TheSamba.com :: View topic - Ypsilanti, Michigan July 31-Aug 3, 2008 Invasion!

Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:35 pm

I'm sure Brian worked on more than just your car, and I know we re-timed a couple of them while we were there. :wink:

Just a little update on the FYIs, I've rough counted 11 Fastbacks, but haven't broken it down completely. I've got a CD of pics (rob took with his camera phone, they came out pretty damn good) I need to send to John J. to post, and still have 7 rolls of film I need to scan. :shock: Once I get them scanned, I can send them to John too (on CD). I must have spent an hour just looking at pics today, and still need to go thru more.

Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:28 pm

ofcdoug wrote: just wanted to post a big THANK YOU to Bob, Brian and everyone else who put in all the time and hard work to make my first and definately not my last invasion such a good time. :D 8) :!:

Where's my head, THANKS to John as well!!! Sorry John :roll:

Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:35 pm

Bobnotch wrote: On another note, that had to be the best 4 days I've spent in the last couple of years. 8) Seeing nothing but a sea of type 3s wherever you looked was pretty damn cool.

What he said! Even tho I drove my car onto the grounds, but had to tow it out (and let's not mention the sand trap! :lol: ) it was AWESOME!, again.

I got to meet some more of my T3 heros, and put faces to names. It was like meeting old friends for the first time.

T3 folks ARE THE BEST!

And due to accidents & construction, my just under 5 hour drive TO the Invasion, took 9 hours FROM the Invasion! :evil:

Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:43 pm

Air-Cooled Head wrote:

What he said! Even tho I drove my car onto the grounds, but had to tow it out (and let's not mention the sand trap! :lol: ) it was AWESOME!, again.

Oops, Tom, you lettin' the cat out of the bag?! We didn't tell anyone, and if there's no pictures, It didn't Happen! :wink: :lol:

The Heydt Clan and Rob's girlfriend, Amanda all had a GREAT time as well!

It was good seeing you out and about again Tom, glad you and Keenan made it home safely!

Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:54 pm

Air-Cooled Head wrote:

And due to accidents & construction, my just under 5 hour drive TO the Invasion, took 9 hours FROM the Invasion! :evil:

You didn't let Keenan drive did you? :wink: (jk) :lol:
I know what you're talking about though, as we ran a different route home (trying to avoid a big construction zone in Detroit that was listed in the newspaper) only to run into construction twice. Got home and Rob said there wasn't any construction except near our house where they've got the east bound lanes tore up for rebuilding. D'oh. Our alternate route added 50 miles, and an hour to our ride. :roll: Glad I wasn't in a hurry to get somewhere.

Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:14 pm

jaransonT3 wrote: pre-Invasion BBQ pics are here:

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/jaransonT3/2008Invasion/

A couple of my favorites.....

Jim Adney's Squareback

Was that pre-BBQ at someone's house?

.....Looks like it was a sweet show.

Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:35 pm

Yup. One of the local Type 3/VW nuts, Jonce Fancher and his wife Dixie, let us "invade" their deck and backyard for the BBQ. We ended up with 11 Type 3s and about 26-28 people. I lost count. BBQ was a good time.

So was the whole Invasion.

2 more years or so til the next one!!!!

Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:45 am

hey ofcdoug... did the car run any cooler?

as to the next event in 2010... Juneau or Death Valley guys?

Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:10 am

How 'bout somewhere that is not the hottest place in the world.
What about Colorado? Who doesn't like an excuse to go to Colorado?

Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:16 am

Juneau isn't that hot.

Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:21 am

vwfye wrote: i will offer up no commitment to future locations until winter... sorry.

could be juneau or death valley aren't actual possibilities... could be they are... :twisted:

Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:22 am

If you go for Colorado, I can help. I propose Leadvile, the highest city in America. It wouldn't be an Invasion for the weak.

I have vowed to have my car driving by the end of August thanks to this weekend.

Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:04 am

Bobnotch wrote: Air-Cooled Head wrote:

And due to accidents & construction, my just under 5 hour drive TO the Invasion, took 9 hours FROM the Invasion! :evil:

You didn't let Keenan drive did you? :wink: (jk) :lol:
.

