秋晴れの神宮外苑クラシックカーフェスタ
- AMAZONとクラシックイベント
- by suna
- 2009/11/29 日 12:08
秋晴れの１１月２８日（土）「クラシックカーフェスタ ｉｎ 神宮外苑」（トヨタ博物館主催）に参加しました。ニュージーランドから遥々運んできたという１９２６年式フォードモデルＴピックアップなど、１９２０年台の本格的クラシックカーから、１９７９年式トヨタコルサ（クラシック？？）まで、「トヨタ博物館”学芸員”の審査選択」にもとずき、実にユル〜い車種、年式で、集まったのは８４台。ちょっと他のクラシックイベントには類をみない、国内外多種多様のクルマが集まりました。それだけに、身近な想い出にも繋がるクルマが顔を揃えて、同時開催の「いちょう祭り」に集まった２世代３世代にわたる大勢の家族連れが訪れてくれました。「・１２２」ＡＭＡＺＯＮは、ゼッケン６９番で、隣のゼッケン６８番は１９７１年式サーブ９９、反対側の隣は１９５９年式シルバーコルベット、、、という具合です。午前１１時前から皇居、銀座を巡るパレードが始まりましたが、「いちょう祭り」の大混雑で、大渋滞。銀座４丁目への銀座通りは、午後１２時から歩行者天国となるのですが、６９番目のスタートで「・１２２」ＡＭＡＺＯＮは、どう考えても、歩行者天国開始時間には、通過出来そうもない気配。ということで、コ・ドライバーのＳ大先輩ともども、”イチかバチか”のタイムアタック。バンバン先行ゼッケン車を追い抜いて、「あと一分、、間に合ったか、、、」というところで、銀座通りに突入したのですが、案の定、すでにパトカーが、交通封鎖。「時間切れ１号車」として昭和通りへ迂回してパレードコースを周回しました。ま、ただのパレードなのですが、ちょっと、緊張感のある楽しいパレードとなりました。その後は、暖かい秋の陽射しのもと、ノンビリと車両展示。次々と家族連れやＡＭＡＺＯＮに想いを馳せる年配の方々が訪れて、写真を撮ったり、お話をしたり、、、。ＡＭＡＺＯＮ博士のＮさんも来て下さり、多くの方々にＡＭＡＺＯＮの説明をしていました。もっとも、「・１２２」ＡＭＡＺＯＮのエンジンは、未だＮさんからお借りしているスペアエンジンですから、いわば、半分は、Ｎさんも「・１２２」ＡＭＡＺＯＮのオーナーのようなもの、、、。楽しいＡＭＡＺＯＮ談義が続きました。それにしても、こんなにＡＭＡＺＯＮを知っている、、、想いを馳せる方がいらっしゃるんだ、、、と驚くほど、たくさんの方々が、、、「あ、ＡＭＡＺＯＮだ、、懐かしい、、、」と写真を撮られていたのが、とても印象的でした。たった３０００円の参加費で、都内パレードを楽しみ、美味しいお弁当をいただき、さらには、参加記念カーバッジが配布され、一日をクラシックカーファンﾄと共に楽しめる充実のイベントでした。また、来年も銀杏並木でＡＭＡＺＯＮファンの方々と交流がはかれれば、、と思っています。
November 28th (sat) turned out to be an ideal autumn day for the "Classic Car Festival in Gaienmae. The assortment started from a 1926 Ford Model T pickup and ranged to a 1978 Toyota Corsa (not sure you call these classic cars). 84 cars were selected by the xxxx at Toyota Museum under certain very loose criteria. It was a unique event with a wide mix of domestic and foreign makes and that allowed for the people to gather to find at least one car they knew. The event was held at the same time as the autumn ginko tree festival and a large crowd of grownups and children gathered to the festival. My .122 was given car # 69 and car #68 was a 1971 Saab 99, the car across was a 1959 silver Corvette. At 11am, we started off for a parade around the royal palace and the Ginza area. Because of the ginko tree festival, the street was crowded and it seemed like we would not make it into Ginza before they shut off traffic at 12 noon. I started off with my co driver Mr. S and ignored the car ahead of me to try to get to Ginza on time. We got there 1 minute before noon, but just as they had shut off traffic, so we ended up being the first car of the parade that couldn't make it into Ginza. It was just a parade but this race against time brought on a bit of excitement to it all. We got back to the Kaigakan where we displayed our cars and watched as people came by and took photos or explained the car to them. Mr. N aka Dr. Amazon also came to the event and spent quite a bit of time explaining my Amazon to the gathered crowd. Well, the current engine if the engine I borrowed from Mr. N. so you can say that the car is half his. Anyway, I was quite surprised by the number of people who said that they knew the Amazon. The event was a bargain event at 3,000 yen with the amount of fun I got with the parade, the bento, and a car badge that came with it all. I am hoping that I can do it again next year.
November 28th (sat) turned out to be an ideal autumn day for the "Classic Car Festival in Gaienmae. The assortment started from a 1926 Ford Model T pickup and ranged to a 1978 Toyota Corsa (not sure you call these classic cars). 84 cars were selected by the xxxx at Toyota Museum under certain very loose criteria. It was a unique event with a wide mix of domestic and foreign makes and that allowed for the people to gather to find at least one car they knew. The event was held at the same time as the autumn ginko tree festival and a large crowd of grownups and children gathered to the festival. My .122 was given car # 69 and car #68 was a 1971 Saab 99, the car across was a 1959 silver Corvette. At 11am, we started off for a parade around the royal palace and the Ginza area. Because of the ginko tree festival, the street was crowded and it seemed like we would not make it into Ginza before they shut off traffic at 12 noon. I started off with my co driver Mr. S and ignored the car ahead of me to try to get to Ginza on time. We got there 1 minute before noon, but just as they had shut off traffic, so we ended up being the first car of the parade that couldn't make it into Ginza. It was just a parade but this race against time brought on a bit of excitement to it all. We got back to the Kaigakan where we displayed our cars and watched as people came by and took photos or explained the car to them. Mr. N aka Dr. Amazon also came to the event and spent quite a bit of time explaining my Amazon to the gathered crowd. Well, the current engine if the engine I borrowed from Mr. N. so you can say that the car is half his. Anyway, I was quite surprised by the number of people who said that they knew the Amazon. The event was a bargain event at 3,000 yen with the amount of fun I got with the parade, the bento, and a car badge that came with it all. I am hoping that I can do it again next year.
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