Re: [MV] MVs as classic cars

Geoff Winnington-Ball (whiskey@netwave.ca)
Tue, 11 May 1999 14:52:24 -0400

Another point is the whole 4WD cult. Believe it or not, many of them are
fascinated with our trucks.

Try joining similar local organizations and taking your vehicle out to their
meets. You might be surprised at the reaction of some of the public!

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Regards,

Geoff Winnington-Ball MAPLE LEAF UP! ==> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maple Leaf Up - The Canadian Army Overseas in WW2 http://jump.to/mapleleafup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Morgan Blanchard wrote:

> Folks: > I grew up in a little town called Pacific Grove California which is > right next to Pebble Beach and 20 minutes from Laguna Secca Raceway. Every > year the Pebble Beach Golf Club holds the most prestigious Concours De > Eligance (I think) in the world. Litteraly billions of dollars of vintage > vehicles come to these shows and at another time of the year Laguna Secca > holds one of the most prestigious vintage race meets in the US, where > people bring there vintage race cars, also valued in the hundreds of > millions, and actualy race them. Both events get world wide positive > coverage, and hundreds of thousands of people go to them in person. Now > don't get me wrong, there are some problems with these events, they are > pretty elitest, participation is realy expensive, etc, but, we are doing > our selves no service by letting an artificial barrier exist between us and > the fellow who restores and owns a Bugatti. Our vehicles are classic cars > (trucks or whatever). We should make a serious effort to get closer to the > rest of the classic car world rather than let our selves be pushed out on > the fringes. Why you ask? Some one brought up the point that old MVs are > echologicaly unsound, well let me tell you, you will never see a bigger > smokeing pig than a 1920s race car, hell some of them only had a single > compression ring and relied on oil blow by to lubricate the top end. They > go down the track followed by their own smoke screen! So if the Feds start > getting uppity about the harmfull effects of old cars, those guys are going > to lobby hard for an exemption for cassic vehicles, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF > MONEY TO DO IT! We need to be part of the mainstream of clasic car > collecting to be included in that effort rather than be an easily seperated > fringe group that the government in its feal good politics, can bump off > with no political down side. I urge all of you to start takeing your > vehicles to classic car meets. You will get to meet different vehicle > people than you would meet at an MV meet (in fact you will also meet the > folks who make up the great undecided in America) and you will have a > chance to make a good impression on them and show them that you, and your > green machine, are a valuable part of the effort to preserve the history of > automotive technology. And maybe, just maybe, when the government does try > something stupid, they will remember what a nice guy you were, and that the > old green bomber was kind of neat, and they won't go for it.

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