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Chatsworth, CA
April 13, 2008
Pictures By Les Bateman
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On Sunday, April 13, 2008 my friends and I drove over to Chatsworth, California for the 1st Annual B&M Charity Car Show.  Most of you know that B&M has been in business for over 50 years producing quality shifter products, transmissions, etc.; they also acquired Hurst Shifter.  Since this was the 1st car show we really didn’t know what to expect; would it just be a few cars or would it be heavily attended?  Would it be well organized or total chaos?  I’m happy to say this was one of the best car shows I’ve been to in a long time and for a 1st car show this one ran as if it had been in existence for years.  Some of that had to do with the

leadership of the hosting car club, Oldskool 66 Cruzers, SoCal.; they’d been planning the car show for nearly a year….it really showed.  Parking was a breeze; they had food vendors, a ton of raffle items and a great DJ whose tunes could be heard throughout the show area.  How’s this for something different?  Instead of leaving the trophy awards for the end of the show they gave them out in groups of five every hour!  Instead of having the trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place within categories they were more specialized, such as “Best Topless”, “Lil Deuce Coupe”, “She’s Real Fine, My 409”, etc.  Raffle items, in groups of 10 were given out every half hour on the hour!  The four most prestigious trophies were given out at the end of the car show, along with the three largest raffle items and the 50-50 drawing.  There was even a celebrity sighting with the arrival of Jay Leno in one of his fabulous cars!  The car show ended at exactly 2:30, just as planned!  Not bad for a 1st car show….I can’t wait for next years’ show….hope to see you there

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