Carlisle 2011

Has SOC or anyone setup attendance/accommodations for 2011 Carlisle? I see the schedule for our event is latter part of May. Jan and I will be attending.

Bruce, Bill and myself are doing this again.
Hotel and Saturday night dinner are in place, we are now finalizing the other venues and will post info soon. ~Alan

It's that time again. We're in at the Caddy Shack for the "Early Bird" Thursday crowd. It's hard to believe this will be the 8th edition of "Speedsters & Spyders" at Carlisle!

~WB

uuuummm....sammich...eating one of those is on my bucket list

Eat more than one and it'll make you kick the bucket.

A high point of my year---wouldn't miss it and can't wait!!

I guess I need to start dreaming up a graphic?

How do y'all feel about vintage-style baseball jackets for the momento? At $20.00 a copy for the jackets, we could do these for about $50.00 (or less) each, embroidered:

http://www.jonlauren.com/denim-wear/wholesale/denim-mid-weight-jackets.xhtml

Sounds good to me, what's the design or is it still in the air? If wording suggestions are needed I like "The Dream Goes On".

I like the BB jacket idea! Could do logo on back and name on front (so we don't mix them up it get warm and we shed them). Maybe same cars as last year but in a circle?

I haven't come up with one yet -- but I'm not the only artistic dude on the site.
What about an open design "contest," with the end date being in January or February? We could do patches for the back of the jackets, then get those sewn onto the jackets themselves after the fronts are embroidered with a name and a logo.
Just a thought.

Cory,

We were looking to do fleece vests this year....but I guess we could consider baseball jackets too.

All, we'll working to put the details together for Carlisle and hope to get announcements out in the next couple of weeks. Hang in there...a great weekend is guaranteed again this year.

I'm definitely going to be there this year!

Tom

Where in Dearborn are you? Glenn and I are both from Detroit and environs. Left there in '75. Is Don,s Sport Vehicles still in business? Spent lots of money ther in the 70's.

Looking forward to meeting you at Carlisle this year.


Cory I like the BB jacket but a vest would also work.

Also like the idea of name on front also.

Paul

Hey Paul,

I live just north of Michigan & just west of Telegraph. I'm on the second street north of the Dearborn Hills golf course.

Don's is still there. I dropped in once and bought a spare belt to have onboard.

Looking forward to meeting you too.

Tom

I would go for either vest or jacket, but would probably get more use out of the vest down here.

The jacket sounds wonderful. I already have a bunch of vests. The tool bag logo on the back and the name on the front would be super.

I'm with Hoss--I like the baseball jacket. Same with the tool bag logo---gonna be hard to beat that graphic.

I would get more use out of a vest. If the weather is cold enough for a jacket I have more than enough of that stuff ...and I hate to break it out. As usual you guys are right on top of it. We're in for the whole deal. See ya

Nothing says we can't do both.
And we absolutely can do better than the tool bag logo ...

Cory -

I really appreciate your efforts to create the Carlisle souvenir and don't want to have you chasing two different items. IMHO, please go ahead with the baseball jacket and maybe the vest can be the item for next year. (Didn't mean to start a debate.) Thanks for your efforts.

I'm with Bruce. One item only, especially in these financial times. I don't have a vest, that's a good idea. As far as a jacket, I always have my leather one in the Spyder, but whatever the majority decides is fine with me. Looking forward to another fine year.

"Beezeball has been bery bery good to me" I vote for the jacket!

Yeah but with the vest we could show off our chest hair and tatts - for the rogue biker look.

BB jacket preferred.

Count me in for an XL.

"I didn't mean to start a debat." HORSFEATHERS!!!

That's all we do around here anyway . . . Like we expect you not to breathe???

I vote jacket, but unsure what sort to thing comes in for $20. In deciding the material/weight of the jacket seems to it should be should be just the thing for Carlisle in the Spring. (Yeah, I know: waterproof). Water resistant would be nice, or at least ScotchGuard-able. Would these things you are thinking about be those two-tone, felt w/ leather (really vinyl) shoulders, tight wrists and waist? That is what I remember, anyway.

Kelly,
Me thinks you are referring to a "varsity jacket"!

Hey, guys. Bruce is the event coordinator for Carlisle 2011; I jumped the gun with the suggestion for the baseball jackets. I should have called him first.
No hard feelings between he and I -- but I think we ought to do a poll on that whole decision. It's worked out well for us in the past, and we haven't really done any homework yet to see what will work out the best for everyone.
The vest idea is a good one; I hadn't even thought about that since a passing mention last year. Let's table this for now, until Bruce and I can get our heads together. Meanwhile, I'll see what I can do about some art that will work with either -- or with whatever other suggestions come down the pike later.

Bruce, sorry for just throwing that out without checking. I'll give you a call today.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE IN AGREEMENT JACKET AND VEST

Just wondering if the Hotel is the same as last year? Thanks

Yes same Hotel as last year ....I'll post info shortly ~Alan

Working on art for the souvenirs. Sorry for the distraction.
(Bumped for my own benefit.)

Chris,

You can find the hotel information here:

http://speedsterowners.com/forum/readmsg.asp?t=20040

Bruce