Great weekend!

Looks like all the little details I added over the last couple weeks paid some dividends. Sat, Jul 23 was the Hudsonville Car Show. The early morning rain kept many cars away but those that were there had a great time. Our club had 6 cars in attendance including new members, Mike & Rose. Judging was done on a class basis with Class A for 1900-1950 cars. The 41 sparkled after the rain drops were removed and the judges liked the old girl enough to award her a first place trophy! Plus I picked up a door prize and a free T-shirt. The awards were presented in one of the Hudsonville Fair buildings. We all drove our cars thru the building and picked up the trophy from one of the children who was a cancer patient. Here's some pics of the trophy presentation.

Saturdays good fortunes were followed up with a fantastic Sunday at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Mi.  The Full Size Chevies Car Club of Kalamazoo sponsored a show to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet.  The weather cooperated and they had an excellent show.  Nearly 400 cars were in attendance with 22 states and a couple of foreign countries represented.  30 awards were presented on behalf of the many sponsors contributing to the show.  And, for the 2nd day in a row, the 41 garnered another trophy!  I was pleasantly surprised to be selected by an old drag racing and car club friend from the 1970's as his pick for an award.  Herb Persons owns and operates Persons Auto Service in Kalamazoo, Mi.  Thanks Herb!
     Not only were the car show vehicles some of the nicest Chevies one could find, we also had free access to the entire Gilmore complex of old cars.  Here's some pics from the days activities.

Club Cars

Show Cars

Dan the Fire Fighter with his new ride.

Museum Cars

Trophy presentation

The 41 at the Gilmore Shell station

Had a little issue with the 41 on the drive back to Grand Rapids.  One of the nuts that clamped the exhaust pipe flange to the Fenton header fell off.  That allowed the donut/gasket to open up and create a noisy exhaust leak.  Some quick diagnosing and a wrench from Road Rodz member Ken and the flange was tightened enough with the one remaining nut to allow us to make it home without any further issues.  Looks like I have some repair work to do this week.  All in all, a very successfull weekend.  Guess I'm going to have to add another trophy shelf to the garage.  lol