The day was gloomy and it was raining for the whole week. After waxing Kickapoo (thats my car a '99 Miata shown on the right) twice to show his best side, I lined it up against the other cars.

I was not in this picture as I was quenching my thirst with the offered free drinks inside the cafeteria. After a margarita (too sweet), a beer (too tame) I started warming up to the little bottles of California wines.

I am showing Kickapoo's best side which is with the hood up and top down. Noticed the shiny engine. There were 33 cars signed up. This was early afternoon and not all the cars have arrive.

The aftermarket stuff installed on Kickapoo are: highway blaster(horns); Audiovox cruise control; Monster Flow Air Intake system; polished valve cover, intake manifold, and throttle body; RB exhaust header; daylight driving lights; phantom grille; yellow silicon hoses; SSR GT1 wheels; painted calipers; led side markers; aluminum radiator cowl; tower brace; chrome hood lift; various chrome lids; Thompson oil filter relocation; Fumoto oil drain; customer instrument gauges with chrome needle holder and aluminum back cover; various chrome pieces in the cockpit; voodoo knob; cup holder; Blaupunkt radio and 5-cd changer and door speakers, noise dampening mats on side doors; chrome door knobs, Blaupunkt speakers on windbreaker; customer leather seats; FM dual exhaust, noise damping mats in trunk; chrome gas cover; miata and roadster badges. Is that all?

The winner of the Car Show is a beautiful candy red 1957 Chevy pickup truck. This truck has a stunning red paint which I later learned cost the owner $10,000! Wow. I wish I have that kind of a paint job on Kickapoo. Silver paint is very hard to make shine compare to red. But doing a red color means paintingthe engine bay too. This will bring the cost too much. Oh, well, perhaps someday.

Overall the day ended very well. The rain stop right before the start of the show. The attendance was superb and the free food from Ragin Cajun was... well... free. The drinks was flowing...and after being satiated with it, it was time to get home.