Wilt-Man @ The Cruise-In

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Last evening I participated in the monthly "First Friday Cruise-In" hosted by the Sandhills Cruisers and Sumter Cruisers, in the Wal-Mart parking lot, taking my '61 Studebaker Lark. This is where a bunch of classic car enthusiasts, hot-rodders, and muscle/sports car afficianados get together to socialize, show off our rides, and talk to people about cars every month. Since a lot of the cruise-in participants have some sort of "mascot" with them in their cars, either die-cast replicas or stuffed animals, or when the weather cools off, REAL animals(usually a little yappy dog, though one couple brings their African Gray parrot occasionally), I decided to bring MY mascot, the awesome Wilt doll that Sparky made for me. He did look spiffy riding shotgun in a Champagne Gold metallic classic ride, if I must say! He got a lot of comments, too, though oddly enough, most of the kids who stopped by had no clue who he was, but a lot of adults did! One older couple came by with their grandkids in tow, about four of 'em, and the guy wanted to get a closer look at my car since he'd had a Studebaker back in his younger day. One of the grandkids, who was maybe seven or eight, spied Wilt in the passenger seat and said, "Look! It's Mr. Crab!" and his grandmother promptly corrected him, saying, "No, that's not Mr. Crab; that's WILT!" One kid did sorta get it right though: "Hey, it's that red dude from that show with Cheese on it!"

Anyway, here's a pic of Wilt in the seat; that's a freshly-moulted exoskeleton from my Mexican Red-Knee tarantula standing guard on the dash, by the way, not a live spider, and the second pic is of my car in the "line-up", between a hot-rod loosely based on a 1930 Model A Ford(to the left)and a 1987 Oldsmobile 442(to the right). The bit of purple car to the far left is the only other Studebaker, a hot-rodded 1956 Champion.





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