Update: Friday January 23rd, 2026 —  Weather outlook

Due to the pending weather warnings for tomorrow, it does not look like an ideal day to be working on trophies.  We want people to be safe and keep off the roads if it is not safe.  I will be at the Daylight Donuts at 9 in case someone does show up and hang out there for 10-15 minutes.  Leif and I plan on being in the shop for at least the morning. We will look at the calendar for another opportunity to work on the trophies.  Stay tuned…..

Update: #2: Four of us worked on trophies in the morning before the weather got bad

Several of us braved a cold shop and did some great work on the trophies:

In preparation for the 2026 Texas Tour in May we will need 40 trophies for the car awards. Rather then buy trophies, the club is creating unique, one of a kind, trophies from old car parts. 

We will make the bases and paint them. Then we will place on each base the “trophies”. We need folks to assemble the bases, paint them, clean and polish a trophy and mount the trophy. The shop has all the tools we will need (welder, grinders, sanders, nail gun, paint, compressor, etc.). 

We will meet at Daylight Donuts in Jarrell at 9 am. From there, drive to the shop to make trophies. Break for lunch around noon (at Buddies in Florence). It is about a 15 minute drive. Return to the shop to make more trophies. Come for just the morning, or just the afternoon session but you are welcome to come for the day. 

Bring any old car parts you want to donate to the effort. We only have about 20 trophies so we need to create another 20 out of car parts. 

Here are some examples of trophies already crated. (Note: plaques will be added later)