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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m planning to be there, probably with my MGA. If not the MGA, possibly one of my ’72 Midgets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was talking with a couple of the guys in my local club (Western PA Triumph Assn………and no, I don’t own a Triumph) and I think this may be the last hurrah for our group, at Carlisle. Only a few of us will be attending, this year and the rest of us will be at Summit Point.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The internet has really ruined Carlisle, I think. That, plus the fact that we’re all getting a lot older and not nearly as many of us are actively restoring these cars, anymore (I still am, but I really don’t need to find any parts, anymore). The vendor area keeps shrinking and, other than replacing “consumables”, for my workshop, I haven’t bought anything significant there for some time, now.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I really hate the thought of giving up on Carlisle, but, I think this may be my last visit to Import Carlisle. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bud Osbourne<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Spridgets <spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Valentine via Spridgets<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 13, 2019 6:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Kevin Valentine <kevinv1275@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Spridgets] Carlisle Import<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hey ALL,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This upcoming weekend is Carlisle Import Show. Who's going?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I won't make it this year ;( I'll be at the Wild West Oshit meeting in Dodge City with Jim and a few other Spridgeteers ;)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Kevin V.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tuscarora, Pa<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>