. Seeing a tank rumble down
> the road terrifies a little one but u let them climb up on it and look
> in the turret and they'll remember that for the rest of their lives.
> Heck I get goose bumps just climbing around the guts of a tank or a half
> track or whatever. So start thinking about what ur club can do to
> improve the image and that will take the wind out of the sails of any
> detractor before they get a chance to get windy. (One of my fondest
> memories is the time my uncle and I filled the barrel of a 105 at the
> County Park on Lopez Island with garbage cause we were going to try n
> shoot it at the ferry - the breach was welded up).
>
> Volunteer to display at airshows, museums, shopping mauls etc. Take the
> neighbor kids for a ride. (My first time in a jeep was 40+ years ago
> when the neighbor took my bro and I for a ride thru the woods and up a
> very steep hill climb) Later K Dewey, Secretary Puget Snd MVCC, MVCC of
> Oregon and MVPA (wife is reading this and enthusiastically agrees with
> Laura)
>
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