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[Rocketman]

Originally posted by Mcapri92:
As I missed the gathering in Illinios, I would definately be interested in a fall gathering.  Will be tight with the kids in school but I will make it work somehow

See my thread about it. This could be very cool.

[drbob]

For all of you who received the Micro Fibre cloths, here is the cleaning instructions:

do not rinse clean (just can't do it, it's the way the material is deisgned)

wash in laundry

HANG DRY.......DO NOT PUT IN DRYER (the same qualities that make it so good at picking up dust, make it good at picking up the lint in the dryer)

I personally love these cloths,  Did you know (now I'm going to paint an ugly picture here, so those of you who are squemish you might want to stop reading right now)  that I can use one cloth to completely dry myself after a shower, hair included and I feel cleaner when I do (I think it is picking up the old skin cells) I know these are made to absorb oil, so I guess it absorbs the oils on the skin.

And now back to our regularly scheduled rant from pony

[Yuri]

that cloth pwns.. and thanx for the cleaning instructions... warm water or cold?

[CapriTypeR]

C'mon guys!!  With all the cameras I saw at the meet, I can't get ANYONE to email me pictures to add to the album (http://ImageEvent.com/roosport/4thannualmidamericacaprigathering)?  I'll beg if I have to!!  I want to use this album to entice other drivers to attend next years meet, and to attract sponsers, to help keep the costs down to a manageable level.
PLEASE!!!  send me copies of your photos, to Cougar1prod@comcast.net, or if you have actual pictures, email for my mailing address, and I will even pay for the postage cost!!

Many Thanks, in advance!!

--Russ

[itsmeisatu]

Russ
Tim Plummer and I loaded all our pictures onto Bob's laptop at the picnic.  Did you get those?
George

[drbob]

No, he has not got them yet.

[wk87540]

Next year I,m going to stay the whole day....my brother and I had a blast! I just planned to many events for the weekend.I didn't meet half the people I wanted to meet at the gathering and made no notes on anyone's internet names. Everybody was great! There is no such thing as ..." to far to travel!"
 Never hand over a $ 1,000,000 bill to an Illinois toll booth operator for an $.80 toll.   Walt

[drbob]

Walt, what happens when you do that?  ha ha  Glad you made it back home safely.  This is for all of you who don't think you can make it.  Walt drove up from New Mexico with an oxegyn tank, my goodness, if he can do that, Anthony, bill, and the rest of you, SO CAN YOU!!  Walt see you next year.

Oh by the way, there are three t-shirts on ebay right now.

[Razzamatazzboca]

C'mon bobby, that weekend, 7/30-7/31 was my last 2 days of employment.
And yesterday, I came home from dinner with Mickey D's (my how the mighty have fallen) and when I put up the window in the red rocket I heard a loud snap, and down went the window.

Now as I'm not mechanically inclined, I won't even attempt it.
So I went into my secret parts stash, found me a drivers side motor/regulator, and brought it to the firestone shop 2 blocks away.
I also brought my factory service manual & the guy laughed, they have it all on cd's, even a capri, lol.
Charged me 125 labor, not too bad considering 5 years ago the dealer charged me 300 for a new motor/reg and 265 for labor on the black capri, but that's dealers for ya.

[drbob]

Billy Boy, glad to see you are still lurking around.  How is retirement treating you?  (retirement sounds better than unemployed)  I pray all is working out for you.  What was your final dedcision concerning the car (440)? Did you take the money back to the bank?  Did you find another?  Are you spending the money to help get you through "Retirement"?  

The good thing about being homeless in Florida, is you won't freeze to death.

I think the rest of the members can come up with other ideas why it is good to be homeless in Florida.

Keep in touch my friend, and if there is anything I can do, let me know.

boB

[Razzamatazzboca]

Bob, the guy bought the car back to me a second time, still plenty of problems- turn sigs, tach, window washers all didnt work.
He tells me to take the car (pay him) and he'll order the switches and new tach for it- when the switches & tach come in, he'll call me to bring back the car to his shop to install em.

I said take the car with you, when the switches & tach come in, install em and call me & we'll finalize the deal.

He screams at me- Bill I'm done with you, I will get you back your deposit, and he tears off in the car.

I got my 1000 deposit back 2 days later, and returned the 50K check to the finance company.
I really didnt need an 860 per month loan for the next 8 years.

He listed it on ebay and got 70K for it, more than the 55K I was gonna pay.
Sheet, if I kept it for 55 and sold it for 70, I'd be up 15K.

But my plan was not to flip it, but to keep it for myself.
Oh well, it's the babe that "got away" lol.

[GIR]

I have some vague ideas for the shirts/art for next year but what I am looking for is a line rendering of the capri - outline whatever, something without color that I can play with. If anyone has one please e-mail me, I hate hand drawing! Bob, it looks on the art that they were able to simplify the drawing of the capri, can you get ahold of that from them?

[drbob]

Bill, can you imagine the liability if the guy who bought it gets into an accident because of shoddy build?  You didn't want something like that on your concious.

[Rocketman]

I am working on making a 3d model of a capri. With any luck I'll be able to render it into photos, and perhaps import it to some games!

[ssvejcar]

I went to have my name added to the trophy and have to ask Dr. Bob a question.  We just came from the 4th meet and this year is 2005.
Why is last years winner( Russ) marked 2003 and the year before that(Dr. Bob)2002 and the year before that(DR. Bob) 2001?  :confused:  
Am I to have 2004 put next to my name?  Did a year get missed somewhere or are all the other names and dates on the trophy wrong?

Does any body realise Dr. Bob went for best car 2 years in a row to uglyest car this year.  I think we were all very hard on Dr. Bob's car.  Mind you I said the car not Dr. Bob.