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Posted by: ClayPerrine Aug 7 2006, 06:37 PM

MUSR 8 Fort Smith, Arkansas
Thursday October 19th through Sunday October 22nd, 2006

http://www.perrinefamily.org/musr8/registration.htm

Headquarters:
The Holiday Inn, City Center.
700 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, AR
(800) 465-4329
Group Rate: $68.00 - Give them code: "2-PCA"
(Plenty of trailer parking available behind the hotel)

Alternative Hotels: (1 - 2 blocks from Holiday Inn)
Day's Inn: 1021 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith, AR - (479) 783-0548 - from $39.00 per night
Howard Johnson: 101 N. 11th Street, Fort Smith, AR - (479) 494-7700 - from $53.00 per night

Schedule Of Events:
Thursday - Afternoon - Arrivals and registration in hotel lounge
6:00 p.m. - Pizza Party and Liar's Contest in the Hotel Hospitality Suite. Trophy will be given at the Awards Banquet for "Best Liar". Registration continues.

Friday: 7:30 a.m. - Registration in hotel lounge
9:00 a.m. - Mandatory Driver's Meeting
9:14 a.m. - The Taildragger Imitation Tour, aka Visit to a Local Winery
10:30 a.m. - Guided tour of the "Wiederkehr Winery", wine tasting, shopping.
12:00 p.m. - Driving tour to Mount Magazine
1:00 p.m. - Lunch at the Lodge on the top of Mount Magazine
2:30 p.m. - Driving tour back to hotel
5:00 p.m. - Tech Session - Ed Mayo "914 Fuel Systems 101"
6:00 p.m. - Tech Quiz - aka... "Name That Part". For those of you who were with us 2 years ago, we will have volunteers describe 914 parts to the participants. Trophies given at the Awards Banquet.
7:00 p.m. - Short drive to dinner at "The Lighthouse Inn"
After dinner - Party in the Holiday Inn's bar/lounge?

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - Mandatory Driver's Meeting
9:14 a.m. - Drive to group photo site
10:30 a.m. - Driving tour to Boston Mountain and Pig Trail
1:00 p.m. - Lunch at the "Ozark Restaurant"
2:30 p.m. - Drive back to hotel
4:00 p.m. - Car Show in hotel parking lot - Trophies given at the Awards Banquet.
5:00 p.m. - Tech Session - Jeff Duncan - Automotive Electrical Theory.
7:30 PM - Awards Banquet at Holiday Inn.
After Banquet - Party in the Holiday Inn's bar/lounge?

Sunday: 9:14 a.m. - Blind Gymkhana - Holiday Inn hotel back parking lot. This is a timed event. One person drives the course while wearing a blindfold and the navigator tells you where to drive. Even if you do not want to compete, this event is a LOT of fun to watch. Trophies will be given to the fastest driver and navigator.

After Blind Gymkhana - Head home

Posted by: ClayPerrine Aug 7 2006, 06:43 PM

I will post the hotel contact info tomorrow when I get the confirmation e-mail.

And for those of you on the Gulf Coast... come on up.... Driving a 30+ year old sports car that far is nothing. In the Vintage Chevrolet Club we have a couple who is in their 80s and they drive their 1931 Chevrolet coupe to every event. They live in Ohio, and have Driven their car to events in Seattle, LA, Denver, Miami, Phoenix... etc.

So don't be a wimp and say it's too far to drive. If a couple of 80 year olds can do it in a 75 year old car, then you can do a lot shorter distance in a 914......

Posted by: dlee1967 Aug 7 2006, 08:58 PM

Great event Clay! Anne and I were really looking forward to our second event in a row. Unfortunately, the weekend selected is the only weekend that I have a conflict in October. I have a work engagement in Dallas, TX. (Also my Birthday weekend!)

I am a scheduled speaker at this event for work or I would bail in a heartbeat. You never know.....maybe everyone else has a conflict as well and the winds of change will blow???

Thank you for planning the event. I know that it takes quite a commitment and can be a big hassle, but it is appreciated.

Posted by: ClayPerrine Aug 11 2006, 01:16 PM

Ok.. Here's the reservation information.

Call Central Reservations # :1-800-465-4329

Tell them you want to reserve rooms at The Holiday Inn, City Center.
700 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901.

Give them the registration code 2-PCA.


And let's keep a count here of everyone who is signed up to go.

