Who's registered for Carlisle? I need to know!

Hoss,

It wasn't hard, in fact I think Gordon volunteered to shine up all the Speedsters this year.

What a guy!


Gordon,

I would be happy to take that motor off your hands. It would make a fine specimen to increase my engine knowledge. Plus waiting till May will give me time to finish the garage and other home projects before I get distracted by engine building.

Let me know what you want for it.

Jerome


Mmmmmm....giant egg sandwiches...(drool)

I was thinking...

If you turned the Hoss hat upside down, put some wheels and a hitch under it and straped some lights on the back it would make a nice Speedster trailer.

Jerome

Or, for that very special Thanksgiving Day center piece, just lay it in the center of the table and stuff if with various fruits!

By the time this thread comes to a close, we'll have more uses for that hat than there are uses for duct tape........

Goes to show you Alan, our women may not find us handsome, but they certainly find us handy!

Bob,

Glad to hear you're coming down to join us! Your name has been added to the list!

Gordon and Hoss,

Maybe we'll have to get some singers up in front of the Saturday night dinner crowd - sort of an American "Speedster" Idol show.

Is it just me, or is this Winter running on a little too long? I personally have had just about enough of it this year. It probably has something to do with the fact that I have something special to look forward to...Carlisle.
I just booked our room for Thurs, Fri, and Sat. The beer is chillin' and it has finally STOPPED SNOWING!!! We're almost there...c'mon Spring weather!
Mr Bob Carley...good to hear that you are going down to Carlisle...I look forward to meeting with you.

Dan

We need to close in on the first 25 registrations...now offering "2005 East Coast National Speedster Meet" frameable certificates to the first 25 registered as the "Speedsterowners.com" club. 13 so far (list is in the first post at the top of this thread). Registration instructions can be found here:

speedsterseast.home.att.net/register.htm

Come on guys!

It's not looking to good time wise.I have just finished the engine compartment. Had to make some mod's to get the engine pan seal to fit. Thanks Alan M. for the photos. It helped alot. I have to still do the wiring and the car is off to the upholstry shop. There is also a threat of being shipped off to Scotland for two weeks in May.
Joe

Joe,

Your car is looking terrific. We're still hoping you can make it.

Very Nice job Joe !

Now if you can come up with something that is easy on the eyes to avoid the dimple in the top air hose where the deck lid hinge kisses it... I have the same situation.

One more name added to the list (see top of this topic) - Walter Krause from Illinois. 14 down and 11 to go for Carlisle to erect our tent!

I am registered! I just have to do 70 days of work in 68 days. See you there!

Hey Adam, good to hear it. You're on the list and we're looking forward to meeting you and your Speedster!

East Coast Bruce!!

I don't really trust the accuracy of Obstetricians, so we're registered for Carlisle, 2005!!

Arriving on Thursday to go cruisin' on Thursday Night and Friday Morning with Jerome and anyone else who's there.

Bringin' our award-winnin' Chili for the cook-off!!

Buggin' out late Sunday morning.

Me, Pearl and Chris.......

Alan! Count us in on the Dinners and stuff!

Gordon
A-Headin' back up North and bringin' Spring with us!!

I'll be sure to pack some "Bean-O" for the chili.

Jerome

Gordon, Pearl and Chris for both dinners "Cool beans!"

Awlright Gordon!! It just wouldn't be the same without you guys and Pearl!! Your name's on the list(s).

One thing, check out the schedule in the other thread...the cook-out is Sunday afternoon at 2:00 (unless they change the time) so you might have to stay later or get someone to front your chili for you and mail your award.

Gee....since they're pushing the "Celebri Italiani", maybe I should do something Tuscan instead....a nice Chiopino or something. After a few bottles of Chianti, the whole World is Italian!!

Hey, a Happy (hopefully not soggy) St. Patricks day to the SOC!! Hoist a Murphy's (or Guiness, or Beamish, or Killian's) for Chris and me!

My plan is to have a nice stiff Manhatten tonight during happy hour. My Dr. make-u-well was happy with my BP (not as in gas) numbers today and I hope my lipid profile is as good also. So by tomorrow morning I will love everyone, especially the Irish ;-) Irish wanna beez OK too. Maybe I'll even get my car back from builder Steve. Well, at least by the weekend. It's pretty soggy today. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all.
John as in Hoss

> One thing, check out the schedule in the other thread...the cook-out
> is Sunday afternoon at 2:00 (unless they change the time) so you
> might have to stay later or get someone to front your chili for you
> and mail your award.

