[flash]

well, it looks like more people are in line for sunday - we'll just have to work that out with a couple of folks

the concours usually has nicer cars than the people's thing on saturday, so regardless of interest in the swap meet, this will still be a hoot

anybody needing to crash at my place on saturday night, let me know asap so i can make those arrangements

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[flash]

ok - i think we have

me
bva
jimb
t-bone
ds968
968tdg
hwu
jtclark
midblu

still waiting on post date change confirmation from:
rxter
tom968

i still haven't heard back from a bunch of the guys but we usually get a few who fail to rsvp, but end up showing up anyway, so this could be really cool

i'll post the route and way point times later today so that people can catch up to us on the way up

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[flash]

the route planned is:

from my house, 73 north to 405 north
10 west to 1 north
1 north to 101 north via Rice Ave
exit California St and turn left
right onto Harbour

Ventura County Fairgrounds - 10 Harbour Blvd

total trip time approx 2 hours 20 minutes (122 miles)

departure from my house at 5:30
approximate pass by corner of Sunset Blvd and PCH at 6:35
approximate pass by pepperdine at 6:55
arrival at Ventura County Fairgrounds at 7:45

i don't have any good pass-by points for between my house and santa monica - if you plan to hook up with us there, let me know and maybe we can figure something out

i would plan to be at least 15 minutes EARLY at any of the pass-by points - we will not be stopping for anything, so i highly recommend that you be actually ON THE ROUTE where you can see us pass by

a good spot for the santa monica pass-by would be the Vons parking lot - a good spot for the malibu pass-by would be on the east side of PCH right in front of pepperdine - after that, just park along PCH and wait for us to pass you by

i will have my cell phone on for those of you who have the number - i will also have my office line forwarded to it

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[tom968]

I am going to have to pass on Sunday.

It's not likely I'll go on Saturday either.

Let me know how it turns out.

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[sbdrivingdotcom]

I'll be there but I don't know about 7:45. Where will we be parking?

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[flash]

tom - bummer - would have been good to see you again

sb - they will direct us to our spot, but i won't know where that is until tomorrow - ring me up

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[sbdrivingdotcom]

Will do.

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[flash]

all packed and ready to go - see you guys tomorrow

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[flash]

came - saw - left - back home - very tired - off to dinner now - miles to go before i sleep

thanks to all the guys who showed up - always great to see everybody

will post pics and details tomorrow

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[T-Bone]

Flash,

Thanks for putting this together, as usual. What a great drive up the PCH this morning! It's amazing how beautiful LA can be at sunrise. Not sure the show was worth it at the end of the drive, however. It looked like it might have been picking up as I was leaving though. Hopefully the show turns back into the show it used to be with the new owners/management.

It's nice to get to know more of you guys at these events. Jeff, get that car running for the next event, will ya?!

Travis

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[jimb968]

Thanks to the 968 guys for making such a long drive for a so-so show. I haven't seen that many 968's live at one location. The show did start picking up, then the very cold wind hit and I couldn't stand it any longer. The show has dwindled so much, it probably would be a good one day show, but there's just not enough cars to justify splitting into two days.
To add insult to injury, in the concours section, the wind picked up and the wind blew apart a flag pole, and that pole dropped from 30 feet onto a brand new grey turbo. Felt sorry for the owner.

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[flash]

i too was disappointed - i was led to believe there would be a lot more there than we saw - still, i had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the drive up, which was enough to justify it to me (the drive back not so much - too much traffic in west l.a.)

i've always felt that it should be a one day show - the remote location makes it too hard to do two days without a hotel, and not many want to do that

hopefully the new promoter can figure it out and turn it into a success - adding an autocross would help bring in the racers and the vendors of those kinds of parts

turbo - bummer - i guess sometimes "pole position" isn't a good thing

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[ds968]

<!--quoteo(post=81230:date=Oct 5 2009, 07:04 AM:name=flash)-->QUOTE (flash @ Oct 5 2009, 07:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->i guess sometimes "pole position" isn't a good thing<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
forcing myself not to smile, because of the misfortune behind it, but can't help it - too funny of a comment to ignore [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

As for the autofest itself - probably last time for me there; I don't know if Saturday was any better but they should pack it up and close up shop ( whatever there is of it ) . [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]

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[flash]

i tend to agree on all points - still had a good time though

here is a shot of the 968s all lined up on Main Street (i think we had 9 at this point):

   

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[jimb968]

<!--quoteo(post=81318:date=Oct 6 2009, 04:26 PM:name=flash)-->QUOTE (flash @ Oct 6 2009, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->i tend to agree on all points - still had a good time though

here is a shot of the 968s all lined up on Main Street (i think we had 9 at this point):

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Wow, my car looks great at 30 feet! I looked at Flash's engine compartment and decided to keep mine shut.

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[ds968]

<!--quoteo(post=81402:date=Oct 7 2009, 02:14 PM:name=jimb)-->QUOTE (jimb @ Oct 7 2009, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I looked at Flash's engine compartment and decided to keep mine shut.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Yeah, Bob's engine compartment almost outblings mine now... Well, I said " almost " [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

And it's squeaky clean, which explains all those badly worn toothbrushes in his garage..

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[flash]

lol - hardly - it's really pretty easy to keep an engine bay clean - i do it on all 3 cars - which reminds me..............

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