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Sunday was the first car show for the SVO under my watch. It’s a local Shine and Show type of event for all types of cars. I don’t know how many cars or people were there, but I was entrant #304. A fun time. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures, but I was parked next to a beautiful red 1966 GTO that was invited to and was awarded a special interest car plaque at the National Roadster Show. So, the SVO got a lot of looks as a spillover from the GTO crowd.
A couple of take aways from that day.
- I am a firm believer that if these SVO’s are not made available for the auto public and especially the younger crowd, to see and ask questions about, that these proudly engineered machines will unceremoniously fade away. So, I use it and without abusing it.
- This SVO and a full-on 1991 street/drag racer, were the only fox bodies there. Surely there have to be more fox bodies out there! Thinking back there were probably 20+ mustangs there.
- About 10 people stopped to chat. The questions ranged from: “What is this?”, Is this a custom car with 2 spoilers? How come the hood scoop is not centered? Nice wheels, are they factory? 8 or 6 cylinders ? 5.0l or 3.6l? How many HP.? To one person asking what I paid for it and what they are worth. How you answer that one !
- But 3 stooped by that made my day. One was the original owner of a Black 1984 that “decades ago” blew the trans and has been sitting in the back yard. Waiting for a day when it gets restored. Another owned a 1986 (new) but traded it on a 1993 Cobra. He said it was a worst handling car than the SVO. In fact, seeing one after all these years had starting him thinking about looking for another red one. Finally, a guy came by looking and looking without saying anything. Finally, he walked up to me with the typical “Is this yours?” smile. Yep and he said “this is like my first real car. Said he loved that SVO and even meet his wife driving it. They dated and hung out everywhere in it. But with a wife and kids, he had to sell it for a family car. He hadn’t seen one in a very long time, and it brought back so many memories. I told him this is exactly why I bring it out whenever I can and drive it around.
- After lunch, this same guy came back again. Seems that he went home and now brought his wife! Yikes haha. I watched him point and talk, point and smile. He sure was reliving some great times with his wife. After introductions, he said that he just had to show his wife. And since the kids are all grow and moved out, they wanted to buy the SVO. Unfortunately, the car was not for sale. But I told him that there are always 1986’s for sale. But they specially wanted an Oxford White (9l) no sunroof version. We exchanged contact information in case I changed my mind. Sunday night he sent me a picture (see below) of his beloved SVO on his man cave wall. Seems he had the delux leather interior.
There has been a lot of personal and professional history that has been made with our cars.
Let’s keep adding to it.
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