Hmm... after last year's crazy pre-trip trailer building preparations, I almost feel like I should start another project now. Maybe I'll weld up a smoker trailer to take the cook-out competition by storm! If I do it right, I'm sure someone with a Speedster hitch could tow it over to the fairgrounds....

:)

The Fairgrounds? That smoker would be great for the hotel parking lot for those late night bench racing sessions!

In case anyone missed it, the first draft of the schedule for Carlisle is posted in another thread under "Events". Henry Reisner of Intermeccanica is doing a seminar on "VW Type 1 dual carburetor maintenance, troubleshooting and tuning", John Steele of JPS Motorsports is doing a seminar on "Tuning Speedster Suspensions" plus a ton of other things going on! Take a look.

Come on guys we're looking for 9 more to register so we can lock in a tent on the show field. If you're coming why wait, register now - just $15 for three days and come-and-go as you please!

Instructions on how to register can be found here:
speedsterseast.home.att.net/register.htm

Bruce,
We're registered as vendors, but I also registered a space with the group. I don't know if I'll even be attending personally, but it's one less space to fill for the tent...

Carey

Come East Dude, Come East!

BD

Bill,

I've got to go back to Brazil in late April. If I get things "caught up" by then I'll be there.
I haven't had any time to work on my speedster, but the new spyder is finished...for now.

Carey

Carey,

Good to hear from you and that you're registered - your name is on the list! Good luck in Brazil. I hope all goes well and you're able to join us in Carlisle

Carlisle is a non-competitive, come out and have a great time replica/import show and Speedster Meet. You don

One more name added to the list - Mitch Plapp is coming to Carlisle in his red Envemo Super 90 Cabriolet. Mitch joined us for the Sykesville, MD autumn cruise last year. If Hines comes again this year they should have something to talk about. Welcome Mitch!

Bruce, what a great job the trailers are unique!

Super 90 Cabriolet? Now that is different and interesting, can't wait to see it!!!

GEE.......If I trailered Pearl down to Beaufort (1,006 miles from here) and then back up to Carlisle (another 600 miles?) I might beat Mike Cochrane trailering Fern down from the Great White North. But then, that's not exactly cool, is it? Besides, I don't want to drive through NY/NJ traffic with the trailer again 'til the fall (if even then!!!!)

Really nice trophys, Bruce........the winners should certainly be proud of them!

gn

Just announced by the New Jersey Replicar Club, hosts of the Saturday evening dinner:

Jim Youngs, editor of Kit Car Builder magazine will be the guest speaker at the Saturday evening dinner. His wife, Carolyn (aka "QueenBee"), and publisher of Kit Car Builder will also be there.

Register for dinner today by contacting Alan Merklin at drclock(To-Email-Insert-@)comcast.net

Allright, two more registrations added to the list:

John Estes is driving in from Rhode Island (another car in Gordon's parade)

and

Steve Ray cruising in from Michigan.

John and Steve - don't forget to jump over to the other thread and put your order in for a commemorative bottle of wine courtesy of Theron!

The warm Spring weather is starting to bring 'em in and we're pretty much on schedule. I just checked my records from last year and we had 50 cars registered the week before the Meet so keep them coming!
We need FIVE more registrations by April 21st for Carlisle to pitch our tent.

And....don't forget to jump over to the other thread and email me, Alan Merklin... for your dinner reservations !

One more registration added to the list! Peter McEwan is driving in from South Carolina.

Hey Johhny2bolts, sounds like the makings for a caravan from the south.

Come on guys - 4 more to go by April 21st! Then the registration goes from $15 to $25. (BTW, the website says April 30th but that is incorrect - the webmaster for the Speedsterseast site has been out of commission so we have not been getting updates posted).

Let's do it!

Valkommen! Sarah and I are planning to drive up Thursday, I-40 (like I won't get enough of that road on the way to Knotts!) to I-81 all the way to Carlisle. Peter let me know if you want to join the parade.
John H

Let me tell you, I just drove the I-40 east of Knoxville and it is much more mountainous then I thought. I am glad I got through the worst part before it got dark. Of course being from Iowa anything but flatland is different.

It's good for flying though, flatlands that is. If the engine quits, you've got lots of choices of where to set her down. Now if you could just do something about those hail stones and twisters.....

Another name added to the list - Rene Burcksen from Maryland. Alright, Rene, good to hear you're joining us again this year.

Okay guys and gals - we need 3 more registrations to hit our goal of 25 before April 21st - and then the more the merrier!

#23 is added to the list - Wayne Bush from Pennsylvania! Way to go Wayne.

Okay, who's going to be #24 & 25? Don't forget, the Carlisle registration fee jumps from $15 to $25 after April 21st so here's your chance to save $10.