Fort Worth, Texas - Wheels for Wellness

[supraholic]

I participated in a charity car show this weekend in downtown Fort Worth, Texas along with a couple of our local Celica Supra owners. My friend took a few photos if anyone is curious.

Wheels for Wellness - September 16, 2023

My buddy Nick has a blue 83 Supra (which has the same exterior door handles) and had pre-registered to bring it but was unable to finish a repair in time. We'll try to do that at a future event. Still it was kinda fun pointing out to people at the show some of the common interior parts between the Excel and these 84-85 Supras.

[Hawaiis0]

Great photos. How was the interest in the exotic?

[supraholic]

I got a lot of questions about the Excel and it seemed that nobody knew what it was. But that's what was so fun about it. I've been entering car shows for 36 years with mostly Mustangs and Corvettes but its always the same old domestic muscle cars and hot rods. Nobody ever stops to ask me about my Corvette anymore (except people who own one) because everybody has seen it or at least seen one like it. I'm guilty myself, walking right by the rows and rows of Chevrolet Camaros without so much as a head turn. I'm quite sure I've seen every combination of options and colors ever offered on the first generation Camaro and then some. But when you take a car like the Lotus Excel that nobody has seen before, then most everybody stops to take a better look and a good percentage of them will ask a question or give a compliment.