SPARKS, NV (March 22) — The second meet of the month was highlighted by wonderful weather.
As a result there was a huge amount of cars, trucks, a few motorcycles and many fans.
Square Bodies, which are mostly pick-up trucks filled an entire row. These were made by Chevrolet years ago.
While not a square body, over on row was this beautiful Chevy Pick Up truck. Keeping with the vintage style even had white sidewall tires.
Even the motor was stock and cleaned up in this truck.
A bit newer was a Plymouth Duster. Like others it was all shined up and on display.
Not only was the body and interior of the Duster ready for display but so was its motor. That was as clean as the body was.
Another vintage sports car was this Jaguar E Type owned by Tony Mitchell.
Asked about the car he said, “It’s a 1969 E Type Convertible. I bought it at the Hot August Nights auction in 1995. It looked just like this then and I’ve done nothing to it except make it run right.
“Which mostly fixed things everybody before me screwed up. A loose wire here, a cut wire there. It needed points, condenser, cap rotor, wires and plugs.”
He also changed out the original alternator, which was a Lucas unit that didn’t put out enough amps. He replaced that with a 65 Amp Delco unit.
Asked how it drives he said, “It drove really good when I got it. But you can tell the bushings and what not are starting to get tired so it kind of needs to be gone through again.”
Only a few motorcycles showed up. One was this Ducatti Monster.
Another vintage car was this VW Beetle. Like other cars on display it was bright and shiny.
Only one T-Bucket was there. It provided a nice contrast to the cars parked on either side of it.
Next weekend is the fifth one of the month. Usually most Cars & Coffee groups don’t meet on that Sunday. But there will be other groups, as well as things to do, so please check out my preview article on Thursday.
OTHER RACING NEWS
• On Tuesday, starting at 6:30 Trucks & Tacos of Northern Nevada is meeting at Daddy’s Tacos NV. Location is 4840 Mill Street, Ste. 8, in Reno.
• On Wednesday, starting around 5 p.m., PJ&CO is hosting its weekly Bike Night. Great time to see some bike, meet great people as well as enjoying good food and drink. Location is on Wells just north of the round about.
• Gardnerville native Lux Turner, who now lives in Southern California, is racing in the 250 West class. He was at Saturday’s AMA Supercross where 250 East and West groups faced off. Turner and went from 19 to 14th at the finish.
Photo courtesy – FIM Women’s Motocross Cup.
• Turner’s sister Lachlan, also called Lala, is with her mother in Australia. She is competing on the AMA Women’s MX Team and racedat Wonthaggi in Australia. Was a good weekend as she won both of her motos.
• This weekend is the 39th SCORE San Felipe 250 run in Baja, California. Pre-running started this weekend and we want to extend out best wishes to those from Nevada that are competing.
• This weekend is when the annual Reno RV & Boat Show happens at the Convention Center. There is also an Off-Road Motorsport Show, which is part of the event, and usually there are several groups with displays.
• Rattlesnake Raceway increased its prize money for track members. The next Test N Tune session is on April 4th.
• On Thursday, from 6 until 8 p.m., Stadium GP is having a volunteer meeting. Location is South-40 at 1445 South Meadows Parkway.
• This coming Saturday, Hot August Nights is having a Member Recruitment Open House. Times are 10 to 1 p.m. and the location is 1425 E. Greg Street in Sparks.
• Davey’s American Racing can be found on Face Book.
He also posts schedules for various tracks and there related subjects.
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