MORRO BAY 2009 - Discussion

Reserved today! Renata and I look forward to joining everyone at Morro Bay!

ok Good, would not be the same without you guys!

Here are some videos of the Parade in Morro Bay last year. These were just submitted to me and I wanted to share them with all of you. See what fun we had? Now, get your reservations in and join us this year on the weekend of April 24. It is guaranteed to be great fun!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBAOYTA9j0Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqET5dTYIZ4


Happy Trails,
Dusty and the always Lovely Miss Sharon

dusty

awesome

Holy crap there's a shite load of 'em..... kewl! Was that Vince in the Ghia?

na
that was his twin brother
vince couldnt make it that day cause the shitter was full

Damn Gerd, I thought you said you couldn't make Morro. Now I have to cancel everything. You're a real pain in the arse.

Man, I thought having a RED speedster was overdone. If I counted right there were like 24-25 speedsters and only 3 of them were red. Now I'm kinda glad I never changed the color. I like being the minority.

I want the folks on the EAST side of the country to notice our group out here. THEY haven't produced a parade like this!

OK, Carlisle, the glove has been thrown on the ground. Are you going to meet the challenge? Is Gordon going to come out to Morro Bay to see for himself? Time will tell.

Happy Trails,
LMS and the smug Dusty

Lessee......

Morro Bay?

Goodwood Vintage Gathering?

Watkins Glen Vintage Days?

Maybe run the Mille Miglia course through Italy?

Decisions, Decisions........

Bill Drayer! Where's that picture of the looooooong line of cars at Carlisle, heading for dinner??

That was a good one. Although it was cloudy and threatening, we shoulda had the tops down that day. I wish we woulda stopped right there and dropped them. Kelly Fraser was running right seat with me as he hadn't ordered his car yet.
~WB

Hey, WB, I see what looks like you in the driver's seat of blackie so who took that shot anyway?

Bill.... is this one I took ? I think I was first to arrive that evening but not sure.
I DO know that this year's run will out do any we have done to date :) ~Alan

Long line of Carlisle cars??? I only count 14. Now, understand, I have attended Carlisle three times and count myself as one of you, BUT I am justly proud of the turnout in Morro Bay (since I organize it) and still feel you(we) must meet the challenge. The only way this can be fairly judged is if a few Carlisle "old timers" come to Morro to personally oversee the count.

Happy planning,
Dusty

Dusty, I think you have us beat on the parade. I seem to remember counting somewhere around 30 on the video - more than we gathered for our dinner cruises. We always had some who cars only appeared at the show field.

Nice job on organizing. Of course, you have the California weather on your side - most of the time ;-)

Personally, I've never gotten into the "we've had more there than you" thing (just ask EC Bruce). If you do all you can at whatever event you're organizing to have fun and special things to do, then people will decide for themselves if it's worth making the investment in time and money to show up. That's why Morro Bay and Carlisle are successful - fun people to be with, fun things to do (and the cars aren't bad, either!!)

What really matters to me is just getting more people involved with this hobby and getting more people to join us, not only at Morro Bay and Carlisle, but at Knotts, Henry's IM BBQ, the Obsolete Campout, Watkins Glen Vintage Races, the Dragon Run and the Oregon Cruise every year. If we could get another dozen local events all over the country every year, I would be thrilled as more and more people would be encouraged to attend something local and meet more Speedster/Spyder folks. That's what Bruce Stumpp was trying to do the first years he was organizing Carlisle, and it's been a hit ever since....

I'm slowly putting together a calendar of local events for 2009 and hope to roll it out around the Holidays. If you know about something local enough ahead of time, you may be more likely to attend and that is good for all of us!!

gordon
good post i agree
i would like to attend some other events

side note
who owns that gorgeous black one in front on the last pic

I wholeheartedly agree Gordon, it's about the people and the food and the driving and the cars, with a couple drinks that wash it all down. I got involved because of a common interest with some cool people. And I am so glad to be part of it, see you all in about six months!

PS: That line of cars went beyond what can be seen in the picture.

That's "Blackie", owned by Bill Drayer. I'm kinda partial to the one right behind it, myself ;-)

Uhhh....Sorry 'bout that 4-pipe oil fart Lane.

OK--end of hijack---

bill nice looking car
lane i love your car also

Thanx, Gerd, yours is much nicer. Blackie has been around the block a few times and is a 12 footer at best. She was buffed out in that pic.

~WB

You guys missed the whole point of "ours is bigger than yours" ... it is intended to make Gordon and Kathy want to come out to Morro Bay as representatives from the right hand coast.

Come on, the California folks need to see some of you in person.

Hmmmm....Total Distance: 2817.1 miles
Total Time: Approximately 41 hours, 2 minutes
I may need a couple extra quarts of oil.

~WB

hey just got a call from vince
his internet just crashed
he said he would be happy to pay all expenses for the east coast guys who venture west

way to go vince

That Vince! What a stand-up guy!

You can do it WB... I did a 4k road trip last year. It went surprisingly well.

It tell yah what - if Vince will pay for the work days I'd have to miss, along with the other expenses, I'm in!

Oh, and he'll have to explain it to Pam, too. I'm sure he could do that ;-)

Oh My...."All expences paid", That Gerd is a hell of a nice fella...
I may have to return the new 65" HDTV I just purchased to help stimulate the economy....and the Blu-Ray system.....
Let me see here....SOC, HDTV and Blu-Ray, SOC, HDTV and Blu-Ray,
I think I'll go with option B, HDTV and Blu-Ray...
Sorry you wrong coasters, Perhaps Gerd will be willing to put you guys up at his place, you can bunk with his best friend Billy-Bob,
(pic below)

It's been 12 months since Billy Bob quit his weight training regimen and his weight ballooned. Billy Bob's spiral into deep depression was exacerbated at Vince's Halloween party when he realized Vince wouldn't be his room mate at Morro Bay.

The bunnies in the background (one crying on the others shoulder). Frickin Brilliant!

Quick! Somebody tell him he has his ass on backwards!

jim
great pic

Yeeesh!!!! Not sure if that's a him, a her, a he-she, or an undecided. Maybe it's an all-of-the-above. That'd explain the size.

If there were a couple of others to caravan to Morrow Bay with I'd be very tempted. Or someone with extra trailer space!---Jack

Blake votes "he". I vote "she". Either way, your right s/he has their ass on backwards!

Sorry, we haven't been around in looooong while. You know we're not retired like all of you!

Dusty, thanks for all your planning efforts! We can't wait to see everyone! and this year we'll stay out in Morro Bay at least one night.

For the Friday wine tour, we'd really like to do the Eastside wineries (we have good connections at great wineries). In order to do that we'll have to plan on a bigger window of time. It would be easiest to meet in downtown Paso (at the park) that way people coming from north or south could meet up there. We're thinking around noon and then would end at the hotel in Morro Bay by 4pm. We would also provide a map and itinerary with times for the trip, so people can meet up anywhere along the way. What's everybody think?

Jen

Jen
Would it be possible to start the wine run later than noon, say 2:00 or so, then anyone from the So Cal group may join in....
We usually stop for lunch along the way, but if we cut back the time a little at lunch, we could arrive earlier....
Just a thought....

hey vince they said a wine tour not an oban tour

I know, I didn't say I was going. But I suspect we will have about 20 cars coming from the south, some may want to join in....
I also suggest we bypass Santa Barbara in 09.....