Jan thru June  2010

33 Coupe Having Fun 43       5/1/10

There was a new show that was right here in my home town at 'Famous Auto Center' on April 25th. Famous Auto Center is owned by the same guy that owns Famous Tire Company which are both on Ramsey Street in beautiful downtown Banning. The inaugural show ran from 3 to 6 pm. with music by Sounds Divine along with a raffle and 50/50 drawing.

Being that this was their first show I didn't know how many people would show up. I arrived about 45 minutes early and once I found a place to park, the cars kept coming in for the next hour to completely fill the place. Some of the cars had to park down the center of the aisles along with some in the street.

The weather was perfect that day with temps in the low 80's, slight breeze and blue skies. A few vendors were their showing off their latest products but the one thing that was missing was any kind of food. I heard that would change if they have another show.

Larry and I were asked to do most of the judging that day...right at the very last minute. There were eight categories which included: Best of Show, under construction and six Top 5 awards (I still haven't figured that one out yet). The owner of Famous Auto Center had two awards specially made that he personally picked for Best Motorcycle and the other would go to Best Car, Truck or SUV. This was the first time that I've seen two 'Best of' awards.

Let's look at each of the cars below in a little more detail.
 

 

 

This was the first on the far right side.
 

 

 

Towards the back/right.
 

 

 

This Mustang was one of the nicer cars at the show.
 

 

 

Here is the engine from the Mustang above.
 

 

 

Another Mustang in the far left corner.
 

 

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