I'll be there early friday morning. I'm on call until (technically) 8am I should be there around seven. Who's making breakfast? aka coffee.

I think we are all meeting in Steve's room for breakfast. Right?

Hey Kelvin and Donna...I know you remember this one?
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And I better not be in this position again....
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Just lots and lots of this!!
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See Ya'll Thursday Afternoon for a GREAT Weekend of .. errr, well hopefully none of that last one!!

The only thing that is keeping from making this event is money, I will be there next year.

Couldn't sleep this morning so I got started on my packing for Okteenerfest at 4:30 AM. Is that insane or what?

Regrettably it seems like I have several boxes of SWAG that I will actually have to give up for the event. But man I am looking forward to this!

Packing up now. I have plenty of room in my trailer.Plan to have a yard sale. Got a bunch of stuff I need to sell.
1. Koni rear shocks 200lb springs,Lincoln weldpak 100 with mig kit $150,Autopower bolt in rollgage. Reupolstered seats, etc

Bob

What color?

Black....

Definitely interested.

Not sure my wife would enjoy the intrusion

However, coffee will be available in the hotel lobby or meeting room (not sure exactly where).

Talked to Dave at US129photos.com and his photographers will be ready for us as we drive by Friday morning on the Dragon and on the Cherohala that afternoon.

Pam seems like a very nice person but that would be hard to take!

add to the flea market , interior rug kit, dark gray, bought several years ago,, never used,, just took out of bag,, I think from morph..
15x8 revolution wheels....(2) yellow
18X10 TURBO TWIST KNOCK OFFS (price per bob)
15x8 fuchs (4) I know I cant fit all this.. yell if someone is interested

and if I can fit in the vette.... no Blonde so more room!!!!!

I'll trade you new tan rug kit for the gray.

I'm sure you got something I want!!

Less than 18 hours to go before the official start of Okteenerfest
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Well don't know if I am ready but its here! Car seems to be running well thanks to Robert at Eurohaus Motor Sports. He found a shift bushing that looked good 4 months ago when I replaced everything else but it was bad today. He refined my tune to the best it has ever been. Runs strong for a 4. Gave the brakes a good adjustment. I think that will be important on the Dragon.

Washed and cleaned. Gassed up and ready to go. Won't be the nicest there by far but it has been a lot of work and fun getting ready for this.

Have to give a big shout out to Steve and Bob for the staggering amount of work they put in to this event. These guys are special people.

Lets do this!

Mike... it's a labor of love
Just wait til you see a parking lot full of 914s in a variety of 70s colors
I guarantee you will think of M&Ms or Skittles

Is Dr. 914 showing up for this?

Not that I know of which is kinda disappointing since he is "the Dr." and a 914 specialist located only a few hours away from the event. Not even a door prize donation

Ill be there in spirit

Thank you for your donation!

Just saw on news that monuments are closed except for First Amendment activities. I am thinking that a procession of 914's should be considered a First Amendment activity so we should be able to go around the barriers in the parks. We are a minority part of The PCA. Most PCA'ers consider us NARPs so we could be demonstrating just like the illegal aliens that were allowed at the monuments. Anyone know the TN Congressional delegation to get us some support? Just saying.

That's a good thought. But it will likely be sufficient that when they see that many 914s, they will be sufficiently frightened of that many lunatics in one place at the same time to just wave us on by!

If not we just say and the first guy breaks an ankle with his spoiler and we are in!

Townsend was on Fox News this morning, seems the Parkies closed the only road School Buses can use to get to some town called Top Of The Mountain. Maybe youse guys can escort them on your drive tomorrow!

Well unfortunately my 914 will not be making this trip. Too many issues and not enough time.

I'll still be there though and I'll be looking for rides.

Top of the world is off footbills parkway. Maybe closed.
Also river road is in gsmnp. Sucks if that is closed.

I turned the wrong way getting to the hotel and got stopped at the Great Smokey National Park. Some lady was going off on Ranger about how our taxes paid for the road and the park should be open. The ranger said that he agreed.... He said it was a crock o'crap and he was getting tired of the games

First lesson learned on the trip here:

The sound of a Porsche 6 cylinder sounds great. But, it gets monotonous after 350+ miles and 6 hours. My head is tired!

I just pretend mine is a really out of tune 6

Shucks, I was lookin forward to checking out your a/c setup.

We had an awesome drive today...some of us even drove the Dragon twice. The teeners (not sure of the total number..... Over 20) drove it very quickly.... Seriously. Cars and bikes were using the pull offs to let us through. The 914 is a great handling car...

At the end of the run you could tell the cars had been run hard....lots of the Porsche oil and gas aromas permeated the air

A HUGE thank you to the organizers. I heard many comments at dinner tonight that this is one of the most fun drives they've had in a long time.

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BTW: pictures from one of the dragon sites were up last night.... 129slayer.com

Choose the 10/11 date starting around 11:10 am


They are also up on us129photos.com in the Porsche section

I brought the wife and kids down for the show this morning. What a great turnout. Sad that mine wasn't quite ready for the trip but I enjoyed the morning nonetheless.

Thanks to the organizers

Lots of smiles in those pics...

Looks like a lot of fun. Enjoy the rest of Octeenerfest!

Here's where I found the pictures.

http://xtremesportsphotography.photoreflec...mp;g=0QAK01K20A

Starting on page 3

Next year I'll be there.

Hugh and I made it home about 12 this morning. We had a great time!

Thanks again to all the organizers and sponsors.

Made it back. What a great event. Great people, weather, and cars.

Hopefully everyone had a great time and walked away with a prize or 2. Will get some photos posted soon.

I had a great time meeting so many of you and a big thank you to the organizers. I hope you all make it back home safely. Here's someone else who had a great time with you all and is also EXHAUSTED.. Click to view attachment

Just got back home from Okteenerfest. My 914 performed great with no issues! Yea. The winner of best of show was a Creamsicle owned by Jim Flanagan of North Carolina (He said it is his wife's car!). This is a partial of the row of "Stock" class 914's on display. My 914 is the red one in the foreground. The Glutton for Punishment award was won by me for having my 914 the longest: February of 1973. You have to be 914 owner to know the meaning of the award! A big thank you to the organizers who did an awesome job!

Left around 6:20 this morning and made it back around 11:30. Once again I have to thank the organizers for the great job!

Met lots of people and made some new friends. Can't ask for much more!

Snookums!!