The second week of June we took a trip to Northern California to see family and friends. While there we were going to pick up a 60 Edsel 2 door as the parts donor car for the 60 Edsel Station Wagon. We stayed with my son in Sonoma County and I visited my friend Fred, who I got the Kaisers, T-Birds and Edsel from. Karen spent time with her daughter and new grand baby. Fred and I had a great couple of days preparing and loading: the edsel sedan and spent one day trying our luck at buried treasure using Fred's metal detectors at Bodgea Bay. I spent one day visiting an old friend (who has some failing health problems) I had not seen in over 10 years at Clearlake. We reminisced about hot rod days and friends in the 50's and 60's. We talk about his current 100 mph plus twin hull boat with 2 superchargers and his 7.45 ET chevy drag car Karen and I went and visited our friends Dave and Carol in Healdsburg. Dave has a collection of 20 (+/-)Ford, Dodge, and GM Trucks and a fe...

On Saturday (May 18Th) we took the Starliner to a Fund Raiser Car show in Kingman AZ to benefit the "All Starz Kidz" a dancing and tumbling academy for young girls. The event is called "flipping for Fenderz Car Show and all the judging is done by the gymnasts and dancers, and some of their picks for awards were unique to say the least The Starliner was in the customs category but was not flashy enough for the girls and they picked a 40 Ford 2 door that was candy apple purple with red, orange, and yellow flames. There was a good turn out, about 100 cars, trucks, t-buckets, and motorcycles. We had a good time visiting with people we have met at other shows and watching the All Star Kidz dancing show. Its a short run for the Starliner, about a 60 mile round trip and the show runs from 10 am to 2 pm so we did not have to sit through a long drawn out affair. The DJ played good 50's and 60's music and we enjoyed our day with our special car.