{"id":1052,"date":"2019-05-15T03:50:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T03:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intermarque.org\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2019-05-16T04:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T04:22:37","slug":"2019-spring-kick-off-is-a-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intermarque.org\/index.php\/2019\/05\/15\/2019-spring-kick-off-is-a-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Spring Kick-Off is a wrap!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

John Engstrom, Spring Kick-Off Chair<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, a thank you to all the help everyone did for the show, it’s a lot of work to put on and a lot of people showed up and pitched in to make it a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turned out to be a great day for the show, earlier predictions were for either a rain storm or a wash out for the day, but I had complained to the weatherman and they changed the forecast for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had at least 214 cars show up. Since cars come and go, I may have missed a few when I went and did a count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The People’s Choice Car<\/strong> was the lovely Borgward<\/strong>. 2nd Place<\/strong> went to a Volvo P1800<\/strong>. Other winners went from Triumph, MG ( 2 winners), Austin Healey, Metropolitan, Jaguar and an Alfa. Congratulations to all the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In case you may have missed it, we had a couple of speakers in the community room right behind the registration tent. We had Kris Palmer <\/strong>who wrote the book Hot Wheels: From 0-50 at 1:64 Scale<\/em><\/strong> on the history of Hot Wheels cars. Kris, had a lot of very interesting information about the development of Hot Wheels. We also had Tim Parker<\/strong>, former CEO of Motorbooks who regailed us with stories growing up in England and how he got into the automotive publishing business. He now works as a consultant for Bonhams Auction House. A big thanks to both of these guys for coming out and speaking to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting the Hot Wheels track set up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ready for racing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kris Palmer talking about the history of Hot Wheels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tim Parker sharing stories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A treat for me was to run across the Humber, a rare bird on this side of the pond. There has got to be a story behind this car. If anyone knows about it, get a hold of me at jmjengstrom@yahoo.com<\/a> I would like to hear about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Again, thanks to everyone who participated in the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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