Friday, August 31, 2007

Action packed Saturday

Lots going on on Saturday. the ACD Parade starts downtown at 1 p.m. Better go early.
There's an antique show, bed race, even fireworks at night.

Its late, I'm lazy. Check the schedule at the ACD Fest site. Its running strong now.

acdfestival.org/html/schedule_of_events.html

Cruise-In for the masses


The Downtown Cruise-In is a nice alternative to the loads of great but pricy autos available at the auction.
Hear any good Pinto jokes lately?
don't tell Jean Camp of St. Joe, Indiana. She is very proud of a '72 Pinto she bought a few years back. She said she had the gas tank replaced, due to age. I hope she had it reinforced too. (Just kidding... ...no, not kidding.)

Gettin' busier

What a difference in feeling today, with three rings running, compared to one on Thursday. Early reports from Kruse marketing people say that they may have hit attendance records for Friday. Hard to tell, as they were still tallying late into the evening and couldn't provide any numbers. What's a journalist to do?

Bid for fame


"Bidding Wars," an ESPN2 reality show, is taping 13 episodes of the show during this year's auction. Here, auctioneer Scott Felker gets the up close and personal treatment. However, he still has to work a little further up the ladder of fame.
"I'm not wired." he informed me, reaching for his lapel, where a mike might be.

Classic jam


The style and attraction of the Auburns, Cords and Dusenbergs is obvious to most, but the real time-travel experience is to watch them in action. Thursday afternoon, around two dozen classics purred up to the ACD Museum, giving a glimpse of what it might have been like to be caught in an early '30s traffic jam.
In spite of the lack of airconditioning, it would have been much cooler, I'm sure.