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Plymouth, Dodge, Fargo, DeSoto,
Chrysler, Imperial, Maxwell, Chalmers,
Jeep and Eagle & related
Automobiles. All Mopar / All Years /
All Models
Below:
2013 National Meet: Lake Elmo, Minnesota July
17-21,2013 Story
and Photos.
Every Year we have
our National Meet at a different geographic location. This year we were in
Lake Eimo, Minnesota just east of St. Paul a
lovely area of rolling hills and lakes, yet just a short hop into the big
city.
Thursday saw the
event get underway in earnest with a driving tour to Taylor's Falls where
we boarded the Taylor's Falls Princess riverboat for a cruise and lunch on
the St. Croix River. Scenery was provided by Wisconsin on one side
and Minnesota on the other. It was a nice to chat with old friends and make
some new ones. Upon return to land
many of the group toured the town or went to the Winehaven
Winery for wine tasting.
Friday the group
boarded tour buses for a gangster tour of St. Paul which served as a
hangout for many of Chicago's more infamous citizens during the 1930s. A
few of them even found their way onto the tour buses and reverted to the
evil ways.
Also featured on
this tour were some of St. Paul's most historic structures. The St. Paul
Cathedral and the James J. Hill mansion. The Hill mansion was finished in
1891 and served as the home of Mr. Hill and his family. The Hill fortune
came from lumber and railroads. Mr. Hill was associated with the
Great Northern
Railway and was known as the Empire Builder a name that lives on, on an Amtrack passenger train from Chicago to Portland and
Seattle by the same name. Friday afternoon saw one of the bigger swap
meets at one of our meets in a long time.
The meet over all
was unique in that it was a joint meet with the National DeSoto Club which provided us with the largest turnout
of DeSotos most of us have ever seen. The two
clubs share many members who belong to both, but usually only get to
attend one of the meets or the other in any green year,
so it seemed like an ideal way to enjoy
all the cars of both. A number of members brought cars to show with
both clubs which made it all the more
interesting.
The clubs were
parked contiguously for the show oe Saturday at
the county fair grounds. The DeSotos
grouped in an inner ring and the more numerous WPC cars facing them- It was
interesting to see so many 1929 DeSotos at one
place and the row of 1957 to 1959 DeSotos that
seemed to go on forever.
We also had a fair
number of Chrysler and DeSoto Airflows on display
as many of them were on their way to their National Meet in Dayton,
Ohio the following week.
A meet of this
size takes a great deal of work to pull it off. The meet was chaired by
Garry Yazell and Mickey Dunning.
(The David G. Briant Award winners for spirit of
the a herculean task trying to blend two different groups together,
national board member Greg Biskey oversaw
it for the WPC, Club. The members of our 10,000 Lakes Region who
provided assistance here needed. The many members of the WPC Club who aided
with the myriad tasks of running the meet and who always graciously offer
their help. Our Terry Williams, Ken Angyal and
Barbara Weiser for providing us with a visual record of the meet
which helps make the magazine more
interesting And the many members of the
WPC Club and the National DeSoto Club who came
out made it all possible.
Now on to Auburn
Hills to celebrate the 90th Anniversary
of Chrysler in July 2014.
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