This is a lake! We have had snow later than I can ever remember it around here. Very cool to see.

Very casual drive, only a few times did we play cat and mouse. Everyone was behaved on the road and we even avoided a smokey with his raidar gun. As far as I know, no one got nabbed!

Jon, your 914 looked and drove great! Trust me, both father and son were grinning ear to ear. Bummed you couldn't be there, but you have your family to care for. That's more important.

LINK TO GALLERY OF RAINEER DRIVE


Awesome time, great drive i think i got lost in whatever group i was in 3 separate times, but hey its all good something to break up the drive right, and why did i see jamies car right at the entrance to the park while we were on the way out or am i trippin

Aww the rainbow






BTW this was my red car for all who didnt know me

OH yeah, and dudes who took pictures of my car driving, please send them to me because that is awesome and i really appreciate it

pm me for my email address

You should change your ID, I don't recall you having any troubles keeping up!



Your 914 looked good, touch up that front fender eh? Sorry I didn't get more of a chance to talk with you. Looks like you and your GF had a good time. Gotta catch up with the group on our teener Tuesdays. Those are always fun.

You mean to tell me that you got a bunch of 914s that close to salt water? ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!! The tinworm is gonna getcha......





Very cool picts. Wish I was there!

My wife and I stopped by as everyone was getting back. They looked like they had a great time. I'm glad I was able to let them use my car. Of course I would have loved to go but I needed to stay near my wife. Still no baby though.

BIG THANKS TO GREENIE, Greenie's Wife & KEVIN! And anyone else who helped with the event!

Overall a good time! I had some issues for sure. The fan & radiator issue yesterday. Fixed that this morning with everyones help . Stopped for gas real quick this morning on the way to Raineer. Took a wrong turn & lost everyone. Didn't know we had directions in our packet. So Mark & I went old school & bought a Map . Guess we were a little map iliterate & still ended up going the lon way up to MT. Raineer. Car was running great & didn't get over 190 the whole way up. Couldn't find anyone so we just turned around to head back.

That is when the shit hit the fan again! I blew something & started losing some oil onto my header pipe. Smoked a hell of alot & we pulled over quickly. Decided to hitch a ride back to get my trailer

Luckily along came Tommy his fiance in their 75 green car. So after some waiting for others to show up we deceided I should pile in with them to go get my trailer. Mark would wait for me or the next teener with an open seat. That turned out to be Morgan in his very nice Orange 2.0 about 10 minutes later. Well the 3 of us in Tommy's car was a very tight fit. Thanks to Tommy & his very scrunched Fiance for the lift. She got stuck in the middle & it I am sure was very uncomfortable. THANK YOU You Rock

I'll get my car home to figure out what else went wrong. My have blew head gasket but maybe it's somehting more simple. Either way I had plans to pull for some modifications. It may just get done a little sooner

Thanks to everyone who came. It was so nice to meet many of you. Great to see old faces again too. Everyone took pity on me while I was going to get my car & they were at dinner. They took a up a little slush fund since I had so many problems. That was very nice & though not neccesary I appreciated it. One thing I love about our community. Everyone really is so helpful . Even with my few problems I had a great time & will definately come to the next no matter where. I'll sure as hell be towing my car to it just in case though

Huge thanks to Mark (computers4kids) for all his help. He came up Wednesday & helped me get my car ready. Then got stuck with me when my car crapped out. BOTH TIMES! His WCR was mostly spent screwing around with my car or getting screwed by my car depending on the time of day. I owe you one Mark That valance I gave you isn't going to cover it either . Mayb I'll ship you a slightly modified Radiator

Sorry this is a book but you still got the cliff notes version

Friday was great, THANK YOU to Greenie and Wife! I met up with group two in Kingston with my neighbor, Dale. He thought that was gathering, he was very surprised to see the REAL gathering at Port Gamble. He is a new era MINI driver and commented that his club barely gets that many people to show up and THEY PAY DUES!
I am SO bummed that I am writing this post from my deck that I had to have a cigar and a wee dram of whiskey to drown my sorrows of not being there today. Seems no matter how old they get, little brothers still are able to be a major pain in the ass! He had his wedding reception today. Just Kidding about him, but REALLY? THIS WEEKEND??

You guys all rawk, even Craig. And seeing the result of the peanut gallery pictures, the line up was totally worth it. I have some shots to post later. For those who may not have know, I was the guy in the red Ferrari team shirt driving the unwaxed green 1970. When you have a green car and you know Greenie will be there, why bother shining it?

Cheers,
Dino

Some shots from the drive saturday...

Some of the cars at Holiday Inn Sat am...

Elliot's Yellow Zonker
Jon Bovey
Sir Andy's 916 Targa

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Who owns the yellow 75/76 flared car with turbo stone guards? Would love to see more pics and get in contact with the owner. I have always wanted my 75 to look like this! Looks like you guys out west had a blast!

