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Open House @ Doc's Garage Saturday, June 6th 3-8 p.m. Howald Industrial Park 320 London Road (corner of London and Liberty Roads) Delaware, Ohio 43015 Weather looks great so I am finally able to have CR out to an open house at my garage. Who: All CR members and their families are invited. A few of my non-CR friends will attend, too. The Facility: Not a dream garage, by any means. But room to store and clean my cars with a little room besides for a car or two in-process. There are rest rooms and a water fountain, room to get in out of the weather, plenty of parking on pavement for our cars. Directions: Your best bet is to use GPS. I have a small map in the thread to help as well. The facility is on the north side of the road, just northwest of where Liberty Road dead ends into London Road in Delaware. It is 13 miles from Polaris Sonic, so it’s not really that far a drive! :thumbup: From Columbus, I would recommend a leisurely drive up State Route 315 along the Olentangy River. Just before the route ends at US 23 in Stratford, take Bunty Station Road to the left (west) until it intersects Liberty Road. Turn right (north) on Liberty Road and take it until it ends. Turn left at the light (London Road) and you’ll see the Howald Industrial Park sign immediately on your right. Another scenic route from northwest Columbus would be to go north on State Route 257 until it intersects with US Route 42. Turn right (east) on US 42 until you see the large Delaware water tower on the left and the Jegs Warehouse on the right. That intersection is London Road. Take a left onto London Road, cross the railroad tracks, and you’ll see Howald Industrial Park on your left. For the direction-impaired: Go to the Polaris Sonic. Go west on Polaris Parkway (away from I-71). Cross US 23. Polaris Parkway becomes Powell Road. In the village of Powell, the main intersection is Liberty Road. Turn right (north) on Liberty Road. Follow the Liberty Road signs (it takes a jog to the left at one point on Home Road) until it dead ends into London Road. Turn left onto London Road then take the first drive to the right into Howald Industrial Park. What to do: Slowmotion Motorsports has generously agreed to provide dyno pulls to CR members. On 2WD cars, two pulls are provided for free. On AWD cars, there will be a $15 surcharge. So that as many people as possible can get the chance to have their cars dyno’d, no additional tuning or dyno services are available this day, but of course Wyan or Corey will hook you up with appointment time at their new facility in Sunbury for whatever you need. There is no advance sign-up for the dyno, so come out and work with the SlowMo guys to try to make this happen as efficiently as possible. They hope to do 3-4 cars each hour. I can’t guarantee they can get you done, but I hope that many of you who have never been able to be dyno’d will take the opportunity. Midwestern Auto Group has agreed to provide a new, high-line car for display around 6:00 p.m. It will probably be a Ferrari or Bentley. Sorry, no test rides, but maybe a fun photo op. Hinds Motorsports is planning on bringing a Can-Am Spyder. A number of CR sponsors have agreed to attend with some of their handiwork. There may or may not be a few display tables, but there promises to be some very sharp cars. For kids: there are two fields in front of the property that are mowed, but not smooth like a lawn. If your kids want to bring a kite, frisbie, or some yard games, there is plenty of room for them to play within sight of Mom & Dad but away from the cars. CR football? Plenty of room for that. For photo bugs: This might be one of the best opportunities to get CR photos/videos of people and cars. Food: City Barbeque will provide a basic buffet with sandwiches and two side dishes for approximately 75 people. Food will be served 5:00 – 6:00 only and is free. Plates and cutlery will be provided. If you and your family want to have special food or want to bring something to share with others, feel free to do that, but it isn’t expected. I will have a small table for some food items but please bring serving utensils if you bring something other than finger food. For people arriving later than 6 p.m. who want to eat, see me on site and we’ll put together a pizza order. There is also a McDonald’s down the street and a Drive-through across the street. Beverages: There will be limited soda pop served with the meal. There is a pop machine on-site and the drive-thru across the street. If you have an ice chest, bring it along with bottled water, juice or pop to share with friends—there never seems to be enough cold stuff to drink at meets. Music: a DJ will provide music from CD’s. If you want to bring a CD for him to play, feel free. Seating: I have none! Bring a folding chair for yourself and one for a friend. Security: An off-duty Delaware County Sheriff Deputy will be on-site. Decorum: The purpose is to get together, relax, listen to music, look at cars, and have a good time. There will be children around, so please operate your car safely (there is a 10 mph limit in the industrial park) and watch your language and smoking around the kids. You can smoke outside away from kids and you can smoke in my garage, just not where people are eating or in the room where the food is served. Pets, alcohol and illicit drugs are not allowed on the premises. The owner of the industrial park (John Howald) is planning on attending the event, so please don’t mess things up for me with my landlord by drinking or by doing burnouts in the driveway. He is being generous to accommodate this event. Also, be aware that this is open to all of CR; no doubt some of the people in attendance may not be getting along very well online right now. I would much appreciate it if you at least are civil to each other—you’re not doing yourself or your business any good by arguing and criticizing each other at every chance. You’re all welcome at my place but please check the attitude around my guests. Everyone: introduce yourselves to people you don’t know. A handshake prolly won’t kill you, either. Questions/suggestions/complaints: Please post to the thread or PM me. My voice mail is 740-405-5565. Checklist to bring: Directions, my phone number (740-405-5565) Lawn chairs Stocked ice chest if you want Favorite CD Hat/sunglasses/sunscreen if it’s bright Kite/yard games if you want Camera I look forward to seeing you all Saturday!

