First report from Hershey, rain rain rain Options

[yarin]

Sitting here in the lobby of the Sheraton Four Points hotel watching the rain come down in Hershey. The swap meet was ok. Tradition continued and the skies never let up. People packed up around 1pm or so. Not that much 914 stuff.

Met a few 914ers, bought some good stuff off Engman. Going to the Rennlist dinner tonight, should be fun. Those who passed because of the weather made the right decision.

[wilchek]

yeah, just got home and dried off. Weather was bad but parts seemed to be going cheap beause of the weather. Almost picked up a set of Fuchs for 300 but would not fit in the 914 and it was raining to hard too deal. Most people had parts packed away becuase of the rain. Time to drink..

[nomore9one4]

Sorry guys! That sucks. Thats the only reason I cancelled my plans to go. Maybe next year!?!?

[drewvw]

way to stick it out anyways....I am in for next year! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)

[plas76targa]

I think I discovered my 914 can't swim. Had a 1/4 inch of water on the passenger side. Couldn't get my son to stop stompin his feet on the ride home!

Arrived around 9 am. Saw LeoImperial, Ed Morrow, a gentlemen from Canada - sorry, I'm terrible with names. Also Dr. Evil and Scottb, and Engman. Saw a few other 914 hats walk by, but was busy paying for something and couldn't catch them.

My son got too cold too fast and I wasn't far behind him. We left around 10:45.

Never found that rear sway bar I'm looking for! next year!

[turboman808]

Yeah I came I saw and I ran for the car and went home.(actualy went to work for a few hours before going out tonight-better then sitting in traffic)

Saw a few from here selling parts but didn't introduce myself. One I already bought parts from and the other had some cool shirts but I couldn't find his booth again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

But I did stock up on super blue and I bought this silly little beverage cooler with a porsche logo.

[yarin]

They announced that the swap meet is going to move to the 28th of April for 2007 in an attempt to break the rain trend. Nobody bought my Kirkey seat or Dual Weber 40s if anyone is interested.

[nein14]

As usual I was there with my 914 parts suprising sold a lot of stuff. Still trying to dry out with a glass wine.

Have a real nice pair of 914 painted Bumpers if anybody is interested $250.00 for the pair.

turboman808 Iam the the guy with the cool shirts have 2 left if your interested PM me. I was the guy with the 914 parts under the tent.

[Sparky]

I'm so tired of the friggin rain. So this is how I did Hershey:

Spent a week down in Virginia Beach with the wife and kids. Had to butter her up for the Hershey trip. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif) We arrived in Hershey on Thursday, it was sunny and 82. Spent Friday running around with the wife and kids, we did the tours over at Hershey Park and did dinner at Fuddruckers. Was a little wiped out from the previous week so I didn't head out to any of the Friday night events. Was very very disappointed (but not really surprised) when I got up today and it was raining. Guess we can't break the rain tradition. My wife and kids were great and made one lap through the vendor tents with me before bailing out for the comfort of the mini-van. Saw Ed Morrow, Bob Roach, and Engman. Thought I saw the elusive Rich Herzog but when I turned around he was gone. It was great to see everyone even if I appeared a bit odd in my swim trunks and denim shirt. Not a lot of deals but I was looking for specific items (see below). My wife wasn't feeling well so we decided to head back to Mass. Only took 5.5 hours as traffic wasn't bad.

I was (and still am) looking for a pair of 16X7 Fuchs for my front end. I'm not looking for concours quality just straight wheels. M030 Suspension package for 968, Corbeau Classic II's or 914 Sport seats.

That about covers it. I'm posting a WTB in the classifieds for the items I'm still searching for.

My best to all,
Mike D.

[KaptKaos]

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[ejm]

Even with the rain we managed to get a few club members cars together... that's Leo's blue car just beyond my red '76

[turboman808]

I was (and still am) looking for a pair of 16X7 Fuchs for my front end. I'm not looking for concours quality just straight wheels. M030 Suspension package for 968, Corbeau Classic II's or 914 Sport seats.

Thats the only reason I really went was hopefully to find some seats I like. I have a hard time spending 2000 on seats I have never put my butt in. So yeah one thing I was ready to buy and no one had them.

I thought I saw on another thread that gtsclassics was gonna be there but I didn't see them.

Saw one truck full of the dirtiest race seats ever! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Now if someone could tell me how to strap my beverage cooler to the car since it doesn't tell ya (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

I took a few pictures. I will post them tomorrow. The black 914 was nice. The silver one for sale was also.

