The Carlisle Hedcount (and Car Count) Thread

I know that Theron has gratiously created a poll on the home page of this site to track attendees at Carlisle, but it's evident that a fair number of people have registerd with his poll who have not yet contacted me, and I have quite a few people on my database who've registered with me and not on the SOC poll.

Because of that discrepancy, I'll be posting the counts from my database here until the meet:

AS OF APRIL 14'TH AT 2PM:

Headcount: 66 (this does not nclude 8 people from Theron's poll)

Car Count: 40

Dinner headcounts:

Thursday (The Caddy Shack): 34

Friday (Al Star Cafe): 52

Saturday (Rillo's Italian Kitchen): 48

I'll update this weekly as we progress.....

I'm also a little light on cars, as I don NOT include those of manufacturers, only privately owned cars, both Speedsters and Spyders.

Gordon
Organizer of "Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carlisle, 2008"

Just added (as best I could - there were some overlaps and 5 I could not verify) those from Theron's poll and came up with this:

AS OF APRIL 14'TH AT 4PM:

Headcount: 56 (Sorry...there was a typo in the first post)

Car Count: 42

Dinner headcounts:

Thursday (The Caddy Shack): 34

Friday (Al Star Cafe): 52

Saturday (Rillo's Italian Kitchen): 48

Geez! I better call Jon at the "Shack" and up the ante!
Don't forget,all....Thurs. nite is Wing & Pitcher Nite at the Shack!

~WB

Thnx WB, I just drooled all over my keyboard.

Can you see if Jon can get some Guinness on tap (??)

If not, Sam Adams is a great second.....

Gordon,
Looks like my girlfriend is going to try and make it over from Pittsburgh On Friday evening. If there is still time please add her to the list for Friday evening Dinner. Would it be possible to Add Tom McBurnie as well? Let me know and thank you.
paul

I'll be driving to Carlisle after work on Thursday and would like to be included in all dinners for the weekend if possible.

Think I'm on the Carlisle show list BUT not on the meal plan. Please add me to the dinner events -- I'll be coming up with Dale Schumacher and his red CMC MGTD to uphold honor of 90% complete CMC garage Speedies! Greg aka WOLFGANG

I'm up for the show, but not sure about dinner. I might just get drunk in my room & pass out.

Ah, David? I think you are supposed to do that after the day's events. Think of what you would be missing....come on down!

David: Let me know about the dinners - I need to give the restaurants a more-or-less accurate headcount. Thanks.

Robb Young: I know you're bring the Green SAS, but will you be joining us for the dinners?? Please let me know.

Head/Car Count as of 6pm on April 22'nd

People coming: 59

Cars coming: 43 (and growing)

Dinner counts:

Thurs: 40

Friday: 59

Sat: 57

If you throw in a few "hangers-on" like the magazine folks and the "Roadies" from the manufacturers, we have about 6 - 10 more people and another 6 or so for dinner each night.

We've a limit of 70 people MAX for Saturday night dinner. If you haven't yet signed up with me, then get the lead out!!

Gordon
Organizer of "Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carlisle, 2008
and Assistant "Spyder Herder" on Weekends

This will be my last Carlisle post until after Morro Bay to keep the static down to a minimum for those folks.

Hope All Y'All have a GREAT TIME AT MORRO BAY!!

WB repeats:
Geez! I better call Jon at the "Shack" and up the ante!
Don't forget,all....Thurs. nite is Wing & Pitcher Nite at the Shack!

It's amazing how "EarlyBird Thursday" has grown from only a handful just a few years back.

Can't have to much fun, huh?

~WB

...mmmmmmmmmm, wings!!!

THE FUN BEGINS THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

In three weeks I'll be on the road to Carlisle. Can ya tell I'm a wee bit excited?

Uhhh....I guess I should get my motor off of the floor, huh?

What was that? Wrenching field trip to Bill's house?

...oh and the transaxle too. geesh!

Bill, I would be there like yesterday to help ya, but, I still have a ways to go to make the Carlisle curtain call. ~Alan

Awww....I'm just funnin', It'll be back together by Fri. Easy peasy.
I just got done doin' 3 12's and now I'm off for a week.

GET A MOVE ON THERE, "WILD ONE"...

Time's a-wastin!!!

You PA guys always leave everything til the last minute ;>)

Next, we'll hear from Lane that he wants to put in a new HD clutch or sumpin'.... Lane! Did you hear the story on "Car Talk" about the guy who wanted a HD Clutch (HD Tony)?? They put one in and then he needed a pet Gorilla to push down the clutch pedal for him!!

