2011 Spring Wing-Ding, Carterville, IL 4-16-11
(L to R) Jim and Sharon Clayton, Jim Semanski
This Honduras Maroon '62 is original paint.

Just to make sure that we knew we were driving up to the right house, Jim had this '56 Buick in the driveway.

We had a home tour conducted by Karen Semanski, and she has the home totally '50's.  I mean totally.  She has done a fantastic job, and we all had a great time.

I'm pretty sure that nobody went away hungry.  The Bar-B-Que and fixin's came from the famous 17th Street Bar-B-Que in Marion.

Karen lectures at Logan Junior College on the history of Route 66 in Illinois.  We watched a slide show that she has created that combined Route 66 historic places of interest with rockin' tunes.

Plus, we had live music courtesy of Norman.

Yes, he played and sang
Nat King Cole's Route 66.

Of course there was tire kicking.  Here you see Jim Semanski, owner of JS Corvettes in Carbondale, showing a '56 TBird.  The owner can prove that Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty) rode in this car in the 1956 Rose Bowl Parade.  (L to R in a circle) is CGRC VP Denny Coughlin, Judy Coughlin, Terry from Alaska, Jim Semanski, Dennis Fontana, Jim Clayton, and SACC President Max Brockhouse.

So the good ol' Illinois weather wasn't all that hot, but everyone had a good time.  If you missed it, you mised it.