a good member here to meet would be flattire. He also spends time at the track with an E55 AMG .... in fact, I believe he's at Dragway 41 today (in Indiana) with the LET team, driving their modded E55's down the track. His name is Josh .... great guy.... I'm sure he'll be willing to share his experiences in getting an E55 to hookup.

I hope you make it out to more events. I heard many people comment on what a great looking car you have.

Hey, Pete. It's good to now be able to put a name to the face. Will you be a Dragway 42 for CR day? I'd enjoy lining up with ya. :zoom: + rep for conning some of the ol' conmen

Thanks, JL.

Happy Birthday, oil cooler boy

A Mercedes at the drag strip? Now that'll be something to see. I may have to change the air filter on my Buick and line up against ya.

Yeah, I see his point. I would feel so plebian parking any of my commonplace vehicles close to theirs ..... kinda like I'd be pulling them all the way down to hoi polloi. :gay:

tentative date/weather permitting Doc's Open House Saturday, June 6th 3-8 p.m. 320 London Road Delaware, Ohio 43015

You're just lucky that I wasn't assigned to judge that side of the lot. I guarantee you that there would NOT have been two of the Farkas brothers getting awards in the import category.

Well, perhaps. I'll think about it. Some dreams are probably better left unrealized. I'm not the same rider I was in 1979. It might be better if I just stuck with my "old man" bike I have now.

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/PICT2769a.jpg From my dreams circa 1979

I remember when they came out and were hailed as the best thing since canned beer. I wanted one quite badly but couldn't afford one. I especially liked the swept sport-touring fairing that came out some time after the bike first debuted. My motorcycle guru complained that they were not the easiest bike on which to adjust/sync the carbs. The values really took a nose dive for awhile, but I read about three years ago that they became collectable and even that some businesses now specialize in the rebuilding and resale of these bikes. Great taste in bikes, man. :thumbup:

Welcome, Joe. Young family, in school, and taking on this project. I'll have to give it to you, you're not afraid of a challenge. Good luck on your project. + rep

New car only, or are good used cars being considered? Edit: I guess in this price range, you're looking mostly at used cars. I don't think you can go wrong with a well-maintained 1990's vintage Buick. I inherited my father's car, and it meets every goal you've listed. I see them in good shape all over for $3500.

Those are great trucks. Good luck on the sale.

You and she are in my thoughts and prayers.

The next TENTATIVE date for the open house is Saturday, June 6th. The dyno is available that day and I'm not aware of any event conflicts for that date. I will post to this thread a few days in advance to keep everyone advised if the weather is forecast to cooperate. If there's a pretty good chance of rain as of Thursday the 4th, then I'll postpone it.

Next Saturday is the CR car show, don't forget, so I won't be scheduling the open house for then. I'll start looking at the week after (Saturday, May 30th). We'll see how the weather looks and what the availability of the dyno is.

Welcome, Jerry. Good looking car.

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I'm picking up the Century at Todd's (Esoteric) just up the street at 4:15, so I'll swing by. I'll wear my Ducati hat so that I won't get tarred and feathered for showing up to bike night in a car. Anyone wanting to see the Century clean, this will no doubt be the best it will ever look. :grin2:

I picked up a 1994 Celica a few weeks ago and have been trying to get it into shape. The wheels were rusted and badly chipped, and I wanted to get them presentable without spending megabucks. They came out looking great and have clear coat now to make them easier to clean. Mike at Wheel Medic came through with fast, high quality work and kept the price low. He is able to get the labels reproduced, if I decide at some point I want that. I've trusted the Wheel Medic guys with my RENNtech 3-piece chrome wheels from the Mercedes as well and they've helped point me in the right direction on getting years of brake dust off of the Century hubcaps. They're a first class CR vendor. Thanks, Mike! http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/beforewheel.jpg http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/afterwheel.jpg

Jeremy's a good guy, despite being friends with Wonderboy. You just have to overlook his taste in compadres. Welcome back, Jeremy. +1 rep