Late return of La Carrera PanAmericana-2 proxy cars
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:21 amSome of you have noticed that the return of your La Carrera PanAmericana-2 proxy cars has been a little slow. There's a reason for this; it's not one that would necessarily apply to everyone, but it is one that applies to me, so I wanted to let you know what was up.
Most of your know that I turn around proxy cars almost as soon as I receive them. This time was different. I've had the cars since the middle of the second week of February.
When I received the box of cars from Chappy, I opened it and unwrapped the upper-most car. It was Retro Racer 44's (Keith Hines) Ferrari Monza; #44a. The second car I unwrapped was his #45 Lancia D-24. I've really never gotten fully over the shock of Keith's sudden death about a year ago last December and unwrapping two of his cars in a row was just more that I wanted to do at the time. So, I put the cars down, closed the box and set it aside.
Two weeks later I went back to the box. This time the 5th car unwrapped was Dave Teftt's (tsgtret) Mercedes 300SL. Dave passed away during the initial stages of the PanAmericana-2 proxy. I closed up that box and put it aside again.
Last week after Mitch58 asked where the cars were, I opened the box again and the next car that I unwrapped was Don Murphy's (mrollingtunuder) flamboyant big Detroit metal Ford entry. I put it aside again.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've never been in a proxy where anyone has passed away during the running of the series; let alone three people. So, the short version of the story is that the cars got stuck behind my memory, but you also have the long version now.
That leaves 5 cars with no home to return to. I think that I'll auction them off and send the proceeds as a donation to HRW. I'll put up a separate thread on that. They will be:
Ferrari Monza
Lancia D-24
Studebaker
Mercedes 300SL
'49 Ford
The rest will be in the mail on Monday!
Allan
Most of your know that I turn around proxy cars almost as soon as I receive them. This time was different. I've had the cars since the middle of the second week of February.
When I received the box of cars from Chappy, I opened it and unwrapped the upper-most car. It was Retro Racer 44's (Keith Hines) Ferrari Monza; #44a. The second car I unwrapped was his #45 Lancia D-24. I've really never gotten fully over the shock of Keith's sudden death about a year ago last December and unwrapping two of his cars in a row was just more that I wanted to do at the time. So, I put the cars down, closed the box and set it aside.
Two weeks later I went back to the box. This time the 5th car unwrapped was Dave Teftt's (tsgtret) Mercedes 300SL. Dave passed away during the initial stages of the PanAmericana-2 proxy. I closed up that box and put it aside again.
Last week after Mitch58 asked where the cars were, I opened the box again and the next car that I unwrapped was Don Murphy's (mrollingtunuder) flamboyant big Detroit metal Ford entry. I put it aside again.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've never been in a proxy where anyone has passed away during the running of the series; let alone three people. So, the short version of the story is that the cars got stuck behind my memory, but you also have the long version now.
That leaves 5 cars with no home to return to. I think that I'll auction them off and send the proceeds as a donation to HRW. I'll put up a separate thread on that. They will be:
Ferrari Monza
Lancia D-24
Studebaker
Mercedes 300SL
'49 Ford
The rest will be in the mail on Monday!
Allan