CAPITOL PANTERAS February 2006
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Autorama, Feb. 11,
2006
by Emilia Seiferling
The weather was wonderful for the 56th Annual
Sacramento Autorama. It is the 2nd longest
running indoor car show in the World. It was 71 degrees, sunny, and
clear in February! We arrived at Mimi's to find part of our
group out in the parking lot standing around a yellow Pantera. It belonged
to Mike & Rhonda Petrilla of Winters. They drove over to attend
the Capitol Pantera's Autorama brunch and to meet some of the CP members.
The only thing was that they arrived an hour early at 9 AM. They were
actually on their was out when some of our members spotted them in the
parking lot. We hope to have them return for a meeting. The group
then proceeded into brunch. The initial group consisted of: Dennis
Gacutan, Jeff Budelli, John Worsley, Ken & Judy Montgomery and their friend
Paul, and Emilia & Jim Seiferling. After we were seated we gained 5
more people. We were unable to fit at the same table, so
unfortunately they were forced to use nearby booths. Please RSVP, if
possible, so that we can avoid this from happening again. The late
additions were Henry Kirk and friend Karen, and from Sebastopol, Tom Basch
with his sons Tim and Ryan. Tom has recently purchased a
Pantera. The late comers may not have been able to set with the group, but
they got their food first! They may have been the lucky ones. After
a good, but slow service brunch, we were off to the rest of our Saturday.
Most were headed to Autorama after running some errands. Jim and I arrived
at the gate just behind Dennis. That meant that Jim had someone
knowledgeable with whom to walk the displays! Dennis pointed out to
us several motorcycles that were painted by the same person that recently
painted his Pantera. For those of you who remember the December/January CP
Newsletter, it contained a photo of Dennis' newly painted
blue Pantera. The paint shop was Rebel Design by James Dean. We
walked toward the outside displays first. It was a world of very big rims
and extremely low profile tires! That was joined by very big and loud
stereo systems! Needless to say, we quickened our pace and headed
indoors. We found the Shelby Club display. We were hoping to find CP
member Carl Steins car on the display floor, but we found it on the wall.
Well at least it was a photo of his car. There was also a photo of CP
member Rick Carlile's Cyclone on the display. There was one celebrity
sighting at the Autorama. We saw Boyd Coddington. He was signing
autographs at a display of several of his cars. The only CP member
with a real car at the Autorama was Glen Cramer. His car won the Best of
Class for Late Sports Car. It is always amazing how a 30+ year old car
still draws attention! It was toward the end of our walk that we met up
with PCNC member and Folsom resident , Terry Morofsky. One of these
days we'll get Terry to one of our meetings! It was a pretty good day at
Autorama, especially since I had tried to get Jim to go with his cousin.
But Jim got a broken answering machine when he called, so I was the substitute
date for the event. I hope that everyone else enjoyed the show. You
have to admire the skill and craftsmanship that goes into producing these
rolling pieces of art.
Emilia, Dennis, and Glen's show stopper
Pantera
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