Somewhat OT: Charmy's June 2020 "Show" Report of What's Kept Me Sane These Past Few Months!
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Johnny started a thread asking if I was still around and that hey missed my show reports, so I posted this "show report" of what I've been doing the past few months to keep from going crazy. So even though it might be OT, I think it would be fun if you also posted a few photos of what you've been up to during the last few months!
I sure miss attending shows and doing my reports as well. I know I haven't posted much, just haven't been anywhere or done much coin-related things to post since the craziness began. And, unfortunately, with a new grandbaby on the way due in September, I don't plan to attend any shows for the rest of the year. So, if you don't mind, how about if I post a "show" report of what I've been up to the last few months!
I'm still hunting down coins for my customers and/or inventory and selling off my NEW website, as well as Collectors Corner and Facebook (I don't do eBay). I even managed to find a coin for my personal collection, a Lincoln cent in a Doily holder!
After PCGS re-opened, they allowed me to go and pick up some coins I had submitted before the craziness that they were finally able to finish grading. They were very cautious, took my temperature before I entered, of course we all wore masks, and then they put my coins on a cart and had me retrieve them and then leave the building right away so there was minimal exposure and no contact. I was very glad for all the precautions.
When not hunting down coins for my customers and/or inventory, I mostly take rides up in the local canyon or along PCH in Laguna/Newport/Huntington Beaches in my lil red 1968 GTCS which really brings me a lot of peace and joy.
My mustang club was even asked to participate in the filming of a new tv show about cars with an episode focusing on mustangs. So they picked out a group of classic cars, including mine, and filmed us driving along PCH in Huntington Beach.
I also like to do puzzles to keep my mind busy and occupied since it's been really hard for me not being able to travel and go to shows, buy/sell my pennies, view exhibits, see my friends, talk coins, etc. And pairing puzzles with wine is twice as nice! My grandson calls me "Mimi" so my kids got me this "sippy cup" for Mother's Day and am having a wonderful crisp and cool Rombauer Chardonnay!
We've been having a couple backyard bbq's with our kids who live locally so we can stay connected and have a bit of normalcy. During our last get together, we cut our grandson's hair for the first time in months, and this is how my son "rinsed" off his head!
When restaurants finally opened here in OC, my hubby and I took the mustang to our favorite local diner, The Snooty Fox. Though there were half the tables in the room, the menus were paper throw-aways, and every condiment was parsed out in little containers, it was really nice eating out for the first time in months!
Also, after four months of not leaving Orange County, my hubby and I finally ventured out of OC and spent a few days at our place in Lake Havasu last weekend ! We took our 1983 SKV "Stuck in the 80's" boat out on the lake on a Thursday so there was hardly any other boats on the water. Even though it was 110 degrees, it was great spending the day cruising the lake, stopping and playing in the water, and just being free with the "hot" wind and cool water splashing in our faces!
And of course, our "little" Penny just keeps getting lazier and chubbier!
I plan to attend the FUN show in January and have already signed up, so I am very excited to try and get back to some sort of normalcy starting with that blockbuster show - and I hope to catch up with many of you folks, and of course will do a full picture-filled show report!
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I really miss going to the shows and miss your show reports.
We share some similar interests and ways to keep the sanity in check. I love taking my 1971 convertible LaMans out for a spin, nothing better than the wind and sun on your face.
I finished my 09-58 Lincoln set a couple of years back but still find a few Lincolns that call to me from time to time, these two I recently purchased from the BST (seller pic).
And I enjoy my airbrush work, very relaxing and fills in the creative side.
Maybe I'll see you at a Long Beach show in the future.
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Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Went to the Tukwila PNNA Coin Show in 2011 and dropped off some tasty Washington wine for you.
My latest purchase for my 1890 proof registry set, 64RD CAM.
Getting out in my 1949 Panel Truck for those long country rides.
Charmy, I will be looking forward to seeing you at the 2021 FUN Show in January.
I always loved them old panel wagons. My uncle had several
Nice to see your post. Inquiring minds need to know. Where are your photos of your meal at "The Snooty Fox?
Love the Mustang photos.
Brings back memories.
The first time I saw a Mustang was on the factory floor as it was being manufactured back in 1964. I was with a group of Boy Scouts headed to the National Jamboree and enroute our train travel was interrupted by a factory tour.
The first time I drove a Mustang was several years later while a freshman in college. I rented a yellow Mustang convertible for the weekend and took a group of kids in it on a field trip to visit the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
Love the mustang and I'll love the panel truck, very nice coins as well, thanks for posting
Excellent post!! ... I enjoyed it.
You said:
with a new grandbaby on the way due in September, I don't plan to attend any shows for the rest of the year.
With COVID-19 out there ... you could not have made a better choice!!
@ricko
Very sorry to hear about your wife. I wish her and yourself the best.
Jim
@Jimnight .... Thank you Jim, we are tough old birds, so will get through it. Cheers, RickO
Thanks for the report.
The Snooty Fox is one my favorite breakfast places. I had a beautiful white 1965 Mustang which I sold 10 years ago shortly before my son started driving. He liked the car too much and I was afraid he would do something stupid driving it.
Thank you everyone for all the kind comments. It's great seeing/hearing what you have been doing over these past few months, and it's nice to see some of you are classic car enthusiasts as well!
@golden - I soooo miss going to coin shows and seeing everyone, that's been he hardest part of all this mess for me, though spending time with my family has helped a lot!
@coinbuf - love the beautiful LeMans, and your airbush pieces are stunning! Those two Lincolns are really nice, you must have put together a fantastic Lincoln set.
