RSVP received from Don Loveless - Michigan. Thanks Don!
That makes 7 TDs booked so far.
The TD resurgence continues apace.
ECB: I got a second room for Chris and Karen and the two junior crew chiefs so they can see everyone along with Kathy and me.
I'll get you a RZVP as soon as they figure out what they'll be doing.
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Gordon,
Terrific, it will be fun having the whole family there. I'll watch for the RSVP.
ECB
Im gonna be there with my son Matt again this year. All reservations are made. Time for a polish and tune up! Tom
I am looking forward to my first time at the event. Having taken everybody's advise I'm having my new Sub Engined Beck delivered to Carlisle so I can participate in the Cruises. I will then have it trucked down to South Florida to finish the dreaded sorting. Carey and his team have been great and I really don't expect any issues. The car is well on track to be ready on time.
Here is a "before" picture of my Suby 2.51L engine after the first 100,000 miles 
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...Im gonna be there with my son Matt again this year. All reservations are made. Time for a polish and tune up! Tom
Goes to show you folks we let anyone participate :~)
Tom B,
Great to hear you and Matt are joining us again this year.
Tom R,
We're looking to seeing your Subie-powered tub.
Expect a fun weekend -the more the merrier!
Thanks Merklin! I can't think of a good come-back. Somebody help me!
Bwaaahahahaha And now back to our regularly scheduled program.
Ok, I'll bite. Who is "porscheavw"?
Marty....I'm betting that's the illustrious Tom Buchannan with his Son Matt. Excellent contributors to the Carlisle event.
Was Buchannan the court judge from Tennesse driving the yellow speedster?
I've probably seen the inside of a courtroom ,but I've never been a judge! Can't wait to see "The Gang" Tom Buchanan
I do have an Ivory colored Intermecannica though.
Any chance it has a Soob in it, Tom ? Or was I misreading between the lines earlier ?
I would love to have a subie in it, but I like working on my aircooled VWs too. I added driving lights and an A1 Sidewinder exhaust to it this winter. I can see how Max's car has a soul. How else can you explain the time,polish,repair and love we put in these cars. For Alan its the pride of creating something from a piece of fiberglass junk to a work of art. Me...I just love to rub on her till she screams.
Yea Dave, I would like to change the heart of the beast sometime and when I do I will need your help. Tom
WOW! Talk about being late to the party. Holy crow.
What number do I call the reserve space at Max's Hotel?? Don't want to miss that one.
Meanwhile, I have gotten registered at hotel and the showgrounds, so that is done.
It's going to take me a while to sort through all this chatter (three pages worth??!). I have been a way for a while. First, just not getting it w/ the "new" website horsesh**, then not really getting it w/ the Facebook angle either, and also being out of the country for a month. Anyway, do I see that Gordon/Chris are not coming? No Cuz'n Vinny, and no Lane either? That does not sound right. But Maybe GERD? Now that would be a treat . . .
So the fundamental question: is there going to be a caravan coming up from the south, meeting in Hagerstown (or wherever) on Thursday, etc. Just checking.
Short of the story: count me in.
Kelly
Kelly, Chris/Gordon (yes) Lane (yes) Vinny (no) Gerd (no). Glad to hear you are going to make it. The Southern caravan is organizing and will be at the usual meeting place (Hagerstown....Shoney's) probably sometime between 12:30 and 1:00 P.M on Thursday. See you there.
Hoss
OKee-doke, Hoss -- txs for the update. I see elsewhere that these fine fellows and many others are gearing up and planning to be there. BIG numbers this year, more than ever as I hear it. Also MUSBJIM (aka, El Guapo) riding up w/ Iron Butt Crosby. Very cool. Be seein' y'all gentlemen (and Lane, too) at Shoney's on Thurs.
Hey guys, I think the gentleman who was a judge and drives a yellow speedster is John Weyand and he comes from Ohio if we're talking about the same guy. He and his wife Nancy made a visit to the extreme East Coast last summer. Very nice folks. John told me he might not be able to make it this year as he does volunteer work in Haiti and it takes place at the same time this year. As I said , very nice folks.
