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PHOTOS - SoCal 500Eboard Spring GTG Extravaganza: April 12-13 - PHOTOS
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Nothing to be sorry about Terry, I knew it… we stick with the Italians and leave Karl dealing with the Japanese ones
Amazing thing is it does not look like it at all, much lower mile cars in worse shape out there on the market.
Right on Drew, two piece forged with Titanium bolts. That particular set is 18x8.5 ET20 FRONT and 18x10 ET30 REAR with 245/40 R18 and 285/35 R18 tires respectively. I'm not using any spacers.
Ernesto you OWNER thread is begging to be updated
That's Emaq's (Manny's) car.The lone Malachitemobile, amidst a sea of black and silver, appears to be hiding very well in most of the photos. Who owns the rare green beastie?
Drew is always faster than me responding to your questions Karl, my OZ Opera II's weights as follows:
Fronts 18x8.5 = 28.1 Lbs.
Rears 18x10 = 29.7 Lbs.
It was done in 2002, where were you ? only 13 .036s tho.... mostly CT cars with a few from , PA, MA, N. Carolina and the DC area. 1 Limited and 2 RennTECH 6 liter also showed. Need to find these pix and post them up....they were lost when 500ecstasy.com went down.
Looks like a great collection of cars and owners ! I think the lone green car is Ken's Dave...
Indeed it is and running pretty well too
And yes, I asked DrP to drive it to the GTG for nostalgia's sake.
Thanks again to Glen for fixing up the "old lady" so splendidly.....glad to see her well taken care of! Thanks Glen for letting me drive her again!
It was real cool to see everybody again and the Master Gerry ! We shared more than one piece of memory of good old Germany, their cars and beers.......
Our family had a great time traveling to the event. we made it back to San Francisco by 11:30 p.m. Our car performed flawlessly. Thanks to all who helped organize this amazing Gathering of beautiful vehicles.
Miguel
I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to talk to you, Miguel. You've done a great job with your car!
Sorry for the delay. I needed help from Ernesto with posting these pics. Thank you Ernesto !!!!
Norman, Jeff & Garvz
Say cheese - Anne-Marie, Norman & Garvz
Group Pic at C&C
Vince, Norman, DW SD & Karl
Cars at Mustard’s Cafe
El Honcho showing us how its done on a skateboard sans helmet !!
Faster than a speeding bullet - El Honcho on skateboard
Cars at Jeff’s Parking lot
Cars at Jeff’s Parking lot
Cars at Jeff’s Parking lot
Partial collection of immaculate cars at the JW Mercedes Classic Center aka Jeff's shop
Cars outside at Matt’s shop - Leistung Autohaus, Garden Grove, CA. Thank You Mr Stockwell for hosting us in your impressive shop !!!
Ernesto & El Honcho modeling Plaid shirts at Morton’s.
Norman & Lori at Morton’s
Group picture @ The Boardroom Morton’s Steakhouse. Sorry, Morton's mood lighting and the reflective paneling made it tough for my camera. Thanks JeffW and GVZ for putting together a great GTG
Norman, Jeff & Garvz
Say cheese - Anne-Marie, Norman & Garvz
Group Pic at C&C
Vince, Norman, DW SD & Karl
Cars at Mustard’s Cafe
El Honcho showing us how its done on a skateboard sans helmet !!
Faster than a speeding bullet - El Honcho on skateboard
Cars at Jeff’s Parking lot
Cars at Jeff’s Parking lot
Cars at Jeff’s Parking lot
Partial collection of immaculate cars at the JW Mercedes Classic Center aka Jeff's shop
Cars outside at Matt’s shop - Leistung Autohaus, Garden Grove, CA. Thank You Mr Stockwell for hosting us in your impressive shop !!!
Ernesto & El Honcho modeling Plaid shirts at Morton’s.
Norman & Lori at Morton’s
Group picture @ The Boardroom Morton’s Steakhouse. Sorry, Morton's mood lighting and the reflective paneling made it tough for my camera. Thanks JeffW and GVZ for putting together a great GTG
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Great pics and your E500 is a beauty - thanks for posting.
Looks like you are running 245/40 & 275/35 Super Sports but what suspension set-up? The ride height looks nice.
Looks like you are running 245/40 & 275/35 Super Sports but what suspension set-up? The ride height looks nice.
Cadence, that my car, a '94 E500 with SL 2pc rims. I hear they are pretty hard to come by nowadays. I bought them direct from the Source - JW Distribution many moons ago !!!
