New old project-1946 Austin gasser

Old Mar 17, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Camaro 69
lol, so the reporter left out the "block". He surely doesn't know what that means, along with plenty of readers no doubt. Nice looking show, cool cars.
Yep! He did look puzzled when I said, "Smallblock Chevy" and I think his response was, "So this is a small motor?"
I explained the difference between SBC and BBC engines, and he took notes, but I bet he got really confused when he got home and began typing the info up.
At least the paper coverd the show! That's half the battle!
 
Old Mar 17, 2013 | 03:47 PM
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lol, that's a funny one.
"Hey Motoya, I want you to go to the local roadster show and do a nice write up about it".
"Sure thing boss, but uhhhhhh..... what's a "roadster"?
 
Old Mar 17, 2013 | 06:50 PM
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Lol yeah you would think they would send someone with some basic Knowledge on cars.
 
Old Mar 17, 2013 | 09:22 PM
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At least he was trying, and not afraid to admit he didn't know anything about cars!
The Austin won "Best in Class" for the Nostalgia Class! 14 cars in the class, so it was the largest single class at the show.
 
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very nice! congrats!
 
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Con grats on the win!!! Thanks for showing De and I around the show!!! We had a great time. And some of the little insights that you knew were great. We really enjoyed the show.
 
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Congrats on the win
 
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Thanks guys! I was surprised the Austin built in my backyard could compete with cars built on a larger budget. Most have more in paint than I have in the whole car!
 
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As I can see from reading this thread, you have incredible attention to detail. So it's not surprising to me you won.
 
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Originally Posted by vanquishfist
As I can see from reading this thread, you have incredible attention to detail. So it's not surprising to me you won.
Thank you!
 

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