Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Editor's Notebook- Nov. 2008

the editor's NOTEbook

BERT EISENHOUR

WITH SNOW ALREADY BEING MENTIONED IN OUR WEATHER REPORTS, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR: our T-BIRDS are headed for their long winter hibernation!
A glance at the CTCC Calendar (page 2) reveals only two events remaining on the 2008 schedule: The November Membership Meeting at Russell's BBQ on the 13th and the Annual Holiday Party on December 6th.
As you will see, this issue is devoted to coverage of the CTCC Fall Tour, with a splendid recount of the event by Sandy Kraatz (pages 6, 7 and 8) and photos by Bill Thelen (page 9). Blessed with picture-perfect weather on both Friday and Saturday, the well-attended Wisconsin Tour was most enjoyable!
Incidentally, the October 7th edition of the BELOIT DAILY EXPRESS featured our event on the cover page of their Living section! The page also included two color photos: Your Editor and Pete Ekstrom with Pete's Fiesta Red '56 and a view of the 'Birds lined up in the parking lot of the Beloit Angels Museum.
Again, due to limited space in this issue, Part II of "The True Story...." will appear in the Dec. issue.
As of press-time, the small group of the travelers recreating the LAR (Longest Auto Race) arrived in Geneva, Illinois on the 23rd. Since Geneva was one of the stops made by the New York to Paris Great Race cars in 1908. this was an important part of the current Racer's routing in their travels from New York City to San Francisco - October 18 - November 8. The cover of the October 24th edition of the Daily Herald features coverage of the visit, along with a photo of us "interviewing'' Roy Foster, one of the drivers. We will feature more "Race Car photographs in the December issue, [longestautoracecent.com].
A recent WLS radio program found the host, Paul Bryan, expounding on the present market for collector cars. The Las Vegas Auction saw a 1955 T-Bird sell at $50,000, Paul commenting that the 'Bird would have been valued at "double" that amount last year!

WISHING ONE-AND-ALL A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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