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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:02 PM

Well, we didn't have as big a turn out as WCC, but the company was great and the roads were freaking AMAZING.

Thanks to all our OK friends for setting this one up!!!!!

Oddly, the Texas crew was the first on the scene.....


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:03 PM

Clay holding court at the Kiamichi Inn....


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:05 PM

Joseph (Joseph222), Bryan, and Curt (VSG914) checking out the Texas' rides...


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:07 PM

Lunch break...


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:09 PM

then a quick prayer before the suicide run....


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:10 PM

this is Bob's (Clay's neighor and soon to be club member) '75. Bob is the original owner....very cool


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 04:12 PM

nice view.....more later


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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 06:52 PM

Arrival of the Oklahoma contingent...




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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 06:53 PM

The door to the motel room Betty and I had...




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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 06:54 PM

The golfball grill on Joseph's infamous "pink tee"




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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 06:55 PM

Stopped halfway up Winding Stair Mountain.....


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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 06:56 PM

At the drive in in Mena, Arkansas. Take a good close look at the "bumpers" in this picture.. Leave it to an Okie to put plywood bumpers on his 914!!!


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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 06:59 PM

The run back to Talahina. I was in the passenger seat on the way back (after getting yelled at for driving too fast on the way to Mena! )


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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 07:01 PM

Dinner was burgers cooked on the "golfball" grill (sans the pink tee). Lots of sitting around BSing and talking.




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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 07:03 PM

We had an unexpected addition to the festivities. You can also see the wooden bumpers better here. Later after it got dark, we threatened to burn them on the grill to stay warm......


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Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 24 2005, 07:05 PM

I want to publicly thank Joseph for setting this up. Everyone had a great time and I think that Bob and Debbie will be back to another event.

See you all at breakfast on the 30th.

Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 07:22 PM

a couple of more...

yea, time to change the avatar


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Posted by: jr91472 Apr 24 2005, 07:35 PM

Craig's 6 conversion......mmmmmmm


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 24 2005, 08:21 PM

looks like fun

Posted by: Foxman Apr 25 2005, 07:18 PM

Clay,

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I wish I could have made it, but we some house stuff to take care of. Maybe next year and we will definitely make the ramble in September!

Posted by: cametal Apr 25 2005, 10:32 PM

A few more....................


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Posted by: cametal Apr 25 2005, 10:33 PM

Group pic,


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Posted by: cametal Apr 25 2005, 10:34 PM

Clay & Joseph,


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Posted by: cametal Apr 25 2005, 10:35 PM

Joseph & Curt,


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Posted by: cametal Apr 25 2005, 10:40 PM

Great times, great people. Fun place to drive.
I would also like to thank Clay for dinner and Joseph for putting this all together.
Can't wait till next year.

Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:03 PM

Great pics guys. Thanks to all that showed up.

We had blue sky weather, the drive was great fun - and a bit more intense then I thought it would be, mainly because there was hardly any traffic at all - so we kept it wound up pretty tight. It was mainly 4th & 5th gear with some 3rd gear switch backs. I took one handed pics thru the windshield - I'll post a few. Some of them will look familiar.

I also shot some in-car video, but I'm new to this medium and don't know how to process it just yet - later.

Here we are getting a running start for the climb up to Winding Stair mountain.



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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:06 PM

Lots of fast sweepers... and the road is never flat...


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:09 PM

Lots of downhill switchbacks - easy to overcook, but no one got into
any great trouble. Well, my rear got loose a few times, but hey, I'm still workin' on my corner balance....


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:13 PM

Here we are, halfway up Winding Stair Mountain. Clay is letting Betty's brakes cool off. I'm standing behind a bush.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:19 PM

At this point, the only traffic we encountered were a few equestrians, which we all managed to avoid. As far as I'm concerned, let's "share the road".

Here's three steeds.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:27 PM

In the foreground is Craig's 2.2L -6 conversion that has a lot of nicely fabricated details in the engine compartment he has done himself.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:30 PM

Off for more friggin' climbing! 13% grades! I could hear everyone downshifting!


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:39 PM

A quick tap on the brakes.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:44 PM

Clay pushing the final uphill before the we arrive at the lodge.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:49 PM

Suddenly... and I mean, all of a sudden... we're there.

If I'd had more presence of mind, I would have a proper shot of John's (JR914), great wheels.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 08:58 PM

Bob and Debbie's very nice one owner...

He said he did several 5k mile tours around the US in the seventies...

Oh... I forgot...it has "air"...

It handles... and it's cool....


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 09:04 PM

John (jr91472), just put his teener back on the road after a severe bout on the jack stands.

He drove it nice and smooth and fast. In fact, kept getting faster!


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 09:14 PM

Back on the road to do it again!

Rewind...

In front is Curt (vsg914), pulling Bob & Debbie, followed by Craig (cametal), and his daughter Jeniffer, and in front of me, Betty & Clay.





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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 09:24 PM

Shot this over my shoulder twice... the other one was just a shot of my trunk.

Here is John pushing me out of a turn...


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 09:33 PM

And then suddenly the "tour" is over!

And then there is the decadence that followed...

The DRINKING!


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 09:38 PM

And...


THE EATING!

Craig, as he's eating, slaps his forehead and thinks, "I could have had a V-8!" (private joke)


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 09:42 PM

Curt & Clay perusing a map...

Tomorrow morning... we will all need it.


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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 10:16 PM

Here we are safe and sound!

Left to right:

Craig and his daughter Jeniffer, John, Betty & Clay, Bob & Debbie, and Curt.







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Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 26 2005, 11:14 PM

Man I love you guys... what a cool trip.. Here's all of us including Bryan...

later...


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 26 2005, 11:17 PM

wow...what a fuckin hill!!!

Posted by: onrails Apr 27 2005, 07:39 PM

had a terrific time everyone!
put some pics on cd today,,
i'll post them tomorrow.
b t w,,, a big "i'm sorry" to everyone who was unfortunate enough to
have traveled behind me.
you will all be glad to know that i found the problem today.
push rod tube! it was almost all of the way out.
retainer spring was inside the tube & not holding it in.
running great now that i'm not trying to enjoy the twisties.

anyway,
great meeting everyone! i had a great time.
i'll post pics in the morrow.


BRIAN

Posted by: jr91472 Apr 27 2005, 08:41 PM

QUOTE (onrails @ Apr 27 2005, 05:39 PM)

great meeting everyone! i had a great time.

ditto Brian!!!

Sorry you had to run behind me most of the way

So can everyone tell who is the professional photographer? Great pics Joseph

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Posted by: onrails May 14 2005, 04:52 PM

Here's the pics I promised. Just picked two. The rest looked just like everyone else's.

Curt took this one at 65 mph on one of those 35 mph curves.


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Posted by: onrails May 14 2005, 04:54 PM

here's one of my new paint scheme.


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