wheels and wings, osceola, WI

just realized that wheels and wings in WI is falling on the same day as the cars and coffee event in september....

grrrrr.

just a side note, this is the last year that wheels and wings will be happening out there.

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motorbooks international got bought out and is moving locations. The car show is part of their "crazy days" out there or something which is like a whole town festival so they are going to try to keep it going out there but they are losing the site and it probably will never be the same...

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Here is all the info that Tim Engel has posted around other forums, minus the lotus club specific info......

28th Annual Wheels & Wings -- Details & Directions

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It's time for the
Saturday, Sept 6th
Motorbooks International Publishing
729 Prospect Ave
Osceola, WI 54020
(715) 294-3345
Motorbooks.com - Books available on automotive, motorcycles, aircraft, auto racing,trucks, trains, boats, airplanes, tractors, cars and bicycles. for more info.

Wheels & Wings is the largest owner car show and informal concours in the area. In recent years it's been drawing nearly 1000 specialty cars from vintage Model T's to the latest exotics. Throw in the great sale prices on select Motorbooks titles and discounts on everything in the racks, and it's a "Don't miss it" car event.

Unfortunately, rumor has it that this may be the last Wheels & Wings as we know it. The host company, MotorBooks International (Classic Motorbooks) has been purchased and is moving to the Twin Cities.

However, Wheels & Wings is one part of the Osceola Crazy Daze, and the city officials in charge have stated that they hope to be able to continue to host W&W in the future. No word on how they intend to do that, but they hope.

If this is to be the last Wheels & Wings... then don't miss it; but keep your fingers crossed for the 29th annual in 2009.

Cars are parked in the order they arrive. If a club wishes to park as a group, it needs to arrive as a group.

There will be burgers, brats & drinks for sale on the Motorbooks grounds. Or school busses will be running a circle-route into town if you would like to check out other restaurants, Osceola's "Crazy Daze", a nice craft show in the park, the steam train, or the aircraft show at the airport.

Concours awards are usually given out by 2:30 or 3:00 PM and the crowd thins dramatically after that.

Driving Directions:

From Stillwater, proceed north on Hwy 95 about 20+ miles to Hwy 243 (goes to the east only).

Turn East (right) onto Hwy 243 and follow it across the St. Croix River Valley, into Osceola and to a stop sign at State Rd 35 / Cascade Street.

Turn South (right) onto Cascade, go under the bridge, enter the left turn lane for the first turn a very short distance after the bridge. (As an alternative, take Wisc. State Hwy 35 from I-94 and follow it north to Osceola.) That will bring you to this same intersection/ stop sign, but from the opposite direction.

Turn East on to County Hwy M / 75th Avenue. Follow it up the hill and east for about (?) a mile to Prospect Way (goes to the left only)... watch for W&W signs.

Turn North (left) onto Prospect Way. From there, just follow the signs and the directions of the volunteers directing traffic. If you are driving a specialty car wish to park in the show, you will be guided to a parking spot. If you drive the grocery getter, you will be directed to public parking lots.

NOTE: Wheels & Wings is in the same time slot as the September Cars & Coffee. Cars & Coffee is a great event and I support it whole heartedly. However, W&W is an established, 28 year tradition that on it's worst day is about five times larger than C&C. If you've not attended a W&W before, make this year the year... since there may not be a next year.

If you can't commit a full day to W&W, then be sure to make C&C at it's new location in the Auto MotorPlex in Chanhassen, 9:00 - 11:00 AM.

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the guy with the murcielago last year bought a red noble m400 a couple weeks ago and thats what he brought to the show yesterday...
there are now three nobles in the state... 2 red and one charcoal grey.

ill have my lotus pics up sometime today if anyones interested.

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Heres the pics from yesterday:

esprits:
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5558/img4971nv8.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2861/img4975im6.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/42/img4976rs1.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/2171/img4979hs3.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/104/img4970fx6.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7032/img4964fw4.jpg
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2758/img4963cb9.jpg

elise / exige:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7316/img4984xs6.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2732/img4983jw7.jpg
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1107/img4982fb0.jpg
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/9350/img4981rt6.jpg
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/2817/img4980nx5.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4710/img4974hi3.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7339/img4973dk7.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9218/img4968as5.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3319/img4966wa9.jpg
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2049/img4994tz0.jpg
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9582/img4993pk5.jpg

old school lotus:
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8194/img4978sf0.jpg
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/9485/img4969qb1.jpg
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3592/img4967ps2.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8687/img4965yj9.jpg
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3448/img4962ax6.jpg

deloreans:
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/903/img4989iv9.jpg
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2585/img4988dy1.jpg
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/9731/img4987bj2.jpg
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2374/img4986cn6.jpg
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3073/img4985oz8.jpg

noble:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6205/img4957ab0.jpg

outside noble owners house on way to go eat:
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5203/img5004ji3.jpg

at the gasthaus restaurant:
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/4719/img5010wu2.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6518/img5011bi4.jpg

ill do my best to get all these cars at the next cars and coffee!!!

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