docent

I had the honor of being invited to the Pasadena Art Center of Design Car Show yesterday. I had to submit a portfolio of the history of my car, along with pictures, and how it would pertain to the theme - - -"Street to Screen" This was a 4 month process. My Category was "Sports & GT". My competition were Jaguar's, Alfa Romeo's, Porsche's, Mercedes, Lotus's Lamborghini's, and Ferrari's. Well, I got lucky, and won. I am honored. Jay Leno came over and sat in my 63. He was telling me about his silver 63 with Fuel Injection. Very neat guy, and he gave me the "thumbs up" and said he liked it.

Frankie the Fink

Well now. You either write very well or have a nice car.
I suspect both. Very cool.

Revfan

but... but... that is only a 250hp motor car with drum brakes!

(tongue planted firmly in cheek!)

Congrats... awesome, just awesome!

I often wonder if guys like Jay are secret members here... .maybe they go under the guise of MikeM or something.

1coolC2

Very nice and congrats!! Jay Leno is definitely on the short list of celebs I would let sit in my car. That pic needs to be framed and hung in "your" Big Dog garage

R/
Jeff

colo63sw

A great big CONGRATS! You lucky dog.

docent

Jay knows his automobiles, and I imagine he gets his hands dirty also !

pittsaj

Very nice
Jay is a great.. very down to earth guy...
He used to come to many of our Pasadena car events

Tony

5thvet

Wow, that is very cool! Love the picture with Jay.

Don

Rich Yanulis

Well it looks like you can put yesterday on your list of days to remember!

Congratulations on winning your class and getting the opportunity to meet Jay!

vette61

Wow, that's cool, congrats. Jay is coming back to TV in 2015. He is going to have a car show (not certain when) but it will be nothing but car stuff.

WICKEDFRC

What an honor. Congrats!!

Bowtyeguy

He can sit in my car any day.

Bluestripe67

I bet you were buzzing over this. Jay is cool! Congratulations, well done and deserved.

docent

I'm still on a big "HIGH" from the show. Besides Jay Leno, Barry Mcguiar, CEO & President of Mcquiar's Auto Products gave me the trophy. Chip Foose, George Barris, Ed Justice, Bruce Meyers, were also present at the show. Jay was a real down-to-earth guy. I can't wait to see his new car show on TV.

Westlotorn

I have only heard great things about Jay Leno from car guys and the TV people. What an honor. You have the Picture to prove it, that is great.

RK-TECT

Very cool and a terrific honor... Congrats!! You were certainly hanging with the elite in the collector car world.

About six years ago when Car Crazy had their "Car Crazy Confessions" at the end of each show, I sent in a letter about my life-long quest for a C2. They contacted me saying that they really liked my story and asked that I make a video for their new "Confessions" segment. With my son's help, we made the video and, after some professional editing, it was a very neat clip at the end of the "Fleetwood Country" episode (http://www.carcrazycentral.com/Video.aspx?VideoID=397). Although I never met Barry in person, he comes across as a very sincere person who is passionate about cars and the connection they have to their owners.

Craftsman51

Cool!

Revfan

Wow... that was pretty cool RK-TECT...
and almost as good, was the dialogue by the host right after.

Awesome!

Frankie the Fink

I thought Jay was maybe one of those "check writer" collectors - couldn't have been more wrong. Saw him in some show where he was going over his Stanley Steamer....he did an off-the-cuff explanation of how it all worked and went through the start-up procedure (which is fairly complex -- and dangerous if done improperly) himself. Pretty impressive.

dahogan