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“Hey, Mister Peabody, I’m bored.  It’s wicked cold and snowy outside and I can’t go out and do anything and my Speedster has been sitting in the garage for MONTHS.”

 

“What would you like to do, Sherman?  We can take the ‘Way Back’ machine back in time to see and do anything you’d like.”

 

“Really, Mister Peabody?  And we could get away from the cold and see Summer again?  And could we take the Speedster with us so we could drive it a bit?  Maybe to a car show somewhere?”

 

“Sure, Sherman, but we don’t have to take the Speedster with us.  We can go where there will be LOTS of Speedsters.”

 

“Where’s THAT, Mister Peabody?”

 

We’re going back in time to 2004, to when the East Coast Speedster Owners started organizing their gathering around the Carlisle Kit Car Show.  In fact, we’ll go back and visit every kit car show at Carlisle, Pennsylvania  for the last ten years and hang out with the Speedster folks for those weekends.”

 

“Really, Mister Peabody?”

 

“Of course, Sherman.   Set the Way Back machine to May 20’th, 2004, grab your camera, some shades and sun screen and we’re off.”

 

“Oh, BOY! Mister Peabody!  Ten years of Carlisle!  I can’t wait!”

 

“That’s a good boy, Sherman, but the batteries in the Way Back Machine only have enough power to do a few years at a time so we’ll have to do three trips and split up the years to fit them all in.  We’ll start with the Early Years of 2004 through 2006 and then make another trip in a few days.”

 

“That sounds GREAT, Mister Peabody!”

 

“OK, Sherman, Hang on……..Here we go!

 

Oh, and Sherman, don’t forget to click on the “gear” in the lower right corner of the video screen and ‘upgrade your experience to High Definition.”

 

“What gear, Mister Peabody?  The Way Back doesn’t have gears……..”

 

"That's a good boy, Sherman........"

 

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Then there was the trip to the Harley Davidson Factory in York, PA.  Ice Pick the tour guide would not let MusbJim in - something about him not being manly enough (with his opened toed California sandals)!  Dusty Johnson showed the Harley staff pictures of his Ferrari motorcycle.  Guys said those are pretty rare, they didn't make many of those.

 

Then there was the time it rained .......

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Thanks, Jim......I appreciate that, and I know the effort involved in producing your videos!

 

And for those of you who got new Go-Pro (or other) cameras for Christmas and want to play with them, the "Post Production" work can be very time consuming and often, especially in the beginning when you're learning how the editing tools work, frustrating.  You know what you want to do (sort-of) but the tools aren't necessarily intuitive and/or they change capabilities depending on what you're doing or which screen you're in at that moment!  (I hate that.)

 

Hang in there, play with the tools you have and get the hang of them at your own rate and soon it'll all start to make sense.  It's been really nasty outside here lately, so I've had a lot of time to mess with making videos.  Still, Kathy hasn't really seen hide nor hair of me for three days on this one!

 

And there are still two more complete videos to go!!  (Kathy may not see me til the weekend....)

 

Oh, and one more thing that both MUSBJIM and I know - Music selection can make or break your video.  Having a lot to choose from makes it a bit easier, but linking up a musical selection with a group of photos or video clips can make it really interesting to watch, or a bust.  If it looks/sounds good to you, it will probably "play in Peoria", too.  Just don't agonize over it - learn from it.  Personally, I have about 5,000 songs on my iPod - plenty to choose from and if I want something specific (just wait til the next video on Carlisle) I get it off of iTunes for pennies.

 

Lastly, This started out as a single video - which went on, and on, and on, and.....You get the idea.  How many minutes can you take of Carlisle show field video, over and over again?  What Jim and I have found is that 5 minutes is about all anyone can tolerate before you lose them.  Believe me, 10-15 minutes of seeing the road ahead of a moving speedster with only the exhaust note for sound is BORING.  Someone in my local club sent me 67 minutes of just that and suggested that I use it for a video of a club ride.  I ended up using exactly 14 seconds out of 67 minutes and that became my "Drive Your Porsche Day" video, with a whole lot of other stuff mixed in for a total length of about 90 seconds.  THAT's where the different music comes in to give your video interest and uniqueness.  

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Nope.....I'm the guy who always apologized profusely for not having it done!

 

I just was the recipient of everyone else's photos (Like Hoss, Nicholas, Dusty and a few others) who sent them to me simply because I asked, never thinking that, someday.....I just might be able to use them!

 

Just you wait.  YOU might be in one of these coming up!  (You'll know, I'm sure...)

Great job Speedstah guy from Grafton!  It was fun to see the digi-pix from Carlisle events long past.  I really regretted not coming to the '04 event; I was upset because the promised delivery date of the Red Man was not met.  Right up until the day before departure, I believed the car would be road worthy.  Sarah had flown down from her Connecticut gig especially for the drive.  I think she was more pissed than I was.  There are times in life when great opportunities are missed and Carlisle '04 was one of them.  Bruce was kind enough to mail me my treasured souvenir cap.  Blessings, brother, and you too Gordon for bringing back the wonderful memories.  

