Iola 2017 Experience
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:49 am
Hi fellas, long time no post.
Thought I'd share this. Took my '59 to Iola again this year (15th year), As I was parking it among at least a thousand cars, a fellow walked up and was interested in the Plymouth.
He noticed the Texas plate on front of my car and said he was from Texas. I told him my car came from Austin. He said he was from Austin. Our conversation revealed that he was good friends with the previous owner of my car (Miles Earney, forward look enthusiast in Austin area).
He took pics of my car and texted Miles with the info.
Later in day I ran into this fellow again and he said Miles texted him back and said he wants to buy my car back. As they say, "small world".
It seems each year Iola offers some kind of unusual happening. I camp there for the full 3 day event so get the full experience.
This year I also took my '70 Gremlin. That car gets comments from, I would say, 99 out of 100 onlookers. I actually like the comical negative ones more than the (few) positive ones.
There was a '59 Plymouth Sport Fury (361) for sale for $9500 by Teds Tuna Boats. Car was in rough, rough, rough shape. It was on a trailer.
Thought I'd share this. Took my '59 to Iola again this year (15th year), As I was parking it among at least a thousand cars, a fellow walked up and was interested in the Plymouth.
He noticed the Texas plate on front of my car and said he was from Texas. I told him my car came from Austin. He said he was from Austin. Our conversation revealed that he was good friends with the previous owner of my car (Miles Earney, forward look enthusiast in Austin area).
He took pics of my car and texted Miles with the info.
Later in day I ran into this fellow again and he said Miles texted him back and said he wants to buy my car back. As they say, "small world".
It seems each year Iola offers some kind of unusual happening. I camp there for the full 3 day event so get the full experience.
This year I also took my '70 Gremlin. That car gets comments from, I would say, 99 out of 100 onlookers. I actually like the comical negative ones more than the (few) positive ones.
There was a '59 Plymouth Sport Fury (361) for sale for $9500 by Teds Tuna Boats. Car was in rough, rough, rough shape. It was on a trailer.