Speedsters meet Spyders at Carlisle

"Something else" could be one of these brand new Carlisle 2012 T-Shirts, or if the weather is cool, one of the hooded sweat shirts offered right here: http://www.brewcityonline.com/brewcity/dept.asp?s_id=1&dept_id=10019

If all you Haoles are going to wear Hawaiian shirts, I guess I'll be wearing a WASP shirt 8-)

So, Jimbo.....Is that gonna be "Polo", "Izod", L.L. Bean or "Orvis"??

Or you just gonna wear a flannel shirt that you've had since you were in your teens?

I still can't get over how Lenny C's shirt looks like my back yard.

Expensive shirt, too.......the palms match even across the seam lines.

Rich, next year I'm going to incorporate the Hawaiian barkcloth pattern into a hat. I don't know how just yet, but I'll do it.

A straw hat, maybe. Like a reed fedora with a Hawaiian hatband.

Naaahhhh.....a genuine "Panama" with an Hibiscus hat band.

Wicked, Freakin', cool.

Gordon, MY BRUTHA! Good call on the flannel shirt! 8-)

Have you seen the Carlisle folks announcement of the downtown block party on Friday night?

From Carlisle Productions:

New Kids on the Block
2012 Import & Kit Nationals to Feature Downtown

I have an email in to Carlisle asking the hours. If interested, we could put it on the schedule to cruise in and check it out after dinner.

I'd be interested in doing that. I remember Mary and I drove to downtown Carlisle once, and there were some interesting old areas.

Sounds like a neat Friday nite idea, but question if there would be enough space for everybody.

I've been receiving checks for the Saturday evening gala awards dinner. Several have included a note thanking Norma and I for our efforts, thanks to everyone for that. But keep in mind we don't do it all by ourselves - it takes a team. Thanks also go to Alan Merklin for arranging the hotel and restaurant reviews, Bill Drayer for the Thursday night cruise and dinner at the Caddy Shack, and Cory Drake for his artistic awards. They also provide a sounding board for all the planning. I couldn't do it without them.

And please keep those checks coming...

SELL OR BUY A VEHICLE IN THE CARLISLE CAR CORRAL

CLASSIC TO LATE-MODEL IMPORTS FOR ANY BUDGET

The 2012 Import & Kit Nationals car corral will provide classic to late-model imported vehicles in all varieties of make, model and condition. Thousands can browse, compare and made deals directly with the owner. As always, notary services including temporary tags are available in the car corral allowing would be buyers to drive their purchase off the grounds.

Car corral rules dictate that all vehicles in the corral must be for sale, in running condition and cannot be displayed on trailers. For more information or to purchase a car corral space, please contact us at (717) 243-7855.

But remember, Carlisle newbies.....As far as we know:

"For Sale" signs are only allowed in the car corral area.

No "selling" signs allowed on the show field.

Dr. Clock will probably find you, anyway, whether you have a for sale sign or not.

Paul Mossberg asked about the downtown block party Friday night (see above). I checked with Carlisle management for details and here's his response:

"Please understand that this is the first year for this effort and I

CARLISLE REGISTRATION - SAVE $10

Wanna save $10? Don

I guess I have to start begging and pleading. The Carlisle shirt orders are miserable. I know I took this on as a whim and nothing was guaranteed to me. In fact, I'm not making a dime on the shirts. I just wanted to provide you folks with a nice memory of the event, plus make it reasonably easy for all involved (customers and handlers at the gatherings) with the web site. Maybe you don't like it as well as I was led to believe (initially there was rave reviews)...or maybe you're all a bunch of big procrastinators.
There's still three weeks left until the deadline so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If any of you have subjective/objective thoughts that might help for future such things, e-mail me directly rather than cluttering up this thread. Thanks, Rich in Wisconsin

Who in their RIGHT mind would tuck-In a Hawaiian shirt... East coast Dudes you crack me up! Ahola.... from the western end of things...

Speedster "D"

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?! My shirt ain't tucked in!

~WB

Speedster "D," forgive him. Not only is Danny a New Yorker, but he's Eye-Talian, too. We'll school him this year.

Actually I am American, like most of you. Fashion schmashion! I will wear my shirt the way I want, that one was actually purchased in the Bahamas!

New York State, so different from the city of NY. A nice place to visit, but I like clean air, trees, mountains, curvy roads, and open space!

REMINDER

Don

Forgot to mention...when your check is received I will send an email letting you know it was received.

CARLISLE REGISTRATION - LAST CHANCE TO SAVE $10

Wanna save $10? If you haven't registered with Carlisle, today - April 16th - is your last chance to save $10. The registration fee will increase $10 after today.

Register here:
http://store.carlisleevents.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=23
And please don't forget to specify your club as "Speedster Owners".

Registered. I will be emailing you RSVP for dinner and check on Friday.

Thanks Bruce. Looking forward to it!


Justin

ECB....am I up to date for dinners etc or do I owe you money...
(arriving Friday late afternoon leaving Sunday morning)

Vince,

You just need to send a check to me for $60 before May 4 for Saturday night dinner, see address above. All the rest of the meals are seperate checks, pay-as-you go. Looking forward to it, should be a good time.

ECB...check sent today...

Great, thanks Vince.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON RAFFLE

For the new folks in the group, we don

Hello Gentleman, My name is Dave, I live in NW Ohio, I have a completed '53 and a complete assembly kit for another '53 speedster (black). Due to a divorce, I do not have the chassis for the un assembled one, I'd like to hear thoughts on obtaining a tubular or the regular vw chassis, would appreciate any tips where to look for a completed cut down vw or where I might get a high preformance chassis. I may also be interested in selling the Black/Tan one, both have flared fenders. Thank You, hope to hear back, Sincerely, David Nunn

David,

Try posting on the "classified" section. you might have better luck there.

Fellow Carlisle-ians:

A big part of the presentation I'll be entertaining you with at the Saturday evening dinner is a DVD presentation. I would like to get this as big as possible so everyone in the room (probably 80-100 people) can see it, so I've arranged for a video projector from a third party to use for the weekend.

Having been in the business of doing presentations in a past life, I learned the hard way to always have a backup to insure that the "Show will go on", no matter what, so I'm looking for anyone who might have access to a video projector that can handle either composite video (yellow phono plug), "S Bus" or an RGB input and can give us a decently bright image on a wall or large screen and can bring it along to Carlisle.

I have everything I need for the audio side as well as a DVD player, but need a video backup, just in case.

The source is a standard DVD, not hi-def.

Can anybody help??

Thanks, Gordon

Howzabout we rent one if nobody has one? A buck each will take care of it:

http://www.atsrentals.com/page--Projector-Rentals--gg.html

http://www.projector123.com/Harrisburgprojectorrentals.php

There are more companies, that's just the first couple I saw.

Woo Who. My Showfield pass arrived today.

Mine too......

Ditto!

Mine too! So who has the lowest number?

152 ... I'm sure that ain't it

If we're going for high numbers I'm in the running at 193!