@HighRelief - your panel truck is sweet, I bet it's fun to ride around the country. That 1890 proof looks nicer than a 64. I very much look forward to seeing you at the FUN show.
@BLUEJAYWAY - I hadn't expected to make a post of my breakfast at The Snooty Fox, or I would have taken a pic of our meal - believe me, it was very special just because I didn't have to make it!
@1northcoin - That must have been something to see first hand one of the original mustangs being made, wow! For me, they are beautifully made cars and very special (but if you ever asked my hubby who loves working on old cars, he will tell you - and has told me many times - "I'm don't like Fords, I'm a Chevy man"! But he does "tolerate" my Little Red Pony!
@Jimnight - You're right, the grandbabies make my world go round and staying out of harm's way of this virus so I can spend time with my grandbabies is worth it!
@ricko - I'm very sorry about your wife's injury and hope she is recovering quickly. Kudos to you for taking on all the household responsibilities, I know that would give my hubby a tough challenge if he had to do that! By the way, I knew you would be a little disappointed in my having white wine, believe me, I am very surprised at myself because I've always been a staunch red wine drinker. But it's been so hot lately, especially at our outdoor bbqs that I decided to try some white wine that I got in one of my shipments, and I loved it because it was cool and refreshing. But I still prefer reds and do have them with dinner now and then, but I have to admit I am enjoying those yummy buttery Chardonnays and light crisp Sav Blancs too! Also, the hubby and I are taking a trip to see my siblings at my sister's home in southern New Mexico where we will all bring our arsenals of rifles, shotguns and pistols to do some target practice out in a canyon near her home. Our dad taught us all how to shoot rifles as soon as we could hold one, and I still have my bolt action .22 that I will bring to do some plinking!
@skier07 - Nice to know there are fellow Snooty Fox lovers out there, it really is a great place, been there for over 40 years. Probably a smart decision about not letting your son have the mustang, though I'm sure he was very disappointed. The 1868 GTCS I had in high school that I eventually sold when I had a baby back in 1985 went to a 17-year old boy who was over-the-top thrilled to be getting it. I often wonder if he took good care of it and whether that car is still around.
Well, the hubby and I are off to the canyon on another ride, then guess what! We're gonna end up at the Snooty Fox for lunch with one of my son's and his wife! Good times can still be had in these weird times! Again, thank you everyone, it's been great being back on the boards with y'all!
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I’m happy I sold my Mustang. My son totaled his car 3 hours after he got his license in a unassisted accident. Fortunately he was in a clunker and nobody got hurt. He lost control going down a hill and he slammed into a curb and the car wound up on someone’s front lawn. If he was driving the Mustang he would have flipped and it probably would have been very ugly.
@pennylady Tell your hubby Chevy's are a poor man's hotrod, Until they try to outlast a Ford! I never blew a Ford engine. All my friends running Chevy's were blowing engines all the time!
@amwldcoin - hubby said to tell you that "a Ford guy doesn't spin his motor fast enough to blow it up to beat a Chevy!" His words, not mine!
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I know your hubby's going to laugh at this...probably a few others here also. I bought a Pinto new. I didn't have to spend much on it...take off the pollution crap, put a header with a good exhaust on it, tricked the carb a bit, and jacked up the timing. Everyone in my High School swore I had a V-8 in it. I had no problem dusting the new Z-28's of the time(1978). I dogged that poor little 4 banger for over 40,000 miles before I got rid of it. I set my redline at 7,000 RPM's. Did best if I shifted around 6500 RPM's. The valves floated at 7500 RPM's.
I had a cougar that had a 302 4BBL in it I built up to probably Boss HP. Couldn't spin that one over 6,000 RPM's because the Tach limited the RPM's...that was a rare thing for 1968!
Had a 70 Torino GT Convertible. It had a HP 351 Cleveland that was sweet. I can guarantee him I overrevved the crap outta that motor all the time. Put a 73 TA SD outta sight in a minute or so on the interstate(of course you can't do that these days) When I would light em up in the parking lot it would be on the verge of shifting to 3rd moving around 5 MPH with the speedo @ over 70MPH. It had an FMX trans in it. Never new how fast it would go...only that it would make the needle disappear under the dash. That TA said he was running over 130!
Every friend I had in the Hotrod seen that was running 396's Blew them! I will attest a 454 is a tough motor but didn't have much experience with them.
I was hell on motors and NEVER BLEW ONE!
Love your California Special always liked the Shelby trunk and taillights on those.
@Broadstruck - me too, that and the GTCS side scoops are really what make the California Special stand out!
@ProfHaroldHill - you actually made me blush! And that's a wonderful thing at this stage in my life! Thank you!!
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Agree with all PHH said, plus that nice El Camino looks like a runner too
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Great thread! I love that doily!
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@Baley - thank you! Like our 1983 SKV boat, that El Camino is just one more thing that shows my hubby is "Stuck in the 80's"! That's his third El Camino, he just loves them - plus, of course, it's a CHEVY!
@asheland - thank you, that 1929-S brings my copper Doily collection to 11. You can see my entire collection of Indian and Lincoln cents (including the Doilies) here: https://thepennylady.com/coin-category/charmys-collections/
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My oldest son got a Jeep Wrangler for his 16th birthday, 2 weeks later rolled it 7x into a cornfield. Bad news... Jeeps are designed to roll, good news...Jeeps are designed to roll...he had a robin egg bump on his forehead from the roll bar and not another scratch. There wasn't one square inch of that car that wasn't bent, except the roll bar. He drove a beater after that.
These are my nephew's...
One thing's for sure, after hours of shopping a big show you'll get a boost from the big smile waiting at The Penny Lady's booth.