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Title: I gave up a Fly Day for this!
Post by: Brian Massey on October 04, 2011, 12:28:51 PM
Every year our local wing (144th) of the California Air National Guard host a "Family Day" in which the military personnel have their entire family come visit the base. This year they arranged to have a car show in conjunction with the day. My wife and I drove HER (make no mistake, it's hers!) car to the show, a 1967 Firebird that she bought in 1969 when she graduated from HS. The show was held in the hanger out of the sun; great! The down side was the two + hours it took to get "searched & cleared" to get on the base. They even had a sheriff with his bomb sniffing dog check us out, then each tire on each car had to be checked for any rock that might wind up where an F-15 could suck it in. It was a very fun day all in all, even got a great Tri-Tip lunch in the mess hall. Oh yea, I gave up a Sunday Fly Day, but it was worth it.

Brian
Title: Re: I gave up a Fly Day for this!
Post by: Bob Reeves on October 04, 2011, 02:43:52 PM
You win, I had to forgo Ringmaster fly day on Sunday to fix a water leak  :(
Title: Re: I gave up a Fly Day for this!
Post by: Clint Ormosen on October 04, 2011, 09:53:14 PM
Hmmm.......no Ram-Air hood scoops. Usually means a 350 instead of a 400. But the cool blue is waaaaayyy better than the verdero (sp) green Pontiacs. I dig it!
Title: Re: I gave up a Fly Day for this!
Post by: Brian Massey on October 04, 2011, 09:56:49 PM
Hmmm.......no Ram-Air hood scoops. Usually means a 350 instead of a 400. But the cool blue is waaaaayyy better than the verdero (sp) green Pontiacs. I dig it!
Yep . . . 350. It was a very basic model in it's day. The color is called Aqua, it's the stock color. The only thing I've done is buy her ralley wheels for her birthday; she was only mildly impressed.

Brian
Title: Re: I gave up a Fly Day for this!
Post by: john e. holliday on October 05, 2011, 08:15:03 AM
The car looks great.   H^^