Ames Iowa - Buick Nationals.. Who's Going?

[Mark Ascher]

Chris,

I have a bunch of photos to post, but need to resize them. I'll post them up tomorrow.

Mark

[Loren At 65GS]

We ended up with 8 '65 GS cars at the BCA . There were 11 '65 GS owners and Saturday another '65 GS came to the general show, it was a local car.I don't know if anyone got his name.
This event exceeded my expectations, for the number of cars,owners and good times.
The caliber of the '65 GS cars there was outstanding.
It was one FANTASTIC event.

Loren

[dsags]

Just a few pictures of the eight GS's together. From the far end they belong to: John, Al, Roger, Dan, John, Jay, Rob, and Loren. Eight very nice '65's.

[Mark Ascher]

Photo 1 - Rob picking me up Thursday.
Photo 2 - Thursday evening after dinner. Checking out the "new" car.
Photo 3 - Rain Friday morning.

[Mark Ascher]

First two photos - Friday at judging.
Photo 3 - intense discussion.

[Mark Ascher]

Photo 1 - Loren & Roxanne Alexander
Photo 2 - Dan Ankeney
Photo 3 - John & Karen Egle
Photo 3 - John & Karen Egle

[Mark Ascher]

Photo 1 - Rob Keena and his dad John
Photo 2 - Al & Kathy Jones
Photo 3 - Jay Robertson
Photo 4 - Roger Sears

[Mark Ascher]

Saturday at the show - which was sparsely attended for some reason.
The maroon GS was in another part of the show, but stopped by group for a few minutes.

[nut465gs]

Hey Mark,

The Saturday show was for the Buicks Driven Class. Those cars were parked on the other side of the building. You apparently did not go over to that side. Also, the Charity All Makes Car Show was the parking lot south of the show field. Where we had our little '65 GS party were parked cars not moved from Friday's judged car show. Just a short explanation to those who are looking at the last set of photos.

Thanks for posting all the photos.

John Egel

[Mark Ascher]

John,

Thanks for clarifying that. I did not make it over to the other side of the building. By the time I found out that another separate show was over there, most of the cars were gone. The way Saturday was "organized" was confusing. When we pulled in Saturday morning, we were given incorrect information at the show entrance.

Mark

[nut465gs]

Mark,

After our hardtop was reviewed at the Driven Class show, they said that we were free to drive over to the Charity Show.  Yes, we also noticed that not everyone who was working the show were completely informed. A lot of confusion and misinformation. Not that unusual at these big meets.

BTW, Al Jones wife's name is Kathy. She is a hoot!

John Egel

[campfamily]

Wow, these are awesome pictures.  It's great to finally be able to put some faces to the names that I keep seeing on this forum.  Also, some of those pictures, particularly the "Row of 65's" would make some great posters.  Any chance of being able to get those in higher resolution?  Finally, have you considered sending in a couple of these to Hemming's Muscle Machines magazine, or other similar magazines?  Having this many 65 GSs together at one time has got to be something those guys would like to publish.

Wish I could have been there, but just a little too far for me.....maybe in the future.

Keith

[gssizzler]

Wow, what a great showing of 65 GS's and owners, had a great time but did not get to spend as much time with everybody as I wanted too! It was great to see old friends; Loren & Roxanne, Al & Kathy , John & Karen, Roger,Ron,Mark, Shaun ( burgundy car) and meet new ones;John, Dan , Jay, Rob & (dad) John. Is it not great that we live in a country where we can get together and celebrate our friendships and our Buicks! Looking forward to the other meets and lets try and all be at the 2015 Bpg show in Ohio! Jon

[wildcat65]

Nice showing!  I was in Columbus for the BPG event; there was 1 65 racing OK, 2 if you count Doug Hecker's race car...
Wish I could have been both places! 
Next year the BCA is going to be in Charlotte- party at Brian's house? 
Time to get to work!

[Brian]

I heard it was going to be in Danvers, MA--is it really going to be in Charlotte?!  If so, I have a huge yard out in the country and plenty of room for everyone to bring their '65 over to my house for a cook out.