We had a great turnout for our second annual GTG! This time I had a digital camera, so can post my pics right away:D So away we go.
A nice 300D

A pair of sweet C's showed up. Dennis' (Denlasoul) C43 AMG on the right. His friend Chris's C36 amg on the left.

A solid ol TD wagon owned by Zack, Erics 300CD, and my 300SD

This is Steve's (Dakota) real nice '92 300CE with the Sportline package.

Another shot of Dennis' C43 AMG

Kyles 300CE

We had several G-wagons show up.

Adams '80 G. He's spent a lot of time fixing his one up. I guess it was a real rust-bucket when he got it.:)

Greg's G

This had to be seen to appreciate. A Brabus 5.8L with a Kleeman supercharger. I think he said it dynoed at something like 360HP at the rear wheels!

The buisness end of it

A nice pair a G's :)

And then the Mogs showed up! Made my day!
This is Aaron with his 416.

These things are awesome:) This is Lonny's 404 with a custom extended cab. Should have seen the custom interior of this one:D

These are who you call when your Hummer gets stuck!

Then some group shots

Rick:

I had a great time. Really nice to meet you and the others. I'll get my pics up too, but gotta "tweak" them a bit, forum said they are too big! Damn digital cameras.

DLS

BTW, the rain gods were merciful. We didn't get any rain until we were all leaving the park:D

I want to again thank all who came out and made it a great day! Some of you drove quite a ways.

We literally looked each others rides up and down;)

Another shot of a sweet C

More groupies

And my last one. I took alot more, but I'll let the others fill in. Hope I got stuff straight. And notice I did remember to blank out the license plates!
I've got the warm fuzzies from today. What a great group of people I met today:D Group hug all around!
Let's start talking about a summer GTG soon. Our friends in BC said they'd be willing to meet in the Bellingham area, or we could go over to their side. And it was mentioned that we should make it a real GTG complete with a BBQ and all. I say let's do it!:)

Really nice to meet all you Benz buffs.

Oh, and thanks a lot for making me get in trouble with the park ranger guys;)

She let me off with a not so friendly warning. How was I supposed to know that 40mph in a 15mph parking lot was frowned upon?:D

Hey Silversurfer, good thing she didn't see the Unimog's burnout!!:D

Originally posted by silversurfer
Really nice to meet all you Benz buffs.

Oh, and thanks a lot for making me get in trouble with the park ranger guys;)

She let me off with a not so friendly warning. How was I supposed to know that 40mph in a 15mph parking lot was frowned upon?:D
Glad she just slapped your hand. I felt bad for encouraging you when I saw the flashing lights!:(
Hope to see you at the next meet anyway:D

Originally posted by silversurfer
Really nice to meet all you Benz buffs.

Oh, and thanks a lot for making me get in trouble with the park ranger guys;)

She let me off with a not so friendly warning. How was I supposed to know that 40mph in a 15mph parking lot was frowned upon?:D

Your G Wagon is bad-ass! I was really impressed with your little display of power. Thankfully the ranger let you off.

Regards,

DLS

Great pics Rick, I gotta get me one of those digital cameras one of these days:) .We had a good drive home, the rain finally set in just south of the border.We should do another one in July perhaps, eh?

Originally posted by Kyle Blackmore
Great pics Rick, I gotta get me one of those digital cameras one of these days:) .We had a good drive home, the rain finally set in just south of the border.We should do another one in July perhaps, eh?
Great! I'll be back from vacation after the first week of July, then all I have going on the rest of the summer is my daughters wedding on Aug 16th.
I still can't believe the luck we had with the weather!:D I think it was Greg's doing with his PMA about the weather;)

Howdy Rick,
Nice shots of the Mogs. I'll try to get some names for you.

Great pictures, Rick. Was good fun seeing all the different cars and trucks and meeting all the nice folks. It was a great turnout. We definately need to do this again.

Maybe as you get names and match them to the cars, you could go back and edit the pictures messages?

Kyle, here's some info on the Euro lights (http://homepage.mac.com/dakota/EuroLights/EuroLights.html). I think you would really be impressed with the improvement.

Mine is the black C43 = Denlasoul = Dennis :)

Hey Steve, I was in your neck of the woods yesterday. I was visiting my in laws.

