Car show winner

[Kaiser2boy]

I took my 37 to a car show just for the fun of it. I won a trophy...
I found it hard to believe seeing as how there were many fine restored cars there that were way way nicer than my brutish looking M37.
It turns out that the trophy was for "PEOPLES CHIOCE".
Most cars there had "PLEASE DONT TOUCH "signs on them.
I let anyone that wanted to climb in and if the had kids they could climb in too . Many people wanted their picture taken at the wheel What could they hurt. A lot of folks thought it was great to do more than just walk by and look. It was like a Please touch museum. It was sort of funny watching all the trailer queens being dusted off and wiped free of dust by the owner. I squirted mine down with a hose a bit and drove to the show. Ha Ha Ha no polish needed. Most people were just impressed with its stark brute looks and simplicity .

[gusbratz]

thats great! and those are all reasons why i like power wagons to start with.

[Gordon Maney]

Wonderful!

[Bruce]

Congrats

I hope you took some pics as well?
Outstanding!

[JStinson]

Refreshing to hear. Congratulations!

PS, pics...

[Kaiser2boy]

Well I would post some pictures but I did not renew my subscription to the magazine so I am not in the club anymore I guess. My bad.
Plus I tried a few times before and for some reason Photo Bucket would shrink the photos down to postage stamp size and they were all but useless.

On another note , now dont get me wrong I love women OK.
I have nothing against them and some can be real fun to be around.
That said ,,while I was at the show a woman about 30 yrs old was looking at the truck with a face that had QUESTION MARK all over it.
She says,"is this a FIBER-FAB replica"?
I about spit my teeth out . I calmly said "no" and knocked on the fender, clank, clank. She says her husband has a real nice Army Jeep that is mostly all fiberglass and has a Ford Pinto engine and an automatic trans, and bucket seats, its great.
I just said Thats nice.

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I am sure a Pinto engine brought a lot to the plastic jeep.

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[jarhead]

You know, I did the same thing at a car show in May at a handicapped camp that my son attended. I would purposely sit in a lawn chair while the kids used my m37 as a jungle gym. I had one parent of a handicapped child tell him that he could look but not touch. I helped the father get him into the truck and the look on his face was priceless! Makes life worth living doesn't it. I won a trophy that day but that pales in comparison of watching those kids have a blast.

[MoparNorm]

You know, I did the same thing at a car show in May at a handicapped camp that my son attended. I would purposely sit in a lawn chair while the kids used my m37 as a jungle gym. I had one parent of a handicapped child tell him that he could look but not touch. I helped the father get him into the truck and the look on his face was priceless! Makes life worth living doesn't it. I won a trophy that day but that pales in comparison of watching those kids have a blast.

Thanks for the wonderful post!

[Kaiser2boy]

You know, I did the same thing at a car show in May at a handicapped camp that my son attended. I would purposely sit in a lawn chair while the kids used my m37 as a jungle gym. I had one parent of a handicapped child tell him that he could look but not touch. I helped the father get him into the truck and the look on his face was priceless! Makes life worth living doesn't it. I won a trophy that day but that pales in comparison of watching those kids have a blast.

Exactly my friend, exactly.
I actually think that some of the trailer queen owners were getting a bit jealous of my clanky green thing getting so much attention. It was sort of the ugly girl at the dance getting as much attention as they were because she has a good personality.

[jarhead]

We have a Kids day coming up in September here in Fairfield and I will have my m37 there for the kids. I have recently purchased a 1946 WDX that is shortened in the frame and has a boom on the rear. I have been told it looks like tow mater from cars. My goal is to fabricated buck teeth on it and paint the windshield white with eyeballs and put her through the parade that way. The kids will have a blast!

[Kaiser2boy]

We have a Kids day coming up in September here in Fairfield and I will have my m37 there for the kids. I have recently purchased a 1946 WDX that is shortened in the frame and has a boom on the rear. I have been told it looks like tow mater from cars. My goal is to fabricated buck teeth on it and paint the windshield white with eyeballs and put her through the parade that way. The kids will have a blast!

Ha Ha Ha , now THATS worth a picture. Me sticking up a photo of mine that looks like every other 37 is not.
That said Its funny but kids, mostly little boys seem to light up when they see this kind of truck. The little boy down the road from us is about one year old and every time he sees my truck he toddles over to it and just stands there pointing at is and smiling. It must be some genetic thing with boys of all ages.
There was a group of special needs kids ( Autistic) at the show and they really lit up when I said " its OK to climb in ". So did their parents.

[jarhead]

It is special when younger kids faces light up, but handicapped children REALLY light up. I lost my special needs son in January of 2009. I really thought of selling the M37 because it brought back so many memories and was pretty painful. With that said, I knew that there were so many other children with and without special needs that would enjoy that truck and I would be remiss in not continuing my sons memory by sharing it. We have large magnets that we put on the doors whenever we are at shows and parades that have images of Patrick. One of which is him sitting in the truck as he always did, very content. If anyone out there does not believe they can make a difference, put your old truck out there for THEM and see the pure joy they have. You my friend have made a wonderful choice in sharing!