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. West coast bbq/gathering - JUNE 22-24, 2012

Batgirl89

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The car show was awesome. It was so fun meeting everyone and seeing the cars. I love my CS family! We brought the GT/CS and I got tons of advice from the pros too! Nice to have the trailer there for the BBQ and meeting place, what a great day we had.
 

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Sheryl, it was great to meet you and John too. You got a smoking deal on your GT/cS. Really a great car.

The show was a lot of fun. Perfect weather, great cars and excellent company. A huge thanks to Mike, Robinette and crew for organizing and feeding us all!

I'm posting from my phone which is a pain so I'll keep it brief for now and just put up a few teaser photos. More when I get home.
 

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Batgirl89

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Sheryl, it was great to meet you and John too. You got a smoking deal on your GT/cS. Really a great car.

The show was a lot of fun. Perfect weather, great cars and excellent company. A huge thanks to Mike, Robinette and crew for organizing and feeding us all!

I'm posting from my phone which is a pain so I'll keep it brief for now and just put up a few teaser photos. More when I get home.

Jon great to meet you! its nice putting faces to names. And Thank you for the confirmation on the car! our first GT/CS purchase so nice to know we did well.

Yes a big thank you to the Jewell family and the crew for all their hard work
 

Midnight Special

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...Very nice (and too brief) visit with Marty & Tari Rupp on their way home. I called Renee who also raced up for the "Special" occasion :)

So sorry to have missed the show and BBQ, but will continue to pull "all-niters" for an airshow here for another two weeks :-(

It was SO nice to meet Marty and Tari, hear about the event and see their beautiful car!
 

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joedls

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I had a great time seeing everyone. Many thanks to Mike and family for organizing this and putting in all the work to feed us all. Great cars; great people; great weather!!!!!! Life doesn't get much better than that.

Mike, how'd you do at the award ceremony?

Bob, did you get back over to San Francisco? I heard some guy over there had a new sign made up just for you.

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A great weekend it was. Folks joined us from all over the Nation and everything went as best one could imagine. There was plenty of food, drink, and Conversation. We found two more unregistered 68' GT/CSs, and they are beautiful cars, of course!!

We went through almost 30#s of Tri-Tip beef, hot dogs and hamburgers. Bob Teets was able to sell some of his Fog Lights pedistal kits and Scoop screen kits. Ron Moore (Clubpro) made some good contacts and Marty Rupp was helping folks with Concours details. My wonderful wife Robinette and daughters Amber and Marissa are the ones who made this whole BBQ come together, of course I just stood around and BSed all day. LOL.

Tari Rupp finally stopped by to visit, She was busy in the Tally Room and just could not get away all weekend.

Jon Hanna was there, and everyone was able to finally meet the man who made all this happen. Jon, you are one hell of a guy. Thank you.

Joe showed up and try as he might, could not find anyone to share a Cigar with him, or did he? He filled his day with good conversation and it sure was good to see him again.

Bill Norman (TravelledGTCS) drove down from Washington State, and I learned a couple of things from his car, He is the original owner you know.

Neil and his wonderful wife Peggy flew in. It was sure nice seeing Neil again and we finally got to meet Peggy. What a wonderful lady.

Bob Teets was accompanied by Russ Stearns, It was sure good seeing those two again.

Sheryl Volkman (Batgirl) and her husband made it Saturday. Not to be repetitive, but they are great folks, (aren't we all) LOL Sheryl just oozzed with enthusiasm for the GT/CS.

Ron Davis was on hand to greet the New Model clan and register their cars. He and his wife could only stay for Saturday, but it was sure good seeing them again. I heard a lot of good feed back from New Model owners after the Davis' departure.

Others: Ron Normandin, Robert (sarge), Roy Christenson and Sister Lynn, Vince Salvato, George Santos and his wife, and if I missed anyone, I appologize.

By the end of the Weekend, We had won the GOLD award in the Concours Trailered Division, 1967-68 All catagory.

I'll download pics later as most of them are on my family's SMART Phones, and I am of the DUMB age. So it will take a while. I will also let other folks tell of their experience.

For those who missed it, you missed a hell of a great time.
 
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Here are some I took on my dumb camera.
 

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PonyGal

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Looks like it was a great weekend! Sorry I missed it, but due to a family member's health, I needed to stay in the area. Did get a chance to get up to Tim's place on Sunday when Marty and Teri stopped by. It was wonderful to see them again, and Tim and I had a fun "car day".

Marty, hope you and Teri have a safe trip home and thank you for taking a bit of a detour to make a stop in Grass Valley.
 

Sarge

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Way to go Mike!!! That sure is one beautiful GT/CS. And thanks to Robinette who put out a tasty feast as always. A couple of my favorite pics from the show.

Robert
 

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Mosesatm

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Jon,
This is an amazing photo.
Looks like a calendar cover to me.
 

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Ruppstang

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What a great show and GT-CS /HCS gathering. Thanks to Mike and Robinette for all of their work to make it happen. It was great to meet some of you. I wish we could have spent more time but Tari works hard to see that the show awards ceremony goes smoothly. Hopefully we will see everyone next spring at the MCA national in Reno Nevada.
It was the icing on the cake to stop on our way home in Grass Valley and see Tim and Renee. We were looking for Tim's home and we knew we were there when we saw a whole driveway full of GT-CS s and Mustangs Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to show us your beautiful cars. Tim I think we could have talked about cars and planes all day. Renee it was good to see you again and see what great care you are giving Paul's GT/CS.
This was our first trip to northern CA. and we were struck by the natural beauty and freindly folkes we met. I am sure it will not be our last visit! Marty
 

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felviner

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What a great show and GT-CS /HCS gathering. Thanks to Mike and Robinette for all of their work to make it happen. It was great to meet some of you. I wish we could have spent more time but Tari works hard to see that the show awards ceremony goes smoothly. Hopefully we will see everyone next spring at the MCA national in Reno Nevada.
It was the icing on the cake to stop on our way home in Grass Valley and see Tim and Renee. We were looking for Tim's home and we knew we were there when we saw a whole driveway full of GT-CS s and Mustangs Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to show us your beautiful cars. Tim I think we could have talked about cars and planes all day. Renee it was good to see you again and see what great care you are giving Paul's GT/CS.
This was our first trip to northern CA. and we were struck by the natural beauty and freindly folkes we met. I am sure it will not be our last visit! Marty

Marty
I see you went and came back home and seem like you had a good time
I'm happy for you ,
You know I am expecting some pictures though ,
Till we speak again
Regards to your dad and all
Eric
 

TraveledGTCS

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I finally made it home and catching up on the forum, the two Canadians and I took the coast and senic route back north. I too wish to thank Mike and his family for putting on a great feast, no wonder they went though a lot of food - it was delicious. I enjoyed meeting everyone and had a great time. I received a few pointers from Mike, Neil, Marty and others. One of these times I would like to make the trip to one of Midnight Special's shows.

Bill
 
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