Hey, Dennis, you should have stopped in...we could have had more fun than at the in-laws. ;)

Awesome AMG you have. Wish I had that V8 in my car. :)

Originally posted by dakota
Maybe as you get names and match them to the cars, you could go back and edit the pictures messages?

Good idea. I just did yours and Denlasoul's. Can't remember his friends' name with the C36 AMG.
I don't remember the years of your cars. Send me a PM if you want more info added to your pix:)

Chris (ROLLINAMG) had the C36.

dakota: yeha, you are probably right about being with the in laws! LOL My wife and I are considering moving down around that area. Who knows?

Super shots Rick!

I certainly was happy to see the diverse number of MB's. Some very nice rides out there.

FYI, Lonny brought the black extended cab Unimog 404, Aaron brought the yellow Unimog 416 and Zach was driving the 300TD.

You were also right about the amount of oil that made its way out of my transfer case. I stopped to fill it up and I was down about 300ml (out of 1700ml). The underside of the G is sure slick looking now!

Originally posted by gsamuelson
Super shots Rick!

I certainly was happy to see the diverse number of MB's. Some very nice rides out there.

FYI, Lonny brought the black extended cab Unimog 404, Aaron brought the yellow Unimog 416 and Zach was driving the 300TD.

You were also right about the amount of oil that made its way out of my transfer case. I stopped to fill it up and I was down about 300ml (out of 1700ml). The underside of the G is sure slick looking now!
glad it wasn't any worse!:) Now you just gotta find the leak:D
I added the info. Thanx. By the time I got home I couldn't remember everyone. Should have taken notes. I will next time:)

Originally posted by dakota
Hey, Dennis, you should have stopped in...we could have had more fun than at the in-laws. ;)

Awesome AMG you have. Wish I had that V8 in my car. :)

Let's get you a 500E engine!

Oh yeah, Adam had the '80 G(reen) Wagon

Very cool! Great turnout and a very nice variety of MB's :)

Soooo....no one else got any pics to add? I'll be forced to put more of mine on here:D

Nice showing guys! Great turn out and the most varied group of MB's for a GTG I've seen - heck AMG cars AND Mogs!?!? That's awesome.

I would have brought my E420, but looks like W124's were better represented. If It's the same next time, I'll drive the 240D...


Regards,
- Ryan

Sorry, Rick, the Compact Flash card in my camera crapped out...couldn't recover any of my pictures. :rolleyes:

Rick:

Still working on my pics, I havent had the time to fiddle with them at home. Most of them look like your though. :)

Originally posted by dakota
Sorry, Rick, the Compact Flash card in my camera crapped out...couldn't recover any of my pictures. :rolleyes:

My 64MB Compact Flash card crapped out about a month ago, so I didn't take many pictures with it at the GTG. However, I did get plenty with my trusty old SLR. I will try and get the film developed in the next week or so, and try and get my pictures up soon.

All,

Thanks for putting this event together. It was nice talking to you and seeing the diverse rigs. I'll certainly try to make the next one as well - B'ham or closer to Vancouver (BC) would be fun.

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a good body shop in Washington area? I live by Washington National Golf Course (Auburn/Black Diamond) and work in Issaquah...anywhere around that area would be fine. I have been thinking of having my Audi repainted. I am even open to garage painters on a cash basis.

Nice Pics on the GTG...hope to join you guys on the next one.

See you guys soon,
Jay
jaye@inkslinger.com

Don't know any body shops in your area. But glad to see another Audi nut here:D Have you visited here:
http://www.audiworld.com/forum/4000.html
Pretty helpful bunch there.
Hope to see ya at the Aug 2nd GTG:)

How far is E. Wanatchee from me? Is it North?

Jay, I know of a few good body shops in my area, but don't know of any in your area...

Originally posted by ESVIC
How far is E. Wanatchee from me? Is it North?

East Wenatchee is roughly 150-200 miles from you, to the East...

I found a Body/Paint dude around my are and also found a guy that lives in Seattle that does 4000 turbo conversion transplant. Let's see....

Originally posted by ESVIC
and also found a guy that lives in Seattle that does 4000 turbo conversion transplant. Let's see....
Who? I have two Coupes, an '82 and a '83. I'd love to give these things a bit more power. Fun cars, but not real fast, as you know.

You will have to order the engine from Chris @ Force 5

$600 complete with ECU and Turbo (165HP)

Shipping is the one that will kill you...$600 also.