"You PA guys always leave everything til the last minute"

Yeah, I know. I was just messin' around in the shop last weekend looking at this factory flyer I got and the next thing you know, the engine is sitting on a motorcycle jack...go figure. I got a Kennedy clutch to pop in too.

I was thinking about adding one of those tiny V8 engines that guy was selling for $30k at Carlisle last year. It'd certainly fit, and probably be lighter, but I have a problem with the whole $30k thing. Wonder if he'd take $30 - without the "k".

I just did a couple of 16-17's and 700 miles a day and I "ain't" off for a stink'n week, but I am heading to Spring Carlisle Friday AM with the neighbors ...sammiches at 8:00. ~Alan

Got the car back from it's safety check at ken Erwin's shop, and (other than a good cleanup) I'm ready to hit the road. Now what do I do for the next 2 weeks, 5 days, and about 14 hours?

Come up a few days early and do the finishing wrench'n and clean'n with me !

I would, except for this damned "working for a living" thing.

"Working for a living thing?" I kinda remember doing that.....Now I have to contend with ever enlarging HONEY DOOOOOoooo lists.....

Keeps me off the streets at night....Yeah, right....

It's not only the PA guys that are last minute:

Engine went back in on Wednesday, should fire it up today.

Broke the $%^^ fan thermoswitch, got to get one today.

I am making AN braided lines today for the first time, wish me luck.

Gordon, please don't plan on me for dinner. I'll probably grab a bowl of rice & bottle of Boone's farm & hang at my room.

ahhhh....OK.....sounds yummy.

You sure you don't want to join us? Supposed to be really good Italian and I'll bet they can do better than Boone's.

gn

I might join up, but I just don't want to commit to anything in case I don't make it. Boone's is tough to beat though...

Thanks!

Just heard from Charles Gardner:

He and his wife will be driving up from Georgia in his new SAS COUPE!!

Can't wait to see it!

Gordon
Keepin' the Carlisle Database Stoked!!

DannyP - if you run into trouble with the AN lines, let me know. Worst case, we'll fab 'em up in the hospitality room one of the nights. ;-)

A lot of people mention tricks with electrical tape, masking tape, and so on. I wrap masking tape around the cut is to be, and then grab pair of bolt cutters to sever the sucker.

Usually does the trick, provided you didn't accidentally buy the cheap crap China braided lines.

Danny,

You probably know this but I recall an old thread about making sure you clean out the braided hoses before you install them. Seems there can be residual pieces of braiding in the hose that can cause issues later on.

It's all done and fired up!

I used nylon braided hose as I didn't want to deal with the abrasion of the metal lines. It was almost twice as expensive, I don't know why. I got all of it from Jeg's. I did blow them out with air before installing them.

Right on, Danny!

Blackie is up and running as well from t/axle swap. Finally got rid of that downshift to 2nd grind! WOOHOO!
~WB

Oh, ohhhhhh.....

Now Blackie can sneak up on people at intersections....

As this is the OPFFICIAL HEADCOUNT THREAD......

AS OF MAY 1'ST AT 9AM the following have said they're coming:

Overall Headcount: 67 Not including Drive-ins

Looks like 12 - 14 Spouse or Spouse Equivalents

Car Count: 43

Dinner headcounts:

Thursday (The Caddy Shack): 40

Friday (All Star Cafe): 61

Saturday (Rillo's Italian Kitchen): 57

As always, we plan for a few dinner "Walk-ins" as well

ANNOUNCING THE SATURDAY EVENING SPEAKERS!!

Rather than have a dry, semi-technical presentation where we often lose some of the non-rabid, Speedster fanatics, THIS year I've asked both Jack Crosby, driving from "Way-the-heck-down-there" in Arkansas and Dusty and Miss Sharon, trailering from Loveland, Colorado by way of Morro Bay and the Goodyear Store in Atascadero, to give us all a short Multi-media travelogue of their trips getting to Carlisle (I'm sure Dusty will slip in a few shots of Morro Bay, too!)

Should be a fun time, and don't forget the Saturday evening Raffle! Lots of great stuff coming!

Gordon
The Excited Organizer of "Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carlisle, 2008"

Hi Everyone, Im coming to Carlisle and have signed up for the Harley tour, as well as some of the other events. I would love to take my son (12yrs) with me, but my ride is being displayed at Intermeccanica during the day. Is it possible to hitch a ride for the two of us to the Harley factory? It would be much appreciated.