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above: the Chuck Roast begins!
above: Motley Crue? No. Spyder People. The
many notables present in this photo include: John & Linda
Clinard (of Ford Public Relations), behind the buffet
table (John lurking behind the flower arrangement, Linda in the
brown jacket holding a dinner plate); CB Performance's
Pat and Amy Downs (center front, backs to camera),
Car and Driver's Norm Barton, Judy Scott, Mike
Beck, Chuck Beck, Ed Dellis (center-left of photo, in gray
shirt... Beck Lister owner, who ran his Lister in 2000's "One
Lap of America"), and too many more to list.
above:
the wall banner reads "Aged to Perfection!" That's
Chuck & Glede Beck's
friend Cathy Nece with cake; behind the table are Chris
& Yvonne Cocks, owners of "Small Car Import Warehouse."
note:
each of the thumbnail photos below
is hotlinked to a much larger photo.
On
the right, Chuck's friend of over 30 years (and owner of Beck
Spyder #51 that he purchased in 1987) Russ Fahrenkamp.
Hotlinked photo.
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Randy
Beck
with his Italian-stallion smile. But fret not, Porsche-philes:
he's from Bavarian stock.
Hotlinked photo.
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Glede:
CB Performance's Pat Downs talkin' shop with Randy
Beck (and Randy's brother Mike Beck, at far right).
That's Pat's sprightly spouse Amy in the foreground, her
back to the camera (bummer). Pat & Amy drove all the way
down from Farmersville, California (near Fresno) to attend.
Hotlinked photo.
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above:
Chuck and longtime friend Frank Freeman, and former owner
of "Frank's Volkswagen." In the hotlinked photo
you can see Chuck's big new production facility peeking over
the rooflines of those BMW and Lexus saloons.
Hotlinked photo.
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closest
to the camera:
That's Chuck's neighbors Van and Phyllis Vandette; in
the rear, Rosie and Fred Laford. Van and Fred say it was
the free food and drink that induced them to show up at Wotzisname's
party.
Hotlinked photo.
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above:
Car and Driver's Norm Barton (on the right) discussing
some motorcar esoterica with (Spyder owner) George Canovas
of Washington, DC. That's Beck Spyder owner/ motorhead extraordinaire
Hans Sollauer (with his back to the camera), who with
his charming Frau Susan drove in all the way from Las
Vegas to partake in the festivities.
Hotlinked photo.
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And
a few fotos from Chuck's shop:
Chuck's
shop floor replete with Spyders, Speedsters, Listers, et al.
Hotlinked photo.
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above: a sixpak of hi-perf
Wolfsburg powerplants, freshly delivered from CB Performance.
Hotlinked
photo.
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above: Chuck's long-in-development
replica of Stuttgart's venerable (and megabuck) 904. Put succinctly,
it's a Fabergé Egg among Eurosport replicas. Shucks,
Chuck may get it into production someday...
Hotlinked
photo.
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footnote:
It was Chuck's lovely wife Glede (pronounced "GLAY-jee")
who planned and engineered and choreographed Chuck's big Birthday
bash... and we failed to get a photo of her! And trust us on
this: she's a heckuva lot prettier than Chuck. Sorry, folks.
Last
but not least, Chuck's long-lost twin brother from
Ulan Bator, Mongolia showed up for the gala event:
Photography
& event coverage courtesy of Curt Scott
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