Posted by: MBowman325 Aug 14 2006, 10:27 AM

Unless I'm missing something, this is pretty bare so far for people signing up?

Funds permitting I should be in. What will, if any, be the regestration fee? We should be done with all the conversions I'll be a part of for me to take vacation and make it.

I'll have a better idea here soon.

Posted by: jr91472 Aug 14 2006, 03:41 PM

I am good to go. I "think" Mike Brown is coming as well.

I will by happy to volunteer for your "starter" job.

can't wait!!!!

Posted by: a914guy Aug 18 2006, 12:32 PM

Hi Clay,

We're planning on making it. I think there are about six other I've taked to in the last week that plan to come as well.

The Fisher - 914-V8 (The Beast)
The Floyd - 914-6 3.2L and possibly Julie in his 2.0L
Don Dounecq - 914-4 2.0L
Jim Meyer - 914-6 2.4L
The Carters - 914-6 2.4L
Mike Wilson - 914-6 3.2L

I'll try to get some of the door prizes going again this year. Hopefully we can find some goodies out there.

Rich

Posted by: A914MAN Aug 19 2006, 06:19 PM

WOW - Finally a FIRST class event where I can show off my NEW 914. Just completed my first ever, but still very bad ass, flared sixer, custom built with the help of Rich Johnson and Wes Hildreth. Ladies and Gents alike need to be showin up for this event so that I can kick some but in my new yellow baby.

Mike in Maumelle Arkansas

Posted by: A914MAN Aug 19 2006, 07:02 PM

Oh Yeah - I Forgot to add that I don't know jack crap about 914's and I am looking to learn a ton of new stuff from all of you EXPERTS !

Posted by: ClayPerrine Aug 21 2006, 07:20 AM

Update.. Betty and I spent the weekend driving around Arkansas. 1500 miles of scouting tours.

We found one hell of a driving road. No traffic, lots of twisties, and one section that is down the side of a mountain with 10mph banked switchbacks.


Too bad right in the middle of the tour route there was 1500 feet of gravel road


Final Schedule, costs and signup info should be available at the end of this week.

Posted by: Joseph Mills Sep 7 2006, 04:22 PM

Clay,

Have you finalized the event dates, entry fee, what it covers, and where it is to be sent and made out to?

Has anyone volunteered to help?

Do you need help?

Let us know what is going on.

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Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 8 2006, 07:02 AM

Sorry for the delay in replying. I have a big deployment going on here at work, and the MUSR stuff is really keeping me jumping.


I just (whle I was writing this) got a call from the hotel about the setup. Tomorrow I am going to talk to the T-shirt vendor on costs. As soon as I have that, I can start taking registrations.

It looks like it will cost what it did last year, 50.00. But that is NOT an exact number.



As for help, I need a volunteer to run the car show. And Joseph, I need to know if you can bring a stepladder for the group picture.....

More tomorrow evening.

Posted by: Joseph Mills Sep 9 2006, 07:31 AM

I have stepladders galore. But none that will fit into a little german car.

Actually, it will work better if I have access to a pickup bed, or top of a SUV. Then I can elevate my tripod much higher also. Maybe Thom will have his Suburban available. If not, we will borrow from the motel or buy something if we have to. But anyway, we will work something out for sure.



Now we need someone to step up and volunteer to do the car show. It's an easy, fun job. And no experience necessary.

Let's make this a good event!

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Posted by: Joseph Mills Sep 9 2006, 07:37 AM

I forgot to ask, is it the kind of gravel road that if we drove VERY slowly, with good spacing between cars, we could make it work? I have done this before.

It sounds like a hell of a road.

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Posted by: dakotaewing Sep 9 2006, 10:07 AM

Sorry Joseph, but it is unlikely that I will be driving the Suburban...
The suburban gets 10 MPG , and the Toyota gets 37MPG...

Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 9 2006, 10:03 PM

The one tour starts out with the group picture. If someone wants to go back to the hotel to return the ladder, then it would work.

BTW.. We need a stepladder. There is a bathroom at the photo site that we can put a ladder on top of to elevate the photographer.



The T-shirts are arranged, the fees figured out, the trophys are in production, and we have one person to do a tech session (Wes Hildreth).

Things are coming together.

Now I have to get the registration site setup so you can pay via pay pal.

I will have a form up you can print and mail a check to me if you don't want to do that.


And I get to talk to Charlie after the AX tomorrow......

Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 11 2006, 08:50 AM

Ok.. Update....

