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[Charley Lillard]

Yes that would be Fred. I will tell him he is a Star......

[moparts]

Hey Tom! Why wasn't your name mentioned in the credits! Ha!! It would have been a great show if they would have done just the reunion. But it was nice to see what they did do. Who was that handsom guy driving the Yenko Stinger anyway?

[Denis]

bkhpah couldn't have said it better -- the Supercar episode was good but fell short of great. I hesitated earlier to say anything, seeing as how I'm no great authority myself, but they should've checked their facts better. For example, they said SS 350 were used as base cars by Yenko in 1967. I thought Yenko used SS 396/375 L78 cars whereas Nickey and Dana were starting with SS 350 cars. Then, when they started explaining the COPO program, they showed a 68 Dana, which isn't a COPO car. It looks like their data might've come from vintage magazine articles and archive photos/footage. They should've asked the guys here instead. Heck, they could've shot the whole episode at Kevin's house.

That said, it looks like we'll be hauling 5-6 cars to the reunion that would not otherwise have gone from the NW. Can't complain about that.

Finally, and most importantly, the show did raise awareness and appreciation of the cars. My 3 teenage kids -- who normally couldn't care less about the hobby -- all watched the show, learned a lot, asked good questions, and seemed genuinely interested. And that, my aging friends, is what it's about!

[Chevy454]

That said, it looks like we'll be hauling 5-6 cars to the reunion that would not otherwise have gone from the NW. Can't complain about that.

Denis:

PLEASE tell me you aren't teasing us!

[Denis]

I'm serious. Jim & I are good for 2-3 cars between the two of us (depending on what kind of deal $-wise we can work out with the truck owner). Yenkofan is interested if we can get his car from LA. Can't speak for Kevin but we all know he has enough supercars to fill up a friggin' caravan of haulers, plus I'm 95% sure he'd be up for it if the rest of us do so. Will know better in 2 weeks after he's back. PS: Maybe we can take his newly-acquired red 1968 Dick Harrell SS 427 Camaro

[NWYENKO]

Well, the wife says I can go. My Bday is 8/30. Lets see what kind of deal we can get. Would the cars need to be there Fri and out on Sunday? Denis, when Kevin gets back,let's see what he says. Could the truck get there in 2 days or would it take 3 each way? Freds concern was if fuel prices go up. He also said he is really booked in August with Pebble Beach. I don't know the dates for that. If the price isn't too bad and there is room I would bring the Camaro and the Deuce. Wow! Do I sound EXCITED??

[Denis]

mapquest says it's 2,130 miles and 36 hours of driving from seattle to collinsville. figure three days time driving, four days elapsed, each way.

pebble beach concours d'elegance wraps up on the 19th of august. that's about 9 days from when our cars would need to get picked up locally.

looks do-able from where i'm sitting, although you might remind fred it took him three months to get my dang car shipped here from maryland