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April Ace Cafe Meeting - Air Cooled Cars
Sunday 04 April 2010
Easter Sunday, warm sunny weather, something pleasant to drink, lots of friendly people and plenty of Classic and Specialist Cars to look at and talk about. What more could you want ?.The day was planned to be an ‘Air cooled day ’and as expected several VW Beetles, Karmann Ghias, Porsches and Citroëns that belong to our members and visitors where on show. There we also two VW campers, this model in good condition has skyrocketed in price, one was for sale in the Campello meeting last week for 40,000€ !!
Despite all the other lovely cars, the day was stolen by the arrival of several new to us Classics, one crept in slowly and almost silently and without any fuss, a 1939 Chevrolet Business Coupé owned by a Norwegian gentleman drove through the visiting public, turning many heads as it passed, and parked at the end of the row of Classic Cars which were already on display. ( very little space left). This Black and Silver coloured beauty immediately demanded the attention of most of the visitors and the owner was proud to show and tell all about his pride and joy. Another welcome stranger was a very well preserved Renault Caravelle and although not in mint condition looked extremely good for its age, ( according to Car mad Roy, unfortunately you could hear this model rusting away even from new, and he had gained lots of knowledge of this car whilst working at a Renault dealership ).
This time several cars had a “ For Sale ” sign on them including a Jaguar XJS Convertible, a Lotus Elan, a VW Karmann Ghia and a Triumph TR 4, all polished and inviting, anyone interested ?. There was also a car related bric-a-brac stall with lots of interesting items for sale proving that the Ace Café meetings are turning out to be not just cars to look at but also offering the opportunity for any new enthusiast to be able to see what it´s all about and what´s on offer, and an opportunity to join the Phoenix Car Club if they so wished.
More than fifty cars were on display and an uncountable number of owners and visitors enjoyed looking at and discussing them, and a good day was had by all.
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