[Ooooner]

Hurricane Ivan did not stop the AutoFair although it put a dent into attendance. The Charlotte area got hammered on Friday but Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day.
We had hoped for 9 Opels but 5 showed up. We even had Harold Collins and Keith Lundholm form the Tennessee Opel Club show up. They drove 8 hours through Ivan and had to take detours on I-40 due to mud slides! But they came! Now that is a sign of a true Opel lover!
Brian Quick, from Fayetteville, NC, took home the first place trophy with his great looking Orange GT. This was his first car show and first trophy.
Keith Lundholm took home the second place trophy with his Blue GT. The car looked great. Keith is from the Tennessee Opel Club and Harold Collins came with him. Many of you may know Harold from his posts on this site and Yahoo.
John May, from Charlotte, NC, won the Honorable Mention trophy with his Red GT. John was having a problem with his left headlight not closing all the way so Keith Lundholm repaired it for him right there on the spot.
Others showing up were Helmut Guehr from Kernersville, NC with his great looking Manta and Roy Bell with his red 73 GT. Jennifer Baier, otherwise known as Dritches, came by. She is from Hickory, NC. Her GT is not ready for show but she said she hoped it would be ready very soon. Also showing up but with out their Opel was Mike Preble and his wife from Raleigh, NC.
Many other people came by to visit and said they knew someone who has an Opel, or they used to have one, or they have one now, etc., etc. The club is steadily growing so hopefully, the AutoFair will become a great show in the near future for our Opels. The next AutoFair will be in early April 2005. The Spring AutoFair, each year, is the bigger of the two shows so if you would like to bring your Opel to the show in April, just let me know and I will get the information you need to attend, for free!
We had a great time and hope many of you who did not come will decide to bring your Opels out next Spring to the show! I have posted pictures in the Photo Section under Carolina Opel Club.

 

[Old Hippie]

Congrats to the winners and to all that showed up through the storm. Those are some fine Opels and for the Opels to get recognized is even better!

 

[Ooooner]

I made a mistake and placed the pictures of the AutoFair in the wrong place. I placed the pictures of the show back in the Photo Section of the Carolina Opel Club for you to check out.

 

[BQS4]

Roy;
The next member to join the Carolina Club has to have a different color car, other than red.

 

[73Manta72gt]

It was a really good show and we had a great location...I hope we can get the same spot in the Spring.

 

[GoinManta]

Glad to hear it all worked out..

The weather ended up not being a factor in my coming, the Bitter was one though. In that it was taking longer to complete than was inticipated and since I was Opel-less, I instead focused on Opel projects to get one ready by spring, since I will Bitter-less in two weeks.

I just got it back from the shop and still have to put the dash back together. but it looks really nice. I wish I could have afforded to get the work done myself when it was still "mine".

Charles

 

[Ooooner]

Gene,
You are right about the colors! I am beginning to wonder about the Red in our club. Wonder if there is some meaning behind everyone having a red Opel in our club?

 

[BQS4]

Roy;
All y'all have to do is get the Rebel flag painted across the top of the car and ...ROFLMAO!!!

 

[soybean (R.I.P.)]

Hey now, mines painted brown. Only the drivers neck is red. But wait, I do have another Gt and it's...........RED. Candy Apple Red to be exact. Gotta do something about that. Jarrell

 

[bq97]

Just for the record my GT is orange not red so I guess I'm the outcast in the club

Brian

 

[Ooooner]

Brian,
You are right! Yours is Orange. Maybe Gene is colored blind, huh? Jarrell's car is brown. I am not going to comment on his neck because mine is near the same shade!