IML: WPC Meet in Burbank

["Bob Schmitt" <BSBRBANK@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all -

Before it gets to be old news, here's another report 
on the meet.  First, great thanks to Aaron Kahlenberg 
and the San Fernando Valley chapter for a great event. 
I only heard about it a week or so before the event, 
but was impressed by the events and organization, even 
though I only "partook" in a few.  I registered on 
Tuesday and found there were still openings for the 
Magic Castle dinner/show.  I'd never been there - by 
invitation from a magician member only - so we signed 
up and fought the Hollywood Bowl traffic, arriving on 
time for about the last dinner seats.  Great shows 
after dinner - clever and funny stuff!

We never got an event schedule, so went to the 
Wednesday Bob's Big Boy cruise too early, intending to 
get back later in the evening, but a mystery insect 
bite and sort-of medical emergency killed that plan.

I went up to the hotel on Friday, but not much swap-
meeting going on.  Had a nice chat with John Tennyson, 
working on his great '67 (or is it a '68) convert in 
the parking lot.  John has been very active in the 
Sacramento Imperial owners club for years.

I took my '66 LeBaron to the car show on Saturday (and 
should get an award for "shortest distance traveled", 
maybe 1.5 miles) and had a good time seeing the cars 
and Imperial owners - Sherwood Kahlenberg, Roger 
Irland, and Chris Hoffman should be known to the IML 
list. The Imperials were divided into at least 4 
categories and the '60s models were sort of scrunched 
in, but still there was a great variety of years and 
models.  My '66 did not compare to "Milburn", possibly 
the best '66 LeBaron I've ever seen.

I'll have photos eventually - only shot with film this 
time, so it takes a while.

John Tennyson said there's only been 2 other west 
coast WPC meets in the last 25 years, so it may be a 
while before the next one.  Meanwhile, I think there's 
room for communication improvement and cross-promotion 
between the Imperial clubs, WPC and ImperialClub.com.

Bob (still need to fix the tranny leak)



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