September 2005

Well we made it back from Edmonton in one piece. Overall we had a good time out west, even though trying to get 13 people with different priorities on the same schedule gets tiresome fast.

Despite not bringing any vehicles out to the show, iLLconformity still came home with 2 awards. The 1972 ‘Hot Rod' Boler took 2nd in the special interest category (somehow losing to the Dropsicles president's go-ped…fixed?) and the club was also awarded the longest distance trophy for our 1300 km overnight trek from Winnipeg.
For the second year in a row, we were hit with shitty weather on show day, which hurt attendance. C'mon guys…we gave you good weather for the Summer Shocker, you'd think you could return the favour. Oh well, they say 3rd times the charm, so we've got our fingers crossed for Meltdown '06.

Now I'm going to do something a little different then normal and change topic for the remainder of this month's shower.

In my February 2005 installment, I mentioned the debut of a certain old body Ranger that had been in anticipation for some time. This past weekend, the chassis was debut at the Fabulous 50s Garden City show. After rushing to look at the frame after spotting it on our way in, we were in disbelief. I instantly phoned the other members of iLLconformity, who had been debating showing up, to tell them to get down to Garden City and check out the frame.