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Photos! - Cowtown Cruisin' for a Cure, Sept
10, 2005
We had a great show of support with 17 cars for this very worthwhile
event which benefits prostate cancer awareness and research. Thank you for
your participation.
Our Mercedes-Benz automobiles have added a "touch of class" to the event. I am proud that we showed our club’s support in the best possible manner - together as a group with our cars. I think we were the largest group for a single marque who were able to park together. We showed up bright and early at Fort Worth's Sundance Square to assure parking. We then embarked on a tour of the magnificent Bass Performance Hall guided by our talented docent, Nat O'Day. After, we had a group lunch at Daddy Jack's and spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying the hundreds of beautiful cars on display. Please enjoy the photos below. DJ de Jesus, Fort Worth Section |
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Early arrivals. We managed to "cone" our spots without incurring the
wrath of other particpants. We did manage to fight off a Chevy Bel-Air
group.
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Beautiful coupes and convertibles in this row of sporty MB's.
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Adventures in parking - we had to rearrange the cars a couple of
times so we could all fit.
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At last! All present except one. Note the cone which marked Jeff
Brunz's parking spot. Alas, no pics were taken of the beautiful 1971 280SL
which he showed.
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Matt Blackwelder prepares his SL500.
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Eric Dieffenbach and Matt Blackwelder.
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Cecile de Jesus on patrol. Pity the poor soul who would dare molest
our cars. She had the support of a plentiful supply of cops, though.
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John Olson relaxes with his 380SL while waiting for the Bass Hall
tour to begin. Alice is napping inside the car.
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Larry Vaughn, Brian and Sherry Wheeler converse with a curious
spectator.
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Ok, they now realize they are being photographed.
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Eric Dieffenbach, Denise Mueller and Linda Dieffenbach by the
Muellers' 230SL.
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Matt Blackwelder and Manfred Mueller.
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Ron Sturgeon's newly acquired 1953 300S.
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To me. this car is a symbol of the "economic miracle" that was
post-war Germany. Only eight years have elapsed since the country was
totally devastated by the Second World War. Mercedes-Benz was already
producing cars second to none while the German economy enabled some of her
people to afford luxury cars such as this.
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Wood and leather became plentiful once again. Note the beautiful
plexiglass sun visors.
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Bryan Wheeler and Larry Vaughn relax by Bryan's Crossfire. Hey, the
cars are cousins now.
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Larry's SL500.
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DJ and Cecile de Jesus' 190SL.
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Group photo at the Bass Hall.
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By one of the Bass Hall's 48-foot angel heralds.
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Larry Vaughn accepts an award on behalf of Ron Sturgeon.
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Eric and Linda Dieffenbach's SLK32 AMG.
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Gary and Doris Ferreira's 500SL Euro. This is the way a 107 is
designed to be - unencumbered by battering ram bumpers, sealed beam
headlights and horsepower-sapping emission controls. This one is supposed
to be a rocket.
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Todd Oneth's SLK230.
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Non-Mercedes Participants:
To get a better feel for the spirit of Cowtown Cruisin' event, below
are great examples of other marques.
1936 Auburn Boattail |
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The much-maligned Chrysler Airflow.
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The Model A Club was here.
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A rare 1939 Ford convertible.
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1957 T-Bird. I read that the continental kit lifted the car's front
tires away from the pavement at speed.
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