[SEL] Re: Indoor Engine Shows

[mullt at att.net]

Arnie,

I can certainly see why a show at a shopping mall wouldn't be much fun. I don't think the shoppers would be too interested in old engines. (gotta get to the shoe sale at the department store before all the good ones are gone, etc.)

I was thinking more like a heated barn or something like that. There is an indoor horse riding building near me. Something like that would work.

But I guess the cost to rent such a building would make it difficult to have a show that would not bring in much (if any) money.

Tom in St. Louis
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From: Arnie Fero <fero_ah at city-net.com>
> Hi Tom,
> 
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 mullt at att.net wrote:
> 
> > Here in the Midwest (Missouri) it is too cold for any engine shows,
> > unlike in Florida. Has anyone ever heard of and indoor show in a heated
> > building? That would go a long way to curing my cabin fever.
> >
> > Tom in St. Louis
> 
> Too cold is just a state of mind.
> 
> I was invited to participate in a winter-time engine show indoors at one
> of the local shopping malls.  They wouldn't allow us to run the engines
> and were really hyper about oil drips.  All in all not nearly as much fun
> as it could have been.
> 
> I think there was a piece in GEM years ago about an engine show in
> Fairbanks Alaska in the dead of winter that was held in a huge quonsett
> hut type building.  They did run the engines and it was very successful.
> 
> There are a couple of shows here in Pencilbonya that are held outdoors in
> the winter even in the snow.
> 
> Then there's the SEL New Year's Eve World-Wide Crank-Up.  The idea is to
> bring in the New Year by running engines; first in Austraila, then Europe,
> then the east coast, finishing up in Kalifornia.  LOTS of fun!!
> 
> So what are folks planning on running for the New Year's Eve World-Wide
> Crank-Up?  In my case, it will be the engines nearest the door; the
> Tulip-Top Bamford and Fat Bastard, the 7 hp Crossley.
> 
> See ya,  Arnie
> 
> Arnie Fero
> Pittsburgh, PA
> fero_ah at city-net.com
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