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[scottmueller<scottmueller@xxxx>]

The Cleveland 2000 show was great.

Hats off to Ken K. and all of the others who helped pull this show together.

Is it a bad sign when you know the words to all of the songs that were
played in the movies that documented rock in roll? The Rock in Roll Hall of
fame was very cool.

Many thanks to Bruce Battles and his family for hosting us at there home
last Wednesday. Bruce was towing a trailer and I followed behind in my car.
I don't think that I would have been able to avoid speeding tickets if I was
not able to pace myself behind Bruce. My Delorean cruises its best at 75
MPH.

Meeting John DeLorean and getting his autograph was very cool. He
autographed his book for my son Alan. John Delorean also autographed the
glovebox lid while it was in the car (Thanks Bruce Battles for the photo
documenting this). The judges had just finished with my car as John
Delorean was walking past. I explained that I was unable to remove the lid
because of the judging and John Delorean did not hesitate to climb in and
sign.

The caliber of cars at this show was exceptional, I truly enjoyed seeing the
cars and meeting the owners and fellow list members.

I was shocked that we won FIRST place in the 20K-30K class. I had driven
the car 1000 miles from Mobile, in the rally, through the deluge Friday
night and spent 4 hours cleaning Saturday morning.

I tried to get my wife to tell her hard luck story Saturday night. She was
at the airport Friday morning 0630, various flight cancellations and weather
delays prevented her from getting to the hotel until 2215 Friday night. (I
still would have voted for the guy who drove without AC, what a stud)

I would also like to thank Steve Seltzer of Gainesville for his electrical
engineering expertise in helping trouble shoot a cooling fan problem that
manifested itself during the rally.

Monday on the way back home, my son and I stopped in Bowling Green KY.
While driving around the Corvette Factory a gentleman flagged us down. This
man just wanted a close look at a car that he has admired since it was
introduced. This man was the Mayor of Bowling Green and he works at the
Corvette Factory. It was a pleasure talking with Eldon Renaud and best of
luck to him in his search for a DeLorean. The Corvette Factory tour and
Corvette Museum were well worth the time.

To sum it up, this was a fantastic trip and experience. But what made it
all really worthwhile was that my son Alan told me that he will always
remember the long trip we took in the DeLorean.