Event Coverage Thelma & Louise.....I mean Denise & Megan do the GNRS and other cool places

Itsa shame you can't come out of your shell and just enjoy your surrounding when you travel. You know get out and meet some folks......

 

It was nice to see you guys having fun... always a treat for everybody !!!

 

Great coverage Denise.

 

Thanks for the coverage, just read everything through, 2 hours well spent. That's one amazing collection of cars there! Enjoyed the rest as well. Thanks!

--mika

 

thanks for sharing your travel with us and those were some awsome pics that you had takin



this is cool as hell to see that a gps can keep up with a airplane at that speed

 

This is one COOL post!
Thanks Denise for taking the time to share all your outstanding pictures and time line stories with all of us.
We are the unfortunate ones who could not attend, but are the fortunate ones to have great people like you two for sharing the experience!
I feel as if I made the trip personally.
Thanks for all your hard work!

 

It was pretty funny, when we met up with Megan and Denise, both groups of us had tried the GPS on our flights to see if it would measure the speed.
I think mine showed a max. speed of 460 or 475 (don't remember for sure) on the way to California, but on the way back to Omaha we hit 648 mph!! Talk about movin'!
Isn't that somewhat close to Mach I?



Glad to see this thread back up again - what a fun (and busy ) trip!

 

Dean Jeffries painted the "little *******" on James Dean's Porsche when he worked for George Barris. The red stripes on the rear fenders came that way from Porsche; you could get them in red, green, or blue. George Barris claims to still own the lost remains of James Dean's wrecked Porsche as he bought the rights to the car after the accident and took it on tour. I have heard a lot of opposition and different stories as to whether or not he is en***led to the car if it is ever found.

 

That's what a nice tail wind (like, say, the jetstream) can do! It's indicating ground speed, so your airspeed is probably still in the 450-500 mph range...

Oh yeah... and thanks to Denise for the pics! It was good seeing all you guys again!

 

Wow.

Thanks Denise!

Sorry I missed this thread until today.

 

Yea!!! you're going to LOVE the Motor City and the Detroit Autorama.
Megan and I will be around Friday night but if you want to party with us on Saturday night, and alot of other HAMB friends, please feel free to stop by my place. I'm having a Hot Rod Mingle. See the Autorama Meet & Greet thread for more details. See ya in a couple of weeks bud!

Yeah, I know, sometimes I'm just too shy for my own good.

and we're gonna have some fun in Austin, right??

Thats what he must have been referring to then. Thanks for straightening that out.

 

Wow! what a cool trip--Thanks for sharing

 

hey..
didn't you visit the Barris shop while you were here? what, were not good enough to be included in your slide show??

 

Brett,

I guess you missed it checkout the middle of page 2 of the coverage, Denise did show the stop that we made at the shop. There is even a picture of you with Denise.


CBB

 

Yup, post #24 & #25

I bet you're one of those guys that don't read the ***embly directions either huh?

 

Brett" how could you forget these two when they roll thru????........glad to see ya on here holmes

 

I finally managed to get all the way through...although I have to say it scared me to see so many horrific photos of my bad self......Just found out our Motel 6 rooms for Speed Week are nonexistent....but I`ll be there anyway...now I think my tab is up to two foot rubs, a Chocolate Martini and who knows what else....What a great thread...and great people to go with it...

 

Fantastic trip and Excellent coverage!
Five times in five years? A trip like this would be a highlight of my life!

 

Wow, What a trip....Great pics.....Looks like you did just about everything out there.....Maybe next time I can tag along!...I need a west coast get-away...John

 

Great trip and write up....

BTW this is a 934 RSR Porsche, lightweight, scary fast, extremely rare,

 

Thanks for adding the details. I appreciate your insight. I'd need to write everything down while there to remember and then I'd feel like a reporter instead of invited guest.

Since it seems like you might be "into" Porsches, you might be interested in this thread I did a couple of years ago.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234507&highlight=big+olds+vw&showall=1