I have all the numbers done. I got the signup webpage about half done last night. Not being an expert in Front Page, I am struggling my way through it. If anyone knows front page in detail and would like to help out, I will send you a free MUSR 8 t-shirt.

Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 11 2006, 10:39 PM

Ok, The online registration is cool, but I just don't have time to finish it. There are only 2 of us, and neither of us know HTML very well, and we both have full time jobs.


So I give up.


To Register for MUSR 8:

Save the http://www.perrinefamily.org/musr8/registration.htm to your computer.

Edit it with the requested information and e-mail it to me, or print it out and send it to me.


The sooner you register the better.

You can call the http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/fsmdt?rpb=hotel&crUrl=/h/d/hi/1/en/hotelsearchresults
in Fort Smith to reserve a room. Just call the Central Reservations # :1-800-465-4329 and use that code 2-PCA.


Also, can you post to this thread that you have registered. Then I can keep count of the registrations.

Thanks!

Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 20 2006, 08:00 PM

I have updated the first post with the actual final schedule and all the contact information for the hotel.

Posted by: ClayPerrine Sep 22 2006, 08:58 PM

Now for your convenience we have online registration....

http://www.perrinefamily.org/musr8/musr8.htm



A big "THANK YOU" goes out to Shawn Lively, aka Keebler117 for writing the online registration page.




I will buy you a at MUSR.

Posted by: dennisc Oct 4 2006, 09:12 AM

Clay
"Your check is in the mail"

Posted by: vsg914 Oct 5 2006, 02:23 PM

Holiday Inn is now full . They said I could have a room at the regular rate of $99.00 . Days Inn sounds better @ $39.00 anyway. I think motel rooms all look alike when the lights are out.

Posted by: Thoward914 Oct 5 2006, 08:23 PM

I just booked a room at the Holiday Inn. Did it online and got a rate of 69.00.

Posted by: mb5800 Oct 9 2006, 04:04 PM

Clay,

I registered today. Don't forget you promised us all the free beer we can drink!!

Mike

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 10 2006, 05:51 AM

No, I said that you could BUY all the beer you can drink in the hotel bar....

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 10 2006, 10:57 AM

There are still rooms available at the Holiday Inn. You can get one for 69.00 that is non-refundable (not part of our block of rooms), or you can pay the normal 99.00 rate for one you can cancel.

I took the one behind door number three... 39.00 room at Days Inn.

Now where did I put that registration form?

Posted by: jr91472 Oct 13 2006, 10:40 PM

Hey Joseph,

Glad to see your still going to hang around with us mid enginerererers.

Can I assume your going to be driving the new tail dragger? Can't wait to see her in person.

later

Posted by: cha914 Oct 15 2006, 01:00 AM

Well, here it is 2am, and I just finished getting the car back together for the trip!

I think we are planning on heading out thrus morning, so we should get there late thurs evening...when will the dallas crowd be heading out, maybe we could meet up with someone?

Clay, thanks for being the ring leader and getting this thing put together! Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Tony

OH, could someone send me the info for that days in...39 bucks sounds just about right!!!

Posted by: vsg914 Oct 15 2006, 04:44 AM

Hey Tony, glad your going to make it. Hotel info is on the first post of this thread. See ya on Thursday.

Curt

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 15 2006, 08:22 AM

Tony,

The Dallas Caravan is leaving on Thursday morning. We are meeting in McKinney at 10 am. Jeff is coming to stay at my house on Wed. We will head out to McKinney around 7:30 (this is DFW rush hour). If you want to meet us here, let me know.

Oh.. and I need a registration form from you...

Everyone,

Here's the idea for the caravan... Anyone coming from Fort Worth can meet at my house at 7:30... (Let me know so I can expect you). We can go thorugh Irving and meet up with Travis and Robyn (AKA Lady Waterpumper), then head off to McKinney to meet up with the rest of you.


The times a flexible.

Sound like a plan???

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 15 2006, 10:46 AM

Hey JR, I'll always be a member of the 914 camp!

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!


Tony - Glad to hear you'll be making the trek. Here's the info on Day's Inn:

1021 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith, AR - (479) 783-0548 - from $39.00 per night

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Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 15 2006, 11:37 AM

Geeze.... he gets a taildragger and he thinks he is soo much above us that he can send in his entry form the Sunday before the event starts....


See.. you shouldn't have sold Sparky... owning a nine-leben has made you all uppity and stuff......




