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Originally Posted by RangerMac
My brother and I were at a car show at the Valley Forge Casino and Resort for the 4th. This thirty something dude was admiring my car, looking at the engine at a respectable distance. From behind, this other guy pushes him towards my car. At first I thought they were friends messing around. I stood up and yelled at them to watch it. When the guy that got pushed turned towards the other guy, he got shoved again towards the rear of my car. I was parked next to this completely unrestored, prestine Corvair. The guys started fist fighting. I put myself between them and my car so that they didn't hit it. They ended up behind our cars, kicking and punching. Luckily, they didn't touch my car, but the corvair received a nice dent from a missed kick. I got that feeling I used to get when I was young and rowdy wanting to jump in choke someone out or place some well placed fists to the head and neck area of these two idiots that have no respect for others.
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Just a thought, but I suspect that a large percentage of the crowd at a casino might not be car enthusiasts and some of them might be leaving the building having had some alcoholic beverages, perhaps too many... So a casino might not necessarily be the best place to take your car for a car show. I hope the covair owner was able to get the police or security involved to get the fighters to take responsibility for the damage.
I kind of remember a story posted somewhere years ago where a Kirkham owner had his polished car on display outside of a casino at some convention (in Vegas maybe?) and a drunk guy came out of the casino and thought it would be funny to fall on the shiny car not realizing that he would do any damage to the car...
Obviously displaying your car at a concours d la elegance will probably get you much more respectful attendees.
If you are local to the area perhaps you might find a better behaved crowd of car enthusiasts tomorrow at the monthly car show in Pottstown.
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