Plasti-dipped.
That's my car and its currently plastidipped with a custom made grey. It consists of black paint and a healthy dose of silver ghost pearl powder mixed in for the last few coats.
Is Jeff's (Captruff's) 500E in any of these pictures? I spied what suspiciously looked like his pristine 1993 500E covered in his warehouse?
Jeff, did you get your car out? Anybody with pics of Captruff's 500E and Ernesto's (Hi-Power's) 500E would be appreciated for putting them up on
the site. In fact, it would be nice to have a single (or more) shots of everyone's E500E's that attended this gathering. It would be just great putting
a face and a name with each and every E500E that was represented at this affair!
Regards,
Jess Paul
(Unrulyjess)
Jeff, did you get your car out? Anybody with pics of Captruff's 500E and Ernesto's (Hi-Power's) 500E would be appreciated for putting them up on
the site. In fact, it would be nice to have a single (or more) shots of everyone's E500E's that attended this gathering. It would be just great putting
a face and a name with each and every E500E that was represented at this affair!
Regards,
Jess Paul
(Unrulyjess)
Jess
My car was kinda stuck on the rack with a cover. It would have taken a bit too much time doing musical cars to bring her out. I ended up driving my friend's E500 to C&C and then later in the afternoon the E65 to Matt' shop.
Jeff
When I first saw it I was taken aback, but it really grew on me after a while.
You are very welcome Ken, can't wait to see pictures of your 040 with euro headlights and 2 piece AMG/BBS wheels.
WOW, looks like great fun and an awesome line-up of cars! Still snow on the ground up here :-( Need a GTG in NoCal or BC sometime...
Maybe we could do a Seattle event.
I ran the four day National M-100 event in Portland (for the 600, 6.3, 6.9) back in 2001 and would be more than happy to do a weekend event in Portland. I know all of the playas in terms of shops and great places to go, awesome drives, and generally cool places to hang out. Plus I have a country place across the river in Washougal with a huge deck above a river where we could do a BBQ.
Great Photo's lil_dz33 with a Camera Phone no less. And Ernesto, those wheel shots are just awesome! A few questions, who is the owner of the E500 with the California "I MAKE" License plates? I would sure like to see more shots of your beautiful E500 as I recently purchased a set of Pristine Brabus wheels from Ernesto (HI-POWER) and I believe they are similar in style. Also, to the owner of the "Gray" E500E, what kind of front air dam is that? What is the name and style of the color scheme on your E500? To the owner of the California Tag 6LCV415. You have a beautiful 500E! How many miles are on its clock? I could go on and on about just how beautiful each and everybody's E500E was a piece of art, but I will stop before I get too carried away. All of those cars are beauties and I will wager that they are all in great mechanical condition.
Keep those photos coming, members!!!
Regards,
Jess Paul., Jr.
(Unrulyjess)
Keep those photos coming, members!!!
Regards,
Jess Paul., Jr.
(Unrulyjess)
Since Portland is only (!) about a 6 hour drive, we MIGHT be able to get two cars out there, if my wife is feeling up to the solo drive. I'd like to combine this with a visit to either Portland or Woodburn dragstrips when they are offering a test+tune (I'd be ok with a real race, but that might scare off some folks). It would also have to be at a time that doesn't conflict with our local race schedule, which could be tough, but doable. We miiiight be going to Woodburn for the Summit ET Finals on Labor Day weekend, but that is very tentative, and wouldn't be confirmed until late July.
Jess
The 1994 E500 with the 19" Brabus V wheels belongs to a friend of mine, it is a 1994 Pearl Black on Grey car. It received a complete respray about 2 years ago. All the door seals, headlights, corner lights, tail lights, door handles, and trim pieces were replaced with new. If you look closely at the rear window you can see that I have yet to replace the rear window trim which was re anodized black. Brakes have been upgraded front and rear with SA. He lives in Malaysia, but comes back to the states a few times a year.
Jeff
The 1994 E500 with the 19" Brabus V wheels belongs to a friend of mine, it is a 1994 Pearl Black on Grey car. It received a complete respray about 2 years ago. All the door seals, headlights, corner lights, tail lights, door handles, and trim pieces were replaced with new. If you look closely at the rear window you can see that I have yet to replace the rear window trim which was re anodized black. Brakes have been upgraded front and rear with SA. He lives in Malaysia, but comes back to the states a few times a year.
Jeff
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