Anyone have closing thoughts? Options

[rick 918-S]

Guy's. This has been a real trip. I'm willing to let this fizzle. We did a good thing but I'm not into patting myself on the back.

I'm sure everyone is burned out after the push over the last few weeks. I am. This event could have gone very bad. It was through all your efforts that it worked out very well.



In the event we do something in the future I'm wondering if it should be such an ambitious undertaking.

Also, we need to keep our eyes open for members with the drive to assist if we ever do something like this again.

Any thoughts?

Oh! We need a full list of everyone that helped out. It would be nice to send a pm to everyone thanking them for getting involved.

[EdwardBlume]

I believe the root of success for the whole thing came from Mary herself - her character, her need, her story, her car, and her decision to reach out to the world site. There's just something magical about a good cause and the feeling that it was meant to be...

Then by committee: Rick - brought people together and did the recon, Mike was on the ground and heavily behind the scene, Wayne - big stash o parts and then the drive, Ed - expert and key overseer of the event, and Dr Evil - from the raffle prize to being there to rebuild the tranny, to being there for the build.... each of you "get" it.

When Wes Van died and his car was left on jackstands.. the people he helped came forward and it become clear that we lost a great guy... it made me want to do something and be a part of something that finishes things that need to be finished... but as Rick pointed out early on.... not every story has a happy ending...

I'll bet you can you imagine Mary sitting on a half restored 914 in Garden City..

Without you and all the people who contributed, the probability of failure was much much higher than not. Can you imagine another 10K into it and more problem after problem without our efforts?

Mary will have "friends" in all of us for life now....

Thanks to all of you... each of you have a friend out here in Pleasanton, and a seat at my table....

I don't know what the next "thing" will be, or if it will be or anything... but I have a feeling that if or when the "right" thing comes along... it will find us...

In the meantime, lets keep the "angel" network together in each of our individual 914 pursuits.

Kind Regards,
Rob Ways