April 24th - Mayfield, New York

Our first full day here with Jim and Leejun. The weather continues to be fine, though the temperature has fallen from the high eighties we had yesterday.

Jim & Leejun had planned a full day of visits for us. First off was a tour of Jim's truly incredible collection of cars. We followed him in his Ferrari Super America, one of only 100 imported into the United States.

A fine prelude to visiting his truly incredible collections of cars. He has over 100, with wonderful examples of many great Jaguars, Aston Martins, Maseratis, Fords, Chevy Corvettes and numerous other makes of car from all over the world. He insists on driving them, and they are all kept in full road running order.

A stunning Maserati Ghibli, with Jaguar E Types and S Types in the background.

Amongst the Jaguars he has a very rare blue 1955 'D'Type No.515.

The cockpit of the D Type.

A pristine Jaguar XK220, with the D Type (bonnet/hood up) in the background.

This is a beautiful 1931 Cadillac, in front of his extensive range of American made cars from the 20's, 30's and 40's. You may be able to pick out the 1946 Buick 'Woody' on the far right.

The three of us, Bob, Jim and myself discussing the Cadillac

More early American cars.

One of the large collection of Aston Martins.

We then went on to see his manufacturing business, the Taylor Made Corporation. No, not golf clubs, but the largest manufacturer of windscreens for yachts and boats in the world. He has factories in the US, Ireland, UK, Australia and New Zealand. We were given a complete tour of the factory seeing how the windscreens are made. Close by is another large factory where they manufacture accessories for boats like fenders and boat covers. In fact, they have over 20,000 different product items. It is a very impressive operation and is the largest employer in the Gloversville region of New York state.