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500E Board GTG/Blue Ridge Mercedes Grand opening of our new digs...:)
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That's no bueno Sir!
I'm going to burn the midnight oil to try to clear up a backlog of work so that I can make it as planned.
Also, I don't think I saw the address of the new location. So folks don't go to the old facility, here it is:
Blue Ridge MB, Inc.
4405 Paxton Dr SW,
Lilburn, Georgia 30047
Friday I figure depending on who/how many show up/when we'll likely head off to one of two places for a late-ish dinner...
Saturday, we'll be getting started here 9:30-10. Food will be here b/w 12-1.. We'll have coffee/drinks/morning type snacks around. Saturday will be spent @ the shop, have everyones car lined up so all can see, plus what ever interesting things we have here will be out for discussion/questions etc, etc.. We're going to leave some lifts open JIC some cars need some looking @...
Sunday, we'll get an early start, hope to be on the road by 7:30-ish and we'll drive up towards to the N GA mtns for a tasty lunch...:-D
From there, people can head off in which ever direction suits their fancy. I'll be headed back to the shop/atl FWIW>
Hope that helps some!
J
truckers will let you ride with em for 'cheap'...;-)
Well. . . if work does not call by Friday morning, I intend to drive the Renntech 500E to the GTG.
It is, after all, an E500E GTG.
However, I am told by Jono that any car wearing the
is welcome.
I think there will be all kinds of cool cars. . . C126s, 6.0L quadcams, SL70, and more!
Staying at a Hampton nearby.
It is, after all, an E500E GTG.
However, I am told by Jono that any car wearing the
is welcome.I think there will be all kinds of cool cars. . . C126s, 6.0L quadcams, SL70, and more!
Staying at a Hampton nearby.
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Had the Renntech ready to drive down, hotel reserved, and camera ready when. . . scheduling called.
Knowing that I was scheduled reserve on every weekend, I worked as much as possible to get this weekend off, but was assigned a two day trip tomorrow that will not get me back in time to make any of the weekend!
To say that I am bummed is an understatement.
Tomorrow is my wife's birthday and our anniversary, but even she was willing to forgo the celebrations until I returned from the GTG.
I am truly sorry that I will not be able to be there. I know Jono has put a lot of work and planning into arranging this GTG, and I feel terrible that I can't be there to help.
Hoping all of you have safe travels tomorrow and will try to attend the next GTG.
On the positive side, I am thankful to have a job.
Knowing that I was scheduled reserve on every weekend, I worked as much as possible to get this weekend off, but was assigned a two day trip tomorrow that will not get me back in time to make any of the weekend!
To say that I am bummed is an understatement.
Tomorrow is my wife's birthday and our anniversary, but even she was willing to forgo the celebrations until I returned from the GTG.
I am truly sorry that I will not be able to be there. I know Jono has put a lot of work and planning into arranging this GTG, and I feel terrible that I can't be there to help.
Hoping all of you have safe travels tomorrow and will try to attend the next GTG.
On the positive side, I am thankful to have a job.
+1
Big thanks to Jono and his crew for a great event. A lot of amazing cars to look at and I enjoyed catching up with board members I'd met before and also meeting a lot of new people. The food was awesome too!
The new facility is top notch. Tons of space.
The award for the coolest car has to go to the Hammer wagon, though the Hammer coupe was great too. And some great 500Es (pearl blue...drool). V12 R129, wide body SECs... Plenty of eye candy.
The new facility is top notch. Tons of space.
The award for the coolest car has to go to the Hammer wagon, though the Hammer coupe was great too. And some great 500Es (pearl blue...drool). V12 R129, wide body SECs... Plenty of eye candy.
R
Rudy
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Here are some pics. This just shows one corner of one part of the facility. So there was a lot more to see. Unfortunately I was too focused on looking at cars and not enough on taking pics for posterity. Also, my iphone wasn't doing a great job of accurately capturing some of the colors. If you think the cars look good in the pics, they were better in person.
I spy in those few pics a Hammer sedan, Hammer wagon, and 7L R129.
OH, and the Brumos 500E... and Klink's favorite, the Pearl Gray 500E too.
Drool factor: eleventybillion.
You are correct in all respects sir, except it's actually a pearl blue car, not pearl gray (those are different colors, right, or am I mixing up names?). That car is the most perfect E500E I have seen and I'm sure is easily one of the best in the country.
And let's not forget the wall of wheels behind the hammers and R129. Surely that's worth of drool too!
I'm not 100% certain but I think the one in the photo is code 122, Pearl Gray? There is another, very similar color which is Pearl Blue (aka Ice Blue), code 348, click here.
I'm pretty sure it was pearl blue and it just looks like pearl grey because my phone was doing a bad job under the artificial lights of jono's shop. I even recall getting very annoyed that the pictures were coming out much greyer than the actual slate blue color of the car. Memory can be a tricky thing but I think it looked exactly like the car in the other thread linked in GSXR's post above.
Regardless, the car is amazing.
Regardless, the car is amazing.
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