[SEL] Re: Indoor Engine Shows

Dickie reb at apex.net
Thu Dec 22 16:09:25 PST 2005


I think there is supposed to be one in Murray KY next month in the Expo 
Center, not sure of the date though.

Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mullt at att.net>
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Subject: Re: [SEL] Re: Indoor Engine Shows


> 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
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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