Incoming copy and paste from Tumblr blogDad and ma had been working on an MGA for the past few years and as of recently, it’s been running and ready. It was a tedious and painful experience for both of them. My dad has a quick temper, and with the shortage of MG parts, it was easy for him to get upset when restoring the car. Ma, on the other hand, was the second perspective as well as the extra shop hand. My dad and and myself give a lot of credit to ma after putting up with my dad. She has the love to help attitude and dad has the love to learn attitude so the two of them went to town on this little ol’ British car.
North Hills hosted a British car show a week ago and it was the first show for my dad to enter. He was hesitant to enter because most of the people that entered were ‘car display’ people and my dad would rather be on the road. Personally, it was great to be there myself and to see my dad all lit up from all the fellow MGA car owners. He said most of the other contestants were down to earth and provided some insightful criticism. I didn’t stick around to see who won because a friend from Boone was in town and he invited me to a crawfest party.
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My dad thought that the show was rigged because of the fact that it was a ‘write a car and name down then throw it in the box’ kind of contest. So a week went by where we had thought that he’d lost, but today a man came to the door and delivered an award! Apparently my dad didn’t hang out long enough to see his category’s awards. My dad was on a bike ride with a brother-in-law so when he came back we greeted him with his award. He opened the package to see that it was a ‘Peoples Choice Award’. Needless to say, he was stoked. It was great to finally see dad in a cheerful mood.
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I don't know what's up with the pointing action. I think they were too excited to take good pictures.
