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Date Posted: 19:55:05 05/20/01 Sun
Author: "Let me see, how can I double-talk this and make it sound like I didn't have anything to do with getting thrown out of Florida"
Subject: Blast from the Past
In reply to: First indicator of impersonation 's message, "Blast's From the Past" on 15:24:02 05/20/01 Sun

From: "Bill Parks"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: BoardRoom: re: EVOOA

>
> Time: Wed, 05-Jul-2000 15:30:35 GMT IP: 152.163.206.203
>
> Yes, I was very disappointed in the fact that they only had 15
> pre-registered entries, particularly at such a late date fro the
> forthcoming EVOOA Y2K convention in VA. Maybe we should have had
> our convention in FL and just took our chances! I had heard that
> they did expect, initially, 80 to 100 vehicles, perhaps even more
> at the last minute! I mean, 15 isn't even close to those
> numbers. Why all the apathy? Because it wasn't centrally
> located, as, perhaps it should have been, this year and every
> year! I don't know.
>
> The author of the post that I am responding to has some very
> interesting, thought provoking, and otherwise "good" ideas and
> notions. I particularly agree with his points of how to get more
> people involved, the real reason that people should get involved
> (not just trophy hunters) and the bottem line effect on
> attracting more attention and thus more large, national
> companies, resources and money to these endeavors (conventions
> and shows).
>
> One of my concerns has always been, and with the advent of
> increased popularity, attention, and enthusiasm, etc., whether,
> infact, there are enough real cars to restore, especailly the
> older cars, pre-1980 cars, most of which have had their original
> motors removed and have been crushed. Unlike hotrods, which are
> all custom-made, creative works of arts, one of the primary
> objectives our our hobby is to restore these older, classic
> vehicles to their original state and condition. My biggest fear,
> which, unfortunatley has already been confirmed, is that some
> people come along with a regular retail cars and magically
> transform them into old classic cruisers and then try to pass
> them off as a real, authentic car, sometimes taking such
> painstaking measures as changing a VIN number to agree with what
> a police package VIN would be in that particular model. I have
> seen two instances of this in the short time I have been
> associated with this hobby. Are we to have a different class at
> shows for "replicars?" And, what is anyone doing "restoring" a
> 1995 model year, fully equipped police vehicle? I don't know how
> many rules, guidelines, etc., exist in the hot-rod hobby, but we
> need some guidance and direction with some of these issues as
> they relate to the collecting of old, classic police cars. The
> foregoing is one important reason why our hobby is unique and
> quite different from the hot-rod, or custom street rod hobby,
> although, again, I do agree with many of the fundemental
> philosophies, pointed out by the author of the previous post,
> for "promoting" our hobby are the same as the hot-rod hobby.
> With warm fraternal regards to all,
>
> Bill Parks

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