Thanks,

Brian

His name is Tony (TC 914-8) and he posts on the threads. It's a crazy fast V8 914.

start to return , quickies

Eddie explaning traffic control to the rangers
then charged down the hill

Kudos to Greenie (Curt), General Greenie (Janet), Kevin & Jim Hoyland for all the work and worry they put in to make WCR08 a great party!

It was great meeting so many people who were previously just 'board names, attitudes and avatars'. The amount of time we spent driving these little cars was also impressive. Great roads, great scenery, great fun. I especially enjoyed the moment on the way back from Rainier when two strings of teeners, coming from opposite directions, converged to head north at the same intersection in the middle of the countryside - Hey! where did you guys come from?

Here's a few shots out of my camera:

Teeners take a boat ride

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Oh, you wanted a straight line

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Grasshopper Lives! The two Barrys - that's senior behind the wheel - get ready for the Mt. Rainier drive in Jon's Phoenix Red six. Great to see father and son come all the way from Georgia to sample the way we roll in the NW.

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Man, you guys are killing mew with the photos! I don't shoot JPEGs, so I have to convert them from RAW to JPEG with my software (Adobe Lightroom). I'll have some pics up later today...

Can't wait to see your photos Todd.

Great pics guys! Thank you!

I'm posting a few non car shots & headed for a nice nap!

Jim Hoyland in his beautiful yellow shorts, he kept saying something like "yellow's faster" ?

Kevine & his beauty ( Shelby ) , the car"s not bad either!



The two cars that missed the Ferry Friday Night , mine & Kevins.

A couple of our Canadian friends.

Andrew & Alison, they wore these smiles all weekend.

We had sixty 62.99 people at Saturday's dinner.

The Bovey family on the right, my daughter Alex at the end.

RhodyGuy holding court in foreground.

Our chief photographer Todd Enlund hiking up the hill for the money shot!

Dave Hunt picking up one of the fabulous door prizes!

JSaum winning a nice bottle of wine.

So much for the rehab James......

Mr Ralph Meaney taking Greenie out for a spin, he commented that this car was "Scary Fast" and "if only he would have had it back in the day!"

Nord & Ralph Meaney discussing Greenie's car......

Sir Andy & Amoy headed home, she commented that she was really looking forward to the next 900 miles.

Any one get any other shots of the blue 914 with the 944turbo nose?

See post #6 of this thread. Also pieces of it in 27, 28, 53.

Roadster Fan with his "Trailer Queen" in tow headed home.
Only 900 miles to go honey!
Jim still smiling , Teri & Kaelyn tired of the swimming pool.

3 three very nice yellow teeners, ???, Tony and Elliott.

Andy getting ready



Power for Andy's Beast.




Andy on the road to Mt. Rainier.

Here we go.... captions where I have them... if I get anything wrong, or if anyone has anything to add, PM me and I'll fix it. I am going to apologize in advance for the names that I get wrong. They are in chronological order.

This is what happens when you point a camera at a photographer:
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Lined up on the M/V Spokane:
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In the parking lot at Kingston waiting for the rest of the group on the next ferry:
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The clean green machine:
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Teeners as far as the eye can see. Jon Bovey's car (driven by the grasshoppers) in the foreground.

Can anyone post a photo of Larry ( LSS/914 )??

Larry organized the fantastic Port Gamble event, I was so busy (drinking beer) I didn't get a shot of him.



Greenie

Troy (Messix) and Lilly Messick:
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Parked at Port Gamble:
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The view from the picnic area:
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Did someone ask for shots of Phillip's "BlueThunder"?

We all abided by the law - there was no "passing" during the drive - but we did have appropriate "let by" zones.

Nice "cockpit" in Elliott's beautiful Sheridan narrow bodied 3.6 powered Teener!

Dinomium:
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A few cars:
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The group:
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Craig (Boxstr) stocking his inventory with parts from Dan's (Root Werks) car. He had them sold within five minutes. He didn't turn a profit, though.
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Barry Sr. & Barry Jr. Checking the route notes before daparting in Jon Bovey's beautiful 2.4 - 6 flared teener. Bring given the opportunity to drive this trick Tenner must be the award for the longest distance travelled - Georgia to Washington.

Pretty Orange '74:
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Front wheel on Phil's (PJHaun) car:
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Troy (Messix):
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Curt (Greenie):
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The group in Port Gamble:
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Leaving Port Gamble:
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Interior of Jon Bovey's car where Barry & Barry were able to spend a beautiful Saturday in the Pacific Northwest.

Queuing up:
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Moving down the road:
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Waiting for the ferry on Bainbridge Island:
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Still waiting for the ferry:
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Most of the folks that did make it on the boat:
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As we crossed Mercer Island:
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Kevin (Rhodyguy) and Curt (Greenie) explaining things before the Ranier run:
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Jon Bovey's (Phoenix914-6) Phoenix:
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Elliot Cannon's Sheridan bodied beast:
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Saturday morning parking lot tech session (How to change the radiator in a 914):
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Rocky's Orange '74:
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Rest stop to queue up again:
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At the Greenwater General Store:
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