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[NWYENKO]

Denis, I think that is a great idea! I mentioned it to Fred , the hauler we have been using ( thanks to Charley). He has three trucks and is really good. I would love to go to the reunion and maybe take both cars if it would not be too prohibitive. We have a ton of airmiles so the flight would be free. I could not guess what it would cost to use a truck for a week.
In the process of writing this I decided to call Fred and ask him. He estimated about 10k for the truck round trip which would be about $1700 per car round trip. I think Kevin sent cars back to the Corvette nationals, he might have some ideas.

[Denis]

Fred?

From Gig Harbor?

The guy who got a new 70' trailer about a year ago?

This wouldn't happen to be him pictured below, would it?

[NWYENKO]

I would assume that is him. I have talked to him on the phone a lot and met three of his drivers but never met him personally.I would guess by the picture he delivered your car also. Jim

[bkhpah]

I thought that the show was nice, but it was filled with footage from other shows from a few years back. I would have liked to have seen the entire show on the SC Reunion. Tom did a good job of promoting the show and I hope that brings out a fresh crop of cars. The show still made a few errors in history. Why do shows not check with the proper people to help steer the text in the right direction? Misinformation soon becomes fact. The show could have been great, it was just good...BKH

[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??