Kit Car show

**mel lewis** · 06-05-2013, 23:55

Hope you all enjoyed your meal on the way home Tudor.

**The Slug** · 07-05-2013, 11:39

Can I just say a thank you to John Butterfield (Your Chairman) for sorting out the layout of the site with Flags and bunting etc...

If there was a prize for the best stand we would have won I think, even the organisers came over to say a well done for having the cars on the stand (6) and everything set up by 10:02am..

Carol as always was on hand with tea and drinks and never stopped all day, and night, (John takes some looking after, along with the rest of us)

Also a thank you to all of those who have a car and could make the journey, we had several people on the stand who said that they only came to the show to see the Stratos, so Carol sold them a mug to take home...(Well....we all have to start somewhere!!)
We had 13 cars on the stand at one point, the most I have seen at an event for some time, and it was good to see so many faces, its a shame a few more of you could not have stopped a little later into the evening and joined us for eats and watch the Rally DVD's on the Screen that had been arranged.
Maybe next year?

Of course thanks to all the members who dont have a car, or are not in a position to drive their car yet, that could travel to the show and make an appearance on the stand.
This is one of the best chances for you to see the cars on display and in numbers.

**kolynos** · 07-05-2013, 15:12

Originally Posted by mel lewis

Hope you all enjoyed your meal on the way home Tudor.

Yes Mel,very good meal,thanks for the recommendation. We mentioned your name and they nearly kicked us out..

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**tipo158** · 07-05-2013, 15:56

There aren't that many in the whole USA.

**bosmass** · 07-05-2013, 18:10

It would be great for us here in the U.S. to get together. Too bad it seems like we are basically on the left or right coast. That's a lot of space in between!

**Mogul_X** · 08-05-2013, 16:16

Originally Posted by bosmass

It would be great for us here in the U.S. to get together.

We actually did manage to get most of the US membership together a couple of times (back when there were only 3 or 4 of us) in the early 2000's. None of us had cars on the road, but we didn't let that stop us. Jeff Davison, John Lagerquist and I all flew over to the Abingdon show in England in 2001, and I've been back on the far side of the pond for events a few times since.

We'd also gotten together at some of the big FIAT club events. Usually get good turnout at the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Import, Kit and Replica show in May (East coast and Canada members), or the annual FIAT Freakout (some west coast and international members). No reason we couldn't shoot for one of those, especially since Freakout changes venue every year. It's on Long Island this year, and it's been as far west as Missouri. Not sure if it's ever made it to the left coast, but there are some other events out west I might be pursuaded to attend. I think it's a matter of seeing if they'll let replicas into the show. I know that the Fiat Club will - there are enough classic parts in a Stratos replica to qualify as a FIAT product!

**bosmass** · 08-05-2013, 18:32

Hi Scott, I agree the freakout or the carlisle show would lbe cool. If we can get into a show where our donor cars were the main star we could choose from ferrari, pantera, alfa, fiat, lamborghini

**Monte76** · 25-05-2013, 22:19

Just realised I never got round to uploading my photos from the show, well I can put that right as of now:

**Monte76** · 25-05-2013, 22:22

A few more to add to the collection:

**mel lewis** · 07-05-2013, 19:10

Originally Posted by kolynos

Yes Mel,very good meal,thanks for the recommendation. We mentioned your name and they nearly kicked us out..

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I was hoping they would get you to pay my tab.....

Ill pass on the complement.

I had two texts on Sunday night to tell me there were two Stratos at the pub ( you cant go anywhere in a Strat without being noticed ).