Well, we just came back from the Waynesboro VA British Car show, held in
a residential area park, with grass, trees, free admission to the
public, the 28th year, and I think it was a great success. Lots of
people from the area got to wander around all the cars, talk to owners,
and see if they would be able to own one.
John
BJ8s
Len and/or Marge Hartnett wrote:
> And the National Ice Cream Socials.
>
> It has been my concern in recent years, and I have expressed it, that
> the car shows associated with meets have been conducted at locations
> that are not populated by the general public. When the thinking is
> that it must be on grass, with picnic tables and shade, and any other
> amenities that make it comfortable for the PARTICIPANTS, you usually
> end up in a park or a location away from the general public. The only
> people that see the cars are the other owners who have seen all the
> regular attendees many times. Only by bringing the cars closer to the
> public and advertising locally will they be seen by the greatest
> number of non-club Healey owners, those who owned a Healey once, those
> who had a friend or relative who owned a Healey, those who wanted one
> but never got it, the kids that think it is a James Bond Aston Martin,
> etc, etc.
>
> Years ago, several local shows were held indoors in shopping malls.
> One became so popular by bringing in viewers - who must have turned
> into store customers - that the mall started paying for the cars to
> participate. A new mall manager nixed the idea. Their, and our, loss
> in my opinion.
>
> Attract the youth? How about a car show on the high school football
> field - on a school day? ;-) With time trials on the running track
> around the field? ;-) ;-)
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net>
> To: "'Healeys'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:59 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] FW: Young Healey Owners...
>
>
>> That was the idea behind the British Car Week which was established in
>> response to an article in which the author bemoaned that, in his
>> opinion,
>> British cars had disappeared. (Believe the article was titled "Where
>> have
>> the British cars gone?)
>>
>> My local club just had a very successful show in which 121 British cars
>> showed up and were parked on the main street of the town. It was
>> amazing how
>> many people were on their cell phones saying such things as "you've
>> gotta
>> come down and see this!" In short, have shows in high populated areas
>> and
>> drive them!
>>
>> John Sims, BN6
>> Aberdeen, NJ
>>
>> http://www.healey6.com
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