Many of you will remember the handsome man on the right! It's the former owner of the Little Red Tub, Oklahoma's own Cal Monsma!
There I was, walking out of a Phoenix Home Depot, minding my own business, when this fellow approaches and asks, "Fifty-seven?"
"Fifty-seven," I replied. Before I could even gauge whether it would be worth getting into the whole replica thing, he asked who built it, and we were off to the races...
Cal was visiting his sister here in Arizona, and it was a real pleasure chatting with him! He asked whether I was a member here at speedsterowners.com, and I said I was, and that he probably knew lots of the characters on here, and he said, "'Characters' is the right word!"
I couldn't believe that, before he traded his Speedster for a sailboat, he trailered her from Oklahoma to Paso Robles for the West Coast Cruise, AND to Carlisle for the May event...
Anyway, he had the kindest words for many of you, including Alan Merklin (Dr. Clock) and @musbjim , whose luggage rack and skis once belonged to Cal.
And Cal proves that you Speedster guys are always the nicest guys in town!
