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The 1999 Bloomington Gold Show

My wife and I drove our 1980 L-82 to Bloomington Saturday, 6/26/1999. What a great drive. We started from the Northwest suburbs of Chicago and took 53/355 to I-55. On the way we joined a few other Vettes. We traveled for a while with a caravan made up of a '98, '67, and '62. We also followed a forest green ZR-1 for a short time. Nice car. It eventually took off at a faster pace then I wanted to travel. I kept it slow because I saw a undercover black Ford mustang police car on the opposite side of I-55 and I did not want to see it up close. It's bad enough to be pulled over but to get stopped by a Mustang, what a slap in the face!

We arrived at the show and parked our 1980 with all the other Vettes. What a cool site. A sea of fiberglass. I though my Vette was unique until I looked around the parking lot. We then proceeded to walk through the rows and rows of Vettes, checking them out along the way, and eventually entered the show.
My Vette up front with an
identical '80 L82 parked behind it!

Tons of Vettes in the auction area. We stopped by a few of the dealer and vendor tents. Then the rain started! :( It rained on and off for a while, at least it wasn't hot and humid like last year. We moved into the indoor area. We checked out the perfect Vettes in the special collection area. Beautiful Vettes in there. Then we stopped by a few more vendors and then headed back outside to the auction area. The rain let up and we enjoyed looking at all the Vettes for sale. No we didn't buy another one even though I had my eye on a '67 427! We then headed over to the outdoor vendor area. We bought some lunch and watched the Dyno testing.

Around 4:30-5:00 we headed back to our car and joined the parade. We followed a thunderous silver '66. What a good time. It feels good waving to all the people along the way who enjoy looking at Vettes. I have to admit I used a little extra gas and my tires have a little less rubber after showing off to the crowd.

All The Vettes leaving the grounds for the parade. A view out the front window of all the Vettes
Check out that awesome '66 that we followed! The front of the parade passing us with hands waving!

The funniest thing I saw along the parade route was a gorilla who attacked a 40th anniversary Vette. The gorilla was on the side of the rode waving and it looked like the legs of the owners were sticking out of the ruby.
Look close and you can see the
gorilla and the legs sticking out.

There were a few intruders of the parade. A Dodge Viper snuck in the ranks but the crowd booed it. I saw a red Diablo pull along side of the road. I like that car so I guess it's ok! I also saw a Honda Civic. Which one is not like the other ones?

We headed home right after the parade. Our Vette ran perfect on the way home. We saw a few Vettes on the way and waved to all of them. Nothing beats driving my Vette into the sunset after a long day of enjoying one of the best cars ever produced.

Later,
RJ

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All The Vettes leaving the grounds for the parade.	A view out the front window of all the Vettes Check out that awesome '66 that we followed!	The front of the parade passing us with hands waving!