John Dol
09-22-2020, 06:49 PM
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Now that the car is back together(again) I took it to another Cars and Coffee. When you pay attention to your surroundings it is amazing how much people are looking at our cars. On the way there the guy in the pick up truck in front of me kept looking in his side view mirror to see what is was that was following him. Pedestrians that look back doing a double take. People at the gas station that come up to you to ask about the car. The guy in the Jeep next to you at the light saying what a cool ride and asking about the drive train. Lots of positive feedback at the show too.
My journey has not been the easiest (I'm sure not the hardest either), but when you see and hear the reactions and get to tell the Daytona story it is quite gratifying in the end. It's nice to see that the car not only brings me joy, but also the on lookers as well. In the just of the "built not bought" mantra of Factory Five the comment that stuck with me the most at the show was from an older gentleman that said" Look around the parking lot, see all the cars that people have bought? Anybody can buy another one of those, but yours is unique!" Even though I always realized that the car was unique to me, I guess the bigger realization was that it really is (and not just for me, but for all the builders here) a 1 of 1 situation.
On the way home close to my house there's a house that has some cool cars parked there often. One time I saw a 68 shelby Mustang KR. Always wanted to know if it was a real one or a replica. It just so happened that the Mustang was sitting outside so I pulled in the drive way. No sooner did I get out my car and a guy had followed me into the drive way with a pick up truck. He had seen me driving around before and wanted to talk about my car. He's hoping to build a Daytona with his kid and was asking about the Gen III's room for big guys. I told him he would have no problem fitting in it as the space is quite a bit larger then the Gen II. Then the owner pulled in in a 58 Corvette. Asked him about the Shelby Mustang which was indeed a Shelby registered KR 500. wow, recently turned down an offer of $125K. Drooling....
Today I went to the chiropractor (think from getting in and out of the car:cool:)and as I had just gotten there and sat down, he and a patient came out from the back to see what car just pulled in the lot. Then on the way home sitting at the light a kid in the passenger side seat of his parents parked car had his cell phone out and snapped a bunch of pics.
Cars sure draw out emotions in people, and the car community at large is a special group of people that bond instantly.
Happy to be part of the group!!
John
Now that the car is back together(again) I took it to another Cars and Coffee. When you pay attention to your surroundings it is amazing how much people are looking at our cars. On the way there the guy in the pick up truck in front of me kept looking in his side view mirror to see what is was that was following him. Pedestrians that look back doing a double take. People at the gas station that come up to you to ask about the car. The guy in the Jeep next to you at the light saying what a cool ride and asking about the drive train. Lots of positive feedback at the show too.
My journey has not been the easiest (I'm sure not the hardest either), but when you see and hear the reactions and get to tell the Daytona story it is quite gratifying in the end. It's nice to see that the car not only brings me joy, but also the on lookers as well. In the just of the "built not bought" mantra of Factory Five the comment that stuck with me the most at the show was from an older gentleman that said" Look around the parking lot, see all the cars that people have bought? Anybody can buy another one of those, but yours is unique!" Even though I always realized that the car was unique to me, I guess the bigger realization was that it really is (and not just for me, but for all the builders here) a 1 of 1 situation.
On the way home close to my house there's a house that has some cool cars parked there often. One time I saw a 68 shelby Mustang KR. Always wanted to know if it was a real one or a replica. It just so happened that the Mustang was sitting outside so I pulled in the drive way. No sooner did I get out my car and a guy had followed me into the drive way with a pick up truck. He had seen me driving around before and wanted to talk about my car. He's hoping to build a Daytona with his kid and was asking about the Gen III's room for big guys. I told him he would have no problem fitting in it as the space is quite a bit larger then the Gen II. Then the owner pulled in in a 58 Corvette. Asked him about the Shelby Mustang which was indeed a Shelby registered KR 500. wow, recently turned down an offer of $125K. Drooling....
Today I went to the chiropractor (think from getting in and out of the car:cool:)and as I had just gotten there and sat down, he and a patient came out from the back to see what car just pulled in the lot. Then on the way home sitting at the light a kid in the passenger side seat of his parents parked car had his cell phone out and snapped a bunch of pics.
Cars sure draw out emotions in people, and the car community at large is a special group of people that bond instantly.
Happy to be part of the group!!
John