[ptravnic]

I could handle the rain, but the cold was too much for me... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

I ran into the infamous Dr Evil & Leo. Also ran into a father and son from Binghamton (who I bought a few things from - very nice rebuilt pedal cluster, targa latches, inside door handles, and a proportioning valve... A few other friendly faces who (shame on me) I can't remember the names of...

Yarin - sorry I didn't give you a call, I was in and out pretty quick (makes me wonder why I drove 3hrs each way but its a sense of tradition and makes me feel a bit normal knowing there are so many others that share this disease).

I didn't take any pics as that would have required expsosing taking my frigid hands to the elements...

-Pete

[fitsbain]

I was ther from about 9:30 to 12:30 or 1.

Met a few people.

Didn't buy a thing, but I had fun.

[Spoke]

I got there about 10:30 and stayed until my sneakers were soaked at about 12:30.

Saw an interesting car, the 904 as I was told. It looked to be based on the 914 chassis with a flat-6 and full racing interior. I'm not sure if it was a kit car or factory built. The rear clip seemed to be built on the 914 chassis, not sure about the front. The body had a 908 look to it. Sorry no pics.

Bought rear sway bar brackets from Engman and a set of wheel lug nuts for my 5-lug conversion.





Then on the way home I stopped at Roadside America to see the model train layout. Quite impressive.



I couldn't handle the pocket full of cash that I brought back with me so I bought a head unit for the green car.

Spoke

[ThinAir]

Then on the way home I stopped at Roadside America to see the model train layout. Quite impressive.

Wow, does that ever bring back memories! I lived in Hyattsville, MD until I was 10 and we made lots of trips to PA. I remember stopping at a place with a huge train layout, but I always thought it was called "Little America". LA is a deluxe hotel/truck stop chain with a location here in Flagstaff and no trains so I figured I had the name wrong. Just exactly where is Roadside America?

[dion9146]

We got there at the crack of dawn, but unfortunately, I had 6 guys with me all looking for every Porsche part imaginable (which means we shopped until about 1pm). The good thing was we had a motorhome, so we could go back and dry off between trips into 'swamp land' or was that swap land?

The pics above don't do it justice. If you think that looks bad, you're wrong. It was worse. Kudos to anyone who drove their 914's in that mess. Nice to meet some faces though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

But of course, as soon as we crossed the Ohio state border on the way home, the sun came out and the temps rose to 72 degrees. go figure.

Ah, there is always next year....

Dion

[Spoke]

But of course, as soon as we crossed the Ohio state border on the way home, the sun came out and the temps rose to 72 degrees.

Uh, it's still raining in Allentown at 1230am. And raining very hard. And windy.

Roadside America is right along rt78 just north of Reading. I've passed Roadside America hundreds of times and never stopped in; until today.

Hat's off to all the Porsche guys who brought their cars. It was so cool to see so many 356s, 911s, 930s, Cayman, 924, 944, 914s and more. It was sad to see all those nice machines getting puked on by the rain. I noticed on someones 914 that there was as much water on the inside of the passenger side window as on the outside. And the window was fully up.

Spoke

[turboman808]

I hate to admit it but I had the most fun driving back. I drove like a complete asshole. I was doing 80+ on the highways and I stopped a several trucker spots on the way back and managed to get my car sideways in various parking lots more times then I can remember. But my wet weather power slides are getting pretty good.


I did have a problem with my wipers lifting off the window. Found a solution with trico beam blades. Now 90+ should be no problem. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I got to do something about my lighting though. My fogs and driving lights completely suck. But my 100 watt yellow high beams work pretty darn good. Time to pickup some hella hid I think.

[ejm]

A few thoughts on Hershey now that I'm warm, dry and rested...

My '76 ran great and got 32 mpg on the 740 mile round trip. The ride down Friday was was good except I-78 in Pa. is the worst piece of road I have ever driven. Stopped by Dr. Evil's and watched him put the final touches on scottb's tranny then headed over to the Bears Den for dinner. Met a couple of Pelican guys and talked with Don Plant for a bit before Mike and Noel showed up. Hit the swap meet early Saturday and saw a bunch of club members, wish I hadn't missed scottb and Bob Roche. Did see Dave and Bruce at the AirBoston tent, Charles Navarro was there with his nickies and Mark Bland and his son were there with Engman's stuff. The rain never let up and I left around noon. Ride home was good and the steady rain quit 30 miles before NYC. Saw four late 911's in the northern Jersey/NYC area and got a wave each time. Not to early to start wishing next year is sunny.