The Official Carlisle 2007 Headcount Thread

Chris and I have posted the headcount list for Carlisle here: http://speedstershop.com/viewtopic.php?t=716

It was a PITA to get it to format so that it was readable on a BBS, and I don't have the time to try to re-format it for this board, so please take a look over there (kinda busy lately).

I'll keep it up to date as new folks are added (we always seem to get a lot of folks signing up during the month before the event).

See Y'all at Carlisle!!

Gordon
Grand PooBah of "Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carlisle, 2007"

If you are planning on coming to Carlisle, 2007, we really need to know it!

WHY?

Because we have three (3) evening dinners planned (Thursday through Sturday) and we need to provide the establishments with a proper headcount so they know how many people are coming, that's why!!

Not only that, but Lane Anderson is buying the beer for EVERYONE arriving on Thursday and HE needs to know how much to have shipped in ahead of time (his tiny Speedster can only hold just so much.)

Soooooooo..........Please send an email to gnichols0414 at charter.net with answers to the following (if you've already sent this info, please ignore this post):

Your name:
Your town and state:
Email Address
What car(s) will you be bringing?
Driving or trailering? (We have distance awards for both)
How many people will be attending?
Hotel you

Obviously Gordon has already been into the suds ;-)

I'm a comin', driving the Speedy all the way in a two day trek with my posse.

I'm attempting schedule a return trip from Smyrna (South of Nashville)TN, into VA. then PA. on Wednesday PM -Thursday AM in the unlikely event a speedster mechanical illness occurs. However in the trucking business, anything can change last minute ...stay tuned.

I'll be there in time for Thursday eveneing festivities. That's the plan. Hope to catch the northeast caravan as it passes by Easton Pa.

Gordon,
I'm registered. I got my card today. When I registered online the Carlisle site said my email wasn't valid but apparently they got my info because I got the card. I plan on making a day trip on saturday and depending on who else is going locally I may drag Brian Van Pelt and Dave West with me in a "mini caravan".

Mickey:

Thanks for the info, and try to beat up those other guys to let me know if they'll be coming to the dinner(s).

I've got you down for 1 for Saturday evening diner, right?

We've got a GREAT after-dinner treat planned for the Saturday dinner, which they won't want to miss (more info tomorrow).

Gordon
Chairman of "Speedsters Meet Spyders at Carlisle, 2007"

Clearly, Gordo has been in the suds. I have told him a couple of times that I plan to attend (w/ new car or not), will be there for friday and sat festivities, and am in the Ramada. Still, he does not have my name on the list. Maybe I'm starting to develop a complex, or maybe even an attitude. I guess if you got no car, you can't be on the list -?- Whatever; a couple of beers will fix all that.

Kelly, your're welcome. No holds barred. The "HOSS" has spoken. He also had too many Mantahttens tonight.
So there!

Dear Mr. Hoss Twobolts,

Looking fwd to meeting all the old hands and learning yet more about the insanity known as Speedster replicars. You can't keep me away.

Kelly

Kelly -

Hanging out with those guys (Gordon, Lane, Hoss, Cory, etc.), the only thing you'll learn over the weekend is how to use a beer-bong while sitting in a conference on installing a Subaru EFI on a Type I!! LOL - wish I could join you.

Mr. Jim, why not put an early entry into your next year's calendar, Carlisle 2008! That's my suggestion and I'm stickin' with it.
Mr. "Hoss Two bolts"
whatever

Kelly,

Stop by and say hello at Carlisle, my Speedster will be the one with the red polka dots. We'll have to schedule a meet down your way after your Speedster arrives.

ECB

I am to be batch'in on Saturday, the down side is that I had decided to not stay at the "Carlisle Doo Drop Inn" and do the 35 minute commutes to and from the house this year ,with this in mind I'll have to go light on the grog consumption..........sigh

Hoss -

Carlisle is definitely on my 2008 agenda - I just wish I could make it THIS year!

HEY JIM
CAN I BE YOUR SON FOR THAT TRIP?

Yo Bruce from Phoenix (MD, that is),

will definitely be looking for touring partners in a little while. and have you been in touch w/ Cory about how to install the through-the-hood gas cap? I know he was hot to do something like that on the Hoopty, as taking the hood completly freakin' off just to put a few gallons of kraftstoff can be a drag. Although I think secretly Cory enjoys performing the specatacle of his transformer car, and how it disassembles. Frankly, I like it too.

