Essential for Corvette Carlisle

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  • Geoff C.
    Expired
    • June 1, 1979
    • 1613

    #1

    Essential for Corvette Carlisle

    I started today to get a jump on it. So far:

    1 comfortable chair. (Actually 3 comfortable ones and 6 rentals. Folks are always resting between laps of the 22ns Annual Miller's Walk-a-Thon.)
    1 pair of well worn comfortable Earth shoes. ($24.95 WalMart)
    1 large straw hat (when I venture from under the tent).
    Cotton shorts, t-shirts, socks. (It’s always real pharqueing hot and if it’s humid – well actually it damn near always humid too).
    1 large insulated beverage cooler.
    1 foam insulating beverage wrapper with Danchuk logo (™).
    36 bottles of beer (and I know where I can get more).
    A few parts to convey the impression I’m working.
    My NCRS, NCM, CRPL, CF, CAC, VH, VN, AOL and Binkie’s Bar and Grill Dart Team membership numbers. (In case there is a quiz.)
    My name tag. (In case I get “confused or lost”.)
    My checkbook (if I really cannot help myself and succumb to temptation, again )

    What am I forgetting? Did I neglect anything real important?
    Carlisle is more fun with each passing year.

    Geoffrey Coenen in Spaces F88+ Wed-Sun

    PS If you don’t have a tent or shelter in those sudden Carlisle thunderstorms, bring along an appropriately sized unused (or NOS) garbage bag. A small compact instant raincoat that fits in your pocket. (If you were cut off by Binkie’s, then that’s good enough for me – please don’t cut the hole out for your head.)




    Last Year’s Carlisle
  • John H.
    Beyond Control Poster
    • December 1, 1997
    • 16513

    #2
    Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

    If you're at space G-110, a heavy object (like a large, full cooler of beer, brats, sausage, and filet mignon)is handy for anchoring the end of the line that's tethering the 18-foot-long Vetteheads.com BLIMP. Another first

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    • George Romano

      #3
      Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

      Count me in, I'll bring my own chairs.
      Are you bringing your windbag for this years choir performance? My custom leather windbag is all tuned and ready to blow.
      See ya Saturday Doc. Don't go shopping without me!

      Kid

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      • Clem Z.
        Expired
        • January 1, 2006
        • 9427

        #4
        hey doc since you are no longer employed by

        the company can you write the trip off as a business expense????

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        • Patrick H.
          Beyond Control Poster
          • December 1, 1989
          • 11372

          #5
          Re: hey doc since you are no longer employed by

          The President of the company does. He just goes as hourly wage help.

          Patrick
          Vice-Chairman (West), Michigan Chapter NCRS
          71 "deer modified" coupe
          72 5-Star Bowtie / Duntov coupe. https://www.flickr.com/photos/124695...57649252735124
          2008 coupe
          Available stickers: Engine suffix code, exhaust tips & mufflers, shocks, AIR diverter valve broadcast code.

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          • Charles S.
            Expired
            • May 1, 1997
            • 0

            #6
            Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

            What homage have you paid to the God's of weather?
            As I recall (with my MOTHER IN LAW)living in Carlisle, the Fairgrounds are not fun under precipitation.
            See ya' there, regardless.
            chip stevens

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            • Geoff C.
              Expired
              • June 1, 1979
              • 1613

              #7
              Re: hey doc since you are no longer employed by

              I'm a consultant, on a high retainer

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              • Guy Wright

                #8
                Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

                I'm bringing the title with my silver-green 1982 just in case someone just has to have it .

                See you all there!
                Guy




                Guy's 82s

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                • Loren L.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • May 1, 1976
                  • 4108

                  #9
                  He's being "kept" *NM*

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                  • George W.
                    Very Frequent User
                    • June 1, 2000
                    • 288

                    #10
                    Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

                    Sounds like a blast -- wish I could make it ! Hey Doc , when viewing your photos of last year's event , the "snaps" on the Purple People Eater doors (vinyl covers over the window openings) caught my attention . My '60 big brake fulie has these snaps and I never knew why they were there . Was this something often copied by Vette owners in the 60's , factory installed , dealer installed , or strictly a racing feature ?? Thanks for any info , and hope everyone has a great time at "THE" event , George

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                    • Patrick H.
                      Beyond Control Poster
                      • December 1, 1989
                      • 11372

                      #11
                      Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

                      George,

                      That purple car was restored by Ken Heckert, Chip Miller's former partner in the car. Both were well into Corvettes in York, PA in the early 70's (1974?) when they bought the car together.

                      Ken runs a body shop in Glen Rock, PA. You cn likely contact him there for more info on those snaps.

                      I purchased my 71 coupe from one of his employees.

                      Patrick
                      Vice-Chairman (West), Michigan Chapter NCRS
                      71 "deer modified" coupe
                      72 5-Star Bowtie / Duntov coupe. https://www.flickr.com/photos/124695...57649252735124
                      2008 coupe
                      Available stickers: Engine suffix code, exhaust tips & mufflers, shocks, AIR diverter valve broadcast code.

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                      • Clem Z.
                        Expired
                        • January 1, 2006
                        • 9427

                        #12
                        i checked the pictures

                        and can not see the snaps you are reffering to but back in those days a lot of corvette race cars had snaps on the car to put a cover over the cockpit while the car was not being raced. corvettes back then were towed on a open trailer and the spare parts were carried inside the corvette.

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                        • George W.
                          Very Frequent User
                          • June 1, 2000
                          • 288

                          #13
                          Re: i checked the pictures

                          Hi Clem . Thanks for the response . The "snaps" I'm referring to are in the 3rd and 4th photo of the '59 Purple People Eater . Actually , you cannot see the snaps , but you can see the vinyl cover over the top of the door , and you can kind of see the bulge where the snaps are located under the cover . I have not done much research on this vechile ; but if I were to look for racing history , where might I start ? Car was purchased out of the northeast , but lack of rust indicates that vette could have been in a drier climate, or kept away from the elements ??? Interior is white , which wasn't offered in 1960 , and I have restored the dash and guage housing (found no indication of another color ?). Thanks again for response . Hope everyone at Carlisle finds a rare part or two , enjoys a beer or two ,hears a great story or two , and makes a new friend or two --- Cheers to all . Geo

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                          • Christopher R.
                            Extremely Frequent Poster
                            • April 1, 1975
                            • 1593

                            #14
                            Re: Essential for Corvette Carlisle

                            The snaps could have been for a tonneau cover. Very popular aftermarket option on sporty cars in the 50s and 60s.

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