I hear you Hoss. My car was done in 2005 but I didn't have the tag situation finished. Oh well 2006 was my first year. I didn't realize anybody took a shot of my car with the rear clip off, way back when it was silver and had just been hit in the left rear corner.....also, I lost a hinge pin for the rear clip on that trip to the museum. Took the rear clip off to find a replacement.

 

Gordon, I know you didn't mean anything but you might want to be careful about the "plays in Peoria" comments!

 

I really loved the video FYI!

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Wow!  Some of you guys go way back!  My first Carlisle was on 2008 and I've made 6 in a row so far---#7 next spring.  Each one is better than the last.

 

The first year I left Alice at home because I was worried about reliability of the car which proved to be a non-issue. Each Carlisle trip is 2,400 miles for me X 7=16,800 miles all without a single hiccup. Now with the Type IV and the gas heater it's a better trip than ever.

 

How many of you old timers have made every Carlisle Speedster event?

Chris and I (and later, Kathy and I) were there every year from 2004 -2009, skirting around weddings and baby births (always seeming to occur way too close to the Carlisle weekend) and occasional business travel, and then massive family issues kept us home for 2010-2011.  I don't have a lot for those two years.......

 

Still, lots of other people posted pictures of Carlisle goings-on and Shenanigans (don't worry, Hoss, you're safe) and for simply asking they often sent them to me.  Others I've gotten off the web (once MUSBJIM gave me a tip on how to capture them).

 

I'm already working on the next episode, covering 2007 - 2009, and then will do a final installment of 2010 - 2013.  I may miss a few things here and there, but I hope to cover the essence of what was going on.

 

Stay tuned for more!

 

Oh, and Greg....On that Harley tour - I remember a massively torrential rain storm on the way to York, and a mediocre site tour.  

 

I have toured through a lot of other companies in my career, and have given hundreds of engineering tours through my old company.  That tour through the Harley York factory was the pits.  Out of hundreds of working people we passed on the tour, no one ever smiled or looked as though they enjoyed working there.  THAT absolutely amazed me.

"WOW!, Mister Peabody......That was terrific!!  And who knew that so many beautiful Speedsters existed back then"

 

"That's right, Sherman, and there are a lot more of them driving around, today.  We seem to see a few more at the Carlisle show every year.”

 

“Right, Mister Peabody.  And I really liked how a small bunch of people built an entire Speedster in a weekend – THAT was Awesome!!”

 

“That was really something, wasn’t it Sherman?  And a lot of the owners from back then still have their cars, today.  Others have traded for new or different ones but lots of those people are still going to the Carlisle show each and every year.”

 

“Can we see more of the Carlisle shows, Mister Peabody?”

 

“Of course!  Set the Way Back, Sherman, to May 21’st, 2007 and we’ll see how the group has gotten along since our last visit.  This time, we’ll visit the next three years; 2007 - 2009”

 

“2007 it is, Mister Peabody!”

 

 

Thanks for the thought of May and warm weather! Like Gordon, I'm in Mass and my town was lucky enough to hit the high mark for the storm on Wednesday -18" of snow. Cold snow is easy to move but going to work in the morning with 5 degrees or less is not a good start to the day.

 

Anyway, good stuff to think about. Planning on hitting Carlisle this year for the first time to see your fine work up close and to hit the swap meet.

 

Yes, I'll also bring a case of good local beer for all the help you all have given me.

 

Saw this a minute ago. I'll hire her when I finish mine.

 

http://youtu.be/zPstJYmO98o

 

"Remember when Danny's car was silver?"

 

Hell, we remember when Danny's car wasn't even finished!  Someone trailered a non-running Spyder to the show one year - 2005 or 2006......Was that YOU?

 

And Paul - Timing is everything.....I was trying to remember your last name to label an upcoming photo and drew a blank - all I had was "Paul".  Got on here to find you and there you were on my thread!

 

Life seems to flow in periodic waves....The New Jersey Replicar Club was a BIG club that was in it's waining years when us Speedstah Guy Upstarts showed up and were "shown the ropes" of the Carlisle show.  We all know that there are a lot fewer types of kit cars being built these days with Cobras and Speedsters being the exceptions but it was nice to have an established club take us in and help us to flourish.

 

And Flourish we have!  Even if people can't make it to Carlisle every year, we're still the biggest kit car group on the field and getting bigger each year, including the MG kits and just about anything else!

Nice to be remembered, ;-) Thanks Gordon!

While I am one of those "MG guys," I was also there in the beginning, helping to run the NJRC. Might even have been prez when the early speedster guys joined us.

 

And lest ya'll think I'm a complete pagan...I am deep in the midst of a Convertible D hunt. I can afford to take my time and wait for the right car to come along. But sooner or later...the madness will strike. When it does, the challenge will be driving two cars to Carlisle!

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