Cars and Coffee

On the large lot of Classic BMW Plano, Texas Cars and Coffee Dallas holds a car show on the first Saturday of each month.  The event goes for 4 hours from 8am to 12pm.  There are lots of cars and a great deal of coffee as well.  Check out our Photo and Video page for some cool videos I found out on YouTube.  I wasn't prepared for the excitement and volume of cars that I found - there were around 300 cars on display.  You simply show up with your ride and there is a guy that directs you to the proper section for whatever it is you are in.  For most of us it was just taking in all of the sights and sounds.  My wife and I went this last Saturday and there was everything from '54 Sting Rays to some Corvette Grand Sport Editions, a Bentley convertible, a classic Rolls Royce and a beautiful Mercedes Benz stretch sedan.  Also found were beautifully restored VW Bugs, new and older Mustangs, Shelby's, Vipers and yes a BMW or two and a really awesome '60 Impala that made me envious.

Forgive me for the photography - I took these pics with my iPhone and it's the older model.  Next time I'll be prepared for the show.  My wife and I learned about the car show a while back while sitting at the traffic light next to the dealership - as you see with the videos on the Photos and Videos page, Dude's will get on it when they leave the lot...such was the case on this particular day.  I checked the Classic BMW website and discovered this was a regular event.  It has been on my calendar to do ever since, but this was the first opportunity when nothing else was interfering with the time table.  Take a look - here's the Cars and Coffee website.  Check it out and when in town, or at one of the other locations, take it in.  You won't be disappointed.

-George

My First Corvette

In 1967 I was in a parking lot in Fort Worth Texas on my way to a barber shop with my Father and Brother when I saw it.  It in this case was a beautiful red '63 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe.  I just stopped and stared and said something like 'someday I'll own one of these'.  No matter what I uttered the fact is I was in love.  It wasn't until much later that I found out exactly what the car year and model were and much later Gary, my writting partner on this blog, tried to convince me I could afford a Sting Ray.  Together we found a '62 owned by an individual that gave me a chance to test drive.  The handling and short stroke of the shifter increased my love for this automobile.  But, timing was wrong so I wasn't able to purchase this particular car, either my offer was wrong or his price too high - it doesn't matter because what counted most was I finally got to drive a Corvette.

Years later I bought my first Corvette.  I found a beautiful 1974 L82 Corvette Stingray coupe with custom headers, Mille Miglia (a red/orange) on the outside and medium saddle on the inside.  Absolutley beautiful. It was owned by a guy that had too many cars and owned too many companies.  Everything was perfect and I finally had the car of my dreams.  The Corvette pictured here is very close to my first Vette - a tad bit more red than what I had and this one is not an L82.  Never the less she's a real beauty.
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