Later we went to by to see another old friend, Paul Digges at B&H Auto Electric who used to drive a brown ’79 Trans Am. He told us that we just missed seeing Sheryl and Lance who were in town to go to the lake for the weekend.
On the way back from David’s trip down “memory lane”, he showed me where he and Ricky French sang “Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble” at the DECA banquet his senior
year, and the country road where his dad, Roy, tried to straighten
out the curve and put David's first Mustang deep in the cornfield.
On our way on towards Indianapolis, we cruised through Centralia, Illinois where David attended the first half of his freshman year. Just to prove he could find it again, we took pictures of his old house and the football stadium across the street. Then we were off to Indy.
Tuesday morning after the breakfast special at Steak ‘n Shake we took the tour of the
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. David expected the museum to be filled with various years of Pace Cars, but all they had were the actual winning racecars from their respective year. In the gift shop David heard one of the sales ladies say “Y’all” and realized we were not dealing with life-long Hoosiers. Quickly the conversation changed to favorite bits of the Blue Collar Comedy routines and David related his story about loading a tow dolly with a Firebird for some customers from Wisconsin. After driving the front wheels up on the dolly, David leaned out the window and asked the man, “’Zat-lukaw-rye?” “What?” Asked the man. “’Zat-lukaw-rye?” “What did you say?” “Does
- that - look - OK?” Yes, that looks fine, but what did you say before that?
Several minutes later when we left the museum, we could still hear them cackling like hens outside the door.
We next made out appointment with Trey Cannon at the Klipsh research and development labs. He showed us around some of the
testing equipment and reference listening rooms where the world-class audio transducers are engineered.
I made a surprise visit to my first boss after college, Dave Westol, at the Theta Chi International Headquarters. As an attorney and long time association executive, Westol has an impeccable memory. “During a cookout at my house that summer, Gary walked through my sliding screen door. Knocked it completely off the tracks.” Westol said. “I knew it!" David said. “When I saw him do the same thing at my parents house, that wasn’t the first time he’s done that.”
After quick episode of “David and Gary go to White Castle” we set off for Columbus, OH, the home of the Hotel Manz. Upon arrival, Alex showed us his prized collection of space saver spares and jack stands (which are available for sale) then screened the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, featuring the confusing white Trans Am with a red hood shaker.
Wednesday we took it easy and collected last minute needs for the show. We met up with
Dan Bauer to see his
1934 Chevrolet Master Town
Sedan, and later took turns on Alex’s 900 cc ’76 BMW R90/6 “ubercycle”.
We wanted to eat at the original
Wendy’s Hamburgers, but Alex wanted to try out his grill and showed us what can only be described as
“speed grilling”.
Following a tour of Downtown Columbus and the
Air Traffic
Control Tower where Alex works, we retired for the night following the movie Dazed and Confused.
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"Restoring Old Dreams"
Owner
and Operator, Mr. David Mars
Serving the community since 1991
Email: david@texastransams.com
4588A Kennedale - New Hope Rd.
Fort Worth, TX 76140
Phone: 817-563-2121
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