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Other Car Show Winners: The Poker Walk – Sherri Chatfield from the Townsmen Car Club won $200 with a straight! 50/50 Raffle – Pat Gruwell won the 50/50 raffle. Congratulations Sherri and Pat! Thanks to everyone who played. Mel’s Diner Car Show. Congratulations to Ricky Twist who won “Best Deuce Ever” at the American Graffitti Car Show at Mel’s Diner. It was another GREAT CAR SHOW! All the club members came together and worked hard to make this year’s show a success. Thank you to all the car show chairs…

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The Crossroads show is always a good show. It is a little smaller but always a good time and well organized. It really filled up fast! and many of the cars came in early. I did not get a car count or a chance to talk to Mark as he was really busy whenever I caught up to him. I had to leave early. The weather cooperated and was not too hot. I will see if I can get more info on Wed. at Mels.  There was a good turn…

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With over 200 cars at this year’s show, there were a LOT of gorgeous and interesting cars…how do you pick just one in a category to win. It was a tough decision for our judges. Thank you to all the car show participants. We appreciate you joining us at this year’s Cruisin’ the Pines Car Show. It was a photo finish! Photos by Pat G., Edie H., Jade S. and our roving reporter Don M.

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Credit where it is due – submitted by Jack L. At the last couple of the High Sierra Corvette Club meetings, I talked about the upcoming Roamin’ Angels Car Show. Recently at the HSCC picnic, one of the members came up to me and commented on how much he enjoyed the show.  Later in the day he and his wife together approached to tell me more about their car show experience. They were having such a good time that they stayed much longer than planned.  They liked the intimacy of…

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Testing A Speaker How To Tell If It’s Any Good By Chuck T. Lets start out by saying experts recommend using a speaker in your car with a plastic cone; not paper. A paper cone is more likely to warp when it adsorbs moisture. A speaker works by having an electromagnet’s magnetic field work against the field of a permanent magnet. The speaker makes sound by feeding a variable current into a coil while a permanent magnet attempts to hold the coil still. The current contains the sound information and…

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Big A’s Drive In Show & Shine August 22, Grass Valley: It was a fun get together at Big A’s Drive In. Good food and wonderful friends. Thanks for showing up! – Photos & Commentary by Pat G.

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Eskaton Show & Shine August 29, Grass Valley: Thanks for bringing your Classic Cars to share with the residents of Eskaton. What a beautiful day. We had 7 Cars. A very nice lunch served on the patio. Thank you DeeAnn, Bruce, Don, Gary, Gail, Larry, Christy, Jerry, Richard and Pat. We had a fun day! – Photos and Commentary by Pat G.

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Atria Show & Shine August 7, Grass Valley: Thanks for bringing your Classic Cars to share with the residents of Atria. The residents and club member, Sylvia, enjoyed the cars and talking with the club members. It was a sunny day and good day to get the cars out. We had a fun afternoon! – Photos and Commentary by Pat G.

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Hot August Nights August 5-8, 2024 • Submitted by Don M. Went up to Hot August Nights in Reno and had a great time! Many of the Roamin Angels have been there a time or two, I would imagine. It was the first time that I stayed for more than a day and entered my car. I took my ‘55 Chevy. It seemed very proud to be entered with so many fine automobiles! The whole week of Hot August Nights is so massive and there is so much going on…

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Mel’s Diner Car Show August 17,2024 • Photos by Don M. & Pat G. The Mels Show was a great show especially for the Roamin Angels as our club had a big turn out and we came away with the participation trophy. Gary Blum, Ed and Nancy Johnson, Richard and Pat Gruwell, Steve and Paula Ballard, Bill and Karin Robinson, Pam and Fred Dias, Don Dickerman and Your Roving Reporter, (Hope I didn’t forget anyone) all made sure the Roamin Angels were well represented. It was a lot of fun…

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