[JimM]

All right, well that was a GREAT show!
Vettefest he!!, they shoulda called it "CopoFest"!!!

And I forgot my Camara...

I did hook up with Bruce, spent a lot of time hanging with him as he introduced me to various people. Bruce, it was great meeting you and thanks for all the intros!

Charlie, a privilege to meet you as well. One of the main reasons I went today was to find you and shake your hand, so you made my day.

"THE" pace car is awesome in real metal and rubber. A genuine time machine, and one of one too boot. That ZL1 pictured above is beautiful as well. Both are original down to the paint, not 20k miles on them together.

Stephano, it was great to see you again. The Nickey Chicago gang was out in force, with some 6 cars there, including a real 69 Nickey Camaro, an unrestored 63 Nova drag car, and the first Nickey "continuation" Chevelle. I've been told the world will soon see a bunch of NEW Nickey Chevelles and Camaros.

Bruce introduced me to a man named Ken, and I spent quite a time talking cars with him and his wife. They'd DRIVEN 4 cars down from Kenosha, including 2 mid 60's Chevelles, both power tour veterans, an L78 Nova, and a slick blue 11 second shoebox Nova. Ken told me a story of how he got roped into buying a 17k mile perfect Camaro, that he didn't want because he'd be afraid to drive it! Ken gives true meaning to the term "enthusiast."

And I met Helen Gibb. The Gibb's had a big display, including 2 of Helen's personal cars. They had set a table OUTSIDE the ropes full of old photo albums from back in the day, right there for anyone to page through and look at. Late in the afternoon, Helen had set her chair right by that table, seemingly just looking for passersby to stop and talk to her. So I did. Wow, I'd love to take her to dinner some day and have more time to pass with her. She has some serious good stories and wonderful experiences and loves to share them. It was funny, I asked her how it felt to be part of making history, and she looked me in the eye and said "young man, we had NO IDEA at that time. We were just living our life, going racing, and raising a family." Helen, thank you for sharing some time with me today.

JimM