Re: [Chrysler300] Eileen brass

["Gary Barker" <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a great story.  Thanks for sharing.   Gary Barker


From: Ron Waters 
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 6:56 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] eileen brass


  
Enjoyed your story, Gil.

It would be nice to have an 'early days' area of the website, where photos 
such as the one you mentioned below, could be posted. It would be important 
to add a captions, so folks would know the significance of what they were 
looking at.

Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
To: <grant4405@xxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] eileen brass

> All:
> Bob and Eileen Brass were really good folks. They hosted one of the most
> memorable meets for us---the 1975 Fall Meet in Elmira, NY. Actually, the
> drive to the meet was the most memorable part. Now, this story might get 
> a
> little long, so as Aussie Christopher is used to saying: you all know 
> where
> the delete icon is!!
>
> We were living in Michigan at that time, so often traveled with other
> members to meets. (Wish that could happen more often now.) For some 
> reason,
> our 300H convert was sitting this one out. We were travelling with D and
> Donna DeButts in George Riehl's (actually Eleanor's) 300C coupe, and 
> George
> and Eleanor were together in their reliable black 300J. We had stopped 
> in
> Pennsylvania to call the motel in Elmira and leave word for Terry 
> McTaggart
> we were running a little late, and not to plan on us for dinner. The 
> motel
> person then asked Carol if we were in the flood! "What flood?" was her
> answer---as it was a sunny day. However---as we progressed across upper
> Pennsylvania, the weather became more and more inclement. By the time we
> reached the Westfield, PA area, it was clear there WAS indeed a flood. 
> To the
> sides of what we hoped was the road, people were being evacuated from 
> their
> homes by emergency vehicles. Driving along, one could occasionally feel
> floating things bump into the car. Additionally, we were taking on a 
> little
> water through the seat belt holes, according to Carol. I didn't notice, 
> I
> was just trying to keep the "C" on the road. Shortly we came to what we
> assumed was a bridge. There were rudimentary pipe railings, I figured 
> if
> the railings were still there, the bridge should be as well, so proceeded 
> to
> cross. Carol broke a fingernail she grabbed the back of the front seat 
> so
> hard. George and Eleanor, followed, since the 300C had not disappeared
> into the murky depths. Later, we were to learn that one more vehicle 
> crossed
> before the roadway washed out at the end of the bridge! At any rate, the
> night would have to be spent in Westfield. We were very fortunate to get
> rooms on the 3rd floor of an old hotel. We have a picture of the two 
> 300s
> parked in front of it the next morning. Ah, the next morning. The flood
> had partially separated the 300J's exhaust system, so George made use of 
> a
> concrete platform surrounding some gas pumps to raise the car enough to 
> crawl
> under. Bridges were out at both ends of town, but we were lucky enough 
> to
> have a local member, Eric Eldridge, show us an exit via the "Dump Road".
> It was only about 3 more miles to Cowanesque, where Eileen and Bob Brass
> lived, so we stopped in. Bob had gone on the Elmira the previous day to
> prepare for the meet, but Eileen was home. After looking at the cars in 
> the
> back yard surrounded by water, we went inside, where Eileen opened the
> basement door for us. There, one or two stairs down bobbed the freezer 
> and many
> jars of canned fruit!! The basement was totally flooded.
> The remainder of the trip to Elmira was thankfully uneventful, but
> evidences of the flood were numerous---from huge trees lying in fields to 
> water
> mark lines on buildings at second floor level. We were, also, a little
> apprehensive when noting the motel was on River Street! However, all was 
> well,
> and the meet was great, including the weather. I believe, also, that the
> Elmira meet was the first where we expanded to 3 days. We were told that
> the flood was due the remains of a hurricane which affected the area.
>
> So, that is our story about the meet the Brasses hosted. Of course, we
> enjoyed their company at many other meets, but the Elmira adventure will
> always pop into mind first when Bob and Eileen are mentioned.
> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
>






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