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hopefully, RX 7894 will be back on the road before too long.

The weather forecast for Thursday was miserable, thunderstorms for sure. No problem for Bill and Sarah because they made arrangements for an indoor car show. When we arrived on Wednesday afternoon, we could park our cars inside a large hall in the convention center adjacent to the host hotel. All MMM-cars were trailered in, unloaded right in front of the doors, and pushed

into the hall so the exhaust fumes (or serious smoke as is the case with Emma) would not enter the HVAC system of the facility. The cars were parked, with cardboard and dripping pans protecting the carpet, in the cleverly designed show layout with the five participating M-Types together in the featured model area. Four of these we’ve seen at previous MMM Meets. They are: 2M2273, NAMMMR Chairman Jack Kahler's immaculate 1930 Factory 12/12 Replica (with racing number 25 in the center of the photo), 2M1996, James Hester’s metal bodied red 1930 (in the far corner), 2M3044, Dennis Klemm’s red racing styled car (front right), and 2M2735, Emma (left front).

The fifth M (in right photo) was Mike Jansen’s 2M2415 rolling chassis. It was the debut of the metal body, almost finished, brand new restoration (the body was still at the paint shop) at a MMM Meet. It was very interesting to see a M-Type without the body which allows for very good views of the chassis, drive train, and suspension components. Notice that it was also the only MMM car without carton or drip pan!

Of course there were many more beautiful MMM cars, more than I could actually take photos of. Here are just a few more that I liked a lot. Three J2s; NAMMM Register’s Treasurer Jack Schneider’s 1932 in the front (with racing number 39), NAMMMR Vice Chairman Tom Metcalf’s Amelia Island Concours winning 1933, and the light blue, newly restored, 1932 of Mark Evenchick from Canada. The photo on the right are three of the ‘big dogs’, six-cylinder racing style MMMs; In the front is Bill Bollendonk’s, K3 racing styled, 1935 KN including front-mounted super charger and fishtail side exhaust. On the left is Bob Sterling’s 1934 NA with a special racing body (and racing number 41). Behind these is Reed Yates’ NA, also styled and equipped as the famous K3 racing cars.

Two P-Types: Lou Louchios 1935 PA Airline Coupe, and Reed Tarwater’s 1936 PB (also an Amelia Island Concours award winning MG) Note that there were a few empty spots on the show floor, for cars that didn’t arrive until shortly before the car show and couldn’t make it out of their trailer anymore because of the storm, lightning, and rain.

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