(maybe he should be from the "Volunteer State")
Host hotel rooms are sold out - but there are others nearby....
I received an email from one of our Speedster owners saying he called for a room today and was told our block of 47 rooms at the Courtyard Harrisburg West/Mechanicsburg is sold out. For those of you who have not yet made hotel reservations, the following link to Google Maps outlines several hotels located within 2-3 miles of the host hotel and some still have vacancies:
My suggestion is to call the host hotel first and try anyway, they might get cancellations from other groups who have reservations there.
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Sold out? That should keep the front desk busy.
Did we occupy that many rooms last year?
Envious spectators are in for a treat seeing a stream of raucous Porsche replicas hijacking their roads. Maybe the Chamber of Commerce could assign a siren blasting motorcycle escort to clear us through red light intersections!...how cool would that be!
Or...We could all turn on our headlights and hire a big black hearse to lead us at a slower more dignified pace.
Bill Drayer could put an oversize luggage rack on Blackie and we could put a coffin on it. I'd suggest we line it with plastic and fill it with ice and beer.
Don't forget the Smirnof Ice!
And that "slower, more dignified pace" only lasts for a while, and then those of us toward the back of the pack see some interesting passing over double yellow lines!
And yes, Kelly, Kathy and I are coming for sure, and Chris has a room...Whether he can find the time to escape for a weekend with his junior crew chief remains to be seen.
Now just who could you be (cough, Cory, cough) talking about?
Slower, more dignified pace? HA! By the time we get out of town we're nowhere near any speed limits.
I had to watch the video and photos afterward to make sure we actually went over some covered bridges.
Nah......Cory wasn't too bad. As long as he was spaced away from that white Spyder.
And yeah, pulling 2'nd gear on a TIGHT right turn while simultaneously driving straight up the face of a friggin cliff was more than a little interesting, too.
I'm jus sayin........
And I love Al's hat. I'm just hoping I won't have to use THIS one:
Oh, boy, been there, done that whole outfit, Gordon! I think it was 2006, when Lane's car got built.
And don't pick on Cory and I too much, we bring out the worst/best in each other. Like the brotherI never had(three sisters I grew up with).
My opinion, if you aren't crossing the lines, you aren't driving fast enough! Did you all stay in the lines when coloring as a child?
Gordon,
You said above "And yes, Kelly, Kathy and I are coming for sure..." Who is Kelly?
Frazer? Maybe?
Kelly Frazer's post of 24 March.
Yup. El Senor Frazer
BTW: Chris will probably be bringing his daily commuter car/office, a late Audi A4 (complete with two kiddie seats) so he may wander off to the Audi folks from time to time. I think they always win for best hospitality tent or something like that. He hasn't yet decided to bring along the rest of the tribe and do a side-trip to Sesame Street or not - we'll know as we get closer - but Lucas, the 3-yr-old Junior Crew Chief is a very definite maybe.
I'm excited to add that, last night, my eldest son, Brian, who lives in Seattle, and only the west coasters have met, will be traveling to Detroit and joining me on the trip to Carlisle!
Congratulations Tom. Wish I could get my sons to join me.
Gordon, you forgot your tilde in Señor.
Yeah, I saw the missing tilde, but I was on my Macbook at the time and find it Múcho easier to do Spanish emails with the iPad/phone (just hold down the key and all of the language variations are displayed to choose from). No idea how that works on a Microsquash system, as it's been almost twenty years since I had one, now.....
Boy! Everybody keeps bringing more and more relatives and we may have to get a bigger banquet hall!! (Again!!)
And East Coast Bruce was worried that first year if anybody would show up......Now, our Thursday crowd is better than most people see on a big weekend!!!!!!
Si señor, I weel be arriving at dee casa del Speedsters theese Mayo een your state you call Peensylwania.
hasta lumbago,
Keely
Alternate lodging location for those who have not yet made reservations:
One of our members just informed me he reserved a room right across the street from the Marriott. It's the Homewood Suites and there are rooms available. You might try the Marriott in case there are any cancellations.
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