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CARS AND COFFEE IS THE NAME OF THE EVENT.
WE'RE DOING IT AS AN OUTREACH TO GET, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN THE LIBRARY.
WE'VE GOT, UH, SIGNUPS FOR LIBRARY CARDS AND SOME GIVEAWAYS.
PEOPLE COME BY AND THEY SEE THE CARS AND THEY, THEY STOP AND THEY TAKE A LOOK AND THEN WE GET 'EM TO GO INSIDE THE LIBRARY AND SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
IT'S A GREAT VENUE, GREAT PARKING LOT.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOVE CARS.
ANYBODY THAT'S GOT A CAR NEEDS TO COME OUT.
I'M RETIRED AND I ENJOY HOT RIDE.
I GUESS IT'S JUST IN OUR DNA
I MEAN, I GREW UP LOVING CARS.
I WAS, I WAS LIKE SIX YEARS OLD AND I COULD SAY, OH, THAT'S A 53 CHEVY.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE 54 BECAUSE THE TAILLIGHTS ARE DIFFERENT.
AND THE 55 TO THE 56, THE GRILL IS DIFFERENT.
I LIKE COMING BECAUSE YOU SEE PEOPLE FROM CARVER FROM THE SIXTIES, CAR LOVERS RIGHT NOW, YOUNG KIDS, LIKE KIND OF WALKING RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
UH, EVERYTHING FROM MY NEW CAR TO, YOU KNOW, OLD CARS FROM THE FORTIES.
THEY ONLY MADE A LITTLE UNDER 40,000 OF THEM IN THAT TIMES SPAN.
IT HAS CRIMINAL TEARDROP LIGHTS, LIKE MOTOR BIKES QUITE OFTEN HAVE, IT HAS A HAND CRANK.
HAS TWO LARGE HORNS, 1,250 CCS, ABOUT 55 HORSEPOWER, BUT FOR 3000 POUND CARDS HAS NICE PEP.
MINE IS A 1990 FORD TAURUS, SHO.
IT'S KIND OF A SLEEPER GROCERY GUTTER.
UH, NOT THE PRETTIEST THING YOU EVER SAW, BUT IT SURE IS FAST.
UM, IT'LL RED LINE AT 7,200 TOP SPEEDS, ABOUT ONE 40.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THINK IT'S A REAL KICK IN THE PANTS.
THE JEFFERS PARISH LIBRARY HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO HOST US, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
SO EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE BIT OF COFFEE, WE GET TO SHOW OFF, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR TOYS IN, IN VARYING DEGREES, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF FUN.