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Title: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Brian on February 25, 2019, 10:53:13 AM: Our very own Mike Jones (Jonesy) was invited to show his un-restored 65GS 4-speed car at the Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance this past weekend. Jay Leno was one of the show hosts and gave two of his Big Dog awards--one to a car and one to a motorcycle. Mike got the Big Dog car award. For those that are not aware, Jay's first car in high school was a 65GS 4-speed hardtop.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: GS66 on February 25, 2019, 11:13:57 AM: Very nice, congratulations to Mike!
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Mark Ascher on February 25, 2019, 11:39:43 AM: That is so cool. What a feeling it must have been!
Congrats to Mike, and if you're reading this, please chime in!

Mark
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: dsags on February 25, 2019, 01:29:53 PM: Fantastic ! Congrats Mike.

Dan
Title: Congratulations Mike! (Re: Mike Jones and his 65GS)
Post by: elagache on February 25, 2019, 02:19:38 PM: Congratulations Mike! :hello2:

Jay Leno is as Uber a car-guy as they come! That's definitely a once in a lifetime experience!

Cheers, Edouard :occasion14:
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 25, 2019, 03:14:39 PM: Thank you to Brian for the recognition and to all of you for the congratulations. I have just come home from 4 days in Boca, my old stomping grounds. I was accepted into this years Concours show in the Preservation class. I was one of 5 cars and received an "Excellence in Class" award, the winner being a 70 Eldorado with a repaint???? Don't understand that one, anyhow, as Brian mentioned I received Jay Lenos' Big Dog award which is a gorgeous Tiffany Glass bowl with etching on both sides.
He told me it was a big chocolate. I got a chance to speak with him for awhile, you could tell he had an affinity for the car, it was special to him I guess because he had one in high school. Overall, the show was nothing like I have ever experienced before. The rarity of some of the cars was unimaginable. Just to name a few,
1967 Camaro Z-28----0ne of 602 Z's for the 67 year.
1964 Mustang pace car, the owner had pics of Edsel Ford in the car on the day of the Indianapolis 500 in 1964. This was THE first car made available to the public, number 241, the rest were all prototypes or show cars.
Anyhow, the list goes on and on. I am still on cloud 9, one of the most memorable experiences of my life, for sure.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Rollaround on February 25, 2019, 03:15:12 PM: Way cool! Simper fi Marine.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 25, 2019, 03:16:26 PM: Semper Fi Kevin, and thank you.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 25, 2019, 03:41:07 PM: I am trying to post a video, any idea how to make it a link for viewing or how to resize it without losing quality?
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Mark Ascher on February 25, 2019, 04:13:40 PM: Mike,

if you have a YouTube account, you can post it there and make a link to paste in here.

Mark
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: cwmcobra on February 25, 2019, 05:44:58 PM: Congrats Mike! That's an awesome honor and uncommon recognition for our favorite classics. Well done!

:cheers2:

Chuck
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 25, 2019, 06:23:00 PM: Thanks Chuck.
Mark, I don't have a YouTube account. I will work on getting it posted.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: option B9 on February 25, 2019, 08:32:00 PM: Congratulations Mike, :cheers2: That's one great Gran Sport you have, you deserve that Big Dog award. Is your Gran Sport originally from Danny on Long Island ? If so i want to let the guys on LI know .
Tony
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: mdkd on February 25, 2019, 09:10:24 PM: Mike

Now that's recognition.

Congratulations on such an honor.

Milton
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: 35chevcoupe on February 25, 2019, 10:17:42 PM: Congratulations Mike ,
That is really cool . ( I BET YOU ARE SUPER EXCITED !!! ) I know I would be . Heck I wouldn't sleep for a week .
And to talk with Jay Leno , thats really cool . Great job
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 26, 2019, 06:29:31 PM: Quote from: option B9 on February 25, 2019, 08:32:00 PM
Congratulations Mike, :cheers2: That's one great Gran Sport you have, you deserve that Big Dog award. Is your Gran Sport originally from Danny on Long Island ? If so i want to let the guys on LI know .
Tony

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Tony,
Yes, I bought this car from Dan in August of 2012. Haven't done much to it at all, 50,350 miles.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 26, 2019, 06:32:40 PM: Thanks John, Milton,

I'm glad for all of us for the recognition. I sure wish I could get the videos posted here. If anyone has a You Tube account and wouldn't mind uploading it, I can email the videos and you can post them here for me? One thing I will say, when I round the corner after receiving the award and I'm stopped there for a bit, the camera angle on the car shows just how bad ass the body style really is....
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: vinnie on February 26, 2019, 09:24:25 PM: does anyone know if Jay has a 65GS in his collection? If that was his first car I would guess that he does.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: TrunkMonkey on February 26, 2019, 09:57:10 PM: Outstanding, Marine! Oorah!
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: campfamily on February 27, 2019, 06:02:03 PM: I met Jay Leno at the All GM Show in Van Nuys, CA a few years ago. He was very interested in my 65 GS, and told the same story about it being the first car he ever bought new. Turns out it was the same color as my car (Burgundy Mist), but not a convertible. He had a lot of questions about my car. I took a picture of him with my older son in front of the car, I need to find that picture. Great guy to talk to, seen him at a number of other car shows over the years, and he always brings something interesting.

Keith
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on February 27, 2019, 07:36:34 PM: He told me his GS was burgundy mist. I wish I could post this video. He mentions having wrapped that GS around a tree.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: GS66 on February 27, 2019, 07:55:52 PM: Jay is a true car guy!
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance Mike Jones and his 65GS Video
Post by: dsags on February 27, 2019, 10:38:44 PM: The “Big Dog Award”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7z8QaSYJN4

Dan
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance Mike Jones and his 65GS Video
Post by: dsags on February 27, 2019, 10:43:58 PM: The “Jay Leno Award”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf4EpOLjfoo

These two videos were forwarded to me to be posted on YouTube.

Dan
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: gssizzler on March 01, 2019, 08:27:22 AM: Very cool ???? ! Jay knows quality! And mentions how nice the body style is! Even if others don't! We have a true car guy who does! And he doesn't have just one brand or certain years in his collection! I first saw that he had a 65 GS as his first new car in this paper article!
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on March 01, 2019, 10:10:13 AM: Thanks for posting, maybe that's why he picked mine out of all of those perfect cars?
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on March 08, 2019, 12:49:45 PM: Just in case anyone cares.......

https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-to-articles-by-mike-phillips/122470-jay-leno-big-dog-award-1965-buick-skylark-grand-sport-pinnacle-jeweling-wax.html (https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-to-articles-by-mike-phillips/122470-jay-leno-big-dog-award-1965-buick-skylark-grand-sport-pinnacle-jeweling-wax.html)
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: dsags on March 08, 2019, 12:57:46 PM: Very nice Mike. Thanks for posting that.

Did your car get the beautification treatment before or after the award was given ?

Dan
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on March 08, 2019, 01:10:13 PM: I had all of the work done about a week before the concours.
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: 35chevcoupe on March 08, 2019, 01:13:58 PM: Thanks Mike for sharing all the pictures and info . Love seeing stories like this . Ive been a fan of Jay Leno for a long time .Your car is truly one to be proud of .
And I REALLY like that under dash tack , I need to find me one of those .
Title: Re: Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance 2-23-2019 with Mike Jones and his 65GS
Post by: Jonesy on March 08, 2019, 01:19:17 PM: Thanks John, I just happen to be the current lucky caretaker of this example. I am blessed that things have worked out for me the way they have, in all aspects of my life.