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My take on the Barrett-Jackson experience, my first.

Got to meet Ken Tibor (Kwhizz) and his wife, Bart (47hammer), Mark (latebrakeU2), Mark Hassett, Denis Gilbert, budnate, Mr.T, Andy (selling his double COPO), Colin (living the dream for sure!), Chuck Sharin, enio45, Sam (mockingbird812), and others who I'm sorry are slipping my mind at the moment. If for no other reason, you must attend something like Barrett-Jackson (or SCR) just to meet some of the terrific people on the Y-net. It was just like hanging out with all of your high school car buddies! On Saturday night after the "show" Bruce, Bart (47hammer), Mark (latebreakU2), and I went over to the Macaroni Grill for a late dinner and we carried on for over an hour about all kinds of motorcycle and car talk. Mark was looking very tired so we decided to call it a night but I bet we could have shut that place down at 2 a.m. if we'd had the energy to stay. Thanks to Denis and his wife for hosting the brunch at their house on Sunday morning. The chili and cornbread were just right. We had to hustle out of there to make the meeting with Carroll Shelby by noon but I could have hung-out in Denis' garage and looked at his cars and BS's all day long--it would have been easy. I could mention many, many other aspects of my two days at B-J with Bruce but suffice to say it was worth every minute, every penny just to meet all the guys and gals.

Thank you again Bruce for being such a fine host and to Lynn and Holly for opening your home to me--you definitely know how to make someone feel right at home.

I'll post a few of my photos soon and I'll try not to overlap with Bruce's coverage.

Bill Eaton