Bloomington Gold 2010

Got to Bloomington Gold nice and early, 
here you see a shot of the Mega Center
before the crowd filled it up.  The SACC
booth was along the wall to the left side
of the picture.  SACC President Max
Brockhouse manned the booth and signed
new members and sold merchandise.
Also technical questions were answered.

Ventured out to the lawn where they have
cars that are to be auctioned.  There were 
numerous C-1's parked there.  Here you see
a '61 and a '54 being inspected.

This '60 has all the papers.  At 10,600 miles on the odometer, it has Top Flight, NCRS Bow Tie, and other awards.  It was also waiting to be auctioned.

Also waiting was a pair of red cousins, from
California.

As you can see in the is picture, the National
Corvette Homecoming booth was right next
door to the SACC booth.  Here you see
(L to R) Steve, Joe (CEO), Debbie, and Vera.

Here is the SACC area with (L to R) Max
Brockhouse, SACC President, Rich Verba,
and John Neas.

While walking and gawking, I came across
this '57 to be auctioned.  The owner notes
on the windshield that it was once owned
by a famous personality.  Problem - the
famous personality was not indentified.

Another car for auction.  This '60 was made
for racing, 290 hp fuelie, metallic brakes, radio and heater delete.

And right next to the auction platform was this
red example of a solid axle.

Without counting them, it seemed to me
that there were more solid axles in the for sale corral this year than last.  The black '62 is a restomod, priced at 198K.  Not real sure it sold.

This was a real nice '62, asking 72K.

Not too many C-1's have a clam-shell hood.
This'62/02 in (similar to) Nassau Blue had 10,000 miles on the odometer.

As I mentioned, founding President of SACC Noland Adams was in attendance.  He stopped by the National Corvette Homecoming booth, chatted with Joe and Vera Pruitt.  It will be a reunion next month when our 2010 convention ties in with the homecoming, Noland will be in attendance there, also.

Ran into Lori Worman from Mid-America.
Lori is the Event Coordinator; I wanted to ask
Funfest questions, but figured she had plenty to do without me taking up her time.  Mid-America had a nice retail area in the Mega Center.  You can see it in the background in this picture.

This '54 to be auctioned noted that it was an original owner car.  It must have been a fairly young buyer.

Here's the entry-way to the huge auction tent.

As you entered the Great Hall, the first 
thing you see is the EX-122.

On hand in the Great Hall was the '57
Sebring racer.

And here's the big news....Noland was inducted into the Great Hall.  Of course I tricked Noland into posing with me next to the poster!  There will be a 5 year run of the Great Hall and Noland Adams was selected for the honor in the first round.  Congrats Noland!!

An in depth story of Noland's honor will appear in the upcoming issue of On Solid Ground.

Out on the lawn these '60's were the Gold Year display.

This Jewell Blue '61 was being driven up to the auction block.

It was no sale at 50K, reserve was 60K.

This black '61 was a no-sale at 55K

In this view from the back of the crowd area, you see a '55 white restomod that sold for 51.5K. 

And Bloomington Gold is about certification.  As the plate in the window shows, this '60 made it all the way.

That's the stuff I saw.  I have some pictures on the way that I will add when they arrive.  It was a good show.  I like driving down the main street of St. Charles, Hwy 64, and seeing lots of Vettes and being in one of them.  I am especially proud of being asked to represent SACC.

Jack 'Doc' Hollada (Holiday)