<VV> Orphan Auto Picnic

[Bill Elliott]

This show is one of the coolest shows I've ever been to. Gets all the like-minded people together... everybody that likes something a little different. 
This is the only show where I see British, German, Italian, microcar, and the more uncommon American makes all together in a very relaxed 
atmosphere. Larry walks around with a wireless mike to let owners tell about their cars. The press is often there and it's great publicity for the club!

The T-shirt idea was awesome... I think more events should do something like this. 

The way it worked.... this show gets a lot of door prizes... little to big. So at the door they sell raffle tickets. I'm a little unclear on the iron-ons, but I think 
one of the larger supporters supplied them based on a memeber's orignal artwork. Then the club bought a bunch of white t-shirts.

Instead of selling the shirts, they GAVE you one (made up right on the spot in your size) for buying some number of raffle tickets (don't recall if it was 
$10 or $20). Can you imagine the number of raffle tickets sold? 

This, along with ice racing, is one of the things (along with many of the great people) I will miss most about IL.

Bill Elliott 



On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:53:32 -0500, J R Read_HML wrote:

>We get somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 cars.  About 50 Vairs and 200
>others.  Basic rule is  - must be at least 10 yrs old and a "Mark" no longer
>made.  This is subject to some interpretation and lclc usually screens what
>gets preferred parking and what does not.  Corvettes for instance do not
>qualify since they are still being made.

>All kinds of cars come out - Studes, VW (air), British stuff, Amphicar, Imp,
>Packard, Metro, Crosley and a whole bunch more that don't come to mind at
>the moment.  CCE pays for pop, ice beer, charcoal, porta-potties etc.
>People bring their own food.  We sell raffle tickets on donated items from
>local car dealers, parts stores, etc.  This becomes the seed money for the
>following year.  2000 was the 10th yr - I'm looking at the T shirt now (only
>yr we did that).

>The neat thing is that all of the folks there are OWNERS of special cars.
>There is no access to the general public, hence no concern about some fool
>scratching your car with his belt buckle or whatever.  It is a chance to
>meet and talk with owners of other makes in a relaxed afternoon atmosphere.

>If you need more detail, contact lclc directly since he is usually the lead
>person on putting this event on each yr.

>I hope that you don't mind, I'm sending a copy of this back to VV as there
>may be others who would like to consider such and event.  Just don't
>suddenly SWAMP Larry with a million questions.

>Attachments are scanned with anti-virus software.

>Later, JR