Seriously, glad you can come. Are you going to meet us in Talamena to caravan up with the rest of the group??

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 15 2006, 12:37 PM

Hey I'm just coming for the wine tour...


I would absolutely LOVE to join the Talimena caravan, but it looks like we won't be rolling in until Friday morning.

Call me I wanna talk to you (405-615-9000)

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Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 15 2006, 12:45 PM

Talimena...


Okay now I'm "thinking" about it.

Ya'll will probably hit Talimena around noon?

Sound about right?

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Posted by: Thoward914 Oct 15 2006, 01:23 PM

Okay Clay,

I've decided to wimp out.
I'm going to trailer the 914.
So anything you need to haul I can put in the truck.

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 15 2006, 01:39 PM

Wuss....

Geeze... your WIFE can drive to Fort Smith in her WaterPumper, but you can't drive your 914...


C'mon.. If Tony can drive his all the way from Austin to Fort Smith, you can drive yours......

Otherwise it's "crack the whip" with your trailer on Winding Stair Mountian.....

Posted by: vsg914 Oct 15 2006, 04:26 PM

Talimena on Thurs? what time will you get there? I have a staff meeting at 0700. It will be over by 0900 and I'll be outa here. Where to meet and when? Might as well break in the new "passenger" on the first day!!!

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 15 2006, 05:05 PM

We are leaving McKinney at 10 am or so. We will probably get to the park entrance where we took the starting picture last April around 3PM (gotta stop for lunch on the way up). That's were we can meet up. When we get to Mena, we will go north to Fort Smith, so bring everything with you. I can give you a call when we stop for lunch to update our timeframe.


We are only running around 70%. We will have loaded cars.

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 15 2006, 07:51 PM

new "passenger"?


I'll bring some smelling salts and damp towels...




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Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 16 2006, 06:21 AM

Oh.. and I hope all of you are around for Sunday afternoon services a Our Lady of Talamena (With apologies to Howard).

Posted by: vsg914 Oct 17 2006, 05:02 PM

Sounds good. We'll leave T-Town at noon. We're 2 1/2 hours to Talihina.

You have my number.

Posted by: jr91472 Oct 17 2006, 06:28 PM

As far as the McKinney meet up, I suggest the IHOP at Hwy 75 and Hwy 380. Northeast corner - perfect launch location.

Sounds like we will plan on leaving McKinney around 10am. I will plan to be there around 9:30am.

later.....

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 17 2006, 08:27 PM

Hate to miss a fun drive, but I won't be able to do the Talimena leg with you guys.


Gotta do some smoozin' at a "bidness funkshun" thursday eve, so we'll be rollin' in late. But I might check in at "the lounge" to see what's up.

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Posted by: Thoward914 Oct 17 2006, 09:02 PM

The excitement is building.
Getting the Porsche support vehicle ready.
Change the oil, check the tires, wash and shine.


The 914 showing a little leg. Take her off the trailer tomorrow, change the oil and wash and wax.


The 911 upset she can't go.


Robyn would be pissed if I didn't include a picture of the waterpumper.


And contrary to popular belief, there are trees in Texas

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 17 2006, 09:09 PM

Hey Travis, you have enough vehicles to has your own event!

Can we use your pickup to shoot off of when taking the group photo?

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Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 18 2006, 07:07 AM

Not going to work... the group photo is at the start of the Sat. Tour. How is he going to get the truck and the 914 to the photo site???

Posted by: Joseph Mills Oct 18 2006, 08:50 AM

Simple.

Remember the movie The Time Machine with Rod Taylor?

Load the time machine in the pickup. Drive it to the site. Unload the time machine and travel back in time to the beginning of the tour. Then drive the teener on the tour. Then travel back in time and return the pickup.

What's the problem?



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Posted by: vsg914 Oct 18 2006, 04:48 PM

Posted by: Cruzing Oct 23 2006, 08:29 PM

sorry I missed where this starts from and where it ends, I am in San Diego CA

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 24 2006, 09:01 AM

The event was in Arkansas..... which is a bit of a drive from San Deigo.

Posted by: A914MAN Oct 24 2006, 10:34 AM

Clay - When might you be able to post a "Post Rally" synopsis for those of us who weren't able to attend.

Regards

Mike

Posted by: ClayPerrine Oct 24 2006, 11:21 AM

There is an MUSR 8 Update thread already out there. It has the synopsys and some pictures.