Gerd - only if you can show me how to write this trip as a business expense! LOL

Jim, just sit down with at least one guest, a martini and some liver pate on a ritz cracker and say three times in a clear and authoratative voice, "BUSINESS....BUSINESS....BUSINESS." That should be good enough to satisfy the spirit if not the letter of the rules.
Hoss

Sounds good enough for me!

Yeah, and we built Lane's car last year, so THIS year we're just sittin back and BS'n.

With a few beers......

Except for Alan, of course....he gets Grape Nee-Hi's, or Nahrango's.

gn

Huh ....say what?

Other than seeing some like-minded friends again and gawking at their cars, I'm not sure what I'm looking forward to the most - the drive to Carlisle, evening cruises, dinners with the group, stylin' on the "fun" field, seeing the new replicas on display, the autocross, swap meet, egg sammiches, imports, seminars, late nights in the hotel party room, hanging out at the tent, the steel yard, car drawing, BS'ing with the vendors and editors. Did I miss anything?

Kelly - Yup, Cory and I exchanged a few emails. I think he's got a plan.

Alan - Only Grape Nee-Hi's and Nahrango's. Yuk! Poor guy.

Hey, maybe I should get the grape Nee-hi's! After all, I have a background in (ground) "Radar." Come to think of it, I'm about the right size and shape for the job also, even if I don't hail from Ottumwa, IA....;-)

I'm looking forward to meeting old acquaintances and putting the faces to the new names, vendor banter, the wild one off paint jobs on the unique rides main building and the Saturday night cart grudge run. I just aquired a Shay Model A replica they was originally sold by Ford Dealers in 1980. What a neat looking ride the Shay is... weather permitting, I may chug along for the 35 minute ride to Carlisle.... this will be the first year that I'm not under the gun to have something done for Carlisle, just hang'in is the plan. Oh and a Grape Nee-Hi's or Nahrango's too :)

I have to say that I am probably more excited this year than last. Last year it didn't seem real, and I really didn't get to drive the car. This year I get to experience the whole thing, and I am seriously fired up. I guess I'm most looking forward to being around other folks with the same affliction.

Let me again reassure everyone that The Wrench will not be making the trip. I just bailed his drunken ass out of jail yesterday ... again ...
I therefore, will have an open right seat for Kelly.

Cory -

I have to say that YOU, Sir, are a good man, and I'm sure there are many on here that agree! Just saying...

Nah, not really that many. ;-)

I get the feeling that Cory has made his final, good faith bail gesture.

Since it's the official 'head' count thread, a little gallows humor; the bail bondsman (aside -- remind me) said either $5,000 or The Wrench's body would be on me to produce if he didn't show for court.
I asked him to show me the specific print which allowed for me to produce a body. He immediately realized I wasn't kidding.
How's this for an ignorant attitude? "Geez, I'm sorry you had to put down the doughnut to come and arrest me, you fat f---."
The cop wasn't the kind who's 22 years old and just hauls people away for being dummies. He just wanted to amicably resolve a domestic. Anybody in the business knows that's the most dangerous call to run, so you're better off NOT hauling someone away if you can make the complaining party and the antagonist agree to kiss and make up.
Three things to learn from this: Don't argue with a cop, don't do it three inches from his face, and, for the love of God, don't swing at him. The dummy tells me on the phone yesterday, after being released, that "It was nothing man. I was minding my own business, weed-eating the lawn ..." I hung up. I've known the cop for six years. He has no reason to lie.
And yes, I'm done with this clown. It's been a long road.

The aside -- when you use a bondsman to bail out an idiot, you don't get the money back; you're buying the services of a bounty hunter if you need one. Unless you can produce the body yourself.

Cory -

I had a similar experience with the MP's in Wichita Falls (USAFB) - except I didn't use the word 'doughnut'!!

Cory,

From doughnuts to bounty hunters in the wink of an eye, or the flick of a wrist. Where doe this ge tput down on the cost accounting for the Hoopty? Anyway, I'll take you up on some right seat time in a few weeks. I'll be there on Friday, most likely in the Mazda -- sounds like I'll need the big trunk to carry the beer . . .

Kelly,

Enjoy the ride just watch out for those big, out of control SUV's!

...and if Cory makes ANY reference about 'Bad Monkey' - duck and cover!!

Just updated the list here: http://speedstershop.com/viewtopic.php?t=716

Please email me if you are coming and do not appear on the list, or if I have your dinner info wrong.

Thanks, Gordon

Gordon -

That's a pretty impressive list!

What, me?

...that's right!

And MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE than the 'Trunk Monkey'!