Skate Fink Pat was at the first Showdown and been a big help and a great friend ever since. I think I actually met him here on the HAMB first. When he called me Saturday morning saying he had an accident and could not make it to the show, I started looking around to see where he was waving and laughing at me. He really was not there! I just had my gall bladder taken out so I know what the deductibles and extra bills are like that add up so here's my auction for Pat and Erin. I will do my normal HAMB auction of Showdown stuff later. Whatever is the winning bid is for this junk, I will DOUBLE IT and send it along to them, so make it big!! After I talked to my show wingman Scott about this I got this email from him. "Hi Larry: Six years ago I met you at a cruise night and you gave me a flier > for the first Jalopy Showdown. We talked for a few minutes and said the Kaiser > was cool enough to bring. I came with my dad and we had a blast. One of the > first people I met there was Pat. He came up to me and we started talking. > A friendship began right there at your show. Just one of many including yours > and Kim's. Your show changed my life for the better in so many ways. The > Kaiser is long gone but the friendships keep on coming. Since I rarely post on > the Hamb, (usually only around the showdown) can you please list these for a > Hamb auction to benefit Pat. This is a complete set of Jalopy Showdown > Posters. From the original big mean green poster to this years and also the first > Jalopy Drags from last year. All are as new never mounted. There are only a few > of us lucky enough to have been to every event and we are all lucky enough > to call Pat our friend. I will pay shipping for the lucky winner. Thanks, > Scott (53 Kaiser)" SO here is what you are getting, ALL the posters we ever did for the shows (the green first year is 3' x 4'!) Also included, a pile of whatever show stickers are around, one of the last tag toppers, a beanie hat, an XL shirt from this years show, a girls S shirt from this years show, and a L and S shirt from the first Showdown Drag show, and one of the 300 shop rags given out to infield cars at the show. All this **** sent postage paid to you where ever the hell you are in the world. We'll run this auction, like Johnny Ace's, until May 31st 5 P.M. eastern time. Send me the money, I'll add mine and deliver it to Pat when we go to visit him.
If Larry doesn't mind, I'd like to throw in a Roth autographed T-Shirt...... it's a simple rat fink reunion shirt that was autographed by Roth. I am out of the country, in London right now, but to give you a background, when I bought my house, the first "big boy" thing I did, I was super stoked, and shortly after I got a package....it was from Pat....it was the shirt. For no reason what-so-ever. Just best wishes. Again, if Larry doesn't mind, I'd like to throw it in the auction. Like I said, I'm out of the country, so I have no pics, but its just a simple show" tshirt what Big Daddy signed. I'll be back on Tuesday.
Thanks Caffeine! I know Pat is always randomly sending stuff to people because he thought they would like it or need it !
I met Pat breifly at Posies a year or two ago in the rain. ( Jr & Clark bought a ton of rear springs that year). He may not remember me, but I don't care, A friend in need is a friend indeed, Bryan I'll go $300.
Since the price has already gone over $350.00, is there someway we could send just some cash that we can afford. I would be happy to put some cash through paypal if you could arrange it Larry ! Let us know !
I'd be happy to put it together. You can send it to my Paypal account and I will p*** it on with the total from the auction with footnotes of who donated what. Maybe we'll do a giant check presentation!! Paypal to garland@jalopyshowdown.com
Before this post goes away, I really want to thank ALL of you for the support and encouragement. This time 2 weeks ago, I was strapped to a backboard in Shock Trauma with a broken neck & shoulder. I am doing GREAT!! It will be a while before I'm 100% but the prognosis is good. Poor old "Ruby" didn't make out as well. She is totaled. Good news?? She was a 2001 PT Cruiser *duck* Better news?? I am going to use the insurance money to try to put together something "old." Hoping to do a 60's Chevy Wagon. With any luck, I hope to do it "SoWhat" style...... I've already started ac***ulating parts... I had picked this up from Jime Litwalk at Detroit in 2005. Check out the staples!!! Thanks to everyone. Drive safely and God Bless, Pat & Erin Maphis
And here I've been whining about dealing with been out of work for the last 4 weeks, recovering from a double hernia surgery. Dude, I feel for ya. Get better!
I never win anything, but now I have and it only cost me $350. Seriously, I hope you are doing well Pat and this helps a bit, Larry your a good man getting this organised, Paypal sent today
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