The following Early Ford V8ers brought their Mercurys:
Nick Alexander (with special help from Jaime and Alex):
	1948 Convertible coupe
	1947 Station Wagon
	1950 Station Wagon *
Steve Calavetta	1950 Sport Coupe * Best Original Car
Bob Costello	2003 Marauder
Chuck & Adele Currey	1940 Sedan coupe
Larry & Jamie Ginsberg	1941 Station Wagon
David & Lisa Graham (with assistant drivers: Charles and Judy Dildine):
	1949 Convertible
	1950 Convertible
	1951 Convertible
	1953 Monterey Convertible *
Jerry Hoffman	1946 Station Wagon (modern power)
Ralph Hubbard	1939 Sport Convertible Coupe
Joe Immler	1943 Mercury Coupe (that's what he tried to claim it was!)
Jerry & Jill James	1954 Monterey Convertible *
Bob Kennedy	1954 Monterey 2 door hardtop *
Richard & Sandra Krist	1940 Convertible coupe
Clarence & Francine Levy	1940 Town Sedan *
Rich Miller	1953 Monterey four door sedan *
Bill and Helen Monteleone	1947 Customized Sedan Coupe (wow!)
Doug Nurse	1946 Sedan Coupe *
Willard Ostler	1940 Sedan Coupe (friend's car)
Chuck Perardi	1940 Convertible Sedan (modern power) *
Ed Rouhe	1940 Convertible Sedan (hi-tech flathead)*
Mr. & Mrs. Nino Rosso	1939 Sport Convertible Coupe, 1968 Marquis hardtop sedan
Fred Scheibel	1950 Sport Sedan
Richard Stevenson	1940 Sedan Coupe *
Bob & Mary Jane Teitsworth	1950 Sport Sedan
RG 11 EFV8 Club Sponsor: Harold Looney (Vintique /C.W. Moss)	1954 Monterey 2 door hardtop *
* Note: These cars each won awards in their class.

Our thanks also to the Baldy View and Palomar Mtn. EFV8 R.G. members who drove all the way in to participate with their Mercurys. We also had visits from Sharon Foster (So. Cal's pres.), Bob Fruehe and several more EFV8 members who stopped in to see all the action. There were a few other early Mercs brought in by others perhaps not yet members. Space does not permit me listing all the details on the owners (this was a big show) and some may be members from other EFV8 RGs in California. These additional Early V8 Mercurys were also at the show:

Two original 1941 Station Wagons. One 1946 Station Wagon with Marmon-Herrington all wheel drive (modern power). One 1941 Town Sedan (with every do-dad gadget from the dealer accessory catalog supplemented with gadgets from the J.C. Whitney catalog) - Oh my!

A few EFV8 Club members who have treasured Mercs weren't there probably due to prior commitments, out of town, etc. but we hope to see them at our All Ford Picnic October 6th for sure! Jerry McFadden was there but not with his treasured "Millie the Merc" '41 Town Sedan (maybe sometime soon at our All Ford Picnic). Two remarkable 1956 public safety Mercury four door sedans sat side by side and made a fine presentation. Both carried authentic City of Santa Rosa seals on their doors. One was a black and white police patrol car the other was a red fire chief's car. Wow! Kids really loved it when the owner ran the siren and huge roof top red light. Deluxe cars for public safety duty indeed.

There were so many late '50s, '60s, '70s,'80s and specialty cars like the grand showing of nearly 30 early Cougar hardtops and the wonderful Comets, Capris and Calientes. It was a super event for all the lovers of these special era cars. Even a few early muscle cars in the Marauder series were present. Of course, the '50s and '60s designs were getting more grandiose and loaded with huge glass windows and bright metal work. We must not overlook the spectacular red 1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. This was certainly a rarity and received an award in its class. It drew a lot of attention and cameras. I really enjoy the earlier cars from the Early Ford V8 Club era of 1939 (Mercury's first year) through the last year of the flathead V8 in 1953. There were a couple of surprises. No 1942 cars and no 1952 cars. "They're out there!" but just didn't appear this time. There was one '55 Canadian Mercury pickup truck and a '55 Monarch (pretty far from their original homes).

Professional photographer, Dave Lindsay, was working hard to capture the essence of this special show. He told me there was so much "eye candy" at this show he might not bother trying to cover two other car shows that day. He has a wonderful photo gallery web site on the Internet. He also gave out flyers announcing his new Southern California Car Culture web site: http://www.socalcarculture.com . He will be posting all the local shows, special events, car clubs on line and car cruises. We hope to get a link setup between his site and our club web site. Chuck Dildine, our webmaster, digital shutter bug and DV videographer, took many photos and lots of video that I hope he will share with us soon. He took photos of all the V8 Club trophy winners and pictures to include in his annual Christmas party video slide show. Thanks Chuck!

This show was the first annual show of its type devoted exclusively to Mercurys in So. California and was sponsored by the International Mercury Owners Association (IMOA), Jerry Robbin, President. They now boast over 1,200 members and growing. The show was organized by Gary and Linda Richards, the local IMOA representatives in Riverside. They had some dedicated volunteers to help them. They are real troopers and did a tremendous job. The show offered a quick check-in for pre-registered cars and a very low fee of only $10 (first car, $5 for each additional) right at the entrance. The Chinese raffle with all of the donated prizes and gift certificates was a big hit, as well as the raffle for all car show entrants for a free one week test drive of a new FoMoCo vehicle. The DJ did a nice job throughout the day and gave us the snappy country tune Mercury Blues to open and close the show. The coffee, sweet rolls, soft drinks, cold water, hot dogs and wonderful barbecued hamburgers were a big hit. All were at very reasonable (non profit) prices. They had nice goody bags for all the show entrants including the show dash plaque, copies of the Quicksilver IMOA quarterly magazine, vendor flyers, new Marauder showroom literature and some sample wax materials. All car awards were attractive plaques in graduated sizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place in fifteen categories (closed and open models for various year groups and special models such as Cougar) plus Best of Show Original Car and Best of Show Custom Car. The public and guests really enjoyed the spectacle and I noticed that there was indeed a great deal of joy amongst many to see their favorite Early V8 Mercurys on proud display. Many of these were indeed ready for concourse showing.

Let's support it again next year! Maybe this can be an official tour for our club. Mercurys and Mercury people are special!