As soon as I got behind the wheel we traveled less than a mile in 2 hours! :roll:

Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:48 pm

vwfye wrote: hey ofcdoug... did the car run any cooler?

as to the next event in 2010... Juneau or Death Valley guys?

Car ran great, thanks...good thing it was running cooler I was stuck in traffic in Indiana for 2 hours... that sucked big time...my air cond. just could not blow enough cool air (that being a battery operated fan with a frozen water bottle behind it :roll: )

Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:54 pm

wow -- what a trip....

about 1800 miles round trip and no regrets at all... it was great to meet fellow Type 3 nuts, see the cars and bring home some sweet swag...

I've posted pics in my gallery of some of the cars...

I will be attending the next in 2010 for sure....

and a big thanks to:

John Jaranson for ram-rodding the event and making everyone feel welcome, whether they had their Type 3 there or not...

Russ Wolfe and his wife for their hospitality and letting us crash at their house the first night of the road trip...

EdW for allowing us to crash at his place the next night and on Sunday as well...

Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:11 pm

Just found this, thanks to Gary, Ed, and Dave for being "Human Jacks" while I removed my two piece rotor assembly...

Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:34 pm

I just put the pictures I took up on my web site.

http://classicvw.org/gallery2/v/Invasion+08/

Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:14 pm

FANTASTIC

This was probably the best VW event I have ever attended in over 20 years of shows. I am a big proponent of rebuilding/refurbishing parts, and Jim's lecture on brake systems struck a chord with me. From now on I will make more of an effort to recondition old master cylinders, wheel cylinders, and especially calipers. I also got a lot out of Keith's beam tech session.

Six years ago, I sold three ratty old Type 34's to Lance and Marty and we lost contact. They decided to attend the Invasion at the last moment and brought their creation, Karmageddon, to the show. Both they and I were ecstatic at the chance encounter and we had a great time catching up with each other.

A special thanks for John and Jill for organizing a fantastic show site, beautiful weather (81º with low humidity and cloudy skies), and for John's talent and time to add some custom striping to my son's skateboard. I have been on a quest for a Squareback for the past few months and have a couple of good candidates lined up. I will definitely be able to have one in attendance for 2010. I am working as quickly as possible to get my many photos posted up in the Samba galleries.

The best statement the whole weekend came from vwfye:
"ATTENTION...Is there anyone here who actually drove or flew in from California?"

<silence>

"Right. I thought so. Carry on."

Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:44 pm

blankmange wrote: I will be attending the next in 2010 for sure....

But, will the square make it? And I ain't talking about you. 8)

Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:00 pm

Icy wrote: FANTASTIC

This was probably the best VW event I have ever attended in over 20 years of shows. I am a big proponent of rebuilding/refurbishing parts, and Jim's lecture on brake systems struck a chord with me. From now on I will make more of an effort to recondition old master cylinders, wheel cylinders, and especially calipers. I also got a lot out of Keith's beam tech session.

Six years ago, I sold three ratty old Type 34's to Lance and Marty and we lost contact. They decided to attend the Invasion at the last moment and brought their creation, Karmageddon, to the show. Both they and I were ecstatic at the chance encounter and we had a great time catching up with each other.

A special thanks for John and Jill for organizing a fantastic show site, beautiful weather (81º with low humidity and cloudy skies), and for John's talent and time to add some custom striping to my son's skateboard. I have been on a quest for a Squareback for the past few months and have a couple of good candidates lined up. I will definitely be able to have one in attendance for 2010. I am working as quickly as possible to get my many photos posted up in the Samba galleries.

The best statement the whole weekend came from wyfye:
"ATTENTION...Is there anyone here who actually drove or flew in from California?"

<silence>

"Right. I thought so. Carry on."
Remind me that 2010 I need to make a BIG batch Of my peppers to take.
It looks like I really missed out. It looks like you all had a BLAST. I hope 2010 is my year.