Retirement homes, a cool thing to do, Car show idea

jack pines ,great i know a few, amazing there are any old ones after all the crap they put themselves through

 

and Denise could do a big smokey burnout for 'em!

Don't forget the minibikes....open headers....fireworks at 2:00a.m....the whole deal

 

Tman, thanks for the reminder. We used to do this quite often at the local VA hosp. I'll have to talk to Atch about doing this again.(He works at the VA Here) I always enjoy talking to the older crowd. They have such neat stories

McCray

 

A few years ago the woman who sells me my insurance for my '41 asked if we could get a couple of our cars together and do a little "show and shine" at the care center her dad was in.

Well, it has been so sucesful we now do it every year. Not just rods and customs, but antiques, motor cycles and even old bicycles.

The staff roll out the residents in wheel chairs and gurnies. (some hooked to medication bottles) Some on crutches.

The reaction of the residents is amazing. The staff tell us the residents talk about our show for months after. They even want us to come to visit more often.

I really enjoy showing my truck, and a lot of the "old timers" (including an 86 year old lady who was a Ford mechanic!) have given me lots of information and stories about, "I remember when...!"

 

I went to a small show at a local nursing home a couple years ago, had a great time.

There was a little old guy in his mid 80's, I guess. He seemed pretty interested in all the cars, wheeled up to my 29 roadster pickup hiboy and asked who owns this car? I proudly said I do, He looked it over and said "Boy, you sure fucked up a good Model A". We all laughed about that the rest of the afternoon!

 

This threads got me thinking...

when Im all old and in a home and stuff, are the cool cars to restore gonna be late 80's and early 90's fuckin Iroc's and shit? It's gonna be living that car nightmare all over.

I can see that show happening 50 years in the future - "Fukkin A dude, I used to have dat car when I was in high school, guy. I gotta lotta pussy in da backseat"

I should bought a bunch of Oakley stickers and crap to save till then, I would be able to live large in the future!

 

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I went to a small show at a local nursing home a couple years ago, had a great time.

There was a little old guy in his mid 80's, I guess. He seemed pretty interested in all the cars, wheeled up to my 29 roadster pickup hiboy and asked who owns this car? I proudly said I do, He looked it over and said "Boy, you sure fucked up a good Model A". We all laughed about that the rest of the afternoon!

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I'm dying over here!

Mainly because I've heard old guys say that exact same thing before!

Hahahaha!!!
Sam.

 

when my brother was in a nursing home the family was there everyday.[he died there at 38 of cancer].most of the people in nursing homes do not get that. i know for a fact some people get no visitors .like i said even a small show is great for the people there.

 

There used to be a show called the Wheels Show (I think) at Rancho Los Amigos in Downey CA. They parked us with enough room between the cars to wheel the gurneys and wheelchairs through. Not just oldsters but disabled vets too. It used to be one of my favorite car shows, and the only one I rally liked where we parked all day instead of getting them out and on the road.For some reason they stopped doing that show about 5 or 6 years ago, I sure wish it would start up again.

If anybody starts a retirement home cruise count us in. Right now I don't have a runner, but I can always get a couple of my fellow Vipers to go.

Thanx for a really great idea. we are all going to get older some day, I hope somebody thinks of us when we get there.

Phil